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Jockey profile

Luke McAteer

2,414 rides in the lifetime window · 965 individual horses
As at 15 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 2 days ago 100% of rides on the flat
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
193–2,414
Wins / Runs
8%
Strike rate
n=2,414
565 (23%)
Placed
1.07
n=2,413 · 0.86 incl. margin
−584.20
£1 level stake
n=2,414 at SP · −24.2%
£3.27m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
5.6%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 130 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 8% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.07). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 15% (164 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 2,414 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Feb–Mar 27% when favourite David Marnane: 12.1% from 454 LTO winners: 15.2% Claiming: 9.2% Rides the favourite in 6% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Listowel (16.7%, n=36), clear of the rider's 8% baseline. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 15.2% (n=164, Fair A/E 1.25), but in Group and Graded company the record reads poorly at 3.7% (n=81, Fair A/E 0.59). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 4.7% strike, Fair A/E 0.81 and −196.32 to a £1 stake over 408 rides — those runners underperform what the price implies. David Marnane supplies 19% of the rides and edges the rider's average (12.1% vs 8%, A/E 1.19) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also reads well off a 0-7-day break (13.5%, n=171). 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 8% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
6.1%−1.9
n=965 · A/E 1.14 · £1 −313.90
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
15.2%+7.2
n=164 · A/E 1.25 · £1 −13.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
4.7%−3.3
n=408 · A/E 0.81 · £1 −196.32
When favourite
27%
n=148 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −27.06
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
9.2%+1.2
n=904 · A/E 1.25 · £1 −72.93
Big fields · 14+ runners
7.3%−0.7
n=1,253 · A/E 1.20 · £1 −179.94
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
3.7%−4.3
n=81 · A/E 0.59 · £1 −31.17

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 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 J S Bolger 15.6% vs 8% · n=186
On last-time-out winners 15.2% vs 8% · n=164
At Listowel 16.7% vs 8% · n=36
With Barry J Fitzgerald 15% vs 8% · n=80
Off a 0-7-day break 13.5% vs 8% · n=171
With debutants 2.8% vs 8% · n=217
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
Flat 2,410 193 8% −580.20
Hurdle 4 0 0% −4.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 715 50 7% −226.03
Standard (AW) 646 62 9.6% −111.83
Soft 597 39 6.5% −176.97
Heavy 218 23 10.6% −26.62
Good to Soft 146 15 10.3% +21.25
Good to Firm 92 4 4.3% −64.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 637 61 9.6% −111.83
Curragh 323 16 5% −73.50
Gowran Park 193 12 6.2% −121.05
Leopardstown 180 18 10% −13.69
Naas 136 15 11% −2.10
Navan 126 11 8.7% −41.80
Cork 125 10 8% −60.42
Galway 86 5 5.8% +32.00
Fairyhouse 82 9 11% −0.07
Limerick 79 3 3.8% −23.50
Roscommon 78 4 5.1% −43.75
Tipperary 62 9 14.5% +44.50
Killarney 60 2 3.3% −55.47
Bellewstown 52 2 3.8% −31.00
Down Royal 47 5 10.6% +1.48

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 81 3 3.7% −31.17
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 183 42 23% 0.97 −51.06
2nd–3rd fav 395 66 16.7% 1.14 −39.14
4th–6th fav 619 46 7.4% 0.99 −182.00
7th+ in betting 1,217 39 3.2% 1.20 −312.00
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
Pari Passu (IRE) 17 2 6 25 Oct 18
No Speed Limit (FR) 16 0 3 29 May 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
Hidden Land (USA) 15 3 6 1 Aug 24
Allsortz (IRE) 14 2 6 10 Oct 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 965 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 7 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 9
Only 9 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
7151258855109812
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
19% of all rides
12.1% SR · A/E 1.19
TrainerRWSR£1
David Marnane 454 55 12.1% −49.10
James M Barrett 202 12 5.9% −65.75
J S Bolger 186 29 15.6% +20.35
Paul W Flynn 125 7 5.6% −32.17
Patrick T Foley 102 8 7.8% −8.02
A. McCann 93 5 5.4% −51.67
Barry J Fitzgerald 80 12 15% +31.75
Anthony Mullins 77 5 6.5% −44.50
P J F Murphy 69 8 11.6% −12.75
Andrew Kinirons 67 8 11.9% +35.50
James McAuley 58 7 12.1% +38.38
Patrick J McKenna 54 3 5.6% −11.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2017→
193
Archived wins
3
Pattern / graded wins
£3.27m
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) 10.1% · 9–89
Progeny have won 9.2% of 4,533 runs since 2016 (373 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.2% from 328.
Dawn Approach (IRE) 10.9% · 6–55
Progeny have won 8% of 3,581 runs since 2017 (359 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 181.
Footstepsinthesand (GB) 4.3% · 2–46
Progeny have won 10.2% of 12,819 runs since 2009 (938 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 321.
Vocalised (USA) 19.6% · 9–46
Progeny have won 6.7% of 2,033 runs since 2014 (172 horses).
Dandy Man (IRE) 6.7% · 3–45
Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,990 runs since 2013 (929 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 171.
Teofilo (IRE) 14.3% · 6–42
Progeny have won 12.5% of 10,098 runs since 2011 (908 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.3% from 629.
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 15 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 2,414 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,414 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 1 June 2017 to 13 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 4 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 6 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 Luke McAteer's strike rate?
Luke McAteer has won 193 of 2,414 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 8% (as at 15 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Luke McAteer do best at?
Tipperary by strike rate: 9 wins from 62 rides (14.5%) 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 Luke McAteer ride most for?
David Marnane, with 454 rides since 2008 — 19% of the total. That pairing has won 55 (12.1%).
Is Luke McAteer in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 9 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Luke McAteer's Fair A/E?
1.07, from 2,413 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 15 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).