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Jockey profile

Kevin Coleman

652 rides in the lifetime window · 309 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Sep 2017 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.
31–652
Wins / Runs
4.8%
Strike rate
n=652
122 (19%)
Placed
0.93
Fair A/E
n=652 · 0.68 incl. margin
−265.25
£1 level stake
n=652 at SP · −40.7%
£424k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 70 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 0.93).

Deterministic profile computed from 652 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 5.4% John J Walsh: 7.8% from 129
The read

It is weakest at Gowran Park (0% over 43 rides) — the widest gap in the record. The market has consistently overbet rides in big fields of 14 or more: 3.9% strike, Fair A/E 0.85 and −254.00 to a £1 stake over 532 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. John J Walsh supplied 20% of the rides and edges the rider's average (7.8% vs 4.8%, A/E 1.29) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record read poorly on Good to Firm going — 0% over 47 rides, 4.8pts below the baseline. 4 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the William Hill Galway Plate at Galway (Aug 2007, £134,000).

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.8% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
4.5%−0.3
n=269 · A/E 1.12 · £1 −135.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
3.4%−1.4
n=29 · A/E 0.34 · £1 −22.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
5.4%+0.6
n=185 · A/E 1.21 · £1 −32.00
When favourite
17.4%
n=23 · A/E 0.89 · £1 −7.25
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
0%−4.8
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
3.9%−0.9
n=532 · A/E 0.85 · £1 −254.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
3%−1.8
n=33 · A/E 0.49 · £1 −7.00

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
With C&D winners 16.7% vs 4.8% · n=30
With Terence O'Brien 9.5% vs 4.8% · n=63
On Good to Firm going 0% vs 4.8% · n=47
At Gowran Park 0% vs 4.8% · n=43
With debutants 0% vs 4.8% · n=36
With first-time headgear 0% vs 4.8% · n=32
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 479 21 4.4% −224.25
Chase 170 10 5.9% −38.00
Flat 3 0 0% −3.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 272 18 6.6% −64.75
Heavy 197 7 3.6% −83.50
Good 97 6 6.2% −31.00
Good to Firm 47 0 0% −47.00
Good to Soft 29 0 0% −29.00
Firm 10 0 0% −10.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Cork 90 5 5.6% −31.00
Limerick 78 4 5.1% −39.50
Clonmel 54 4 7.4% +18.00
Thurles 52 3 5.8% −8.50
Gowran Park 43 0 0% −43.00
Fairyhouse 39 2 5.1% −3.00
Punchestown 35 1 2.9% −22.00
Tramore 31 2 6.5% −14.00
Listowel 30 2 6.7% +2.00
Tipperary 24 2 8.3% −14.00
Navan 23 0 0% −23.00
Wexford 21 2 9.5% −0.50
Killarney 20 1 5% −3.00
Naas 18 1 5.6% −15.75
Roscommon 16 0 0% −16.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 36 1 2.8% −10.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 27 4 14.8% 0.76 −11.25
2nd–3rd fav 73 8 11% 0.96 −24.00
4th–6th fav 119 9 7.6% 1.19 −1.00
7th+ in betting 433 10 2.3% 0.82 −229.00
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
83.8% completed · 649 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 170 72.9% 16 11 18 0 1
Hurdle 479 87.7% 8 7 39 1 4
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
Cool Quest (IRE) 13 1 6 27 Jan 11
Glenquest (IRE) 13 1 5 25 Oct 10
Jackieandy (GB) 11 1 2 1 Jan 11
Island Wood (IRE) 10 1 3 13 Jul 12
Mantell (IRE) 10 1 4 30 Dec 10
East Beach (IRE) 10 2 5 28 Nov 09
Clan Music (IRE) 8 1 2 5 Mar 11
Sportivo (IRE) 8 2 3 14 Oct 09
Knockbrack Vic (IRE) 7 0 2 7 Nov 10
Jack Absolute (IRE) 7 2 3 14 Oct 09
Professor Muldoon (IRE) 7 0 2 23 Oct 08
Powerstation (IRE) 6 0 0 14 May 12
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 309 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 3 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.

