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Jockey profile

Gary Halpin

375 rides in the last 5 seasons · 222 individual horses
As at 2 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride yesterday 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2011→)
from 1 Jan 2022
14–375
Wins / Runs
3.7%
Strike rate
n=375
58 (16%)
Placed
0.72
Fair A/E
n=374 · 0.58 incl. margin
−280.93
£1 level stake
n=375 at SP · −74.9%
£283k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 80 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 4% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.72).

Deterministic profile computed from 375 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 2 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jul–Aug
The read

The market has consistently overbet first rides on a horse: 1.9% strike, Fair A/E 0.44 and −184.65 to a £1 stake over 208 rides — those runners underperform what the price implies. The rider also reads well over 1m2f – 1m4f (8.1%, n=74) and on Good going (6.7%, n=105). The record reads poorly on Heavy going — 0% over 38 rides, 3.7pts below the baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. 'Sovereign Path' Handicap at Leopardstown (Sep 2015, £90,000). Seasonally, the rider fires Jul–Aug.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 3.7% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
1.9%−1.8
n=208 · A/E 0.44 · £1 −184.65
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
11.1%+7.4
n=9 · A/E 1.36 · £1 +12.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
1.6%−2.1
n=64 · A/E 0.37 · £1 −43.00
When favourite
60%
n=10 · A/E 2.14 · £1 +7.32
Big fields · 14+ runners
2.1%−1.6
n=189 · A/E 0.50 · £1 −152.15
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−3.7
n=28 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −28.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 3.7% 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 Kevin Prendergast 12.2% vs 3.7% · n=49
Over 1m2f – 1m4f 8.1% vs 3.7% · n=74
With debutants 0% vs 3.7% · n=48
On Good going 6.7% vs 3.7% · n=105
Off a 15-30-day break 6.6% vs 3.7% · n=121
On Heavy going 0% vs 3.7% · n=38
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

