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Jockey profile

Liam Quinlan

958 rides in the lifetime window · 411 individual horses
As at 13 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 6 days ago 97% of rides over jumps
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
67–958
Wins / Runs
7%
Strike rate
n=958
207 (22%)
Placed
1.02
n=958 · 0.84 incl. margin
−408.06
£1 level stake
n=958 at SP · −42.6%
£1.02m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
6.6%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 50 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 7% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.02). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 12% (60 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 958 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 13 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jan–Feb 43.8% when favourite John Patrick Ryan: 7.8% from 293 LTO winners: 11.7% Claiming: 7.5% Rides the favourite in 5% of races
The read

It is weakest at Listowel (0% over 33 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 11.7% (n=60, Fair A/E 0.84), but in Group and Graded company the record reads poorly at 3.6% (n=56, Fair A/E 0.63). John Patrick Ryan supplies 31% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (7.8%, A/E 1.03) — the market has that partnership priced right. The rider also reads well in NH Flat races (15.2%, n=33) and in Chase races (11.4%, n=255). The record reads poorly off a break of 180+ days — 1.2% over 81 rides, 5.8pts below the baseline. 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the BAR 1 Betting Chase at Cork (Apr 2026, £32,395). The standout partner of the record: Lucid Dreams (IRE) — 6 wins from 14 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Jan–Feb.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
6.8%−0.2
n=411 · A/E 1.18 · £1 −168.62
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
11.7%+4.7
n=60 · A/E 0.84 · £1 −39.42
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
6.4%−0.6
n=203 · A/E 1.16 · £1 −101.35
When favourite
43.8%
n=48 · A/E 1.64 · £1 +16.46
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
7.5%+0.5
n=784 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −306.36
Big fields · 14+ runners
5.1%−1.9
n=467 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −209.52
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
3.6%−3.4
n=56 · A/E 0.63 · £1 −33.20

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 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
In NH Flat races 15.2% vs 7% · n=33
Off a break of 180+ days 1.2% vs 7% · n=81
At Listowel 0% vs 7% · n=33
In Chase races 11.4% vs 7% · n=255
Off a 0-7-day break 12.2% vs 7% · n=49
On last-time-out winners 11.7% vs 7% · n=60
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 644 32 5% −379.39
Chase 255 29 11.4% −1.92
NH Flat 33 5 15.2% −3.00
Flat 26 1 3.8% −23.75

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 327 19 5.8% −199.79
Good 266 16 6% −103.10
Good to Soft 189 15 7.9% −66.27
Heavy 168 17 10.1% −30.90
Good to Firm 5 0 0% −5.00
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Limerick 99 3 3% −79.77
Clonmel 77 7 9.1% −15.75
Kilbeggan 73 6 8.2% −33.50
Cork 72 5 6.9% −8.70
Punchestown 69 4 5.8% −51.25
Thurles 57 3 5.3% −36.25
Tramore 53 4 7.5% −38.85
Wexford 50 5 10% +10.50
Ballinrobe 49 2 4.1% −36.75
Galway 36 1 2.8% −30.00
Listowel 33 0 0% −33.00
Tipperary 32 3 9.4% −11.75
Sligo 31 3 9.7% −21.05
Roscommon 28 3 10.7% −4.12
Downpatrick 23 1 4.3% −8.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 56 2 3.6% −33.20
Class 3 13 3 23.1% +8.10
Class 5 8 1 12.5% +15.00
Class 4 7 2 28.6% −0.87
Class 2 3 0 0% −3.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 57 23 40.4% 1.60 +17.96
2nd–3rd fav 116 15 12.9% 0.84 −48.52
4th–6th fav 253 17 6.7% 0.93 −89.50
7th+ in betting 532 12 2.3% 0.81 −288.00
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
87% completed · 899 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 255 84.7% 12 4 23 0 0
Hurdle 644 87.9% 13 3 59 2 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
The Little Yank (IRE) 25 4 7 16 Jun 25
Sequoiaspirit (IRE) 17 1 4 26 Sep 26
Roc My Haarth (IRE) 16 1 6 26 Oct 26
Toor Moon (IRE) 16 0 3 10 May 26
Littlebiggie (IRE) 14 1 6 18 Sep 26
Lucid Dreams (IRE) 14 6 7 17 Feb 24
Anysignofhim (IRE) 11 0 1 28 May 26
Nowwhatdoyouthink (IRE) 11 3 6 28 Apr 26
Toor Khov (IRE) 11 2 6 5 Apr 26
Something Sweet (IRE) 11 0 3 19 Sep 21
Reach Up (GB) 11 2 3 20 Oct 19
Summer Hill (IRE) 10 0 3 10 Aug 19
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 411 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 4 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 3
Only 3 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
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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
31% of all rides
7.8% SR · A/E 1.03
TrainerRWSR£1
John Patrick Ryan 293 23 7.8% −130.49
Ray Hackett 151 11 7.3% −29.45
Ms M Flynn 49 2 4.1% −33.00
Declan Queally 34 4 11.8% −18.25
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2016→
67
Archived wins
2
Pattern / graded wins
£1.02m
Prize money
2023
Best season · 12 wins
Nowwhatdoyouthink (IRE) — BAR 1 Betting Chase (Grade 3) Cork · Apr 2026 · Grade 3
£32,395
Sequoiaspirit (IRE) — Bar One Racing 'Bet 10 Get 50 Sign Up Offer' Tara Handicap Hurdle (80-130) Navan · Nov 2024
£26,550
Grange Walk (IRE) — Holden Plant Rentals Shamrock Handicap Chase (Grade B) Gowran Park · Mar 2023 · Grade B
£26,550

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Mahler (GB) 0% · 0–34
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,894 runs since 2014 (790 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.
Kalanisi (IRE) 6.7% · 2–30
Progeny have won 10.5% of 6,753 runs since 2008 (648 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 16.1% from 355.
Scorpion (IRE) 0% · 0–30
Progeny have won 9.2% of 6,327 runs since 2011 (609 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.1% from 142.
Westerner (GB) 13.8% · 4–29
Progeny have won 12.1% of 11,873 runs since 2009 (946 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 8.5% from 188.
Arcadio (GER) 21.4% · 6–28
Progeny have won 9.2% of 3,981 runs since 2011 (375 horses).
Yeats (IRE) 3.6% · 1–28
Progeny have won 11.9% of 9,857 runs since 2013 (709 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.2% from 820.
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 958 · newest first

The latest 50 of 958 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 8 July 2016 to 7 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Aug 26 Galway (IRE) Sequoiaspirit (IRE)T: Ray Hackett BOYLE Sports Handicap Hurdle (Listed)Class 1 · 22.5f · Good To Yielding · 20 ran 10th 33/1

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 7 Nov 2026: the KTB Selection in 1 run (won 0) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 1 run (won 0) · fastest on KTB Speed in 1 run (won 0) · to 7 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 Liam Quinlan's strike rate?
Liam Quinlan has won 67 of 958 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 7% (as at 13 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Liam Quinlan do best at?
Wexford by strike rate: 5 wins from 50 rides (10%) 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 Liam Quinlan ride most for?
John Patrick Ryan, with 293 rides since 2008 — 31% of the total. That pairing has won 23 (7.8%).
Is Liam Quinlan in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 3 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Liam Quinlan's Fair A/E?
1.02, from 958 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 13 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).