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Jockey profile

Mr B O'Neill

1,206 rides in the lifetime window · 815 individual horses
As at 15 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 5 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
125–1,206
Wins / Runs
10.4%
Strike rate
n=1,206
382 (32%)
Placed
0.97
Fair A/E
n=1,205 · 0.78 incl. margin
−281.91
£1 level stake
n=1,206 at SP · −23.4%
£1.77m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
7.7%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 60 times a season, winning on 10% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.97). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 21% (123 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,206 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Nov–Jan Fresh horses: 11.3% 31.8% when favourite Colin Bowe: 12.1% from 223 LTO winners: 21.1% Rides the favourite in 9% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Thurles (18.5%, n=65) and Wexford (19.5%, n=41) — all clear of the rider's 10.4% baseline. It is weakest at Cheltenham (0% over 46 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 21.1% (n=123, Fair A/E 1.26), but in Group and Graded company the record reads poorly at 4.5% (n=66, Fair A/E 0.67). The market has consistently overbet rides in big fields of 14 or more: 5.8% strike, Fair A/E 0.85 and −192.26 to a £1 stake over 549 rides — those runners underperform what the price implies. Colin Bowe supplies 18% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (12.1%, A/E 0.91). The rider also reads well over 2m5f – 3m (18%, n=205). 3 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Paddy Power Cheltenham Countdown Podcast I.N.H. Flat Race at Leopardstown (Feb 2026, £59,000). The standout partner of the record: Askanna (IRE) — 6 wins from 11 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Nov–Jan.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10.4% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
9%−1.4
n=810 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −148.88
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
21.1%+10.7
n=123 · A/E 1.26 · £1 −9.50
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
11.3%+0.9
n=256 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −43.29
When favourite
31.8%
n=110 · A/E 0.94 · £1 −29.24
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
8.5%−1.9
n=552 · A/E 0.97 · £1 −104.08
Big fields · 14+ runners
5.8%−4.6
n=549 · A/E 0.85 · £1 −192.26
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
4.5%−5.9
n=66 · A/E 0.67 · £1 −7.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10.4% 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
On last-time-out winners 21.1% vs 10.4% · n=123
Over 2m5f – 3m 18% vs 10.4% · n=205
With D M Christie 18.8% vs 10.4% · n=117
At Cheltenham 0% vs 10.4% · n=46
At Thurles 18.5% vs 10.4% · n=65
At Wexford 19.5% vs 10.4% · n=41
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
NH Flat 546 45 8.2% −101.70
Chase 315 44 14% −104.06
Flat 189 14 7.4% −85.27
Hurdle 156 22 14.1% +9.12

