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Luke Donnelly

8 rides in the last 5 seasons · 4 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Jun 2024 100% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2024→)
from 1 Jan 2022
1–8
Wins / Runs
12.5%
Strike rate
n=8
1 (13%)
Placed
5.12
Fair A/E
n=8 · 4.18 incl. margin
+4.00
£1 level stake
n=8 at SP · +50.0%
£9,395
Prize money (window)

Small sample — fewer than 30 runs in this window. Read the Ns before the percentages.

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 12.5% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
25%+12.5
n=4 · A/E 6.92 · £1 +8.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−12.5
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
12.5%+0.0
n=8 · A/E 5.12 · £1 +4.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−12.5
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 12.5% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Heavy 5 1 20% +7.00
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Good 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Gowran Park 2 1 50% +10.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
4th–6th fav 2 1 50% 8.50 +10.00
7th+ in betting 6 0 0% 0.00 −6.00
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
87.5% completed · 8 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Hurdle 8 87.5% 0 0 1 0 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
Champagne Platinum (IRE) 3 1 1 10 Jun 24
Maivangomary (IRE) 3 0 0 9 Mar 24
Inthenickoftime (IRE) 1 0 0 7 May 24
Give Me A Smile (IRE) 1 0 0 11 Apr 24
All 4 horses ridden in this window. 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.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
TrainerRWSR£1
E Bolger 5 1 20% +7.00
Ray Hackett 3 0 0% −3.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2024→
1
Archived wins
£9,395
Prize money
2024
Best season · 1 win
Champagne Platinum (IRE) — Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-123) Gowran Park · Jan 2024
£9,145
Notable horses
Champagne Platinum (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Ocovango (GB) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 9.5% of 3,013 runs since 2019 (308 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 13.8% from 196.
Stowaway (GB) 33.3% · 1–3
Progeny have won 11.3% of 7,190 runs since 2008 (561 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 16.1% from 124.
Gleneagles (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 11.4% of 4,571 runs since 2019 (447 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 17.3% from 283.
Westerner (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 12.2% of 11,858 runs since 2009 (945 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 8.5% from 188.
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

all 8 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Luke Donnelly's 8 archived rides, from 15 January 2024 to 10 June 2024, newest first — one winner among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
10 Jun 24 Roscommon Champagne Platinum (IRE)T: E Bolger Midsummer's Day With The Stars On Sunday, 23rd June Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Good · 12 ran 10th 66/1
07 May 24 Ballinrobe Inthenickoftime (IRE)T: E Bolger West Tyre Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102)17f · Yielding · 16 ran 11th 33/1
11 Apr 24 Limerick Give Me A Smile (IRE)T: E Bolger Molly's Late Bar Fillies Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 13 ran 5th 16/1
21 Mar 24 Cork Champagne Platinum (IRE)T: E Bolger Social Packs For The Easter Festival Handicap Hurdle24.5f · Soft To Heavy · 11 ran 7th 28/1
09 Mar 24 Gowran Park Maivangomary (IRE)T: Ray Hackett Best Of Luck To The Irish At Cheltenham Mares Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 16 ran 16th 150/1
13 Feb 24 Thurles Maivangomary (IRE)T: Ray Hackett thurles.ie Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)15.5f · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran 8th 150/1
25 Jan 24 Gowran Park Champagne Platinum (IRE)T: E Bolger Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-123)16f · Heavy · 7 ran 1st 11/1
15 Jan 24 Punchestown Maivangomary (IRE)T: Ray Hackett Thank You To Rita Lyons Mares Maiden Hurdle20.5f · Soft · 11 ran PU 200/1

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 Luke Donnelly's strike rate?
Luke Donnelly has won 1 of 8 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 12.5% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. A small sample — fewer than 30 rides, so read the count before the percentage.
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).