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Jockey profile

Daniel Howard

136 rides in the lifetime window · 23 individual horses
As at 13 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Oct 2022 100% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
10–136
Wins / Runs
7.4%
Strike rate
n=136
30 (22%)
Placed
1.30
Fair A/E
n=136 · 1.03 incl. margin
−23.75
£1 level stake
n=136 at SP · −17.5%
£141k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 10 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 7% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.30). Rides mostly for Daniel John Howard — 56% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 136 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 13 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Daniel John Howard: 6.6% from 76
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 3.3% (n=30, Fair A/E 0.55). Daniel John Howard supplies 56% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (6.6%, A/E 0.98) — the market has that partnership priced right. The rider also reads well off a 31-60-day break (13.3%, n=30). The market has also underrated the rider in Hurdle races: Fair A/E 1.81 across 101 rides (8.9% strike, +9.25 to a £1 stake). The record reads poorly in Chase races — 2.9% over 35 rides, 4.5pts below the baseline. 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the INH Stallion owners EBF Novice Handicap Hurdle Final at Fairyhouse (Feb 2005, £42,315).

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.4% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
0%−7.4
n=21 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −21.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
14.3%+6.9
n=7 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −4.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
3.3%−4.1
n=30 · A/E 0.55 · £1 −28.00
When favourite
66.7%
n=3 · A/E 2.26 · £1 +2.25
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
0%−7.4
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
5.7%−1.7
n=87 · A/E 1.54 · £1 −7.75
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
12.5%+5.1
n=8 · A/E 1.88 · £1 +13.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.4% 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
Off a 31-60-day break 13.3% vs 7.4% · n=30
With Patrick J F Hassett 12.5% vs 7.4% · n=32
In Chase races 2.9% vs 7.4% · n=35
In Hurdle races 8.9% vs 7.4% · n=101 · A/E 1.81
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 101 9 8.9% +9.25
Chase 35 1 2.9% −33.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 51 3 5.9% −17.00
Heavy 44 4 9.1% +7.00
Good 26 3 11.5% +1.25
Good to Soft 8 0 0% −8.00
Good to Firm 6 0 0% −6.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Limerick 18 0 0% −18.00
Thurles 14 3 21.4% +16.00
Punchestown 12 1 8.3% +5.00
Fairyhouse 12 1 8.3% +9.00
Tramore 10 0 0% −10.00
Gowran Park 9 0 0% −9.00
Navan 7 1 14.3% +14.00
Clonmel 6 0 0% −6.00
Downpatrick 6 1 16.7% +9.00
Cork 4 0 0% −4.00
Sligo 4 2 50% +2.25
Killarney 4 0 0% −4.00
Ballinrobe 4 0 0% −4.00
Leopardstown 3 0 0% −3.00
Listowel 3 1 33.3% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 6 1 16.7% +15.00
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 5 2 40% 1.79 +0.25
2nd–3rd fav 15 4 26.7% 1.90 +16.00
4th–6th fav 28 1 3.6% 0.56 −11.00
7th+ in betting 88 3 3.4% 1.13 −29.00
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.

Jumping record

completion over obstacles · same window as header
80.1% completed · 136 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 35 68.6% 2 2 7 0 0
Hurdle 101 84.2% 3 3 10 0 0
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
Archie Meade (IRE) 31 4 10 27 Oct 16
Duty Dance (IRE) 20 3 7 27 Dec 16
Lough Donnell Mist (GB) 10 1 6 23 May 12
Clogher Cailin (IRE) 9 0 0 28 May 11
Likable Chancer (IRE) 7 0 2 29 Oct 22
Somethingprecious (IRE) 7 1 2 25 Oct 14
Hughies Bay (IRE) 6 0 0 10 Dec 20
Paddysparks (IRE) 6 0 0 23 Jun 13
C C Giles (USA) 5 0 0 27 Oct 09
Fluspar (IRE) 4 0 1 27 Mar 16
Unbreakablespirit (IRE) 4 0 0 26 May 15
Newbury Oscar (IRE) 4 0 0 17 Apr 11
All 23 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.

