What is Darren O'Dwyer's strike rate?

Darren O'Dwyer has won 12 of 251 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 4.8% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does Darren O'Dwyer do best at?

Taunton by strike rate: 1 wins from 31 rides (3.2%) 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 Darren O'Dwyer ride most for?

Philip Hobbs, with 54 rides since 2008 — 22% of the total. That pairing has won 4 (7.4%).

What is Darren O'Dwyer's Fair A/E?

0.70, from 251 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.

Jockey profile

Darren O'Dwyer

251 rides in the lifetime window · 145 individual horses

As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last ride Mar 2009 100% of rides over jumps

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)

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.

12–251

Wins / Runs

4.8%

Strike rate

n=251

42 (17%)

Placed

0.70

Fair A/E

n=251 · 0.58 incl. margin

−174.00

£1 level stake

n=251 at SP · −69.3%

£81,343

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 130 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.70). The edge shows sharpest with horses returning fresh: 10% off breaks of two months or more (52 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 251 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 9.6% Philip Hobbs: 7.4% from 54 Claiming: 5.2%

The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a positive signal at 9.6% (n=52, Fair A/E 1.38). The market has consistently overbet first rides on a horse: 4% strike, Fair A/E 0.62 and −93.75 to a £1 stake over 126 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Philip Hobbs supplied 22% of the rides and edges the rider's average (7.4% vs 4.8%, A/E 0.78). The record read poorly over 2m5f – 3m — 1.7% over 60 rides, 3.1pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider on Good going: Fair A/E 0.35 across 71 rides (2.8% strike, −56.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.8% baseline

First ride on the horse · first captured pairing

4%−0.8

n=126 · A/E 0.62 · £1 −93.75

Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win

0%−4.8

n=17 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −17.00

Fresh horses · 61+ days off

9.6%+4.8

n=52 · A/E 1.38 · £1 −17.25

When favourite

12.5%

n=8 · A/E 0.44 · £1 −5.00

Claiming rides · riding with a claim

5.2%+0.4

n=233 · A/E 0.75 · £1 −156.00

Big fields · 14+ runners

5.1%+0.3

n=98 · A/E 0.86 · £1 −68.50

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

0%−4.8

n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.8% 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

Over 2m5f – 3m 1.7% vs 4.8% · n=60

Over 2m1f – 2m4f 7.3% vs 4.8% · n=82

On Good to Soft going 7.4% vs 4.8% · n=68

With Philip Hobbs 7.4% vs 4.8% · n=54

Off a 15-30-day break 2.8% vs 4.8% · n=72

On Good going 2.8% vs 4.8% · n=71

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 177 9 5.1% −125.00

Chase 53 3 5.7% −28.00

NH Flat 21 0 0% −21.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 71 2 2.8% −56.00

Good to Soft 68 5 7.4% −33.50

Soft 62 4 6.5% −42.50

Good to Firm 33 1 3% −25.00

Heavy 14 0 0% −14.00

Firm 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Taunton 31 1 3.2% −26.00

Wincanton 23 0 0% −23.00

Exeter 17 1 5.9% −13.25

Newton Abbot 16 0 0% −16.00

Uttoxeter 13 2 15.4% +1.00

Kempton 12 2 16.7% +8.00

Worcester 11 1 9.1% −5.50

Plumpton 9 1 11.1% +2.00

Sandown 9 0 0% −9.00

Fontwell 9 1 11.1% −3.00

Towcester 8 0 0% −8.00

Hereford 8 1 12.5% −5.00

Stratford 8 0 0% −8.00

Huntingdon 8 1 12.5% −3.00

Ludlow 8 0 0% −8.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 4 119 6 5% −77.50

Class 5 56 3 5.4% −39.50

Class 3 51 3 5.9% −32.00

Class 6 12 0 0% −12.00

Class 2 11 0 0% −11.00

Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 10 1 10% 0.38 −7.00

2nd–3rd fav 47 7 14.9% 1.01 −12.00

4th–6th fav 62 3 4.8% 0.76 −34.00

7th+ in betting 132 1 0.8% 0.28 −121.00

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

72.6% completed · 230 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 53 43.4% 3 3 23 1 0

Hurdle 177 81.4% 3 0 28 0 2

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

Bertie May (GB) 7 1 2 7 Mar 09

Chilbury Hill (IRE) 7 0 1 30 Dec 08

Devito (FR) 7 1 4 28 Dec 08

Kervriou (FR) 7 0 2 19 Dec 08

Barren Lands (GB) 7 1 1 16 Jul 08

Albinus (GB) 6 2 4 26 Dec 08

Templer (IRE) 6 1 2 16 Nov 08

Helm (IRE) 4 0 0 11 Mar 09

Show Winner (GB) 4 1 1 17 Jan 09

Santera (IRE) 4 1 3 31 Jul 08

Timynomates (IRE) 4 0 0 13 Apr 08

Bernard (GB) 3 0 1 3 Mar 09

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 145 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

5037600007156

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 yardPhilip Hobbs

22% of all rides
7.4% SR · A/E 0.78

TrainerRWSR£1

Philip Hobbs 54 4 7.4% −28.00

Kevin Bishop 47 2 4.3% −35.25

Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

Archived wins

£144k

Prize money

2008

Best season · 12 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.

