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Jockey profile

Eoghan Finegan

375 rides in the last 5 seasons · 188 individual horses
As at 13 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Won yesterday Last ride yesterday 97% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2021→)
from 1 Jan 2022
34–375
Wins / Runs
9.1%
Strike rate
n=375
87 (23%)
Placed
1.29
Fair A/E
n=375 · 1.03 incl. margin
−42.39
£1 level stake
n=375 at SP · −11.3%
£505k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
10.6%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 80 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 9% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.29). The edge shows sharpest with horses returning fresh: 12% off breaks of two months or more (68 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 375 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 13 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 11.8% Ciaran Murphy: 11.8% from 85
The read

Ciaran Murphy supplies 23% of the rides and edges the rider's average (11.8% vs 9.1%, A/E 1.33) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also reads well off a 61-180-day break (14.3%, n=42) and over 1m5f – 2m (12.7%, n=126). One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Neville Hotels Premier Handicap Hurdle at Leopardstown (Dec 2025, £59,000).

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 9.1% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
6.4%−2.7
n=187 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −24.14
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
6.7%−2.4
n=30 · A/E 0.64 · £1 −18.75
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
11.8%+2.7
n=68 · A/E 2.08 · £1 +27.25
When favourite
30%
n=10 · A/E 0.92 · £1 −3.89
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
9.1%+0.0
n=364 · A/E 1.30 · £1 −57.39
Big fields · 14+ runners
6.9%−2.2
n=188 · A/E 1.30 · £1 −10.75
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
8.3%−0.8
n=12 · A/E 1.64 · £1 −3.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 9.1% 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
With Gavin Cromwell 17% vs 9.1% · n=47
With debutants 2.3% vs 9.1% · n=44
Off a 61-180-day break 14.3% vs 9.1% · n=42
With horses switching code 5% vs 9.1% · n=101
With Hugh Paul Finegan 4.7% vs 9.1% · n=64
Over 1m5f – 2m 12.7% vs 9.1% · n=126
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 255 24 9.4% −38.39
NH Flat 60 7 11.7% +37.50
Chase 50 3 6% −31.50
Flat 10 0 0% −10.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 145 11 7.6% −54.14
Soft 99 11 11.1% −1.75
Good to Soft 93 8 8.6% +19.00
Heavy 38 4 10.5% −5.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Kilbeggan 30 4 13.3% −6.50
Downpatrick 30 2 6.7% −23.75
Punchestown 28 4 14.3% +48.75
Fairyhouse 25 1 4% −4.00
Galway 24 2 8.3% −10.50
Down Royal 20 1 5% −14.50
Sligo 20 0 0% −20.00
Navan 18 2 11.1% −7.50
Clonmel 18 1 5.6% −16.64
Listowel 18 2 11.1% −8.00
Wexford 16 1 6.3% −7.50
Ballinrobe 15 1 6.7% −5.00
Killarney 15 2 13.3% +7.00
Cork 13 1 7.7% +21.00
Limerick 13 2 15.4% +22.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 12 1 8.3% −3.50
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 17 6 35.3% 1.26 −1.14
2nd–3rd fav 62 13 21% 1.41 +8.75
4th–6th fav 103 9 8.7% 1.18 −18.00
7th+ in betting 193 6 3.1% 1.26 −32.00
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
88.5% completed · 305 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 50 80% 1 4 4 1 0
Hurdle 255 90.2% 7 1 16 1 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
Lady Bluebird (IRE) 20 3 7 23 Sep 26
Mustameet Secret (IRE) 10 0 0 3 Oct 24
Facile Ocean (IRE) 9 2 5 7 Nov 26
Ragmans Corner (IRE) 8 3 6 25 Sep 26
Mephisto (IRE) 7 0 0 5 Oct 26
Light Her Up (IRE) 7 0 1 21 Jul 26
Wild Bill Hickok (IRE) 6 2 2 28 Sep 26
Champagne Kid (IRE) 6 2 3 24 May 26
Rockstown Girl (IRE) 6 0 0 20 Jan 26
Futurum Regem (IRE) 6 0 0 29 Dec 25
Talas Kera (IRE) 5 1 2 7 Nov 26
Arcland (IRE) 5 1 3 11 Sep 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 188 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample
2 from 11
Only 11 rides in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

By month

strike by month, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
13615219135948109
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 yardCiaran Murphy
23% of all rides
11.8% SR · A/E 1.33
TrainerRWSR£1
Ciaran Murphy 85 10 11.8% −10.00
Hugh Paul Finegan 64 3 4.7% −32.50
Gavin Cromwell 47 8 17% −5.64
Gerard Keane 33 3 9.1% −13.25
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2021→
34
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£505k
Prize money
2026
Best season · 22 wins
Champagne Kid (IRE) — Neville Hotels Premier Handicap Hurdle (0-150) (Listed) Leopardstown · Dec 2025 · Listed
£59,000
Arcland (IRE) — Noel C. Duggan Structural Steel 110 Series Final Handicap Hurdle Killarney (IRE) · Jul 2026
£15,000
Embrace The Day (IRE) — In Memory Of Josephine Lyons 110 Series Final Handicap Hurdle Listowel · May 2026
£14,725
Notable horses
Lady Bluebird (IRE) Ragmans Corner (IRE) Facile Ocean (IRE) Wild Bill Hickok (IRE) Champagne Kid (IRE) Euro Maker (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Retirement Plan (GB) 13.6% · 3–22
Progeny have won 7.7% of 156 runs since 2021 (17 horses).
Affinisea (IRE) 13.3% · 2–15
Progeny have won 13.3% of 1,305 runs since 2022 (209 horses).
Mustameet (USA) 0% · 0–15
Progeny have won 8.2% of 1,163 runs since 2013 (103 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.5% from 248. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5% from 424.
Walk In The Park (IRE) 13.3% · 2–15
Progeny have won 13.4% of 7,091 runs since 2011 (711 horses).
Vadamos (FR) 15.4% · 2–13
Progeny have won 9.6% of 2,124 runs since 2020 (227 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 5.6% from 160.
Valirann (FR) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 10.1% of 1,459 runs since 2018 (161 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 6.9% from 350.
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 380 · newest first

