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Jockey profile

Cian Quirke

1,057 rides in the last 5 seasons · 447 individual horses
As at 19 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride yesterday 100% of rides over jumps
from 1 Jan 2022
85–1,057
Wins / Runs
8%
Strike rate
n=1,057
251 (24%)
Placed
1.09
n=1,057 · 0.88 incl. margin
−251.31
£1 level stake
n=1,057 at SP · −23.8%
£1.31m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
10.7%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 210 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 8% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.09). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 13% (80 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,057 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 19 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance 25.5% when favourite A. Slattery: 16.1% from 205 LTO winners: 12.5% Rides the favourite in 5% of races
The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 12.5% (n=80, Fair A/E 0.88), but in Group and Graded company the record reads poorly at 2.6% (n=78, Fair A/E 0.27). A. Slattery supplies 19% of the rides and beats the rider's average (16.1% vs 8%, A/E 1.21) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly in Class 1 — 2.5% over 79 rides, 5.5pts below the baseline. 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the WillowWarm Gold Cup at Fairyhouse (Apr 2026, £58,900).

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% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
6.8%−1.2
n=438 · A/E 1.31 · £1 −117.80
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
12.5%+4.5
n=80 · A/E 0.88 · £1 −21.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
7%−1.0
n=199 · A/E 1.26 · £1 −90.97
When favourite
25.5%
n=51 · A/E 0.88 · £1 −16.73
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
8%+0.0
n=699 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −119.58
Big fields · 14+ runners
6.1%−1.9
n=578 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −150.64
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
2.6%−5.4
n=78 · A/E 0.27 · £1 −52.90

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. 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 A. Slattery 16.1% vs 8% · n=205
With debutants 0% vs 8% · n=47
In Class 1 2.5% vs 8% · n=79
In Group / Graded races 2.6% vs 8% · n=78
With C&D winners 13.2% vs 8% · n=53
On last-time-out winners 12.5% vs 8% · n=80
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 827 60 7.3% −245.76
Chase 218 24 11% −16.55
NH Flat 10 0 0% −10.00
Flat 2 1 50% +21.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 401 32 8% −145.66
Good 306 21 6.9% −158.83
Good to Soft 205 17 8.3% +42.08
Heavy 145 15 10.3% +11.10

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Limerick 87 10 11.5% −1.50
Cork 84 5 6% −3.54
Tramore 79 4 5.1% −39.50
Punchestown 75 5 6.7% −31.00
Wexford 73 7 9.6% −34.20
Clonmel 60 7 11.7% −1.50
Fairyhouse 53 5 9.4% −4.64
Thurles 52 3 5.8% −0.40
Ballinrobe 51 3 5.9% −36.29
Kilbeggan 49 5 10.2% +8.00
Naas 43 2 4.7% +3.00
Tipperary 40 4 10% +10.75
Gowran Park 40 5 12.5% −5.57
Killarney 39 4 10.3% +17.50
Listowel 34 1 2.9% −30.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 79 2 2.5% −53.90
Class 2 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 1 1 100% +3.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 66 16 24.2% 0.90 −22.63
2nd–3rd fav 182 32 17.6% 1.16 −12.18
4th–6th fav 263 22 8.4% 1.20 −41.50
7th+ in betting 546 15 2.7% 1.05 −175.00
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
88.8% completed · 1,045 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 218 84.4% 11 6 15 1 1
Hurdle 827 90% 17 17 43 2 4
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
Dark Note (GB) 19 2 8 19 Mar 26
Krabat (IRE) 17 2 8 25 May 26
Maggie Walsh (IRE) 16 2 4 20 Aug 23
Fleur In The Park (IRE) 14 4 11 3 Oct 26
Hard Target (IRE) 14 1 7 25 Oct 25
Royal Hollow (IRE) 13 3 7 2 Oct 26
Roccabaker (IRE) 13 1 3 19 Apr 26
Ladies Well (IRE) 12 3 4 28 Sep 26
Whats New (IRE) 12 0 5 21 Jul 26
Plains Indian (IRE) 12 3 5 3 Dec 24
Inchiquin Star (IRE) 11 3 4 2 Oct 25
Walk In Time (IRE) 11 1 2 31 May 25
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 447 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 4 times. 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample
1 from 12
Only 12 rides in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

By month

strike by month, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
156810761095945
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 yardA. Slattery
19% of all rides
16.1% SR · A/E 1.21
TrainerRWSR£1
A. Slattery 205 33 16.1% +4.07
David Harry Kelly 122 12 9.8% +12.86
Michael J McDonagh 86 5 5.8% −34.00
Paul Stephen Kiely 47 3 6.4% −20.50
Timothy Doyle 45 5 11.1% +15.60
Michael J Bowe 33 3 9.1% −4.00
S Curling 32 1 3.1% −28.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2019→
87
Archived wins
2
Pattern / graded wins
£1.34m
Prize money
2025
Best season · 27 wins
Fleur In The Park (IRE) — WillowWarm Gold Cup (Grade 1) Fairyhouse · Apr 2026 · Grade 1
£58,900
Fleur In The Park (IRE) — PWC Danoli Steeplechase (Grade 2) Gowran Park (IRE) · Oct 2026 · Grade 2
£42,000
Glen Kiln (IRE) — Fairyhouse Steel Handicap Hurdle (0-140) Fairyhouse · Apr 2025
£15,340

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Yeats (IRE) 9.4% · 3–32
Progeny have won 11.9% of 9,807 runs since 2008 (704 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.9% from 203. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 816.
Walk In The Park (IRE) 16.1% · 5–31
Progeny have won 13.2% of 6,929 runs since 2008 (688 horses).
Shirocco (GER) 17.2% · 5–29
Progeny have won 11.2% of 9,161 runs since 2008 (920 horses). Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.
Ocovango (GB) 12% · 3–25
Progeny have won 9.4% of 2,980 runs since 2008 (302 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 14.1% from 191.
Doyen (IRE) 8.3% · 2–24
Progeny have won 11.5% of 7,348 runs since 2008 (605 horses).
Dylan Thomas (IRE) 9.1% · 2–22
Progeny have won 10.5% of 7,487 runs since 2008 (533 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.
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 19 Oct 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 1,124 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,124 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 5 July 2019 to 18 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
17 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Tinto De Verano (IRE)T: Yvonne Latta Master Chefs Novice Hurdle (Listed)Class 1 · 21.5f · Good To Yielding · 6 ran 4th 5/1
06 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Tir Og (IRE)T: E Seymour Guinness Mares Handicap Hurdle22.5f · Yielding To Soft · 7 ran 4th 9/1
03 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Fleur In The Park (IRE)T: A. Slattery PWC Danoli Steeplechase (Grade 2)Class 1 · 20f · Good To Yielding · 4 ran 1st 11/10F
03 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Ebony King (IRE)T: A. Slattery Gowran Park Hurdle (Listed)Class 1 · 16.5f · Good To Yielding · 5 ran F 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 Cian Quirke's strike rate?
Cian Quirke has won 85 of 1,057 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 8% (as at 19 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Cian Quirke do best at?
Gowran Park by strike rate: 5 wins from 40 rides (12.5%) since 2022. Read from the 15 courses with the most rides on the same basis, and only those with at least 30 — a small sample cannot top the list, and a rarely-visited course is not in the comparison.
Which yard does Cian Quirke ride most for?
A. Slattery, with 205 rides since 2022 — 19% of the total. That pairing has won 33 (16.1%).
Is Cian Quirke in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 12 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Cian Quirke's Fair A/E?
1.09, from 1,057 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 19 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).