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Cathal Courtney

18 rides in the lifetime window · 10 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Jan 2017 100% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2016→)
No rides in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
1–18
Wins / Runs
5.6%
Strike rate
n=18
5 (28%)
Placed
0.57
Fair A/E
n=18 · 0.48 incl. margin
−14.75
£1 level stake
n=18 at SP · −81.9%
£7,577
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Small sample — fewer than 30 runs in this window. Read the Ns before the percentages.

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.6% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
0%−5.6
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−5.6
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−5.6
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
When favourite
0%
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
5.6%+0.0
n=18 · A/E 0.57 · £1 −14.75
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−5.6
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.6% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. First rides are the first captured pairing of horse and rider; last-time-out winners are horses whose previous captured run was a win; claiming rides are runs where the rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Hurdle 16 1 6.3% −12.75
Chase 2 0 0% −2.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 9 0 0% −9.00
Soft 5 1 20% −1.75
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Warwick 5 0 0% −5.00
Southwell 3 0 0% −3.00
Market Rasen 2 1 50% +1.25
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0% −1.00
Sandown 1 0 0% −1.00
Worcester 1 0 0% −1.00
Chepstow 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Fontwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 11 0 0% −11.00
Class 4 5 1 20% −1.75

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 3 1 33.3% 1.38 +0.25
2nd–3rd fav 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
4th–6th fav 5 0 0% 0.00 −5.00
7th+ in betting 7 0 0% 0.00 −7.00
Fair A/E per band is the tell: near 1.00 the market had it priced right; well above, the wins came where the market didn't expect them.

Rows below n=30 are shown faded — a small sample is a fact, not a trend. Every figure carries its N.

Jumping record

completion over obstacles · same window as header
77.8% completed · 18 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 2 50% 0 1 0 0 0
Hurdle 16 81.3% 0 1 2 0 0
Chases and hurdles only — bumpers have no obstacles, so completion is not a question there. F fell · UR unseated rider · PU pulled up · BD brought down · Oth covers refusals, slip-ups, run-outs and the rare disqualification. Non-runners are excluded throughout. Rows under n=30 are shown faded. A descriptive record, not a tip.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Young Lou (GB) 5 1 4 19 May 16
Spurned Girl (GB) 3 0 0 24 May 16
Bally Lagan (IRE) 2 0 0 16 May 16
Tara Well (IRE) 2 0 0 23 Mar 16
Graineyhill (IRE) 1 0 0 1 Jan 17
Nanacaulsitesker (IRE) 1 0 0 31 Dec 16
Kaddys Dream (GB) 1 0 1 2 May 16
Sweet Midnight (GB) 1 0 0 28 Mar 16
Ohms Law (GB) 1 0 0 21 Mar 16
Jackfield (GB) 1 0 0 28 Feb 16
All 10 horses ridden in this window. Runs, wins and places only: a strike rate or a return on a handful of runs is noise, so none is quoted per horse — each horse's full record is on its own page.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
TrainerRWSR£1
Robin Dickin 14 1 7.1% −10.75
John G Carr 2 0 0% −2.00
John Holt 1 0 0% −1.00
Anthony Day 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2016→
1
Archived wins
£7,577
Prize money
2016
Best season · 1 win
Young Lou (GB) — 32Red 10 Free Mares' Handicap Hurdle Market Rasen · Mar 2016 · Class 4
£3,249
Notable horses
Young Lou (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Kadastrof (FR) 16.7% · 1–6
Progeny have won 8.5% of 423 runs since 2008 (42 horses).
Passing Glance (GB) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 12.4% of 3,568 runs since 2008 (295 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 15.8% from 222. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 7.2% from 290. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 8.8% from 171.
Kalanisi (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 10.5% of 6,750 runs since 2008 (648 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 16.1% from 355.
Kayf Tara (GB) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,756 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Craigsteel (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 10.1% of 3,393 runs since 2008 (262 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.5% from 291. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6.9% from 763.
Echo Of Light (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 9.6% of 1,633 runs since 2011 (126 horses). Strongest on Good going: 12.6% from 373. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 4.4% from 160.
Top line: the rider's own record with each sire's runners (win %, wins–runs), same window as the header; faded under 30 runs. Beneath it: every run by that sire's progeny in our archive since 2008, as at 6 Nov 2026 — what they have done, not a forecast. A going or a distance is named only where at least 100 progeny runs sit 3 or more points from the sire's own win rate. Distance bands cover Flat and jumps together.