By month

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
447554455444
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 yardJohn J Walsh
20% of all rides
7.8% SR · A/E 1.29
TrainerRWSR£1
John J Walsh 129 10 7.8% −41.50
Terence O'Brien 63 6 9.5% +52.00
W J Burke 50 2 4% −26.50
E McNamara 30 1 3.3% −13.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
78
Archived wins
4
Pattern / graded wins
£1.34m
Prize money
2007
Best season · 20 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.
Sir Frederick (IRE) — William Hill Galway Plate (Handicap Chase) Galway · Aug 2007 · Grade A
£134,000
Ri Na Deise (IRE) — William Ewart Properties Handicap Hurdle (0-140) Down Royal · Nov 2007
£42,315
Hill Fairy (GB) — Irish Stallion Farms EBF Lombardstown Mares Novice Chase (Listed) Cork · Dec 2008 · Listed
£26,040
Notable horses
Pom Flyer (FR) Sportivo (IRE) The Penitent Man (IRE) East Beach (IRE) Jack Absolute (IRE) Sir Frederick (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Turtle Island (IRE) 6.1% · 2–33
Progeny have won 7.5% of 3,325 runs since 2008 (309 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 10.7% from 215.
Oscar (IRE) 10.3% · 3–29
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Anshan (GB) 4.2% · 1–24
Progeny have won 9.6% of 4,216 runs since 2008 (387 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.2% from 520.
Shernazar (GB) 4.5% · 1–22
Progeny have won 8.7% of 1,462 runs since 2008 (150 horses).
Presenting (GB) 4.8% · 1–21
Progeny have won 11% of 20,052 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Flemensfirth (USA) 5% · 1–20
Progeny have won 11.9% of 17,288 runs since 2008 (1,595 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 1,372 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,372 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 3 January 2005 to 28 September 2017.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
28 Sep 17 Clonmel Geni Johnson (IRE)T: J R Barry Kilmore Maiden Hurdle17f · Soft · 17 ran 17th 50/1
27 Dec 12 Limerick Pairc Na Ngael (IRE)T: Eamonn O'Connell Roches Feeds Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 16 ran 13th 25/1
26 Dec 12 Leopardstown Profoundly (IRE)T: D McNamara Bookmakers Bar At Bewleys Hotel Leopardstown Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft · 14 ran 7th 100/1
13 Jul 12 Cork Haste Ye Bach (IRE)T: John C Shearman Corkracecourse.ie Mares Handicap Hurdle (80-109)20f · Soft · 23 ran 8th 25/1
13 Jul 12 Cork Island Wood (IRE)T: Michael Winters Dermot Casey Tree Care Hurdle20f · Soft · 5 ran 4th 100/1
01 Jun 12 Tramore Sweet Sylvia (IRE)T: David Kenneth Budds Dunhill Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Good To Firm · 15 ran PU 20/1
14 May 12 Killarney Powerstation (IRE)T: Eamonn O'Connell Mcsweeney Arms Hotel Handicap Chase22f · Good · 12 ran 4th 8/1
13 May 12 Killarney Cool Athlete (IRE)T: David Marnane Ross Golf Club Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)17f · Good · 17 ran 13th 16/1
13 May 12 Killarney Rohans Bay (IRE)T: Eamonn O'Connell Ross Golf Club Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)17f · Good · 16 ran 9th 16/1
01 May 12 Ballinrobe Margie's Man (IRE)T: Eamonn O'Connell Connacht Spring Show May 20th Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)20f · Good · 16 ran PU 14/1
01 May 12 Ballinrobe Beatsupreme (GB)T: Eamonn O'Connell Western People Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 14 ran 5th 9/1
23 Apr 12 Cork Kicking Kate (IRE)T: C O'Keeffe Follow Cork On Facebook Mares Maiden Hurdle20f · Yielding To Soft · 24 ran 19th 100/1
19 Apr 12 Tipperary Rohans Bay (IRE)T: Eamonn O'Connell Follow At TipperaryRaces On Twitter Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)16f · Soft · 20 ran 8th 12/1
19 Apr 12 Tipperary Beatsupreme (GB)T: Eamonn O'Connell Follow At TipperaryRaces On Twitter Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)16f · Soft · 20 ran 3rd 50/1
15 Apr 12 Tramore Ever Dreaming (USA)T: J Morrison Graun Hill Suite Beginners Chase16f · Good · 15 ran 14th 20/1
09 Apr 12 Fairyhouse Powerstation (IRE)T: Eamonn O'Connell Keelings Irish Strawberry Hurdle (grade 2)20f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 6th 33/1
19 Mar 12 Limerick Kicking Kate (IRE)T: C O'Keeffe Munster Supporters Club Mares Maiden Hurdle19f · Soft To Heavy · 16 ran 9th 100/1
18 Mar 12 Navan Amber Knight (IRE)T: D Deacon www.navanracecourse.ie Handicap Chase (0-109)20f · Soft · 12 ran F 8/1
17 Mar 12 Down Royal Drummanmoremaster (IRE)T: Niall Moran Daily Mirror Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft · 20 ran 15th 100/1
08 Mar 12 Clonmel Ardkilly Cloud (IRE)T: Ruaidhri Joseph Tierney Lisronagh Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Soft · 18 ran 15th 66/1

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 Kevin Coleman's strike rate?
Kevin Coleman has won 31 of 652 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 Kevin Coleman do best at?
Clonmel by strike rate: 4 wins from 54 rides (7.4%) 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 Kevin Coleman ride most for?
John J Walsh, with 129 rides since 2008 — 20% of the total. That pairing has won 10 (7.8%).
What is Kevin Coleman's Fair A/E?
0.93, from 652 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 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).