By month

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
891061500017707
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
Main yardDaniel John Howard
56% of all rides
6.6% SR · A/E 0.98
TrainerRWSR£1
Daniel John Howard 76 5 6.6% −13.00
Patrick J F Hassett 32 4 12.5% +0.25
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
20
Archived wins
2
Pattern / graded wins
£404k
Prize money
2006
Best season · 6 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.
Theatre Lane (GB) — INH Stallion owners EBF Novice Handicap Hurdle Final Fairyhouse · Feb 2005 · Grade B
£42,315
Archie Meade (IRE) — I.n.h. Stallion Owners E.B.F. Novice Handicap Hurdle Series Final (grade B) Fairyhouse · Apr 2012 · Grade B
£32,500
Coolfore Glen (IRE) — Martin Reilly B.M.W. Dealer Handicap Hurdle (88-130) Sligo · Aug 2005
£19,530
Notable horses
Archie Meade (IRE) Duty Dance (IRE) Coolfore Glen (IRE) Lough Donnell Mist (GB) Zaffran Lady (IRE) Brave Villa (FR)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Beneficial (GB) 10.6% · 5–47
Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,047 runs since 2008 (1,155 horses).
Mr Combustible (IRE) 15% · 3–20
Progeny have won 6.9% of 638 runs since 2008 (53 horses).
Presenting (GB) 10% · 1–10
Progeny have won 11% of 20,053 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Old Vic (GB) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 11.7% of 6,916 runs since 2008 (630 horses).
Gold Well (GB) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 12.2% of 5,648 runs since 2011 (363 horses).
Jeremy (USA) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 11.2% of 6,725 runs since 2011 (425 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 7.5% from 664. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 16.3% from 147. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.8% from 743.
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 13 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 442 · newest first

The latest 50 of 442 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 12 February 2005 to 29 October 2022.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
29 Oct 22 Galway Likable Chancer (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard COLM QUINN BMW Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1)24f · Soft To Heavy · 20 ran 15th 18/1
01 Feb 22 Limerick Likable Chancer (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard Limerick Racecourse Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 2)21f · Soft · 14 ran 11th 33/1
29 Dec 20 Limerick Likable Chancer (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard Party Time Handicap Hurdle (80-102)19f · Heavy · 15 ran PU 14/1
10 Dec 20 Tramore Hughies Bay (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard Porthally Cove Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Heavy · 12 ran 9th 25/1
01 Dec 20 Limerick Likable Chancer (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard Fundraiser For Children's Health Foundation Crumlin In Memory Of Pat Smullen Handicap Hurdle (80-109)24f · Heavy · 16 ran PU 6/1J
17 Nov 20 Limerick Likable Chancer (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard Bruff Handicap Hurdle (80-102)21f · Heavy · 14 ran UR 11/2
05 Mar 20 Thurles Hughies Bay (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard Killinan Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Soft To Heavy · 18 ran 11th 16/1
06 Feb 20 Thurles Hughies Bay (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard Killinan Handicap Hurdle (80-95)22.5f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 6th 10/1
29 Dec 19 Limerick Hughies Bay (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard Irish Field Handicap Hurdle (80-102)19f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran 7th 16/1
29 Nov 19 Limerick Likable Chancer (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard Fexco Asset Finance Handicap Hurdle (80-123)16f · Soft To Heavy · 9 ran 3rd 3/1F
28 Oct 19 Wexford Likable Chancer (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard Michael Moore Car Sales Volkswagen Portarlington Maiden Hurdle20f · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran 3rd 8/1
27 Dec 16 Limerick Hughies Bay (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard Clohessy's Bar Rated Novice Hurdle16f · Heavy · 6 ran 3rd 7/1
27 Dec 16 Limerick Duty Dance (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard Roches Feeds Handicap Hurdle24f · Heavy · 17 ran PU 20/1
27 Oct 16 Clonmel Archie Meade (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard www.grahamnorris.com Memorial Handicap Hurdle24f · Good · 11 ran 10th 22/1
06 Oct 16 Tramore Shane Billy (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard Waterford & Tramore Racecourse Supporters Club Handicap Chase (0-95)22f · Good · 12 ran 3rd 14/1
01 Oct 16 Gowran Park Archie Meade (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard Kilkenny Racing Festival Handicap Hurdle (Grade C)24f · Yielding · 17 ran 15th 33/1
02 Aug 16 Roscommon Hughies Bay (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard Paul Byron Shoes Maiden Hurdle16f · Yielding · 16 ran 5th 28/1
30 Apr 16 Punchestown Archie Meade (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard Palmerstown House Pat Taaffe Handicap Chase (0-150) (Grade B)25f · Yielding · 15 ran PU 10/1
15 Apr 16 Ballinrobe Archie Meade (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard Monroe's Live Rated Novice Chase17f · Heavy · 5 ran 2nd 4/1
27 Mar 16 Fairyhouse Fluspar (IRE)T: Daniel John Howard Gleesons Butchers Novice Handicap Hurdle16f · Yielding · 16 ran 7th 25/1

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 Daniel Howard's strike rate?
Daniel Howard has won 10 of 136 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 7.4% (as at 13 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which yard does Daniel Howard ride most for?
Daniel John Howard, with 76 rides since 2008 — 56% of the total. That pairing has won 5 (6.6%).
What is Daniel Howard's Fair A/E?
1.30, from 136 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 13 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).