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Jockey profile

Mark McDonagh

841 rides in the lifetime window · 370 individual horses
As at 12 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 3 days ago 99% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2017→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
62–841
Wins / Runs
7.4%
Strike rate
n=841
193 (23%)
Placed
1.08
Fair A/E
n=840 · 0.87 incl. margin
−253.17
£1 level stake
n=841 at SP · −30.1%
£1.15m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 40 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 7% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.08). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 14% (56 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 841 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 12 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Aug–Sep Fresh horses: 7.7% 23.2% when favourite Sean O O'Brien: 9.4% from 85 LTO winners: 14.3% Claiming: 8.7% Group/Graded: 9.8%
The read

The record is strongest at Listowel (14.9%, n=47), clear of the rider's 7.4% baseline. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 14.3% (n=56, Fair A/E 1.07). Sean O O'Brien supplies 10% of the rides and edges the rider's average (9.4% vs 7.4%, A/E 1.15) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also reads well beyond 3m (12.5%, n=40). 6 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Bulmers Secret Orchard Leopardstown Handicap Chase at Leopardstown (Feb 2022, £73,750). Seasonally, the rider fires Aug–Sep.

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
6.2%−1.2
n=370 · A/E 1.14 · £1 −116.95
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
14.3%+6.9
n=56 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −10.07
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
7.7%+0.3
n=182 · A/E 1.44 · £1 −67.35
When favourite
23.2%
n=56 · A/E 0.97 · £1 −13.65
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
8.7%+1.3
n=656 · A/E 1.17 · £1 −119.91
Big fields · 14+ runners
4.8%−2.6
n=458 · A/E 0.95 · £1 −176.94
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
9.8%+2.4
n=61 · A/E 1.60 · £1 −5.00

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
At Listowel 14.9% vs 7.4% · n=47
On last-time-out winners 14.3% vs 7.4% · n=56
With Eoin Griffin 13.2% vs 7.4% · n=68
With debutants 2% vs 7.4% · n=51
With C&D winners 12.5% vs 7.4% · n=56
Beyond 3m 12.5% vs 7.4% · n=40
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 632 48 7.6% −137.95
Chase 189 14 7.4% −95.22
NH Flat 13 0 0% −13.00
Flat 7 0 0% −7.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 353 24 6.8% −100.80
Good 210 16 7.6% −65.61
Good to Soft 153 12 7.8% −35.63
Heavy 125 10 8% −51.13

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Limerick 78 6 7.7% −44.43
Punchestown 74 3 4.1% −35.00
Wexford 51 2 3.9% −26.50
Cork 47 4 8.5% −0.50
Listowel 47 7 14.9% +34.12
Kilbeggan 45 4 8.9% −27.92
Fairyhouse 44 2 4.5% −23.50
Ballinrobe 42 1 2.4% −33.00
Killarney 38 3 7.9% −23.00
Thurles 38 1 2.6% −25.00
Clonmel 37 3 8.1% −20.50
Down Royal 31 1 3.2% −23.50
Naas 31 1 3.2% +3.00
Downpatrick 28 4 14.3% −8.00
Tramore 27 3 11.1% −14.90

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 63 6 9.5% −7.00
Class 2 4 1 25% +9.00
Class 4 4 1 25% +1.50
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 69 15 21.7% 0.95 −15.95
2nd–3rd fav 111 21 18.9% 1.32 +6.78
4th–6th fav 207 12 5.8% 0.84 −77.00
7th+ in betting 454 14 3.1% 1.24 −167.00
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
83.2% completed · 821 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 189 79.4% 7 7 23 0 2
Hurdle 632 84.3% 13 12 71 1 2
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 Gradual Slope (IRE) 27 2 6 7 Jun 26
Little Mixup (IRE) 23 1 4 25 Sep 25
Wouldn't You Agree (IRE) 18 3 6 18 Jul 24
Fill The Tank (IRE) 16 2 3 13 Sep 24
R'evelyn Pleasure (IRE) 16 2 6 25 Apr 24
Jody Ted (IRE) 13 4 5 20 Mar 25
Any Road (IRE) 11 2 4 9 Mar 25
Blackjack Boy (IRE) 11 1 2 10 Jun 22
All About Joe (IRE) 11 0 2 10 Feb 22
Mister Persistence (IRE) 10 0 0 17 Mar 26
Fly De Megaudais (FR) 10 0 1 20 Aug 23
Capture The Drama (IRE) 10 0 5 25 Jan 22
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 370 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 3 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 1
Only 1 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
1158231171510566
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
Main yardSean O O'Brien
10% of all rides
9.4% SR · A/E 1.15
TrainerRWSR£1
Sean O O'Brien 85 8 9.4% −8.00
E J O'Grady 75 6 8% −41.62
Eoin Griffin 68 9 13.2% +31.70
Michael J McDonagh 52 2 3.8% −39.00
E McNamara 51 5 9.8% −2.88
Aengus King 49 3 6.1% −21.50
Michael Hourigan 37 2 5.4% +12.00
Denis Gerard Hogan 34 2 5.9% −8.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2017→
62
Archived wins
6
Pattern / graded wins
£1.15m
Prize money
2023
Best season · 25 wins
Birchdale (IRE) — Bulmers Secret Orchard Leopardstown Handicap Chase (Grade A) Leopardstown · Feb 2022 · Grade A
£73,750
Banbridge (IRE) — Martin Pipe Conditional Jockeys' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Cheltenham · Mar 2022 · Class 2
£39,023
The Gradual Slope (IRE) — Colm Quinn BMW Handicap Chase (0-145) Punchestown · May 2024
£29,500
Notable horses
Jody Ted (IRE) Wouldn't You Agree (IRE) Nell's Well (IRE) Gwan Tadhg (IRE) The Gradual Slope (IRE) Fill The Tank (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Shirocco (GER) 3.4% · 2–58
Progeny have won 11.1% of 9,203 runs since 2010 (927 horses). Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.
Getaway (GER) 7.4% · 4–54
Progeny have won 11.3% of 11,028 runs since 2016 (1,034 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Shantou (USA) 7.7% · 3–39
Progeny have won 13.6% of 7,845 runs since 2008 (539 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 20.3% from 158.
Fame And Glory (GB) 11.8% · 4–34
Progeny have won 12.5% of 6,217 runs since 2016 (504 horses).
Gold Well (GB) 16.1% · 5–31
Progeny have won 12.2% of 5,648 runs since 2011 (363 horses).
Mahler (GB) 3.6% · 1–28
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,894 runs since 2014 (790 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.
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 12 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 841 · newest first

