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Ciaran Gethings

3,064 rides in the lifetime window · 1,172 individual horses
As at 15 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
In form — 4 winners last 14 days Won yesterday Rides today 100% of rides over jumps
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
298–3,064
Wins / Runs
9.7%
Strike rate
n=3,064
859 (28%)
Placed
0.88
n=3,059 · 0.76 incl. margin
−1,236.57
£1 level stake
n=3,063 at SP · −40.4%
£4.00m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
12%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 160 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 10% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.88). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 18% (323 rides). The rider is in form now — 4 winners in the last fortnight, above their own baseline.

Deterministic profile computed from 3,064 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance 29.7% when favourite Stuart Edmunds: 13.9% from 827 LTO winners: 18.3% Claiming: 10% Rides the favourite in 8% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Fakenham (23.5%, n=85) and Haydock (18.9%, n=37) — all clear of the rider's 9.7% baseline. It is weakest at Cheltenham (2.1% over 97 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 18.3% (n=323, Fair A/E 0.98), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 5.3% (n=468, Fair A/E 0.88). The market has consistently overbet first rides on a horse: 6.1% strike, Fair A/E 0.69 and −650.10 to a £1 stake over 1,172 rides — those runners underperform what the price implies. Right now the rider is firing: 4 winners from 22 rides in the last 14 days (18.2%, 8.5pts above the 9.7% baseline). Stuart Edmunds supplies 27% of the rides and edges the rider's average (13.9% vs 9.7%, A/E 0.96). 11 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Randox Supports Race Against Dementia Topham Handicap Chase at Aintree (Apr 2024, £84,195). The standout partner of the record: Marsh Wren (GB) — 8 wins from 14 rides together.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 9.7% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
6.1%−3.6
n=1,172 · A/E 0.69 · £1 −650.10
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
18.3%+8.6
n=323 · A/E 0.98 · £1 −74.20
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
9%−0.7
n=793 · A/E 0.89 · £1 −353.38
When favourite
29.7%
n=259 · A/E 0.90 · £1 −61.72
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
10%+0.3
n=672 · A/E 0.87 · £1 −235.30
Big fields · 14+ runners
5.3%−4.4
n=468 · A/E 0.88 · £1 −239.23
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
8.6%−1.1
n=128 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −81.73

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 9.7% 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
At Fakenham 23.5% vs 9.7% · n=85
On last-time-out winners 18.3% vs 9.7% · n=323
At Cheltenham 2.1% vs 9.7% · n=97
At Haydock 18.9% vs 9.7% · n=37
With Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls 16.7% vs 9.7% · n=96
With debutants 3.7% vs 9.7% · n=189
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 1,926 174 9% −895.08
Chase 905 107 11.8% −247.08
NH Flat 233 17 7.3% −94.41

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 1,187 95 8% −630.69
Good to Soft 777 81 10.4% −279.77
Soft 696 76 10.9% −178.33
Heavy 292 35 12% −85.22
Good to Firm 103 11 10.7% −53.56
Standard (AW) 9 0 0% −9.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Uttoxeter 233 19 8.2% −136.65
Huntingdon 206 27 13.1% −69.64
Chepstow 167 16 9.6% −74.72
Warwick 160 12 7.5% −41.07
Worcester 144 9 6.3% −83.83
Exeter 130 13 10% −30.97
Ludlow 128 10 7.8% −44.12
Southwell 123 13 10.6% −34.73
Market Rasen 111 17 15.3% −20.39
Newton Abbot 110 12 10.9% −61.08
Bangor-on-Dee 104 6 5.8% −70.85
Wincanton 104 6 5.8% −69.13
Taunton 103 6 5.8% −57.39
Cheltenham 97 2 2.1% −86.50
Stratford 94 8 8.5% −45.87

