Skip to content
Jockey profile

Cian Cullinan

232 rides in the last 5 seasons · 102 individual horses
As at 11 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 49 days ago 99% of rides over jumps
from 1 Jan 2022
12–232
Wins / Runs
5.2%
Strike rate
n=232
37 (16%)
Placed
1.05
n=232 · 0.83 incl. margin
−119.03
£1 level stake
n=232 at SP · −51.3%
£220k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
2.9%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 50 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 5% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.05).

Deterministic profile computed from 232 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 11 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 6.5% P G Fahey: 9.2% from 76 Claiming: 5.4%
The read

The market has consistently overbet rides in big fields of 14 or more: 3% strike, Fair A/E 0.74 and −75.00 to a £1 stake over 135 rides — those runners underperform what the price implies. P G Fahey supplies 33% of the rides and edges the rider's average (9.2% vs 5.2%, A/E 1.31) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly on Good going — 0% over 55 rides, 5.2pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider over 2m1f – 2m4f: Fair A/E 0.66 across 86 rides (3.5% strike, −49.78 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle at Listowel (Sep 2023, £59,000).

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.2% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
4%−1.2
n=99 · A/E 1.35 · £1 −44.25
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−5.2
n=11 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −11.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
6.5%+1.3
n=46 · A/E 1.16 · £1 −8.78
When favourite
20%
n=5 · A/E 0.61 · £1 −3.78
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
5.4%+0.2
n=221 · A/E 1.16 · £1 −108.03
Big fields · 14+ runners
3%−2.2
n=135 · A/E 0.74 · £1 −75.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
5.9%+0.7
n=17 · A/E 0.84 · £1 −5.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.2% 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
On Good going 0% vs 5.2% · n=55
With P G Fahey 9.2% vs 5.2% · n=76
On Soft going 7.4% vs 5.2% · n=94
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 3.5% vs 5.2% · n=86 · A/E 0.66
With horses switching code 6.9% vs 5.2% · n=58 · A/E 1.71
Off a 31-60-day break 6.6% vs 5.2% · n=61 · A/E 1.37
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 196 9 4.6% −122.53
Chase 19 3 15.8% +20.50
NH Flat 15 0 0% −15.00
Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 94 7 7.4% −38.78
Good 55 0 0% −55.00
Good to Soft 50 3 6% −25.00
Heavy 32 2 6.3% +0.75
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Punchestown 27 1 3.7% −23.25
Tramore 17 2 11.8% +5.00
Fairyhouse 17 1 5.9% −10.00
Naas 17 2 11.8% +16.00
Cork 16 0 0% −16.00
Wexford 14 0 0% −14.00
Clonmel 14 1 7.1% −12.78
Limerick 13 1 7.7% −9.50
Downpatrick 12 1 8.3% −2.50
Kilbeggan 10 0 0% −10.00
Listowel 10 1 10% +2.00
Leopardstown 10 0 0% −10.00
Down Royal 10 1 10% +5.00
Thurles 7 0 0% −7.00
Navan 6 0 0% −6.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 18 1 5.6% −6.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 7 1 14.3% 0.51 −5.78
2nd–3rd fav 21 5 23.8% 1.71 +3.25
4th–6th fav 57 3 5.3% 0.79 −28.50
7th+ in betting 147 3 2% 1.09 −88.00
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
84.7% completed · 215 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 19 89.5% 1 1 0 0 0
Hurdle 196 84.2% 9 3 18 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
Man O Work (IRE) 13 2 4 2 Nov 24
Midnight Eagle (IRE) 10 0 1 30 Oct 25
Boskill Borden (IRE) 9 1 2 24 Aug 24
Greenway Machine (IRE) 8 2 4 11 Oct 24
Carslake (GB) 8 0 1 17 Jun 24
Rocket Spirit (IRE) 7 0 2 29 May 24
Shirzan (IRE) 5 1 2 20 Sep 26
Danielle D (IRE) 5 0 0 16 Jun 25
Ashlia Dancer (IRE) 5 0 1 28 May 25
Tullamore Lucy (IRE) 5 0 0 15 Nov 24
Dylan's Day (IRE) 5 0 1 20 Aug 23
Two Can Plan (GB) 4 0 0 3 Aug 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 102 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, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
15630440761600
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 yardP G Fahey
33% of all rides
9.2% SR · A/E 1.31
TrainerRWSR£1
P G Fahey 76 7 9.2% −24.75
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2019→
13
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£235k
Prize money
2025
Best season · 5 wins
Man O Work (IRE) — Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle (Listed) Listowel · Sep 2023 · Listed
£59,000
Diggin Deep (IRE) — Club Mixers Handicap Chase Down Royal · May 2022
£8,555
Doctor Churchill (IRE) — Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle Naas · Jan 2025
£7,965

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Workforce (GB) 15.4% · 2–13
Progeny have won 9.1% of 760 runs since 2021 (102 horses).
Battle Of Marengo (IRE) 10% · 1–10
Progeny have won 7.4% of 962 runs since 2018 (91 horses). Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 12.5% from 200.
Wings Of Eagles (FR) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 10.1% of 1,039 runs since 2021 (159 horses). Strongest on Good going: 13.7% from 299. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.5% from 134.
Gale Force Ten (GB) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 9.9% of 1,130 runs since 2018 (74 horses).
Robin Des Pres (FR) 25% · 2–8
Progeny have won 9.2% of 2,800 runs since 2008 (229 horses).
Tamayuz (GB) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 10.4% of 5,189 runs since 2012 (401 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 11 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 290 · newest first

The latest 50 of 290 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 26 April 2019 to 23 September 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

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 Cullinan's strike rate?
Cian Cullinan has won 12 of 232 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 5.2% (as at 11 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which yard does Cian Cullinan ride most for?
P G Fahey, with 76 rides since 2022 — 33% of the total. That pairing has won 7 (9.2%).
What is Cian Cullinan's Fair A/E?
1.05, from 232 rides with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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 11 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).