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Cillian Rowan

22 rides in the last 5 seasons · 11 individual horses
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 4 days ago 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2025→)
from 1 Jan 2022
1–22
Wins / Runs
4.5%
Strike rate
n=22
4 (18%)
Placed
0.83
Fair A/E
n=22 · 0.64 incl. margin
−17.00
£1 level stake
n=22 at SP · −77.3%
£13,748
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
5.3%

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.5% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
0%−4.5
n=11 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −11.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−4.5
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−4.5
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
4.5%+0.0
n=22 · A/E 0.83 · £1 −17.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−4.5
n=16 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −16.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.5% 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

This filter uses derived form angles computed for 8.3% of the archive so far (as at 8 Nov 2026); the sample will grow as sequencing completes.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 10 1 10% −5.00
Good 9 0 0% −9.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 10 1 10% −5.00
Curragh 3 0 0% −3.00
Leopardstown 3 0 0% −3.00
Naas 2 0 0% −2.00
Cork (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Bellewstown (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
2nd–3rd fav 3 1 33.3% 2.43 +2.00
4th–6th fav 5 0 0% 0.00 −5.00
7th+ in betting 14 0 0% 0.00 −14.00
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
Comfort Line (IRE) 11 1 4 4 Nov 26
Dancing Steve (IRE) 2 0 0 30 Sep 26
Rock On Johnny (IRE) 1 0 0 1 Nov 26
Moyassr (IRE) 1 0 0 28 Oct 26
Doctor Grace (IRE) 1 0 0 4 Sep 26
Land Of The Giants (IRE) 1 0 0 3 Aug 26
Areyousure (IRE) 1 0 0 15 Mar 26
Johnny's Oasis (GB) 1 0 0 13 Jan 26
Clonmacash (GB) 1 0 0 28 Nov 25
Exquisite Acclaim (IRE) 1 0 0 21 Nov 25
Clarabell (GB) 1 0 0 30 Mar 25
All 11 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample
0 from 3
Only 3 rides in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
TrainerRWSR£1
Adrian McGuinness 20 1 5% −15.00
Adrian Sexton 1 0 0% −1.00
Diego Dias 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2025→
1
Archived wins
£13,748
Prize money
2026
Best season · 1 win
Comfort Line (IRE) — View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (0-60) Dundalk (AW) · Apr 2026
£5,900
Notable horses
Comfort Line (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Alhebayeb (IRE) 9.1% · 1–11
Progeny have won 8.3% of 2,639 runs since 2018 (160 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 11.7% from 179. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 11.5% from 253.
Highland Reel (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 7.2% of 1,520 runs since 2021 (162 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 10.4% from 144.
Acclamation (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 10% of 19,716 runs since 2008 (1,327 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 195.
Aclaim (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 9.9% of 2,552 runs since 2021 (201 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.7% from 390.
Buratino (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 7.5% of 1,887 runs since 2020 (118 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.2% from 119.
Calyx (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 13.4% of 1,519 runs since 2023 (174 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 9.3% from 172. Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 9.9% from 111.
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 8 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 22 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Cillian Rowan's 22 archived rides, from 30 March 2025 to 4 November 2026, newest first — one winner among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
04 Nov 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Comfort Line (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness Book Your Christmas Party At Dundalk Stadium Handicap7f · Standard · 13 ran 8th 8/1
01 Nov 26 Curragh (IRE) Rock On Johnny (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness Irish EBF Maiden (Smullen Series)8f · Yielding To Soft · 23 ran 15th 100/1
28 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Moyassr (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness Halloween Mid-Term Racing At Dundalk Handicap8f · Standard · 12 ran 10th 11/2
16 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Comfort Line (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Handicap10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 9th 25/1
30 Sep 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Dancing Steve (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness Paddy Woods Memorial Apprentice Series Final Apprentice Handicap12.5f · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran 12th 28/1
21 Sep 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Comfort Line (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness La Bucca Restaurant Handicap7f · Good · 18 ran 8th 18/1
09 Sep 26 Cork (IRE) Comfort Line (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness Racing Again September 29th Handicap8f · Good · 18 ran 5th 20/1
04 Sep 26 Down Royal (IRE) Doctor Grace (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness Children's Heartbeat Trust Apprentice Handicap10.5f · Good · 14 ran 12th 40/1
06 Aug 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Comfort Line (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness Renault Ireland Handicap9f · Good · 22 ran 4th 25/1
03 Aug 26 Naas (IRE) Land Of The Giants (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness Bet 20 Get 40 With Matchbook Handicap7f · Good · 16 ran 15th 16/1
16 Jul 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Comfort Line (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness Bulmers Live At Leopardstown Apprentice Handicap7f · Good · 14 ran 6th 11/2
24 Jun 26 Naas Dancing Steve (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness Colm White Bookmaker Apprentice Handicap11f · Good · 15 ran 13th 50/1
04 May 26 Curragh Comfort Line (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness PG Duffy & Sons Citroen Apprentice Handicap7f · Good · 15 ran 2nd 7/1
23 Apr 26 Dundalk (AW) Comfort Line (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (0-60)8f · Standard · 10 ran 1st 4/1
27 Mar 26 Dundalk (AW) Comfort Line (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness Sunday 12th July Ladies Day At Dundalk Handicap (0-60)7f · Standard · 14 ran 10th 5/1
20 Mar 26 Dundalk (AW) Comfort Line (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness Dundalk Stadium Winter Series Awards Day Handicap (0-60)7f · Standard · 14 ran 2nd 16/1
15 Mar 26 Curragh Areyousure (IRE)T: Diego Dias Final Furlong Podcast With 1xBet.ie (C & G) Maiden8f · Heavy · 23 ran 13th 250/1
13 Feb 26 Dundalk (AW) Comfort Line (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness Dundalk Winter Series Leading Trainer & Jockey Championship Handicap (0-60)7f · Standard · 13 ran 5th 16/1
13 Jan 26 Dundalk (AW) Johnny's Oasis (GB)T: Adrian McGuinness Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Apprentice Handicap8f · Standard · 14 ran 9th 10/1
28 Nov 25 Dundalk (AW) Clonmacash (GB)T: Adrian McGuinness BAR 1 Betting Handicap6f · Standard · 14 ran 10th 12/1

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this rider’s mounts since 28 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 1 run (won 0) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 1 run (won 0) · to 28 Oct 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 Cillian Rowan's strike rate?
Cillian Rowan has won 1 of 22 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 4.5% (as at 8 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. A small sample — fewer than 30 rides, so read the count before the percentage.
Is Cillian Rowan in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 3 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
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 8 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).