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Jockey profile

Cian Collins

136 rides in the lifetime window · 83 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Apr 2017 99% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2015→)
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.
11–136
Wins / Runs
8.1%
Strike rate
n=136
36 (27%)
Placed
1.04
Fair A/E
n=136 · 0.83 incl. margin
−53.50
£1 level stake
n=136 at SP · −39.3%
£157k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 50 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 8% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.04). First rides on a horse are a strength: 11% on the first captured pairing (83 rides). Rode mostly for Gordon Elliott — 40% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 136 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Gordon Elliott: 12.7% from 55 First rides: 10.8% Claiming: 8.3%
The read

Rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 3.8% (n=78, Fair A/E 0.72). Gordon Elliott supplied 40% of the rides and edges the rider's average (12.7% vs 8.1%, A/E 1.10) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also read well on Good going (11.5%, n=52). The record read poorly on Soft going — 3.8% over 53 rides, 4.3pts below the baseline.

Written from the figures on this page — every claim carries its sample. Descriptive, not a tip.

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8.1% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
10.8%+2.7
n=83 · A/E 1.26 · £1 −10.88
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
23.1%+15.0
n=13 · A/E 1.33 · £1 −1.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
5%−3.1
n=20 · A/E 0.82 · £1 −11.00
When favourite
30%
n=10 · A/E 1.16 · £1 −1.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
8.3%+0.2
n=133 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −50.50
Big fields · 14+ runners
3.8%−4.3
n=78 · A/E 0.72 · £1 −57.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−8.1
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.1% 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.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
With Thomas Cooper 0% vs 8.1% · n=30
With Gordon Elliott 12.7% vs 8.1% · n=55
On Soft going 3.8% vs 8.1% · n=53
On Good going 11.5% vs 8.1% · n=52
On first rides for the horse 10.8% vs 8.1% · n=83
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 10.9% vs 8.1% · n=55
Descriptive splits ranked by divergence × sample — insight, not instruction. Every angle carries its N; nothing under 30 runs qualifies. Rows within 2pts of the baseline appear only when the market-relative read (Fair A/E) diverges, and show it.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Hurdle 121 10 8.3% −55.50
Chase 8 0 0% −8.00
NH Flat 6 1 16.7% +11.00
Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 53 2 3.8% −39.50
Good 52 6 11.5% −11.00
Heavy 24 1 4.2% −20.00
Good to Soft 5 1 20% +2.00
Good to Firm 2 1 50% +15.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Limerick 14 3 21.4% +14.00
Thurles 11 1 9.1% −8.38
Punchestown 11 1 9.1% −4.50
Cork 10 1 10% −2.00
Down Royal 10 0 0% −10.00
Navan 9 0 0% −9.00
Fairyhouse 9 0 0% −9.00
Kilbeggan 7 0 0% −7.00
Clonmel 7 0 0% −7.00
Listowel 6 0 0% −6.00
Gowran Park 5 0 0% −5.00
Naas 5 1 20% −2.62
Killarney 4 0 0% −4.00
Downpatrick 4 1 25% +9.00
Wexford 4 1 25% +5.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 4 1 1 100% +5.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 10 3 30% 1.16 −1.00
2nd–3rd fav 26 5 19.2% 1.33 +8.50
4th–6th fav 25 3 12% 1.69 +14.00
7th+ in betting 75 0 0% 0.00 −75.00
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
86% completed · 129 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 8 75% 0 1 1 0 0
Hurdle 121 86.8% 2 2 11 0 1
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
Coolmill (IRE) 10 1 2 16 Oct 16
Young Linzi (IRE) 9 0 1 20 Jun 16
Miss Mary D (IRE) 4 0 1 31 May 16
Tarbert (IRE) 4 0 0 22 Apr 16
The Shepherd King (IRE) 4 0 0 31 May 15
Dawerann (IRE) 3 1 1 26 Mar 17
Taglietelle (GB) 3 0 0 17 Mar 17
Bull Ride (IRE) 3 0 1 26 Jan 17
Mollymill (IRE) 3 0 0 16 Nov 16
Ainslie (IRE) 3 0 2 13 Nov 16
Poetic Lord (GB) 3 1 1 5 Jul 15
Orchard Road (USA) 2 0 1 6 Apr 17
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 83 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 1 time. Horses with fewer runs aren't listed; search finds any horse since 2005. 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.

