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Jockey profile

Luke McAteer

1,758 rides in the last 5 seasons · 689 individual horses
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride yesterday 100% of rides on the flat
from 1 Jan 2022
130–1,758
Wins / Runs
7.4%
Strike rate
n=1,758
394 (22%)
Placed
0.99
n=1,757 · 0.80 incl. margin
−556.45
£1 level stake
n=1,758 at SP · −31.7%
£2.60m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
5.7%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 350 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 7% of them — level with the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.99). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 13% (114 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,758 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Feb–Mar 27.9% when favourite David Marnane: 12.2% from 452 LTO winners: 13.2% Claiming: 8.5% Rides the favourite in 6% of races
The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 13.2% (n=114, Fair A/E 1.09), but in Group and Graded company the record reads poorly at 2.9% (n=68, Fair A/E 0.44). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 4.1% strike, Fair A/E 0.68 and −205.42 to a £1 stake over 293 rides — those runners underperform what the price implies. David Marnane supplies 26% of the rides and edges the rider's average (12.2% vs 7.4%, A/E 1.19) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly on Good to Firm going — 1.7% over 58 rides, 5.7pts below the baseline. 3 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Petingo Handicap at Leopardstown (IRE) (Sep 2026, £90,000). The standout partner of the record: Amemri (GB) — 8 wins from 31 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Feb–Mar.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.4% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
5%−2.4
n=646 · A/E 1.03 · £1 −285.09
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
13.2%+5.8
n=114 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −23.93
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
4.1%−3.3
n=293 · A/E 0.68 · £1 −205.42
When favourite
27.9%
n=104 · A/E 1.04 · £1 −24.69
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
8.5%+1.1
n=331 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −68.10
Big fields · 14+ runners
6.7%−0.7
n=849 · A/E 1.11 · £1 −180.40
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
2.9%−4.5
n=68 · A/E 0.44 · £1 −22.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.4% 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
With C&D winners 13.3% vs 7.4% · n=180
With David Marnane 12.2% vs 7.4% · n=452
With Barry J Fitzgerald 14.3% vs 7.4% · n=63
On last-time-out winners 13.2% vs 7.4% · n=114
With first-time headgear 1.9% vs 7.4% · n=106
On Good to Firm going 1.7% vs 7.4% · n=58
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 550 34 6.2% −231.56
Standard (AW) 453 50 11% −30.04
Soft 447 22 4.9% −183.55
Heavy 141 13 9.2% −49.55
Good to Soft 109 10 9.2% −10.75
Good to Firm 58 1 1.7% −51.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 445 49 11% −31.04
Curragh 253 12 4.7% −51.00
Leopardstown 130 12 9.2% −19.22
Gowran Park 123 6 4.9% −89.30
Cork 104 8 7.7% −51.17
Naas 97 9 9.3% −17.10
Navan 78 4 5.1% −62.38
Galway 72 4 5.6% +33.00
Limerick 60 2 3.3% −45.50
Roscommon 59 2 3.4% −36.50
Fairyhouse 52 3 5.8% −35.50
Killarney 47 2 4.3% −42.47
Bellewstown 45 1 2.2% −41.00
Tipperary 38 5 13.2% +4.00
Down Royal 35 4 11.4% +9.73

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 68 2 2.9% −22.50
Class 6 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 2 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 129 30 23.3% 0.93 −43.19
2nd–3rd fav 272 46 16.9% 1.13 −21.26
4th–6th fav 476 30 6.3% 0.85 −190.00
7th+ in betting 881 24 2.7% 1.04 −302.00
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
Amemri (GB) 31 8 11 14 Jul 26
Jered Maddox (GB) 23 6 8 4 May 26
Tango Flare (IRE) 20 4 8 10 Oct 26
Tokenomics (FR) 18 5 9 6 Aug 26
Mythical Rock (IRE) 17 0 8 5 Dec 25
Jazzy Dancer (IRE) 15 1 3 16 Oct 26
Aviatrice (IRE) 15 3 10 12 Sep 26
East Hampton (GB) 15 2 5 21 Aug 26
Allsortz (IRE) 14 2 6 10 Oct 26
Rock Of Ireland (IRE) 14 1 4 21 Sep 26
Sir Yoshi (IRE) 13 1 6 6 Sep 25
Jakajaro (IRE) 13 2 4 29 Sep 24
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 689 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 6 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
1 from 13
Only 13 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
718156975575913
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 yardDavid Marnane
26% of all rides
12.2% SR · A/E 1.19
TrainerRWSR£1
David Marnane 452 55 12.2% −47.10
James M Barrett 119 6 5% −46.00
J S Bolger 109 12 11% −34.93
Paul W Flynn 107 3 2.8% −66.00
Patrick T Foley 86 7 8.1% +4.23
Barry J Fitzgerald 63 9 14.3% +5.25
A. McCann 54 2 3.7% −35.00
P J F Murphy 50 3 6% −22.50
Andrew Kinirons 50 6 12% +44.50
Patrick J McKenna 40 3 7.5% +3.00
Rory Anthony Devine 37 3 8.1% +10.00
Jack W Davison 36 2 5.6% −17.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2017→
193
Archived wins
3
Pattern / graded wins
£3.26m
Prize money
2025
Best season · 34 wins
Immutable (IRE) — Irish Stallion Farms EBF Petingo Handicap Leopardstown (IRE) · Sep 2026
£90,000
Tango Flare (IRE) — Irish Stallion Farms EBF Bold Lad Sprint Handicap (Premier Handicap) Curragh · Sep 2025
£88,500
Slieve Binnian (IRE) — Dubai Duty Free Derby Festival Handicap (Premier Handicap) Curragh · Jun 2025
£59,000

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Elzaam (AUS) 7.6% · 5–66
Progeny have won 9.2% of 4,528 runs since 2016 (374 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.9% from 326.
Bated Breath (GB) 7.7% · 3–39
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,169 runs since 2016 (670 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 7.6% from 855.
Gleneagles (IRE) 5.4% · 2–37
Progeny have won 11.4% of 4,571 runs since 2019 (447 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 17.3% from 283.
Time Test (GB) 21.6% · 8–37
Progeny have won 11% of 3,153 runs since 2021 (337 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 6.9% from 334. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 14.7% from 320.
Kodi Bear (IRE) 5.7% · 2–35
Progeny have won 10.3% of 3,983 runs since 2020 (391 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.3% from 260.
Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) 2.9% · 1–34
Progeny have won 9.8% of 11,566 runs since 2008 (872 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 5 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 2,407 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,407 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 1 June 2017 to 4 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

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 9 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 3 runs (won 0, 1 did not run) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 2 runs (won 1) · fastest on KTB Speed in 4 runs (won 0) · to 29 Oct 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 Luke McAteer's strike rate?
Luke McAteer has won 130 of 1,758 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 7.4% (as at 5 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Luke McAteer do best at?
Tipperary by strike rate: 5 wins from 38 rides (13.2%) 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.
Which yard does Luke McAteer ride most for?
David Marnane, with 452 rides since 2022 — 26% of the total. That pairing has won 55 (12.2%).
Is Luke McAteer in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 13 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Luke McAteer's Fair A/E?
0.99, from 1,757 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 5 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).