The record

all 18 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Cathal Courtney's 18 archived rides, from 26 February 2016 to 1 January 2017, newest first — one winner among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Jan 17 Fairyhouse Graineyhill (IRE)T: John G Carr Happy New Year Maiden Hurdle20f · Soft · 15 ran UR 66/1
31 Dec 16 Punchestown Nanacaulsitesker (IRE)T: John G Carr Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Soft · 22 ran 9th 33/1
24 May 16 Southwell Spurned Girl (GB)T: Robin Dickin Join At The Races On Facebook Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 15.5f · Good · 8 ran 6th 40/1
19 May 16 Worcester Young Lou (GB)T: Robin Dickin Great FA Cup Final Value At Ladbrokes Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 23f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 7th 9/1
16 May 16 Kempton Bally Lagan (IRE)T: Robin Dickin Apollobet Bet Through The App Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 20.5f · Good · 13 ran 7th 12/1
07 May 16 Warwick Bally Lagan (IRE)T: Robin Dickin Lewis Badges 1832 Conditional Jockeys' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good To Soft · 6 ran UR 7/2
02 May 16 Warwick Spurned Girl (GB)T: Robin Dickin Superdream Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)Class 5 · 19f · Good · 13 ran 9th 33/1
02 May 16 Warwick Kaddys Dream (GB)T: Robin Dickin Agility Fleet Mares' 'National Hunt' Maiden HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good · 8 ran 2nd 20/1
29 Apr 16 Bangor-on-Dee Young Lou (GB)T: Robin Dickin Controlled Event Solutions Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 23f · Good · 8 ran 2nd 13/8F
28 Mar 16 Market Rasen Sweet Midnight (GB)T: John Holt High Definition Racing Uk Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 18.5f · Soft · 5 ran 3rd 16/1
24 Mar 16 Chepstow Spurned Girl (GB)T: Robin Dickin ICB Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)Class 5 · 16f · Good · 11 ran PU 33/1
23 Mar 16 Warwick Tara Well (IRE)T: Robin Dickin Executive Hire Show Thanks For Attending Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 21f · Good · 12 ran 9th 16/1
21 Mar 16 Southwell Ohms Law (GB)T: Anthony Day At The Races Sky 415 Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20.5f · Good · 12 ran 9th 33/1
19 Mar 16 Fontwell Young Lou (GB)T: Robin Dickin Smart Computers Supporting Racing Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 25.5f · Good · 8 ran 2nd 7/2
13 Mar 16 Market Rasen Young Lou (GB)T: Robin Dickin 32Red 10 Free Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 23f · Soft · 5 ran 1st 9/4J
11 Mar 16 Sandown Tara Well (IRE)T: Robin Dickin Anne Boleyn Mares' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 20f · Heavy · 4 ran 3rd 13/2
28 Feb 16 Southwell Jackfield (GB)T: Robin Dickin Attheraces.com Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 24f · Good To Soft · 14 ran PU 9/2J
26 Feb 16 Warwick Young Lou (GB)T: Robin Dickin Walking The Courses 'Hands And Heels' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 26f · Soft · 11 ran 2nd 7/1

Drawn from the whole archive (2005 onwards), so it can include runs outside the window the header statistics cover. Non-runners are not listed. A finish shown in letters is a non-completion (F fell · UR unseated · PU pulled up · BD brought down).

Quick answers

What is Cathal Courtney's strike rate?
Cathal Courtney has won 1 of 18 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 5.6% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. A small sample — fewer than 30 rides, so read the count before the percentage.
Fair A/E compares wins with a margin-stripped market expectation. Favourite-heavy samples — top yards, leading riders — naturally read a few points warm, so 1.05 means "beat the margin-free market read", not "the market underrates this by 5%". Three sample sizes are reported and never blended: runs (n), the ROI basis (n at SP), and the fair-A/E basis (n with a computed fair probability).

Strike rate is wins over all runs (n). ROI is £1 level stakes at SP over runs with a parseable price (n at SP). Fair A/E is wins over margin-stripped market expectation, over runs with a computed fair probability (n fair). The three Ns can legitimately differ and are always shown. Figures as at 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).