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Jockey profile

Daragh Bourke

379 rides in the lifetime window · 118 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Sep 2017 100% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2013→)
No rides in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
38–379
Wins / Runs
10%
Strike rate
n=379
120 (32%)
Placed
0.91
Fair A/E
n=378 · 0.80 incl. margin
−128.27
£1 level stake
n=379 at SP · −33.8%
£312k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
7.7%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 80 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 10% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.91). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 17% (47 rides). Rode mostly for Maurice Barnes — 51% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 379 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Oct–Nov Fresh horses: 10.1% 22.9% when favourite Maurice Barnes: 9.9% from 192 LTO winners: 17% Claiming: 10.2% Rode the favourite in 9% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Hexham (22.6%, n=53) and Carlisle (20%, n=40) — all clear of the rider's 10% baseline. It is weakest at Ayr (0% over 32 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 17% (n=47, Fair A/E 0.91), but rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 2.6% (n=39, Fair A/E 0.32). The market has consistently overbet first rides on a horse: 7.6% strike, Fair A/E 0.84 and −63.50 to a £1 stake over 118 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Maurice Barnes supplied 51% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (9.9%, A/E 0.96). The rider also read well off a break of 180+ days (20%, n=30). The standout partner of the record was Indian Voyage (IRE) — 5 wins from 29 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fired Oct–Nov.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
7.6%−2.4
n=118 · A/E 0.84 · £1 −63.50
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
17%+7.0
n=47 · A/E 0.91 · £1 −11.50
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
10.1%+0.1
n=79 · A/E 1.15 · £1 −27.25
When favourite
22.9%
n=35 · A/E 0.80 · £1 −10.52
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
10.2%+0.2
n=371 · A/E 0.92 · £1 −120.27
Big fields · 14+ runners
2.6%−7.4
n=39 · A/E 0.32 · £1 −32.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−10.0
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10% 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
At Hexham 22.6% vs 10% · n=53
At Carlisle 20% vs 10% · n=40
At Ayr 0% vs 10% · n=32
Off a break of 180+ days 20% vs 10% · n=30
With Stuart Coltherd 18% vs 10% · n=61
On last-time-out winners 17% vs 10% · n=47
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 189 14 7.4% −93.87
Chase 167 24 14.4% −11.40
NH Flat 23 0 0% −23.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 143 13 9.1% −68.00
Good to Soft 100 11 11% −25.27
Soft 91 9 9.9% −17.25
Heavy 44 5 11.4% −16.75
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Kelso 55 3 5.5% −30.12
Hexham 53 12 22.6% +15.50
Sedgefield 46 5 10.9% +3.25
Carlisle 40 8 20% +21.75
Ayr 32 0 0% −32.00
Wetherby 32 3 9.4% −22.40
Newcastle 28 3 10.7% −9.00
Perth 24 1 4.2% −18.50
Musselburgh 22 1 4.5% −16.50
Catterick 16 0 0% −16.00
Market Rasen 6 1 16.7% −2.00
Cartmel 5 0 0% −5.00
Haydock 5 0 0% −5.00
Bangor-on-Dee 5 1 20% −2.25
Aintree 3 0 0% −3.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 173 22 12.7% −57.40
Class 5 95 6 6.3% −40.25
Class 3 79 10 12.7% +1.38
Class 6 19 0 0% −19.00
Class 2 10 0 0% −10.00
Class 1 3 0 0% −3.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 41 9 22% 0.78 −10.02
2nd–3rd fav 93 15 16.1% 0.96 −18.25
4th–6th fav 139 12 8.6% 1.08 −20.00
7th+ in betting 106 2 1.9% 0.59 −80.00
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
84% completed · 356 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 167 81.4% 7 10 14 0 0
Hurdle 189 86.2% 4 1 21 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
Indian Voyage (IRE) 29 5 10 19 Aug 17
Quick Brew (GB) 19 2 8 1 Aug 17
Tikkandemickey (IRE) 19 3 8 28 Apr 17
Desert Island Dusk (GB) 14 2 5 31 Aug 17
Carrigdhoun (IRE) 14 3 7 10 Apr 17
Jovial Joey (IRE) 12 2 6 5 Jul 17
My Idea (GB) 10 0 4 3 Jun 17
Bobs Lady Tamure (GB) 10 0 4 12 Mar 16
Flying Jack (GB) 9 1 1 21 Aug 17
Oishin (GB) 8 0 1 28 Apr 17
Suprise Vendor (IRE) 8 3 4 25 Apr 14
Louloumills (GB) 7 1 2 31 Aug 17
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 118 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, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
77910360917181910
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 yardMaurice Barnes
51% of all rides
9.9% SR · A/E 0.96
TrainerRWSR£1
Maurice Barnes 192 19 9.9% −40.90
Stuart Coltherd 61 11 18% −2.37
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2013→
38
Archived wins
£312k
Prize money
2014
Best season · 15 wins
Carrigdhoun (IRE) — Racing Free Bets @ bookies.com Handicap Chase Carlisle · Oct 2016 · Class 3
£12,512
Carrigdhoun (IRE) — Weatherbys Hamilton Handicap Chase Carlisle · Feb 2017 · Class 3
£11,372
Indian Voyage (IRE) — Mayfield Restaurant Handicap Chase Kelso · Nov 2015 · Class 3
£7,798
Notable horses
Indian Voyage (IRE) Tikkandemickey (IRE) Carrigdhoun (IRE) Suprise Vendor (IRE) Sharney Sike (GB) Quick Brew (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Indian Haven (GB) 17.2% · 5–29
Progeny have won 8.2% of 1,799 runs since 2008 (153 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.1% from 157.
Denounce (GB) 10.5% · 2–19
Progeny have won 7.2% of 405 runs since 2008 (34 horses). Strongest on Good going: 11.1% from 108.
Tikkanen (USA) 15.8% · 3–19
Progeny have won 9.1% of 2,014 runs since 2008 (170 horses).
Rob Roy (USA) 12.5% · 2–16
Progeny have won 4.5% of 269 runs since 2008 (27 horses).
Goldmark (USA) 21.4% · 3–14
Progeny have won 8.7% of 606 runs since 2008 (72 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 3.9% from 154. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13% from 138.
Superior Premium (GB) 14.3% · 2–14
Progeny have won 8.1% of 651 runs since 2008 (52 horses). Strongest on Good going: 13.8% from 152. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.2% from 215.
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 379 · newest first