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 1,347 142 10.5% −560.33
Class 5 749 57 7.6% −321.71
Class 3 519 62 11.9% −156.82
Class 2 209 17 8.1% −100.68
Class 1 152 13 8.6% −75.23
Class 6 58 6 10.3% −0.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 304 81 26.6% 0.84 −91.97
2nd–3rd fav 729 124 17% 0.97 −142.30
4th–6th fav 1,062 80 7.5% 0.96 −284.80
7th+ in betting 968 13 1.3% 0.43 −717.50
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
83.1% completed · 2,831 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 905 77.7% 35 24 139 2 2
Hurdle 1,926 85.7% 41 19 209 3 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
Havana Hermano (IRE) 27 2 11 28 May 22
Classic Ben (IRE) 25 3 13 10 Jan 23
Molly Childers (IRE) 24 3 11 4 Oct 20
Addosh (GB) 20 3 7 30 May 24
Theclockisticking (IRE) 20 3 8 9 Sep 20
Arizona Cardinal (GB) 18 6 8 1 Feb 25
Gentleman At Arms (IRE) 18 3 6 13 Jan 24
Hepijeu (FR) 18 6 11 16 Oct 20
Gerard Mentor (FR) 16 0 2 27 Nov 25
Maskada (FR) 16 3 7 20 Feb 22
River Bray (IRE) 16 2 6 23 Feb 21
Woodford County (GB) 16 2 4 16 Mar 17
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 1,172 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 8 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

In form
4 from 22 18.2% · +8.5pts vs baseline
Last 14 days18.2%
Lifetime base9.7%
Shown only when the 14-day window is large enough to mean anything (n≥15). A cold run renders the same card with a quiet badge — never hidden.

By month

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
1013910910491381010
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
27% of all rides
13.9% SR · A/E 0.96
TrainerRWSR£1
Stuart Edmunds 827 115 13.9% −168.27
Tom George 252 25 9.9% −78.97
Jane Williams 209 26 12.4% −91.62
Kim Bailey 206 21 10.2% −98.01
Alastair Ralph 166 16 9.6% −56.94
Robert Stephens 161 8 5% −94.99
Nigel Hawke 127 9 7.1% −91.04
Philip Hobbs 111 15 13.5% −42.16
Kim Bailey & Mat Nicholls 96 16 16.7% −17.73
Sophie Leech 94 5 5.3% −40.80
Victor Dartnall 64 7 10.9% −18.25
Barry Leavy 62 3 4.8% −34.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2013→
298
Archived wins
11
Pattern / graded wins
£4.00m
Prize money
2017
Best season · 39 wins
Arizona Cardinal (GB) — Randox Supports Race Against Dementia Topham Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Aintree · Apr 2024 · Class 1
£84,195
Heltenham (FR) — BetVictor Greatwood Gold Cup Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race) Newbury · Mar 2024 · Class 1
£56,950
La Luna Artista (FR) — Ladbrokes Adonis Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Kempton · Feb 2026 · Grade 2
£45,774

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Milan (GB) 6.7% · 5–75
Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,896 runs since 2008 (1,465 horses).
Getaway (GER) 16.2% · 12–74
Progeny have won 11.3% of 11,056 runs since 2016 (1,035 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Stowaway (GB) 14.5% · 10–69
Progeny have won 11.3% of 7,190 runs since 2008 (561 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 16.1% from 124.
Kayf Tara (GB) 14.9% · 10–67
Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,775 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Midnight Legend (GB) 11.1% · 7–63
Progeny have won 14.2% of 8,312 runs since 2008 (494 horses).
Yeats (IRE) 6.7% · 4–60
Progeny have won 11.9% of 9,864 runs since 2013 (709 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.2% from 821.
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 15 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 3,064 · newest first

The latest 50 of 3,064 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 22 March 2013 to 15 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
05 Nov 26 Newbury Merlin Allen (FR)T: Mrs Jane Williams CSP Maiden Hurdle Race (GBB Race)Class 3 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 3rd 2/1J

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this rider’s mounts since 6 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 8 runs (won 2) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 8 runs (won 4) · fastest on KTB Speed in 8 runs (won 3) · to 14 Nov 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is Ciaran Gethings's strike rate?
Ciaran Gethings has won 298 of 3,064 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 9.7% (as at 15 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Ciaran Gethings do best at?
Market Rasen by strike rate: 17 wins from 111 rides (15.3%) since 2008. 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 Ciaran Gethings ride most for?
Stuart Edmunds, with 827 rides since 2008 — 27% of the total. That pairing has won 115 (13.9%).
Is Ciaran Gethings in form?
In the last 14 days: 22 rides, 4 winners, a strike rate of 18.2%. That is above the baseline of 9.7% since 2008.
What is Ciaran Gethings's Fair A/E?
0.88, from 3,059 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 15 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).