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Mark Rafferty

13 rides in the lifetime window · 8 individual horses
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Sep 2012 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2011→)
No rides in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
1–13
Wins / Runs
7.7%
Strike rate
n=13
3 (23%)
Placed
1.81
Fair A/E
n=13 · 1.38 incl. margin
−4.00
£1 level stake
n=13 at SP · −30.8%
£7,990
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

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=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−7.7
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−7.7
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
7.7%+0.0
n=13 · A/E 1.81 · £1 −4.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−7.7
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00

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
Standard (AW) 8 1 12.5% +1.00
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 8 1 12.5% +1.00
Curragh 2 0 0% −2.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 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 2 1 50% 6.95 +7.00
7th+ in betting 10 0 0% 0.00 −10.00
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
Confidence (USA) 5 1 2 10 Feb 12
King's Bastion (IRE) 2 0 1 21 Apr 12
Strove For Gold (IRE) 1 0 0 14 Sep 12
Dodging Daggers (IRE) 1 0 0 7 May 12
Kargali (IRE) 1 0 0 29 Apr 12
Elusive Night (IRE) 1 0 0 25 Mar 12
Tajweed (IRE) 1 0 0 20 Jan 12
Bashkirov (GB) 1 0 0 18 Nov 11
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
Luke Comer 12 1 8.3% −3.00
Thomas McLaughlin 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2011→
1
Archived wins
£7,990
Prize money
2011
Best season · 1 win
Confidence (USA) — Winter Racing Resumes On Friday 6th January 2012 Handicap (60-75) Dundalk (AW) · Dec 2011
£5,520
Notable horses
Confidence (USA)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
More Than Ready (USA) 20% · 1–5
Progeny have won 10.5% of 1,720 runs since 2008 (180 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 7.4% from 135. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.6% from 110. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 2.5% from 122.
Royal Applause (GB) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 8.6% of 12,434 runs since 2008 (774 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 3.4% from 323.
Daggers Drawn (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 8.3% of 1,030 runs since 2008 (97 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 2.3% from 132.
Elusive City (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 9.7% of 8,425 runs since 2008 (636 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 6.4% from 1,122.
Galileo (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 14.5% of 18,195 runs since 2008 (1,776 horses). Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
Goldmark (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 8.7% of 606 runs since 2008 (72 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 3.9% from 154. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13% from 138.
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 13 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Mark Rafferty's 13 archived rides, from 18 November 2011 to 14 September 2012, newest first — one winner among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
14 Sep 12 Down Royal Strove For Gold (IRE)T: Thomas McLaughlin RNLI Apprentice Handicap (47-65)13f · Yielding · 14 ran 13th 20/1
07 May 12 Curragh Dodging Daggers (IRE)T: Luke Comer P.g.duffy & Sons Citroen Maiden7f · Soft To Heavy · 21 ran 12th 66/1
29 Apr 12 Navan Kargali (IRE)T: Luke Comer Navanracecourse.ie Race13f · Yielding To Soft · 8 ran 6th 50/1
21 Apr 12 Naas King's Bastion (IRE)T: Luke Comer Tipper Road Apprentice Handicap (47-65)8f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran 3rd 16/1
25 Mar 12 Curragh Elusive Night (IRE)T: Luke Comer Elusive Pimpernel Maiden6f · Yielding · 30 ran 29th 100/1
10 Feb 12 Dundalk (AW) Confidence (USA)T: Luke Comer Horseware Owners & Trainers Bar Launch 24th February Handicap10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 13th 16/1
27 Jan 12 Dundalk (AW) Confidence (USA)T: Luke Comer Winter Racing At Dundalk Handicap12f · Standard · 7 ran 3rd 14/1
20 Jan 12 Dundalk (AW) Tajweed (IRE)T: Luke Comer Follow Dundalk On Facebook Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)12f · Standard · 14 ran 10th 33/1
20 Jan 12 Dundalk (AW) King's Bastion (IRE)T: Luke Comer Irish Stablestaff Association Awards March 3rd 2012 Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)8f · Standard · 14 ran 8th 25/1
13 Jan 12 Dundalk (AW) Confidence (USA)T: Luke Comer www.dundalkstadium.com Handicap10.5f · Standard · 11 ran 8th 11/1
23 Dec 11 Dundalk (AW) Confidence (USA)T: Luke Comer Winter Racing Resumes On Friday 6th January 2012 Handicap (60-75)10.5f · Standard · 13 ran 1st 8/1
09 Dec 11 Dundalk (AW) Confidence (USA)T: Luke Comer Follow Dundalk On Facebook Handicap (60-75)12f · Standard · 14 ran 2nd 22/1
18 Nov 11 Dundalk (AW) Bashkirov (GB)T: Luke Comer Christmas Party Packages At Dundalk Apprentice Handicap (47-65)12f · Standard · 13 ran 7th 6/1

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 Rafferty's strike rate?
Mark Rafferty has won 1 of 13 rides since 2008, 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).