The latest 50 of 841 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 28 December 2017 to 9 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
09 Nov 26 Punchestown (IRE) Did Tell (IRE)T: Sean O O'Brien Matchbook 50/50 Series 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle16f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran 10th 300/1
18 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Marian Place (IRE)T: C Byrnes Irish Wire Products (C & G) Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 6th 100/1
14 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Way Horn (GB)T: Sean O O'Brien Irish Stallion Farms EBF Academy Hurdle19f · Good · 6 ran 6th 12/1
11 Oct 26 Cork (IRE) Did Tell (IRE)T: Sean O O'Brien Co-Op Superstores 3-Y-O Maiden Hurdle15.5f · Good · 10 ran 10th 400/1
20 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Did Tell (IRE)T: Sean O O'Brien Kinisla Charleville Cheese 3-Y-O Hurdle16f · Good · 11 ran 11th 150/1
10 Aug 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Likeyouhaveplenty (IRE)T: Sean O O'Brien Bay Leaf Maiden Hurdle22.5f · Good · 14 ran 14th 300/1
02 Jul 26 Limerick Capri Gear (IRE)T: C Byrnes Eddie Noonan Groundworks Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 18 ran 9th 66/1
02 Jul 26 Limerick Youlita (IRE)T: C Byrnes Cappawhite Civil Engineering Handicap Hurdle16.5f · Good · 11 ran 5th 12/1
07 Jun 26 Punchestown Likeyouhaveplenty (IRE)T: Sean O O'Brien Lily & Wild Mares Maiden Hurdle21.5f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 17th 250/1
07 Jun 26 Punchestown The Gradual Slope (IRE)T: Sean O O'Brien K-Mech Mechanical Handicap Chase20f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran PU 16/1
19 Apr 26 Tramore Likeyouhaveplenty (IRE)T: Sean O O'Brien Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft · 12 ran PU 66/1
04 Apr 26 Fairyhouse Seek A Richer Life (IRE)T: Sean O O'Brien Tom Quinlan Electrical Maiden Hurdle20f · Yielding To Soft · 25 ran RO 150/1
17 Mar 26 Down Royal Herja (IRE)T: Patrick Griffin Bluegrass High Performance Rated Novice Chase20.5f · Good To Yielding · 7 ran 7th 25/1
17 Mar 26 Down Royal The Gradual Slope (IRE)T: Sean O O'Brien Bluegrass Racehorse Cube Chase26f · Good To Yielding · 4 ran 4th 66/1
17 Mar 26 Down Royal Mister Persistence (IRE)T: Sean O O'Brien Bluegrass Respire Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1)20.5f · Yielding · 14 ran PU 50/1
02 Mar 26 Leopardstown The Gradual Slope (IRE)T: Sean O O'Brien Dublin National Handicap Chase28.5f · Yielding To Soft · 13 ran 10th 20/1
02 Mar 26 Leopardstown Mister Persistence (IRE)T: Sean O O'Brien Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Novice Hurdle16f · Soft To Heavy · 6 ran 5th 300/1
07 Dec 25 Cork Mister Persistence (IRE)T: Sean O O'Brien Greenvalley Transport Novice Handicap Hurdle (In Memory Of M.J. O'Connor) (0-100)20f · Soft To Heavy · 24 ran F 40/1
14 Nov 25 Cheltenham Heads Up (GB)T: John C McConnell Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Grade 2) (Registered As The Hyde Novices' Hurdle) (GBB Race)Class 1 · 21f · Soft · 9 ran 2nd 7/4F
27 Sep 25 Listowel Head To Capri (IRE)T: John C McConnell John Lynch Memorial Maiden Hurdle16f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran PU 25/1

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 14 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 2 runs (won 0) · to 9 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 Mark McDonagh's strike rate?
Mark McDonagh has won 62 of 841 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 7.4% (as at 12 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Mark McDonagh do best at?
Listowel by strike rate: 7 wins from 47 rides (14.9%) 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 Mark McDonagh ride most for?
Sean O O'Brien, with 85 rides since 2008 — 10% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (9.4%).
Is Mark McDonagh in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 1 ride, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Mark McDonagh's Fair A/E?
1.08, from 840 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 12 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).