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 105 7 6.7% −67.78
Standard (AW) 105 4 3.8% −86.65
Soft 82 2 2.4% −53.50
Heavy 38 0 0% −38.00
Good to Soft 35 0 0% −35.00
Good to Firm 7 1 14.3% +3.00
Firm 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 105 4 3.8% −86.65
Curragh 53 2 3.8% −29.90
Navan 28 1 3.6% −18.00
Leopardstown 23 0 0% −23.00
Naas 19 0 0% −19.00
Cork 16 0 0% −16.00
Fairyhouse 16 1 6.3% −12.50
Down Royal 14 1 7.1% −10.75
Bellewstown 12 1 8.3% +3.00
Limerick 12 0 0% −12.00
Galway 10 0 0% −10.00
Gowran Park 10 0 0% −10.00
Punchestown 9 0 0% −9.00
Tipperary 7 0 0% −7.00
Killarney 6 0 0% −6.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 28 0 0% −28.00
Class 4 5 1 20% +3.00
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 14 6 42.9% 1.71 +3.32
2nd–3rd fav 39 3 7.7% 0.49 −23.75
4th–6th fav 71 3 4.2% 0.62 −45.50
7th+ in betting 251 2 0.8% 0.39 −215.00
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
Saliteh (GB) 7 0 0 30 Sep 22
Chateau Musar (IRE) 7 0 0 2 Sep 22
Reinforce (IRE) 6 0 4 21 Oct 22
Viva Voce (IRE) 5 0 1 27 Nov 24
Cruiscin Lan (IRE) 5 0 1 21 Sep 23
Patsy Fagan (IRE) 5 0 0 28 Jul 23
Mr Mills (IRE) 5 0 2 22 Jun 23
Alaroos (IRE) 5 1 3 6 Nov 22
Mudamer (IRE) 5 0 1 27 Sep 22
Shining Crystal (GB) 5 0 1 10 Jun 22
Sister Bridget (IRE) 5 1 3 7 May 22
Catherine Chroi (IRE) 4 0 0 22 Sep 25
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 222 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
0 from 1
Only 1 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
3255034790030
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
Main yardKevin Prendergast
13% of all rides
12.2% SR · A/E 1.54
TrainerRWSR£1
Kevin Prendergast 49 6 12.2% −15.78
Adrian Murray 41 1 2.4% −36.50
Joseph Patrick O'Brien 39 1 2.6% −36.90
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2011→
145
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£2.33m
Prize money
2016
Best season · 36 wins
Kelinni (IRE) — Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. 'Sovereign Path' Handicap (Premier Handicap) Leopardstown · Sep 2015
£90,000
Vastonea (IRE) — Topaz Mile Handicap Galway · Jul 2014
£69,000
Tithonus (IRE) — Tote Scurry Handicap (Premier Handicap) Curragh · Jul 2017
£59,000
Notable horses
Spruce Meadows (IRE) Elusive In Paris (IRE) Tithonus (IRE) Queluz (IRE) Park Row (IRE) Midnitemudcrabs (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Cotai Glory (GB) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 11.4% of 3,949 runs since 2021 (389 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 14.6% from 1,416. Weakest on Soft going: 7% from 427.
Ardad (IRE) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 8.7% of 3,538 runs since 2021 (351 horses).
Awtaad (IRE) 20% · 2–10
Progeny have won 11.5% of 2,877 runs since 2020 (210 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 7.7% from 104. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 14.5% from 608. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.1% from 114.
Dandy Man (IRE) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,960 runs since 2013 (930 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
Galileo Gold (GB) 10% · 1–10
Progeny have won 10.7% of 2,036 runs since 2021 (174 horses).
Australia (GB) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 11.1% of 5,669 runs since 2018 (566 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.5% from 108.
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 2 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 2,387 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,387 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 18 November 2011 to 1 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Nov 26 Curragh (IRE) Terre De Vega (GB)T: John Andrew Kinsella Isuzu Ireland Handicap7f · Yielding To Soft · 25 ran 14th 80/1
08 Sep 26 Galway (IRE) Storm Petrel (IRE)T: Ms M McDowall Sean Cleary Memorial Fillies Maiden12f · Soft · 17 ran 12th 50/1
12 Aug 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Storm Petrel (IRE)T: Ms M McDowall Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden9.5f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 4th 28/1
19 Jul 26 Curragh (IRE) Storm Petrel (IRE)T: Ms M McDowall Cavalor Equine Nutrition Irish EBF Fillies Maiden9f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 3rd 125/1
15 Jul 26 Killarney (IRE) Seti One (USA)T: Denis Gerard Hogan O'Donoghue Ring Collection Optional Claiming Race8f · Good · 14 ran 14th 100/1
19 Jun 26 Down Royal Glyndwr (IRE)T: Gerard O'Leary Proparamedics And Medicall Handicap7f · Soft · 9 ran 7th 40/1
19 Jun 26 Down Royal Closefield Beau (IRE)T: Daniel McLoughlin BOYLE Sports Median Auction Maiden7f · Soft · 13 ran 10th 40/1
25 Apr 26 Limerick Kilgharrahs Love (IRE)T: Thomas Cleary Limerick Motor Centre Handicap (0-60)12f · Yielding · 16 ran 7th 40/1
25 Apr 26 Limerick Fits Perfect (IRE)T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien Mr Binman Handicap (Div 2)8f · Yielding · 15 ran 12th 14/1
25 Apr 26 Limerick Casamorati (IRE)T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden7f · Yielding · 10 ran 8th 20/1
03 Apr 26 Curragh Comfort Zone (IRE)T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien 1xBet.ie Emerald Cup Handicap (Premier Handicap)10f · Soft To Heavy · 18 ran 14th 40/1
30 Mar 26 Navan Dawn Rising (IRE)T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien Cusack Hotel Group Family Fun Day July 11th Handicap14f · Heavy · 11 ran 8th 25/1
20 Feb 26 Dundalk (AW) Snap Decision (IRE)T: Donncha Duggan View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Maiden7f · Standard · 10 ran 8th 250/1
13 Feb 26 Dundalk (AW) Royal Sapphire (IRE)T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien Put The Fun In Fundraising At Dundalk Maiden8f · Standard · 12 ran 11th 250/1
30 Jan 26 Dundalk (AW) Lady Crossing (IRE)T: William J Fitzpatrick Follow Us On X At DundalkStadium Handicap (0-60) (Div 2)10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 14th 100/1
30 Jan 26 Dundalk (AW) Royal Sapphire (IRE)T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden8f · Standard · 14 ran 13th 150/1
23 Jan 26 Dundalk (AW) Picadilly Reserve (IRE)T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Div 2)7f · Standard · 13 ran 11th 200/1
23 Jan 26 Dundalk (AW) Royal Sapphire (IRE)T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden (Div 1)7f · Standard · 13 ran 11th 125/1
09 Jan 26 Dundalk (AW) Lady Crossing (IRE)T: William J Fitzpatrick Racing Next Tuesday 13th January Maiden10.5f · Standard · 12 ran 8th 500/1
09 Jan 26 Dundalk (AW) Never Shout Never (IRE)T: Andrew McNamara BAR 1 Betting NEW APP OUT NOW Handicap7f · Standard · 14 ran 6th 28/1

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 Gary Halpin's strike rate?
Gary Halpin has won 14 of 375 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 3.7% (as at 2 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Gary Halpin do best at?
Dundalk (AW) by strike rate: 4 wins from 105 rides (3.8%) 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.
Is Gary Halpin in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 1 ride, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Gary Halpin's Fair A/E?
0.72, from 374 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 2 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).