Ring The Boss (IRE) — Events Bar Management Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle Newbury · Dec 2007 · Class 3

£7,516

Clova Island (GB) — John Mohide St James's Place Novices' Hurdle Taunton · Dec 2008 · Class 3

£6,505

Albinus (GB) — Gower's Ruby Novices' Chase Huntingdon · Oct 2008 · Class 3

£6,505

Notable horses

Bertie May (GB) Albinus (GB) Bernard (GB) Barren Lands (GB) Devito (FR) Templer (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Bahhare (USA) 0% · 0–12

Progeny have won 9.2% of 1,314 runs since 2008 (86 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 5.9% from 202.

Anshan (GB) 0% · 0–8

Progeny have won 9.6% of 4,216 runs since 2008 (387 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.2% from 520.

Oscar (IRE) 12.5% · 1–8

Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.

Terimon (GB) 12.5% · 1–8

Progeny have won 7.7% of 868 runs since 2008 (96 horses).

Green Desert (USA) 14.3% · 1–7

Progeny have won 11% of 3,324 runs since 2008 (251 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 7.8% from 269. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.4% from 147.

Old Vic (GB) 0% · 0–7

Progeny have won 11.7% of 6,916 runs since 2008 (630 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 6 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 460 · newest first

The latest 50 of 460 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 13 January 2005 to 15 March 2009.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

15 Mar 09 Fontwell Lyrical Chant (IRE)T: Jeremy Scott Hardings Bar And Catering Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 21.5f · Good · 17 ran PU 33/1

13 Mar 09 Cheltenham Oscatello (USA)T: Philip Hobbs Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 2 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 23 ran 8th 16/1

11 Mar 09 Huntingdon Helm (IRE)T: Richard Rowe freebets.co.uk Cheltenham Festival Free Bets Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 25f · Good · 10 ran 9th 18/1

11 Mar 09 Huntingdon Touch of Fate (GB)T: Richard Rowe freebets.co.uk Exclusive Free Bets Handicap ChaseClass 4 · 23.5f · Good · 9 ran PU 16/1

09 Mar 09 Taunton Soft Spoken Guy (IRE)T: Philip Hobbs Barley Mow At Rockwell Green Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 19f · Soft · 12 ran 8th 22/1

08 Mar 09 Warwick Arctic Flow (GB)T: Caroline Keevil I Want A Free Bet At Freebetshere.com Mares' Maiden Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Good To Soft · 20 ran 18th 40/1

08 Mar 09 Market Rasen Carrickmines (IRE)T: Dr Richard Newland Pertemps People Development Training Series Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 3rd 4/1J

07 Mar 09 Chepstow Bertie May (GB)T: Kevin Bishop Western Daily Press Beginners' ChaseClass 4 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 4 ran PU 16/1

07 Mar 09 Chepstow Colditz (IRE)T: R J Hewitt Bristol Evening Post Selling Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 17 ran PU 50/1

06 Mar 09 Wincanton Melteme (IRE)T: Philip Hobbs Cheddar Makers Maiden Open NH Flat RaceClass 5 · 15.5f · Soft · 15 ran 14th 10/1

03 Mar 09 Exeter Bernard (GB)T: Kevin Bishop Weatherbys Bloodstock Insurance Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 18.5f · Heavy · 10 ran PU 10/1

28 Feb 09 Newbury Clova Island (GB)T: Philip Hobbs Totesportgames.com Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 16.5f · Good · 10 ran F 11/4F

27 Feb 09 Doncaster Calusa Crystal (FR)T: Philip Hobbs Danethorpe Racing Partnership Conditionals' 'NH' Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 16.5f · Good · 9 ran F 5/2

26 Feb 09 Ludlow Cannon Fire (FR)T: Evan Williams Pertemps People Development Training Series Conditionals' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 24f · Good · 9 ran 7th 8/1

22 Feb 09 Fontwell Jessica (GB)T: Seamus Mullins totesportbingo.com Standard Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 17.5f · Good · 12 ran 11th 25/1

20 Feb 09 Sandown Helm (IRE)T: Richard Rowe Hurst Park Handicap HurdleClass 3 · 20f · Good To Soft · 19 ran 15th 80/1

20 Feb 09 Sandown Boogie Dancer (GB)T: Stuart Howe Ashdowns (Chartered Surveyors) Conditionals' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 14 ran 11th 100/1

18 Feb 09 Ludlow Come On Eddie (GB)T: Anabel K Murphy Stour 'NH' Maiden HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 13th 200/1

15 Feb 09 Hereford Wishfull Thinking (GB)T: Philip Hobbs Wyvern Fm Intermediate Open NH Flat RaceClass 6 · 16f · Soft · 7 ran 2nd 7/2

15 Feb 09 Hereford Paddys Honour (IRE)T: Philip Hobbs Play Live Casino At Betinternet.com Novices' HurdleClass 4 · 19.5f · Soft · 11 ran 6th 12/1

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 Darren O'Dwyer's strike rate?: Darren O'Dwyer has won 12 of 251 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 4.8% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Darren O'Dwyer do best at?: Taunton by strike rate: 1 wins from 31 rides (3.2%) 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 Darren O'Dwyer ride most for?: Philip Hobbs, with 54 rides since 2008 — 22% of the total. That pairing has won 4 (7.4%).
What is Darren O'Dwyer's Fair A/E?: 0.70, from 251 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.