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Jockey profile

Colin Keane

3,905 rides in the last 5 seasons · 1,747 individual horses
As at 9 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Won yesterday Last ride yesterday 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2010→)
from 1 Jan 2022
576–3,905
Wins / Runs
14.8%
Strike rate
n=3,905
1,465 (38%)
Placed
1.01
Fair A/E
n=3,901 · 0.83 incl. margin
−953.20
£1 level stake
n=3,905 at SP · −24.4%
£22.2m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
15.9%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 780 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 15% of them — level with the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.01). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 20% (502 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 3,905 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 9 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jul–Aug 32.5% when favourite G M Lyons: 18.2% from 1,136 LTO winners: 19.7% Group/Graded: 17.1% Rides the favourite in 19% of races
The read

It is weakest at Listowel (4.1% over 49 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 19.7% (n=502, Fair A/E 1.02), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 11.4% (n=1,462, Fair A/E 1.01). G M Lyons supplies 29% of the rides and edges the rider's average (18.2% vs 14.8%, A/E 0.98) — the market has that partnership priced right. 199 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the King George Vi And Queen Elizabeth Stakes at Ascot (Jul 2026, £1,134,200). The standout partner of the record: Mutasarref (GB) — 10 wins from 25 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Jul–Aug.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 14.8% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
13.1%−1.7
n=1,605 · A/E 1.00 · £1 −431.53
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
19.7%+4.9
n=502 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −143.02
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
12.2%−2.6
n=699 · A/E 0.88 · £1 −304.78
When favourite
32.5%
n=757 · A/E 1.04 · £1 −118.13
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
0%−14.8
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
11.4%−3.4
n=1,462 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −391.57
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
17.1%+2.3
n=625 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −122.36

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 14.8% 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 Andrew Balding 31.3% vs 14.8% · n=67
At Listowel 4.1% vs 14.8% · n=49
At Ascot 7.1% vs 14.8% · n=99
With A J Martin 5.6% vs 14.8% · n=36
With M D O'Callaghan 20.9% vs 14.8% · n=215
With Daniel James Murphy 23.7% vs 14.8% · n=38
This filter uses derived form angles computed for 60.4% of the archive so far (as at 9 Nov 2026); the sample will grow as sequencing completes.
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
Flat 3,904 575 14.7% −960.70
NH Flat 1 1 100% +7.50

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 1,333 209 15.7% −268.60
Soft 965 119 12.3% −352.70
Standard (AW) 702 132 18.8% −140.70
Heavy 344 44 12.8% −60.66
Good to Soft 312 46 14.7% −36.60
Good to Firm 249 26 10.4% −93.94

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 644 117 18.2% −137.85
Curragh 550 72 13.1% −51.33
Leopardstown 334 53 15.9% −34.88
Naas 299 50 16.7% −58.59
Gowran Park 248 30 12.1% −121.77
Cork 211 31 14.7% −79.55
Navan 206 23 11.2% −78.41
Roscommon 133 16 12% −25.41
Killarney 121 17 14% −58.75
Fairyhouse 118 21 17.8% −8.86
Galway 114 14 12.3% −24.05
Bellewstown 113 23 20.4% −17.20
Ascot 99 7 7.1% −41.56
Tipperary 83 9 10.8% −24.00
Down Royal 82 14 17.1% −29.82

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 626 108 17.3% −114.86
Class 2 96 8 8.3% −21.80
Class 4 42 5 11.9% −22.74
Class 3 36 7 19.4% −10.95
Class 5 17 2 11.8% −13.71
Class 6 7 1 14.3% −2.67

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 876 270 30.8% 1.04 −141.76
2nd–3rd fav 1,204 197 16.4% 1.01 −239.44
4th–6th fav 1,087 82 7.5% 0.93 −266.00
7th+ in betting 738 27 3.7% 0.93 −306.00
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
Mutasarref (GB) 22 9 12 15 Apr 26
My Mate Alfie (IRE) 17 5 12 29 Jun 25
Layfayette (IRE) 16 2 6 6 Aug 26
Power Under Me (IRE) 16 5 7 29 Mar 25
Chica Power (IRE) 14 1 2 9 Apr 25
Daler (IRE) 13 0 7 6 Nov 26
Amiata (IRE) 13 4 5 15 Oct 26
Mephisto (IRE) 13 1 5 7 Jun 26
Port Louis (IRE) 13 1 3 1 Oct 25
Perfect Poise (IRE) 12 1 6 17 Sep 24
Star Kissed (IRE) 12 3 6 27 Jul 24
Fairytale Princess (IRE) 12 2 3 19 Jul 24
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 1,747 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 7 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
3 from 9
Only 9 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
141915161314171611131824
A flat rider: the season runs Mar–Oct. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
Main yardG M Lyons
29% of all rides
18.2% SR · A/E 0.98
TrainerRWSR£1
G M Lyons 1,136 207 18.2% −245.88
Noel Meade 515 61 11.8% −134.58
M D O'Callaghan 215 45 20.9% +20.60
Gerard Keane 113 14 12.4% −39.99
James McAuley 82 9 11% −11.17
Andrew Balding 67 21 31.3% +8.53
John Joseph Murphy 64 10 15.6% −25.25
W P Mullins 58 10 17.2% −12.08
Paul W Flynn 49 8 16.3% +12.91
John & Thady Gosden 39 9 23.1% −18.52
Daniel James Murphy 38 9 23.7% +7.61
Jack W Davison 36 5 13.9% −14.87
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2010→
1,461
Archived wins
199
Pattern / graded wins
£40.7m
Prize money
2021
Best season · 157 wins
Kalpana (GB) — King George Vi And Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Group 1) Ascot · Jul 2026 · Group 1
£1,134,200
Item (GB) — Juddmonte International Stakes (Group 1) York · Aug 2026 · Group 1
£850,650
Mustajeer (GB) — Sky Bet Ebor Handicap York · Aug 2019 · Class 2
£600,000
Notable horses
Mutasarref (GB) My Good Brother (IRE) Blue Bolt (IRE) Power Under Me (IRE) Ardhoomey (IRE) Bucky Larson (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Frankel (GB) 20.3% · 29–143
Progeny have won 18% of 7,544 runs since 2016 (882 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 12.8% from 329. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.2% from 270.
Dark Angel (IRE) 21% · 29–138
Progeny have won 11.3% of 21,953 runs since 2011 (1,596 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15% from 107.
Mehmas (IRE) 19.3% · 22–114
Progeny have won 11.5% of 8,233 runs since 2020 (754 horses).
Kodiac (GB) 17.9% · 17–95
Progeny have won 10.4% of 23,603 runs since 2010 (1,666 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 254.
Kingman (GB) 16% · 15–94
Progeny have won 14.6% of 7,532 runs since 2018 (779 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 11% from 970. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 9% from 122.
Starspangledbanner (AUS) 19.7% · 15–76
Progeny have won 11.1% of 7,225 runs since 2014 (664 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.6% from 1,199.
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 9 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 10,009 · newest first

