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Jockey profile

Dane O'Neill

366 rides in the last 5 seasons · 243 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Jul 2023 100% of rides on the flat
from 1 Jan 2022
52–366
Wins / Runs
14.2%
Strike rate
n=366
118 (32%)
Placed
1.27
n=366 · 1.10 incl. margin
−83.73
£1 level stake
n=366 at SP · −22.9%
£768k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
17%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 70 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 14% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.27). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 41% (32 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 366 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires May–Jul 59.5% when favourite Henry Candy: 12.9% from 85 LTO winners: 40.6% Rides the favourite in 10% of races
The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 40.6% (n=32, Fair A/E 2.34), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 4.9% (n=41, Fair A/E 0.97). Henry Candy supplies 23% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (12.9%, A/E 1.27) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also reads well at trips under 6f (30%, n=30) and off a 8-14-day break (24.4%, n=45). The market has also underrated the rider in Class 6: Fair A/E 1.81 across 58 rides (20.7% strike, +7.56 to a £1 stake). 54 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Commonwealth Cup at Ascot (Jun 2015, £229,854). The standout partner of the record: La Estrella (USA) — 13 wins from 19 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires May–Jul.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 14.2% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
12.8%−1.4
n=219 · A/E 1.28 · £1 −45.18
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
40.6%+26.4
n=32 · A/E 2.34 · £1 +16.42
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
13.2%−1.0
n=68 · A/E 1.35 · £1 −10.54
When favourite
59.5%
n=37 · A/E 1.63 · £1 +18.37
Big fields · 14+ runners
4.9%−9.3
n=41 · A/E 0.97 · £1 −19.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
7.7%−6.5
n=26 · A/E 0.94 · £1 −16.75

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 14.2% 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
On last-time-out winners 40.6% vs 14.2% · n=32
At trips under 6f 30% vs 14.2% · n=30
With Marcus Tregoning 0% vs 14.2% · n=30
Off a 8-14-day break 24.4% vs 14.2% · n=45
In Class 2 23.3% vs 14.2% · n=30
In Class 6 20.7% vs 14.2% · n=58
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 to Firm 106 18 17% +19.35
Good 101 17 16.8% −21.58
Standard (AW) 85 10 11.8% −46.21
Good to Soft 43 5 11.6% −17.29
Soft 26 1 3.8% −16.50
Heavy 5 1 20% −1.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Kempton (AW) 39 3 7.7% −24.92
Newbury 28 2 7.1% −15.00
Salisbury 27 3 11.1% −17.88
Windsor 25 4 16% +15.38
Newmarket 19 0 0% −19.00
Chepstow 19 1 5.3% −12.00
Haydock 18 5 27.8% +11.33
Wolverhampton (AW) 18 2 11.1% −13.67
Leicester 17 4 23.5% +18.62
Doncaster 17 4 23.5% +2.38
Bath 15 2 13.3% −8.50
Lingfield (AW) 14 4 28.6% +3.50
Goodwood 13 0 0% −13.00
Newmarket 11 1 9.1% −5.50
Ascot 11 2 18.2% +1.25

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 127 14 11% −64.16
Class 4 104 12 11.5% −30.71
Class 6 58 12 20.7% +7.56
Class 2 30 7 23.3% +24.88
Class 1 26 2 7.7% −16.75
Class 3 21 5 23.8% −4.55

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 44 24 54.5% 1.59 +18.87
2nd–3rd fav 70 13 18.6% 1.05 −9.60
4th–6th fav 122 12 9.8% 1.28 −17.00
7th+ in betting 130 3 2.3% 0.73 −76.00
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
Arlecchino's Gift (GB) 6 2 3 10 Jul 23
Run To Freedom (GB) 6 1 2 24 Jun 23
Penguin Island (GB) 5 0 2 3 May 23
Change Of Fortune (GB) 5 0 1 22 Sep 22
By Starlight (IRE) 5 0 0 27 Aug 22
Fitzroy River (GB) 4 0 0 8 Jul 23
Graham (GB) 4 1 2 6 Jul 23
Mutaany (GB) 4 1 3 21 Jun 23
Four Feet (IRE) 4 2 2 20 Oct 22
Busselton (GB) 4 0 0 17 Oct 22
Nancy Angel (IRE) 4 0 0 26 Aug 22
Jimmy Lifestyle (GB) 3 0 0 27 Jun 23
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 243 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 2 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.