The latest 50 of 380 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 4 April 2021 to 12 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
12 Nov 26 Thurles (IRE) Euro Maker (IRE)T: Adrian Murray Two-Mile Borris Handicap Hurdle (Div II)16f · Good · 17 ran 1st 11/2
12 Nov 26 Thurles (IRE) Grennanstown Lady (IRE)T: Gerard Keane Two-Mile Borris Handicap Hurdle (Div I)16f · Good · 16 ran 13th 25/1
10 Nov 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Klaus (IRE)T: Ciaran Murphy Irish Stallion Farms EBF Academy Hurdle17f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 9th 40/1
09 Nov 26 Punchestown (IRE) Convincing (IRE)T: Ciaran Murphy Matchbook Betting Exchange Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Good To Yielding · 22 ran 18th 25/1
09 Nov 26 Punchestown (IRE) Why Wait (IRE)T: Ciaran Murphy Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Academy Hurdle18.5f · Good To Yielding · 9 ran 4th 12/1
07 Nov 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Talas Kera (IRE)T: John G Carr Pat Carroll's Pub Kilkenny Mares Handicap Hurdle (Div II)20f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 1st 7/2
07 Nov 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Facile Ocean (IRE)T: Ciaran Murphy GAIN Equine Nutrition Novice Handicap Hurdle16f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 7th 5/1
07 Nov 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Baila Conmigo (IRE)T: Ciaran Murphy PRL Group Maiden Hurdle16f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 3rd 5/2
05 Nov 26 Clonmel (IRE) Dontcavein (IRE)T: Ciaran Murphy Prior Park Service Station Clonmel Handicap Steeplechase17f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 4th 9/2
01 Nov 26 Cork (IRE) West Away (IRE)T: P E Collins Paddy Power 'I Still Call It Twitter' Handicap Hurdle20f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran PU 5/2F
31 Oct 26 Down Royal (IRE) War Rooms (IRE)T: Gerard Keane Lough Construction Maiden Hurdle17f · Good · 12 ran 6th 17/2
25 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Castleheath (IRE)T: Ciaran Murphy Medical Technology Ireland Expo Galway Handicap Hurdle16f · Soft · 8 ran 1st 3/1
25 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Dontcavein (IRE)T: Ciaran Murphy Brasserie On The Corner Handicap Steeplechase18f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran 2nd 7/1
23 Oct 26 Sligo (IRE) Grennanstown Lady (IRE)T: Gerard Keane Callan Tansey Handicap Hurdle (Div II)17.5f · Yielding · 13 ran 3rd 12/1
23 Oct 26 Sligo (IRE) Beat The Devil (IRE)T: Patrick Magee Callan Tansey Handicap Hurdle (Div I)17.5f · Yielding · 12 ran 4th 28/1
23 Oct 26 Sligo (IRE) Puppet Master (IRE)T: Ciaran Murphy Abbey Haven Care Centre & Nursing Home Hurdle17.5f · Yielding · 5 ran 2nd 5/1
23 Oct 26 Sligo (IRE) Ragstoriches (IRE)T: Gerard Keane Sligo Fillies Maiden Hurdle17.5f · Yielding · 13 ran 9th 200/1
22 Oct 26 Clonmel (IRE) Shadonagh (IRE)T: Ciaran Murphy Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle20f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 4th 28/1
18 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Slanagaibhgoleir (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott STL Logistics Handicap Steeplechase19.5f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran PU 28/1
14 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Ragstoriches (IRE)T: Gerard Keane Matchbook €50,000 Graduation Series Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Good · 15 ran 11th 80/1

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this rider’s mounts since 6 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 4 runs (won 0, 1 did not run) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 3 runs (won 1, 1 did not run) · fastest on KTB Speed in 1 run (won 1) · to 9 Nov 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is Eoghan Finegan's strike rate?
Eoghan Finegan has won 34 of 375 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 9.1% (as at 13 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Eoghan Finegan do best at?
Kilbeggan by strike rate: 4 wins from 30 rides (13.3%) 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 Eoghan Finegan ride most for?
Ciaran Murphy, with 85 rides since 2022 — 23% of the total. That pairing has won 10 (11.8%).
Is Eoghan Finegan in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 11 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Eoghan Finegan's Fair A/E?
1.29, from 375 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 13 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).