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Jockey profile

Eoin Staples

370 rides in the lifetime window · 255 individual horses
As at 14 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 2 days ago 100% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2022→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
42–370
Wins / Runs
11.4%
Strike rate
n=370
101 (27%)
Placed
1.26
Fair A/E
n=369 · 1.00 incl. margin
−67.51
£1 level stake
n=370 at SP · −18.2%
£682k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
12.8%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 20 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 11% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.26). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 16% (44 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 370 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 14 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 11.9% 44.1% when favourite Gavin Cromwell: 17% from 100 First rides: 11.8% LTO winners: 15.9% Rides the favourite in 9% of races
The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 15.9% (n=44, Fair A/E 1.25). Gavin Cromwell supplies 27% of the rides and beats the rider's average (17% vs 11.4%, A/E 1.65) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also reads well off a 8-14-day break (19.4%, n=36). The record reads poorly on Heavy going — 4.8% over 63 rides, 6.6pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider in Chase races: Fair A/E 0.71 across 98 rides (6.1% strike, −55.65 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase at Gowran Park (Jan 2026, £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 11.4% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
11.8%+0.4
n=255 · A/E 1.45 · £1 −17.71
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
15.9%+4.5
n=44 · A/E 1.25 · £1 −10.65
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
11.9%+0.5
n=67 · A/E 1.40 · £1 −9.42
When favourite
44.1%
n=34 · A/E 1.73 · £1 +15.16
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
11.3%−0.1
n=362 · A/E 1.25 · £1 −72.51
Big fields · 14+ runners
9%−2.4
n=178 · A/E 1.32 · £1 −26.72
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
9.1%−2.3
n=22 · A/E 1.33 · £1 −6.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 11.4% 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 8-14-day break 19.4% vs 11.4% · n=36
On Heavy going 4.8% vs 11.4% · n=63
With Gavin Cromwell 17% vs 11.4% · n=100
In Chase races 6.1% vs 11.4% · n=98
On last-time-out winners 15.9% vs 11.4% · n=44
Off a 31-60-day break 8.1% vs 11.4% · n=99
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 263 35 13.3% −5.36
Chase 98 6 6.1% −55.65
NH Flat 9 1 11.1% −6.50

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 139 18 12.9% −15.74
Good 96 13 13.5% +1.98
Good to Soft 71 8 11.3% −18.25
Heavy 63 3 4.8% −34.50
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Fairyhouse 33 3 9.1% −17.63
Cork 28 3 10.7% +6.10
Wexford 26 5 19.2% −4.84
Thurles 24 0 0% −24.00
Downpatrick 23 4 17.4% −1.25
Galway 21 3 14.3% +18.75
Punchestown 20 2 10% +2.50
Down Royal 18 3 16.7% −10.52
Sligo 15 5 33.3% +13.88
Clonmel 15 0 0% −15.00
Listowel 14 1 7.1% −5.50
Leopardstown 14 1 7.1% −8.50
Kilbeggan 13 1 7.7% −7.00
Tramore 13 2 15.4% +4.50
Navan 10 0 0% −10.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 24 2 8.3% −8.50
Class 4 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 2 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 41 17 41.5% 1.76 +18.66
2nd–3rd fav 71 9 12.7% 0.85 −15.17
4th–6th fav 108 12 11.1% 1.39 +11.00
7th+ in betting 150 4 2.7% 0.89 −82.00
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
82.5% completed · 361 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 98 76.5% 5 8 10 0 0
Hurdle 263 84.8% 11 4 23 1 1
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
Tell Us This (IRE) 7 2 2 20 Apr 26
Hatfield Hammer (IRE) 5 0 0 26 Aug 26
Royal Time (IRE) 5 1 2 12 Apr 26
Priory Park (IRE) 5 1 2 20 Dec 25
Jetaway Nana (IRE) 5 1 1 21 Nov 25
Ballykinlar (IRE) 5 3 4 18 Oct 25
Speisialta (IRE) 4 2 3 3 Nov 26
Come On The Lads (IRE) 4 1 2 1 Aug 26
Sean Mc (IRE) 4 1 3 24 Apr 26
Glenashling (IRE) 4 0 2 6 Apr 26
Cowper Hall (IRE) 4 1 3 1 Jan 26
Ahead Of The Posse (IRE) 4 1 1 2 Oct 25
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 255 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
3 from 10
Only 10 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, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
90623·0111216121013
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 yardGavin Cromwell
27% of all rides
17% SR · A/E 1.65
TrainerRWSR£1
Gavin Cromwell 100 17 17% +41.37
Paul Nolan 56 8 14.3% −12.19
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2022→
42
Archived wins
2
Pattern / graded wins
£682k
Prize money
2025
Best season · 23 wins
Now Is The Hour (IRE) — Goffs Thyestes Handicap Chase (Grade 3) Gowran Park · Jan 2026 · Grade 3
£59,000
Come On The Lads (IRE) — BoyleSports Galway Tribes Handicap Hurdle Galway · Aug 2025
£47,200
Le Moulin Rouge (FR) — Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Brown Lad Handicap Hurdle (Listed) Naas (IRE) · Nov 2026 · Listed
£27,000
Notable horses
Ballykinlar (IRE) Tell Us This (IRE) Speisialta (IRE) Le Moulin Rouge (FR) Royal Time (IRE) Priory Park (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Walk In The Park (IRE) 16% · 4–25
Progeny have won 13.4% of 7,102 runs since 2011 (712 horses).
Westerner (GB) 18.8% · 3–16
Progeny have won 12.1% of 11,873 runs since 2009 (946 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 8.5% from 188.
Yeats (IRE) 16.7% · 2–12
Progeny have won 11.9% of 9,858 runs since 2013 (709 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.2% from 820.
Mahler (GB) 10% · 1–10
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,898 runs since 2014 (790 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.
Affinisea (IRE) 11.1% · 1–9
Progeny have won 13.3% of 1,305 runs since 2022 (209 horses).
Elusive Pimpernel (USA) 12.5% · 1–8
Progeny have won 7.7% of 3,162 runs since 2015 (317 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 14 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 370 · newest first