The latest 50 of 10,009 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 15 October 2010 to 8 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
08 Nov 26 Saint-Cloud (FR) Legacy Link (GB)T: John & Thady Gosden Prix Solitude10f · Heavy · 14 ran 1st 2/1
06 Nov 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Hooves Your Daddy (IRE)T: Jarlath P Fahey BAR 1 Betting Bet Builder Boost Handicap8f · Standard · 14 ran 5th 9/4F
06 Nov 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Daler (IRE)T: G. M. Lyons BAR 1 Betting '2Up Early Payout' Handicap8f · Standard · 8 ran 7th 11/8F
06 Nov 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Naval Gazer (IRE)T: G. M. Lyons Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden8f · Standard · 10 ran 2nd 5/1
06 Nov 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Prevalence (GB)T: G. M. Lyons Irish Stallion Farms EBF Cooley Fillies Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 8f · Standard · 14 ran 7th 10/1
06 Nov 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Bougie Gals (IRE)T: M D O'Callaghan Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden7f · Standard · 12 ran 2nd 16/1
05 Nov 26 Southwell (AW) Fenaroli (GB)T: Harry Charlton AWC Season 14 Has Begun EBF Novice Stakes (GBB Race)Class 3 · 7f · Standard · 9 ran 1st 1/3F
05 Nov 26 Southwell (AW) Fletcher's Flight (IRE)T: Charlie Wallis All-Weather Championship Is Back Handicap StakesClass 6 · 5f · Standard · 13 ran 1st 100/30F
04 Nov 26 Kempton (AW) Yamana (GB)T: Ralph Beckett Unibet/British EBF Fillies' Novice Stakes (Div I) (GBB/GBBPlus Race)Class 3 · 8f · Standard / Slow · 13 ran 11th 11/4F
23 Oct 26 Doncaster Entrust (GB)T: John & Thady Gosden British Stallion Studs Ebf Novice Stakes (gbb Race)Class 3 · 8f · Heavy · 10 ran 1st 3/1
21 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) Acanto (IRE)T: Noel Meade Navan Racecourse Handicap14f · Yielding · 23 ran 4th 7/1
21 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) Jenny Spider (IRE)T: G. M. Lyons Kilberry Fillies Maiden7f · Yielding · 13 ran 8th 8/1
21 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) Lash La Rue (IRE)T: Noel Meade Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden5f · Yielding · 10 ran 9th 80/1
21 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) Alnofoor (GB)T: Ms Claire O'Connell Christmas Parties At Navan Racecourse 5th & 13th December Handicap6f · Yielding · 21 ran 4th 10/1
21 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) Villaray (IRE)T: G. M. Lyons Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden6f · Yielding · 14 ran 1st 4/1
20 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Roaming Coyote (IRE)T: Kevin Thomas Coleman Always Gambling Responsibly With 1xBet.ie Handicap8f · Yielding · 23 ran 9th 8/1
20 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Lamar Valley (GB)T: Kevin Thomas Coleman 1xBet.ie Supports The Curragh Handicap10f · Yielding · 24 ran 7th 15/2
20 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Maire Rua (GB)T: G. M. Lyons Staffordstown Stud Stakes (Group 3)Class 1 · 8f · Yielding · 11 ran 10th 1/1F
20 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Hey Stella (IRE)T: G. M. Lyons Bill Hanlon Memorial Fillies Maiden12f · Yielding · 7 ran 4th 20/1
20 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Nouvel Espoir (IRE)T: James M Barcoe Autumn Racing With 1xBet.ie At The Curragh Handicap6f · Yielding · 17 ran 1st 6/1

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 9 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 8 runs (won 2) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 9 runs (won 3) · fastest on KTB Speed in 9 runs (won 2) · to 6 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 Colin Keane's strike rate?
Colin Keane has won 576 of 3,905 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 14.8% (as at 9 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Colin Keane do best at?
Bellewstown by strike rate: 23 wins from 113 rides (20.4%) 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 Colin Keane ride most for?
G M Lyons, with 1,136 rides since 2022 — 29% of the total. That pairing has won 207 (18.2%).
Is Colin Keane in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 9 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Colin Keane's Fair A/E?
1.01, from 3,901 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 9 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).