By month

strike by month, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
···141617179163··
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 yardHenry Candy
23% of all rides
12.9% SR · A/E 1.27
TrainerRWSR£1
Henry Candy 85 11 12.9% −30.93
Richard Hannon 80 9 11.3% −17.12
Charles Hills 32 4 12.5% +6.50
Marcus Tregoning 30 0 0% −30.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
1,219
Archived wins
54
Pattern / graded wins
£12.3m
Prize money
2008
Best season · 109 wins
In our archive from its very first year (2005), so this career almost certainly began earlier than our record does. The figures above count 2005 onwards only — what the archive holds, not a full-career total. This card is the full archive census (2005→); the statistics in the header aggregate from 2008 — the floor that guarantees every horse a complete captured career — so this card can legitimately show more wins than the header.
Muhaarar (GB) — Commonwealth Cup (Group 1) Ascot · Jun 2015 · Group 1
£229,854
Mutakayyef (GB) — Fred Cowley MBE Memorial Summer Mile Stakes (Group 2) (Rnd) Ascot · Jul 2017 · Group 2
£73,723
Elarqam (GB) — Sky Bet York Stakes (Group 2) York · Jul 2019 · Group 2
£68,052

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Dark Angel (IRE) 5.6% · 1–18
Progeny have won 11.3% of 21,881 runs since 2008 (1,594 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15% from 107.
Invincible Spirit (IRE) 11.1% · 2–18
Progeny have won 11.9% of 20,818 runs since 2008 (1,573 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 843.
Sea The Stars (IRE) 15.4% · 2–13
Progeny have won 15.7% of 9,939 runs since 2008 (1,111 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 18.9% from 1,503. Weakest on Heavy going: 9.3% from 453. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.5% from 139.
Muhaarar (GB) 8.3% · 1–12
Progeny have won 11.6% of 4,786 runs since 2008 (412 horses).
Kodiac (GB) 18.2% · 2–11
Progeny have won 10.4% of 23,541 runs since 2008 (1,665 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 252.
Oasis Dream (GB) 10% · 1–10
Progeny have won 11.8% of 18,002 runs since 2008 (1,509 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 17.3% from 150. Weakest on Heavy going: 8.5% from 482. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.1% from 790.
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 22 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 10,540 · newest first

The latest 50 of 10,540 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 3 January 2005 to 10 July 2023.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
10 Jul 23 Chepstow Arlecchino's Gift (GB)T: Mark Usher TMGroup Handicap (Div 2)Class 6 · 6f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 5th 12/1
08 Jul 23 Leicester Craven (GB)T: Richard Fahey Toons Furnishers HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 1st 5/1
06 Jul 23 Newbury Graham (GB)T: Richard Hannon TPT Fire HandicapClass 5 · 10f · Good · 7 ran 2nd 10/3
30 Jun 23 Yarmouth Tafreej (IRE)T: William Haggas Moulton Nurseries HandicapClass 3 · 8f · Good To Firm · 4 ran 1st 5/4F
28 Jun 23 Kempton (AW) Monteria (IRE)T: Stuart Kittow Unibet 3 Uniboosts A Day HandicapClass 4 · 11f · Standard To Slow · 10 ran 10th 33/1

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 Dane O'Neill's strike rate?
Dane O'Neill has won 52 of 366 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 14.2% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Dane O'Neill do best at?
Kempton (AW) by strike rate: 3 wins from 39 rides (7.7%) 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 Dane O'Neill ride most for?
Henry Candy, with 85 rides since 2022 — 23% of the total. That pairing has won 11 (12.9%).
What is Dane O'Neill's Fair A/E?
1.27, from 366 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).