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Darragh Sweeney

37 rides in the lifetime window · 26 individual horses
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Jul 2012 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2009→)
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.
0–37
Wins / Runs
0%
Strike rate
n=37
2 (5%)
Placed
0.00
Fair A/E
n=37 · 0.00 incl. margin
−37.00
£1 level stake
n=37 at SP · −100.0%
£6,589
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 0% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
0%+0.0
n=26 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −26.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%+0.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%+0.0
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
0%+0.0
n=37 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −37.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%+0.0
n=24 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −24.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 0% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 13 0 0% −13.00
Soft 9 0 0% −9.00
Good to Soft 6 0 0% −6.00
Good to Firm 4 0 0% −4.00
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 13 0 0% −13.00
Curragh 5 0 0% −5.00
Leopardstown 4 0 0% −4.00
Gowran Park 3 0 0% −3.00
Naas 3 0 0% −3.00
Navan 3 0 0% −3.00
Down Royal 2 0 0% −2.00
Fairyhouse 2 0 0% −2.00
Bellewstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
2nd–3rd fav 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
4th–6th fav 16 0 0% 0.00 −16.00
7th+ in betting 20 0 0% 0.00 −20.00
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
Rockazar (GB) 6 0 1 30 Oct 09
Cosmic Breeze (IRE) 3 0 0 26 Sep 09
Celtic Dane (IRE) 2 0 0 29 Jun 12
Master Melody (IRE) 2 0 0 2 May 12
Mackintosh (IRE) 2 0 0 28 May 09
Johnnyo (GB) 2 0 0 11 Apr 09
Brown Butterfly (GB) 1 0 0 16 Jul 12
Can We Dare (IRE) 1 0 0 21 Apr 12
Munster Fusilier (IRE) 1 0 0 4 Apr 12
Gilt Edge (GB) 1 0 0 13 Jan 12
Macnas (USA) 1 0 0 23 Dec 11
One Set (IRE) 1 0 0 18 Nov 09
All 26 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
0·0000000000
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
TrainerRWSR£1
G M Lyons 21 0 0% −21.00
Kevin Prendergast 5 0 0% −5.00
John Joseph Murphy 2 0 0% −2.00
D M Christie 1 0 0% −1.00
Adrian McGuinness 1 0 0% −1.00
R P Burns 1 0 0% −1.00
Thomas Cleary 1 0 0% −1.00
Lester Winters 1 0 0% −1.00
Patrick Griffin 1 0 0% −1.00
Edward P Harty 1 0 0% −1.00
Donal Kinsella 1 0 0% −1.00
Kieran P Cotter 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Opening Verse (USA) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 5.4% of 74 runs since 2008 (5 horses).
Fasliyev (USA) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 8.3% of 4,140 runs since 2008 (273 horses). Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.1% from 124.
Ad Valorem (USA) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 9.1% of 1,585 runs since 2008 (101 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 12.3% from 618. Weakest on Good to Firm going: 5.2% from 248.
Danetime (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 11.1% of 2,846 runs since 2008 (149 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 7.3% from 218.
Kyllachy (GB) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 9.9% of 13,847 runs since 2008 (800 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.8% from 468.
Sakhee (USA) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 11.1% of 3,981 runs since 2008 (296 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 7.9% from 611. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.2% from 139.
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 28 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

all 37 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Darragh Sweeney's 37 archived rides, from 27 March 2009 to 16 July 2012, newest first — no winners among them.

Best finish: 2nd of 13 — Warrior Nation (FR), Dundalk (AW), 11 Apr 2009.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
16 Jul 12 Dundalk (AW) Brown Butterfly (GB)T: Kevin Prendergast www.dundalkstadium.com Handicap8f · Standard · 14 ran 10th 14/1
29 Jun 12 Curragh Celtic Dane (IRE)T: Kevin Prendergast Eflow Rewards Apprentice Derby12f · Soft · 9 ran 8th 28/1
02 May 12 Dundalk (AW) Master Melody (IRE)T: Kevin Prendergast Bookings at dundalkstadium.com Handicap (50-80)12f · Standard · 13 ran 5th 14/1
21 Apr 12 Naas Can We Dare (IRE)T: Edward P Harty Tipper Road Apprentice Handicap (47-65)8f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran UR 20/1
12 Apr 12 Gowran Park Celtic Dane (IRE)T: Kevin Prendergast Bennettsbridge Rated Race9.5f · Soft · 9 ran 7th 8/1
04 Apr 12 Dundalk (AW) Munster Fusilier (IRE)T: Kieran P Cotter Bookings At dundalkstadium.com Handicap (47-65)16f · Standard · 14 ran 7th 20/1
16 Mar 12 Dundalk (AW) Master Melody (IRE)T: Kevin Prendergast Meath News & Sport Handicap10.5f · Standard · 8 ran 6th 10/1
13 Jan 12 Dundalk (AW) Gilt Edge (GB)T: John Joseph Murphy Dundalk Maiden6f · Standard · 7 ran 5th 25/1
23 Dec 11 Dundalk (AW) Macnas (USA)T: John Joseph Murphy Winter Racing Resumes On Friday 6th January 2012 Handicap (60-75)10.5f · Standard · 13 ran 4th 25/1
18 Nov 09 Dundalk (AW) One Set (IRE)T: G M Lyons '3 For Free' - Wednesday Nights In November At Dundalk Stadium Race6f · Standard · 6 ran 3rd 8/1
30 Oct 09 Dundalk (AW) Rockazar (GB)T: G M Lyons www.louthholidays.com Handicap (60-85)8f · Standard · 14 ran 4th 10/1
21 Oct 09 Navan Tobar Suil Lady (IRE)T: D M Christie Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap (50-80)5f · Yielding · 21 ran 16th 25/1
12 Oct 09 Curragh The Gnathologist (IRE)T: Lester Winters Stephen Quirke Memorial Apprentice Handicap (50-80)8f · Soft · 18 ran 18th 10/1
07 Oct 09 Navan Spectagula (IRE)T: Thomas Cleary Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap (47-65)5f · Good To Yielding · 22 ran 18th 33/1
26 Sep 09 Gowran Park Cosmic Breeze (IRE)T: G M Lyons Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap (50-75)7f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 5th 10/1
22 Sep 09 Fairyhouse Rockazar (GB)T: G M Lyons Oldcastle Rated Race9f · Good · 17 ran 8th 11/1
13 Sep 09 Curragh Cosmic Breeze (IRE)T: G M Lyons Anglesey Lodge Equine Hospital Handicap (50-80)7f · Soft · 29 ran 14th 20/1
11 Sep 09 Down Royal Grove View Star (GB)T: G M Lyons Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap (47-65)13f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 4th 9/1
05 Sep 09 Leopardstown Rockazar (GB)T: G M Lyons Stepaside Handicap (60-100)9f · Good To Yielding · 20 ran 8th 16/1
22 Aug 09 Fairyhouse Lucky Forever (IRE)T: G M Lyons Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Maiden6f · Soft · 17 ran 14th 50/1

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 Darragh Sweeney's strike rate?
Darragh Sweeney has won 0 of 37 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 0% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Darragh Sweeney's Fair A/E?
0.00, from 37 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 28 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).