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Mark Galligan

13 rides in the last 5 seasons · 8 individual horses
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride May 2022 100% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2014→)
from 1 Jan 2022
1–13
Wins / Runs
7.7%
Strike rate
n=13
2 (15%)
Placed
1.57
Fair A/E
n=13 · 1.34 incl. margin
+8.00
£1 level stake
n=13 at SP · +61.5%
£7,097
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 7.7% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
0%−7.7
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−7.7
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
10%+2.3
n=10 · A/E 2.14 · £1 +11.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−7.7
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.7% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. 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
Good 6 0 0% −6.00
Good to Soft 5 1 20% +16.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Newcastle 4 0 0% −4.00
Doncaster 2 0 0% −2.00
Musselburgh 2 0 0% −2.00
Ayr 2 0 0% −2.00
Carlisle 1 0 0% −1.00
Hexham 1 1 100% +20.00
Huntingdon 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 11 1 9.1% +10.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
2nd–3rd fav 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
4th–6th fav 4 0 0% 0.00 −4.00
7th+ in betting 8 1 12.5% 4.27 +13.00
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
92.3% completed · 13 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Hurdle 13 92.3% 0 1 0 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
Songbird's Tale (GB) 4 1 2 5 May 22
Wilhelm Vonvenster (FR) 3 0 0 11 Mar 22
Pammi (GB) 1 0 0 2 Apr 22
Rickety Gate (GB) 1 0 0 10 Mar 22
Nordic Express (GB) 1 0 0 15 Feb 22
Rainy City (IRE) 1 0 0 1 Feb 22
Miss Charlton (GB) 1 0 0 11 Jan 22
Court Dreaming (IRE) 1 0 0 1 Jan 22
All 8 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
Nicky Richards 5 0 0% −5.00
Paul Collins 4 1 25% +17.00
Jim Goldie 2 0 0% −2.00
Ian Duncan 1 0 0% −1.00
Mark Walford 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2014→
7
Archived wins
£41,111
Prize money
2018
Best season · 3 wins
Goohar (IRE) — His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales Challenge Trophy Amateur Riders' Handicap Chase Ludlow · Feb 2018 · Class 3
£9,109
Cape Hideaway (GB) — perthlodge.co.uk Amateur Riders' Handicap Hurdle Perth · Jul 2019 · Class 4
£4,098
Songbird's Tale (GB) — Wor Bella Handicap Hurdle (Div 1) Hexham · Mar 2022 · Class 5
£4,030
Notable horses
Songbird's Tale (GB) Wilhelm Vonvenster (FR) Cape Hideaway (GB) Goohar (IRE) The Throstles (GB) Stoney Mountain (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Sulamani (IRE) 25% · 1–4
Progeny have won 11.5% of 4,245 runs since 2008 (278 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 8.1% from 479. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.4% from 240.
Apsis (GB) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 8.3% of 785 runs since 2008 (91 horses). Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 12.2% from 115. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 4.5% from 112.
Court Cave (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 10.1% of 7,942 runs since 2008 (551 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 6.8% from 937.
Kalanisi (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 10.5% of 6,745 runs since 2008 (648 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 16.1% from 355.
Norse Dancer (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 9.4% of 1,800 runs since 2008 (157 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 14.7% from 278. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.3% from 207.
Passing Glance (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 12.4% of 3,544 runs since 2008 (292 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 15.8% from 222. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 7.2% from 290. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.5% from 110. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 8.8% from 171.
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 28 Oct 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 49 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Mark Galligan's 49 archived rides, from 8 July 2014 to 5 May 2022, newest first — 7 winners among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
05 May 22 Huntingdon Songbird's Tale (GB)T: Paul Collins Pertemps Medical Professionals Mental Health Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 25f · Good · 11 ran 5th 10/1
09 Apr 22 Newcastle Songbird's Tale (GB)T: Paul Collins Gainford Pods In The Park Package Conditional Jockeys' Training Series Novices' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 23.5f · Good · 11 ran 3rd 11/1
02 Apr 22 Ayr Pammi (GB)T: Jim Goldie Trump Turnberry 'Hands & Heels' Finale Handicap Hurdle (Conditional/Amateur)Class 3 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 6th 22/1
17 Mar 22 Hexham Songbird's Tale (GB)T: Paul Collins Wor Bella Handicap Hurdle (Div 1)Class 5 · 23.5f · Good To Soft · 9 ran 1st 20/1
11 Mar 22 Newcastle Wilhelm Vonvenster (FR)T: Nicky Richards Quinnbet Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16f · Good · 10 ran 6th 9/1
11 Mar 22 Newcastle Songbird's Tale (GB)T: Paul Collins Cazoo Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 23.5f · Good · 13 ran 6th 80/1
10 Mar 22 Carlisle Rickety Gate (GB)T: Nicky Richards racingtv.com 'Hands And Heels' Handicap Hurdle (Conditional Jockeys And Amateur Riders)Class 5 · 19.5f · Good To Soft · 12 ran 8th 6/1
15 Feb 22 Ayr Nordic Express (GB)T: Ian Duncan Virgin Bet Conditional Jockeys' Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20.5f · Heavy · 13 ran 8th 200/1
10 Feb 22 Doncaster Wilhelm Vonvenster (FR)T: Nicky Richards Virgin Bet Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 16.5f · Good · 12 ran UR 9/1
01 Feb 22 Newcastle Rainy City (IRE)T: Jim Goldie Cazoo Search Drive Smile Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 22f · Good · 16 ran 8th 50/1
11 Jan 22 Doncaster Miss Charlton (GB)T: Mark Walford Sky Bet Extra Places Every Day Handicap Hurdle (Conditional And Amateur Jockeys) (Div 2)Class 5 · 24.5f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 11th 100/1
03 Jan 22 Musselburgh Wilhelm Vonvenster (FR)T: Nicky Richards Betway Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 15.5f · Soft · 12 ran 4th 20/1
01 Jan 22 Musselburgh Court Dreaming (IRE)T: Nicky Richards Play 4 To Win At Betway Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 24f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 4th 22/1
18 Dec 21 Newcastle Rubytwo (GB)T: Nicky Richards bet365 Mares' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20.5f · Good · 8 ran 3rd 7/2
09 Dec 21 Newcastle Saint Jude (IRE)T: Andrew Wilson MansionBet Bet 10 Get 20 Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 5 · 20.5f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 11th 50/1
29 Nov 21 Ayr River Meadow (IRE)T: Nicky Richards Don't Miss A Beat With RacingTV NH Flat Race (Conditional Jockeys' And Amateur Riders' Race) (GBB Race)Class 5 · 16f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 7th 5/2
23 Nov 21 Sedgefield Grand Enterprise (GB)T: Henry Hogarth Follow MansionBetRace On Twitter 'Hands And Heels' Handicap Hurdle (Conditional And Amateur Jockeys)Class 5 · 17f · Good · 10 ran 5th 5/1
16 Nov 21 Fakenham Scottsdale (GB)T: Peter Winks Racing Partnership Conditional Jockeys' Handicap ChaseClass 5 · 24f · Good · 5 ran F 14/1
11 Nov 21 Sedgefield Wilhelm Vonvenster (FR)T: Nicky Richards Spray Technologies Paints And Aerosols Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)Class 5 · 17f · Good · 8 ran 1st 33/1
28 Jul 21 Perth Taking Flight (IRE)T: Nicky Richards Visit Racingtv.com Conditional Jockeys' Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20f · Good To Soft · 6 ran 5th 5/1

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 Mark Galligan's strike rate?
Mark Galligan has won 1 of 13 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 7.7% (as at 28 October 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 28 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).