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 427 42 9.8% −139.58
Good 307 28 9.1% −123.44
Heavy 244 32 13.1% +22.27
Good to Soft 149 16 10.7% −10.29
Good to Firm 61 5 8.2% −30.25
Firm 9 2 22.2% +8.38
Standard (AW) 9 0 0% −9.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Punchestown 172 15 8.7% −15.00
Fairyhouse 78 8 10.3% −40.82
Limerick 77 10 13% +21.12
Clonmel 76 6 7.9% −38.25
Down Royal 68 8 11.8% −31.89
Thurles 65 12 18.5% +32.45
Cork 61 6 9.8% −17.25
Galway 61 2 3.3% −32.00
Downpatrick 59 6 10.2% −10.32
Cheltenham 46 0 0% −46.00
Leopardstown 45 4 8.9% +6.00
Gowran Park 43 4 9.3% −20.00
Wexford 41 8 19.5% −2.74
Tipperary 40 3 7.5% −18.50
Tramore 33 5 15.2% −2.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 65 3 4.6% −6.00
Class 2 41 3 7.3% −28.06
Class 3 9 0 0% −9.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 126 38 30.2% 0.94 −33.99
2nd–3rd fav 311 44 14.1% 0.90 −78.42
4th–6th fav 377 32 8.5% 1.15 −50.50
7th+ in betting 392 11 2.8% 0.93 −119.00
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
80.5% completed · 471 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 315 74.6% 13 8 49 7 3
Hurdle 156 92.3% 4 1 6 0 1
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
Winged Leader (IRE) 14 4 9 13 Apr 23
Glibin (IRE) 14 3 8 31 Oct 13
Our Victoria (IRE) 11 3 6 15 Nov 12
Askanna (IRE) 11 6 8 30 May 12
Vaucelet (FR) 10 3 8 24 May 24
Need To Know (IRE) 10 0 3 25 Apr 17
Not Before Eight (IRE) 10 1 2 26 Dec 15
Gold Patrol (IRE) 9 2 2 15 Oct 15
Kashline (IRE) 9 1 5 6 May 14
Model County Lass (IRE) 8 1 6 14 May 11
Plan Of Attack (IRE) 7 3 6 14 Mar 25
Ferns Lock (GB) 7 4 5 15 Mar 24
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 815 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
1487910116131691714
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 yardColin Bowe
18% of all rides
12.1% SR · A/E 0.91
TrainerRWSR£1
Colin Bowe 223 27 12.1% −47.34
Paul Nolan 148 12 8.1% −46.62
D M Christie 117 22 18.8% −27.53
Gordon Elliott 55 8 14.5% −10.49
Henry De Bromhead 36 4 11.1% −17.75
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2006→
133
Archived wins
3
Pattern / graded wins
£1.84m
Prize money
2021
Best season · 19 wins
This card is the full archive census (2005→); the statistics in the header aggregate from 2008 — the floor that guarantees every horse a complete captured career — so this card can legitimately show more wins than the header.
Broadway Ted (IRE) — Paddy Power Cheltenham Countdown Podcast (C & G) I.N.H. Flat Race (Grade 2) Leopardstown · Feb 2026 · Grade 2
£59,000
Coeur De Lion (FR) — Goffs Land Rover Bumper Punchestown · Apr 2016
£59,000
Commander Of Fleet (IRE) — Goffs Land Rover Bumper Punchestown · Apr 2018
£59,000
Notable horses
Askanna (IRE) Winged Leader (IRE) Ferns Lock (GB) Glibin (IRE) Our Victoria (IRE) Vaucelet (FR)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Flemensfirth (USA) 12.2% · 6–49
Progeny have won 11.8% of 17,297 runs since 2008 (1,595 horses).
Oscar (IRE) 8.7% · 4–46
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,544 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Milan (GB) 5.9% · 2–34
Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,893 runs since 2008 (1,465 horses).
King's Theatre (IRE) 16.1% · 5–31
Progeny have won 14.4% of 12,129 runs since 2008 (746 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.8% from 125. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.9% from 203.
Old Vic (GB) 36.7% · 11–30
Progeny have won 11.7% of 6,916 runs since 2008 (630 horses).
Shantou (USA) 10% · 3–30
Progeny have won 13.6% of 7,849 runs since 2008 (539 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 20.3% from 158.
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 1,294 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,294 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 20 April 2006 to 10 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
10 Nov 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) My Life Be Like (IRE)T: D M Christie INHSC Supporting Point-To-Points Hunters Steeplechase24f · Good To Yielding · 9 ran 5th 11/8F
27 Jul 26 Galway (IRE) Which Flannerys (IRE)T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien Ray Dooley Monami Construction Flat Race16.5f · Yielding · 13 ran 2nd 3/1
27 Jul 26 Galway (IRE) Galileo Dame (IRE)T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien Connacht Hotel (Q.R.) Handicap17f · Yielding · 20 ran 10th 15/2
22 May 26 Downpatrick Fortune Lad (IRE)T: D M Christie Albert Bartlett Hunters Chase29f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 3rd 9/4
22 May 26 Downpatrick West Of Idaho (IRE)T: D M Christie Down Royal Corporation Of Horsebreeders Maiden Hunters Chase23.5f · Good To Yielding · 7 ran 2nd 4/6F
11 May 26 Killarney Journey With Me (IRE)T: D M Christie Thorn Plant Hire Hunters Chase23f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran PU 11/2
18 Apr 26 Bellewstown Deep Manhattan (IRE)T: Michael Butler Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction (Pro/Am) Flat Race17f · Yielding · 15 ran 15th 14/1
21 Mar 26 Navan Super Junior (IRE)T: Thomas Cooper Racing Next On March 30th (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Soft · 9 ran PU 9/1
13 Mar 26 Cheltenham Chemical Energy (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott Princess Royal Challenge Cup Open Hunters' ChaseClass 2 · 26.5f · Good To Soft · 23 ran 11th 20/1
12 Mar 26 Cheltenham Prends Garde A Toi (FR)T: Gordon Elliott Rosconn Group Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 2 · 26.5f · Good · 23 ran PU 14/1
02 Mar 26 Leopardstown Mike Des Mottes (FR)T: Cian Collins QuinnBet (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Soft To Heavy · 8 ran 4th 4/1
02 Feb 26 Leopardstown Broadway Ted (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott Paddy Power Cheltenham Countdown Podcast (C & G) I.N.H. Flat Race (Grade 2)16f · Heavy · 7 ran 1st 18/1
08 Jan 26 Clonmel My Life Be Like (IRE)T: D M Christie Rathronan Maiden Hunters Chase20.5f · Heavy · 12 ran PU 7/2
26 Dec 25 Down Royal Loch Cuan (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott BAR 1 Betting (Pro/Am) Flat Race17f · Yielding · 15 ran 12th 10/1
26 Dec 25 Down Royal My Life Be Like (IRE)T: D M Christie BAR 1 Betting Hunters Chase24f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 4th 20/1
21 Nov 25 Fairyhouse Big Interest (IRE)T: D M Christie INHSC Supporting Point-To-Points Hunters Chase24f · Heavy · 9 ran PU 4/1
24 Oct 25 Cheltenham Regarde (IRE)T: Jamie Snowden Santa - The Visit Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Chase (GBB Race)Class 3 · 25f · Good To Soft · 18 ran 3rd 13/2
04 Sep 25 Laytown (AW) Fireworks (FR)T: John Joseph Hanlon Tote, Never Beaten By SP (Q.R.) Handicap7f · Standard · 10 ran 9th 100/1
04 Sep 25 Laytown (AW) Dynamic Force (IRE)T: T G McCourt Download The New Tote App (Q.R.) Handicap6f · Standard · 10 ran 4th 25/1
31 Jul 25 Galway Ring Of Kerry (IRE)T: Cian Collins Guinness Time Flat Race18f · Good · 16 ran 9th 22/1

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 10 Nov 2026: the KTB Selection in 1 run (won 0) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 1 run (won 0) · to 10 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 Mr B O'Neill's strike rate?
Mr B O'Neill has won 125 of 1,206 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 10.4% (as at 15 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Mr B O'Neill do best at?
Wexford by strike rate: 8 wins from 41 rides (19.5%) 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 Mr B O'Neill ride most for?
Colin Bowe, with 223 rides since 2008 — 18% of the total. That pairing has won 27 (12.1%).
Is Mr B O'Neill 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 Mr B O'Neill's Fair A/E?
0.97, from 1,205 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).