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Conor Cusack

134 rides in the lifetime window · 82 individual horses
As at 10 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 20 days ago 100% of rides on the flat
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
12–134
Wins / Runs
9%
Strike rate
n=134
29 (22%)
Placed
1.33
n=134 · 1.05 incl. margin
−17.59
£1 level stake
n=134 at SP · −13.1%
£136k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
9%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 10 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 9% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.33).

Deterministic profile computed from 134 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 10 Nov 2026
The read

First rides on a horse have been a poor signal at 4.9% (n=82, Fair A/E 0.81). The rider also reads well over 1m – 1m1f (13.2%, n=38). The record reads poorly off a 8-14-day break — 0% over 31 rides, 9pts below the baseline.

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% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
4.9%−4.1
n=82 · A/E 0.81 · £1 −26.75
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
40%+31.0
n=10 · A/E 3.13 · £1 +14.58
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
8.3%−0.7
n=24 · A/E 2.07 · £1 +15.00
When favourite
40%
n=5 · A/E 1.95 · £1 +1.25
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
9%+0.0
n=133 · A/E 1.35 · £1 −16.59
Big fields · 14+ runners
6.3%−2.7
n=79 · A/E 1.26 · £1 −9.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 9% 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 Henry De Bromhead 20% vs 9% · n=35
Off a 8-14-day break 0% vs 9% · n=31
Over 6f – 7f 2.9% vs 9% · n=35
On first rides for the horse 4.9% vs 9% · n=82
Over 1m – 1m1f 13.2% vs 9% · n=38
Over 1m2f – 1m4f 5.1% vs 9% · n=39
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

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 40 3 7.5% +2.25
Soft 38 4 10.5% −13.50
Standard (AW) 38 3 7.9% −5.67
Good to Soft 10 2 20% +7.33
Heavy 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 36 3 8.3% −3.67
Curragh 14 0 0% −14.00
Gowran Park 12 1 8.3% −5.00
Leopardstown 11 1 9.1% +2.00
Naas 9 0 0% −9.00
Down Royal 8 2 25% +9.33
Navan 6 0 0% −6.00
Bellewstown 5 0 0% −5.00
Listowel 5 0 0% −5.00
Killarney 4 1 25% −1.00
Cork 4 1 25% +22.00
Fairyhouse 3 0 0% −3.00
Roscommon 3 0 0% −3.00
Thurles (IRE) 3 1 33.3% +3.00
Newcastle (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 9 3 33.3% 1.77 +1.58
2nd–3rd fav 20 2 10% 0.69 −8.67
4th–6th fav 28 4 14.3% 1.88 +10.50
7th+ in betting 77 3 3.9% 1.30 −21.00
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
Desert Friend (IRE) 9 1 1 21 Oct 26
Methgal (IRE) 7 1 2 30 Jun 26
Catena Zapata (IRE) 6 1 2 16 Jul 25
Porsche Lad (IRE) 5 0 1 12 Jul 26
Nakasero (IRE) 4 0 0 9 Jul 26
Starflow (IRE) 3 3 3 8 Oct 26
Chou Chou (IRE) 3 0 1 16 Sep 26
Perfect Judgement (IRE) 3 0 0 22 Jul 26
Barbapapa (IRE) 3 0 0 14 Jun 26
Voice Of Reason (IRE) 3 0 1 14 Oct 25
Gentle Soda (IRE) 2 0 0 20 Oct 26
Cosmic Funk (IRE) 2 1 1 19 Oct 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 82 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, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
100170110165141000
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 yardP J F Murphy
28% of all rides
10.8% SR · A/E 1.44
TrainerRWSR£1
P J F Murphy 37 4 10.8% −0.17
Henry De Bromhead 35 7 20% +31.58
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2025→
12
Archived wins
£136k
Prize money
2026
Best season · 9 wins
Premier View (IRE) — Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden Down Royal (IRE) · Sep 2026
£15,000
Curious Bride (IRE) — Turkish Jockey Club Handicap Leopardstown · Jul 2025
£8,850
Premier View (IRE) — Molson Coors Beverage Company Nursery Handicap Down Royal (IRE) · Sep 2026
£7,200

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) 9.1% · 1–11
Progeny have won 10.3% of 11,887 runs since 2010 (949 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.
Universal (IRE) 11.1% · 1–9
Progeny have won 11% of 979 runs since 2017 (90 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 15.1% from 139. Weakest on Good to Soft going: 7.9% from 189.
Starman (GB) 50% · 4–8
Progeny have won 11.8% of 1,165 runs since 2025 (188 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.7% from 172.
Vadamos (FR) 16.7% · 1–6
Progeny have won 9.6% of 2,122 runs since 2020 (226 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 5.6% from 160.
Belardo (IRE) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 10.2% of 3,745 runs since 2020 (281 horses).
Churchill (IRE) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 11% of 4,851 runs since 2021 (462 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 10 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 134 · newest first

The latest 50 of 134 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 29 March 2025 to 21 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Oct 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Narlita (GER)T: H Rogers Kilsaran Race12.5f · Soft To Heavy · 3 ran 3rd 4/1

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 8 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 3 runs (won 0) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 1 run (won 0) · to 18 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 Conor Cusack's strike rate?
Conor Cusack has won 12 of 134 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 9% (as at 10 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Conor Cusack do best at?
Dundalk (AW) by strike rate: 3 wins from 36 rides (8.3%) 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.
What is Conor Cusack's Fair A/E?
1.33, from 134 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 10 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).