The latest 50 of 370 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 20 December 2022 to 12 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
12 Nov 26 Thurles (IRE) Kiltinan (IRE)T: Michael J McDonagh Sign Up To GavinLynchRacing.com Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 11 ran 6th 12/1
12 Nov 26 Thurles (IRE) Island Mccoo (IRE)T: Donncha Duggan www.thurlesraces.ie Handicap Steeplechase21.5f · Good · 15 ran 2nd 6/1
08 Nov 26 Naas (IRE) Le Moulin Rouge (FR)T: Paul Nolan Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Brown Lad Handicap Hurdle (Listed)Class 1 · 20f · Good To Yielding · 20 ran 1st 11/2F
07 Nov 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Clody Diamond (IRE)T: Paul Nolan Gerry Comerford Drilling Beginners Steeplechase20f · Good · 10 ran 3rd 14/1
04 Nov 26 Wexford (IRE) Walking Saint (GB)T: Paul Nolan Start Your Free Trial On Racing Tv Now Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Yielding · 14 ran 1st 100/30
04 Nov 26 Wexford (IRE) Midnight Reign (IRE)T: Paul Nolan Racing Tv Free Trial For A Month Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Yielding · 14 ran 7th 50/1
03 Nov 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Moonlight Paradise (IRE)T: Paul Nolan Christmas Parties At Fairyhouse December 12th Handicap Hurdle24f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 6th 18/1
03 Nov 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Speisialta (IRE)T: Anthony John Black Group Discounts For Winter Festival General Admission Rated Hurdle20f · Good To Yielding · 5 ran 3rd 3/1
03 Nov 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Factor Five (USA)T: Paul Nolan Winter Festival 28th & 29th November 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle16f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 12th 16/1
03 Nov 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Ceroc (IRE)T: A. Slattery Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Steeplechase24.5f · Good To Yielding · 7 ran 1st 11/4F
25 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Kiltinan (IRE)T: Michael J McDonagh Glenlo Abbey Hotel & Estate Maiden Hurdle21.5f · Soft · 12 ran 8th 66/1
25 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Tradonthebay (IRE)T: Paul John Gilligan Supermac's Rated Novice Hurdle20.5f · Soft · 5 ran 3rd 28/1
25 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Only For Our Man (IRE)T: Paul Nolan COLM QUINN BMW Handicap Steeplechase22.5f · Soft To Heavy · 9 ran 3rd 11/2
23 Oct 26 Sligo (IRE) Broken Ice (IRE)T: John McConnell Solar Generation Handicap Hurdle25.5f · Yielding To Soft · 9 ran 5th 9/1
23 Oct 26 Sligo (IRE) Speisialta (IRE)T: Anthony John Black Abbey Haven Care Centre & Nursing Home Hurdle17.5f · Yielding · 5 ran 1st 11/8F
23 Oct 26 Sligo (IRE) Reponse Finale (IRE)T: Gavin Cromwell Sligo Fillies Maiden Hurdle17.5f · Yielding · 13 ran 3rd 12/1
17 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Poet's Duke (IRE)T: Paul Nolan #Thisisracing Maiden Hurdle19f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 7th 8/1
14 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Issy's Lad (IRE)T: W J Austin Matchbook €50,000 Graduation Series Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Good · 15 ran 14th 200/1
04 Sep 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Ilbdare (IRE)T: Mark Michael McNiff Séan Hughes Memorial 110 Series Final Handicap Hurdle25f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 3rd 16/1
04 Sep 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) The Old Brigade (IRE)T: Sean Thomas Doyle Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle19.5f · Good To Yielding · 9 ran PU 14/1

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 23 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 3 runs (won 3) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 1 run (won 1) · fastest on KTB Speed in 2 runs (won 1) · to 8 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 Eoin Staples's strike rate?
Eoin Staples has won 42 of 370 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 11.4% (as at 14 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Eoin Staples do best at?
Fairyhouse by strike rate: 3 wins from 33 rides (9.1%) 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 Eoin Staples ride most for?
Gavin Cromwell, with 100 rides since 2008 — 27% of the total. That pairing has won 17 (17%).
Is Eoin Staples in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 10 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Eoin Staples's Fair A/E?
1.26, from 369 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 14 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).