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Cathal Gahan

14 rides in the lifetime window · 9 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Oct 2021 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2019→)
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.
1–14
Wins / Runs
7.1%
Strike rate
n=14
3 (21%)
Placed
0.98
Fair A/E
n=14 · 0.83 incl. margin
−9.00
£1 level stake
n=14 at SP · −64.3%
£6,551
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
12.5%

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.1% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
11.1%+4.0
n=9 · A/E 1.78 · £1 −4.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−7.1
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−7.1
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
When favourite
0%
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
7.1%+0.0
n=14 · A/E 0.98 · £1 −9.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−7.1
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.1% 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

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 6 1 16.7% −1.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Curragh 3 0 0% −3.00
Lingfield (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 2 1 50% +3.00
Salisbury 1 0 0% −1.00
Kempton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Dundalk (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Newbury 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 6 2 1 50% +3.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
2nd–3rd fav 2 1 50% 3.46 +3.00
4th–6th fav 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
7th+ in betting 8 0 0% 0.00 −8.00
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.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Far From A Ruby (GB) 3 1 2 30 Sep 21
Ubume (IRE) 3 0 0 14 Aug 20
Perfect Match (IRE) 2 0 0 28 Oct 21
Mitrosonfire (GB) 1 0 0 22 Oct 21
Sunset Memory (GB) 1 0 0 2 Sep 21
Grandmaster Flash (IRE) 1 0 0 8 Jan 21
Undeniable Fact (IRE) 1 0 0 28 Sep 19
Syrena (IRE) 1 0 0 30 Aug 19
Heir of Excitement (IRE) 1 0 1 7 Aug 19
All 9 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
William Muir & Chris Grassick 7 1 14.3% −2.00
Joseph Patrick O'Brien 6 0 0% −6.00
Richard John O'Brien 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2019→
1
Archived wins
£6,551
Prize money
2021
Best season · 1 win
Far From A Ruby (GB) — Grand Pantomime Cinderella December 2021 Apprentice Handicap Wolverhampton (AW) · Sep 2021 · Class 6
£2,700
Notable horses
Far From A Ruby (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Farhh (GB) 33.3% · 1–3
Progeny have won 13.7% of 1,804 runs since 2017 (164 horses).
Ruler Of The World (IRE) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 8.4% of 741 runs since 2018 (88 horses).
Dubawi (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 18.4% of 12,981 runs since 2009 (1,530 horses). Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.8% from 429.
Australia (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 11.2% of 5,676 runs since 2018 (566 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.5% from 108.
Camacho (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 8.1% of 9,325 runs since 2009 (596 horses).
Gale Force Ten (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 9.9% of 1,130 runs since 2018 (74 horses).
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 14 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Cathal Gahan's 14 archived rides, from 7 August 2019 to 28 October 2021, newest first — one winner among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
28 Oct 21 Lingfield (AW) Perfect Match (IRE)T: William Muir & Chris Grassick MansionBet Proud Partners of The AWC Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 13 ran 10th 33/1
22 Oct 21 Newbury Mitrosonfire (GB)T: William Muir & Chris Grassick West Berkshire Racing Club HandicapClass 3 · 6f · Heavy · 13 ran 12th 14/1
11 Oct 21 Kempton (AW) Perfect Match (IRE)T: William Muir & Chris Grassick Unibet New Instant Roulette HandicapClass 5 · 6f · Standard To Slow · 8 ran 7th 50/1
30 Sep 21 Lingfield (AW) Far From A Ruby (GB)T: William Muir & Chris Grassick Bernard Cork Memorial Fillies' HandicapClass 5 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 4th 9/1
18 Sep 21 Wolverhampton (AW) Far From A Ruby (GB)T: William Muir & Chris Grassick Read Kevin Blake On attheraces.com Fillies' HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 8 ran 3rd 9/4F
04 Sep 21 Wolverhampton (AW) Far From A Ruby (GB)T: William Muir & Chris Grassick Grand Pantomime Cinderella December 2021 Apprentice HandicapClass 6 · 8.5f · Standard · 9 ran 1st 4/1
02 Sep 21 Salisbury Sunset Memory (GB)T: William Muir & Chris Grassick Byerley Stud Racing Excellence Apprentice HandicapClass 5 · 8f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 6th 13/2
08 Jan 21 Dundalk (AW) Grandmaster Flash (IRE)T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien Find Us On Facebook At dundalkstadium Handicap16f · Standard · 12 ran 7th 15/2
14 Aug 20 Curragh Ubume (IRE)T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien Derek O'Sullivan Memorial Apprentice Handicap (45-70)8f · Good · 18 ran 15th 18/1
25 Jul 20 Gowran Park Ubume (IRE)T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien Please Support The Irish Injured Jockeys Fund Handicap (45-70)7f · Yielding · 15 ran 8th 22/1
01 Jul 20 Leopardstown Ubume (IRE)T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien Holden Plant Rentals Handicap (45-70)10f · Good · 14 ran 5th 28/1
28 Sep 19 Curragh Undeniable Fact (IRE)T: Richard John O'Brien Treacy Group Apprentice Handicap (45-70)8f · Soft · 24 ran 24th 33/1
30 Aug 19 Curragh Syrena (IRE)T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien Curragh Celebrating The Rose Of Tralee Apprentice Handicap7f · Good To Yielding · 23 ran 8th 20/1
07 Aug 19 Sligo Heir of Excitement (IRE)T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien Sligo Races High Speed WiFi Claiming Race10f · Good · 13 ran 2nd 33/1

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 Gahan's strike rate?
Cathal Gahan has won 1 of 14 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 7.1% (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).