By month

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
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A jumps rider: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
Main yardGordon Elliott
40% of all rides
12.7% SR · A/E 1.10
TrainerRWSR£1
Gordon Elliott 55 7 12.7% −6.50
Thomas Cooper 30 0 0% −30.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2015→
11
Archived wins
£157k
Prize money
2016
Best season · 9 wins
Coolmill (IRE) — J.p.mcmanus Rated Hurdle Cork · Aug 2015
£16,900
De Plotting Shed (IRE) — Priory Walls Of Kilgowan Hurdle Naas · Nov 2016
£12,915
De Plotting Shed (IRE) — He'llberemembered Hurdle Thurles · Oct 2016
£11,070
Notable horses
De Plotting Shed (IRE) Coolmill (IRE) Dawerann (IRE) Poetic Lord (GB) Double Take (IRE) Isabella Liberty (FR)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Cloudings (IRE) 10% · 1–10
Progeny have won 10.5% of 3,887 runs since 2008 (309 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 14.6% from 411. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.5% from 815.
Heron Island (IRE) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 11.2% of 2,819 runs since 2008 (317 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.2% from 162.
Oscar (IRE) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Beneficial (GB) 50% · 2–4
Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,046 runs since 2008 (1,155 horses).
Court Cave (IRE) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 10.1% of 7,956 runs since 2008 (553 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 6.8% from 937.
Marignan (USA) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 6.3% of 554 runs since 2008 (63 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

latest 50 of 136 · newest first

The latest 50 of 136 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 15 April 2015 to 6 April 2017.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
06 Apr 17 Limerick Orchard Road (USA)T: Gordon Elliott Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle16f · Soft · 14 ran SU 14/1
01 Apr 17 Navan Folly Dat (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Mares Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 20 ran 10th 6/1
30 Mar 17 Limerick Jeannot De Nonant (FR)T: Gordon Elliott Follow Limerick Racecourse On Facebook Handicap Hurdle16f · Soft · 10 ran 3rd 14/1
26 Mar 17 Downpatrick Dawerann (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott Roadstud Installations Limited Handicap Hurdle (80-109)19f · Good · 11 ran 5th 11/2
23 Mar 17 Cork For Pedro (IRE)T: Thomas Cooper Cit Raise And Give Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Heavy · 14 ran 3rd 14/1
21 Mar 17 Clonmel Old Time Melody (IRE)T: Thomas Cooper Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Chase (0-109)23f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran UR 16/1
17 Mar 17 Cheltenham Taglietelle (GB)T: Gordon Elliott Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 2 · 20.5f · Good · 23 ran 12th 20/1
25 Feb 17 Fairyhouse Jeannot De Nonant (FR)T: Gordon Elliott At The Races Handicap Hurdle20f · Heavy · 10 ran 7th 25/1
19 Feb 17 Navan Rightdownthemiddle (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle22.5f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran 2nd 11/4
05 Feb 17 Punchestown Taglietelle (GB)T: Gordon Elliott Pertemps Network Group Handicap Hurdle (qualifier)24f · Soft · 20 ran 14th 50/1
28 Jan 17 Naas Storm In December (IRE)T: Anthony McCann Tipper Road (Pro/Am) Flat Race19f · Yielding To Soft · 11 ran 8th 33/1
28 Jan 17 Naas Westland Row (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott I.N.H. Stallion Owners E.B.F. Maiden Hurdle19f · Yielding To Soft · 21 ran 9th 25/1
26 Jan 17 Gowran Park Roi Des Francs (FR)T: Gordon Elliott Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase (grade A)25f · Soft · 18 ran 10th 22/1
26 Jan 17 Gowran Park Bull Ride (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-123)20f · Soft · 15 ran 7th 10/1
25 Jan 17 Fairyhouse Johns Choice (IRE)T: S J Kenny Your Clubs Fundraiser At Fairyhouse, Enquire Today Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1)20f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 12th 10/1
15 Jan 17 Fairyhouse Billy De Kid (FR)T: Thomas Cooper Madden Raparees GAA Club Fundraising Day Handicap Hurdle (80-109)24f · Soft · 25 ran PU 12/1
01 Jan 17 Tramore Dawerann (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott Ani-pets Veterinary Clinic Handicap Hurdle (80-109)21f · Soft To Heavy · 11 ran 5th 3/1
31 Dec 16 Punchestown Braize (FR)T: Denis Gerard Hogan Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Soft · 22 ran 18th 10/1
29 Dec 16 Limerick Moores Road (IRE)T: Michael Hourigan Frank Hogan Mercedes Benz Limerick Handicap Hurdle20f · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran 1st 3/1F
28 Dec 16 Leopardstown Bull Ride (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott Irish Daily Star Christmas Novice Handicap Hurdle16f · Yielding · 11 ran 8th 10/1

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 Cian Collins's strike rate?
Cian Collins has won 11 of 136 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 8.1% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which yard does Cian Collins ride most for?
Gordon Elliott, with 55 rides since 2008 — 40% of the total. That pairing has won 7 (12.7%).
What is Cian Collins's Fair A/E?
1.04, from 136 rides with a computed fair probability since 2008. Fair A/E compares actual wins with a margin-stripped market expectation, so 1.00 is par: above it the wins came at bigger prices than the margin-free market implied, below it they did not.
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).