The latest 50 of 379 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 24 October 2013 to 11 September 2017.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
11 Sep 17 Perth Letemgo (IRE)T: Andrew Hamilton Edinburgh Gin Handicap Hurdle (Qualifier)Class 4 · 24f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 6th 33/1
31 Aug 17 Sedgefield Louloumills (GB)T: Maurice Barnes Live Casino At Sunbets.co.uk/livecasino Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 17f · Good · 14 ran 6th 20/1
31 Aug 17 Sedgefield Desert Island Dusk (GB)T: Maurice Barnes Happy 70th Birthday Lesley Gray Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20f · Good · 8 ran 8th 10/1
21 Aug 17 Hexham Toledo Gold (IRE)T: Maurice Barnes Colonel Porters Emporium, Newcastle Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 15.5f · Good · 12 ran PU 28/1
21 Aug 17 Hexham Flying Jack (GB)T: Maurice Barnes Ramside Hall Hotel, Spa & Golf Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20f · Good · 8 ran 1st 13/2
19 Aug 17 Market Rasen Indian Voyage (IRE)T: Maurice Barnes 188bet.co.uk Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 17f · Good · 5 ran 5th 5/1
16 Aug 17 Bangor-on-Dee Mister Don (IRE)T: Rose Dobbin Rachel Jones Memorial Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 24f · Good · 10 ran 2nd 5/1
16 Aug 17 Bangor-on-Dee Desert Island Dusk (GB)T: Maurice Barnes Bangorbet Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16.5f · Good · 8 ran 3rd 11/1
01 Aug 17 Perth Quick Brew (GB)T: Maurice Barnes Perthlodge.co.uk Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 3rd 16/1
16 Jul 17 Perth Eyes Of A Tiger (IRE)T: Brian Ellison Mackie's Family Fun Day Sundae Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 20f · Good · 8 ran 7th 7/1
16 Jul 17 Perth Letemgo (IRE)T: Andrew Hamilton R.l. Rattrays Limited Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 24f · Good · 6 ran 6th 10/1
06 Jul 17 Perth Indian Voyage (IRE)T: Maurice Barnes Mackie's Cream Of The Crop Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 20f · Good · 12 ran 4th 16/1
05 Jul 17 Perth Jovial Joey (IRE)T: Maurice Barnes Lodge At Perth Racecourse Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 24f · Good · 8 ran UR 5/1
25 Jun 17 Hexham Desert Island Dusk (GB)T: Maurice Barnes Bet toteexacta Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20f · Good · 6 ran 5th 7/4F
23 Jun 17 Market Rasen Jovial Joey (IRE)T: Maurice Barnes DFDS 'Summer Plate Trial' Handicap ChaseClass 3 · 21.5f · Good · 7 ran PU 4/1
23 Jun 17 Market Rasen Louloumills (GB)T: Maurice Barnes Inter Terminals 'Flying The Flag' Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16.5f · Good · 9 ran 3rd 3/1
03 Jun 17 Hexham My Idea (GB)T: Maurice Barnes totepool Ladies Day Is On Sunday 25th June Handicap Chase (Div 1)Class 5 · 20f · Good · 10 ran 6th 4/1
03 Jun 17 Hexham Apache Pilot (GB)T: Maurice Barnes Hexham Racecourse Caravan Site Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good · 16 ran 3rd 8/1
03 Jun 17 Hexham Loughview Laddie (IRE)T: Noel C Kelly High Yarridge Selling HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good · 9 ran 8th 12/1
29 May 17 Cartmel Louloumills (GB)T: Maurice Barnes Tony Connell Memorial Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 22f · Soft · 13 ran 5th 15/2

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 Daragh Bourke's strike rate?
Daragh Bourke has won 38 of 379 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 10% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Daragh Bourke do best at?
Hexham by strike rate: 12 wins from 53 rides (22.6%) 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.
Which yard does Daragh Bourke ride most for?
Maurice Barnes, with 192 rides since 2008 — 51% of the total. That pairing has won 19 (9.9%).
What is Daragh Bourke's Fair A/E?
0.91, from 378 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).