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Mr D W Cullen

91 rides in the lifetime window · 66 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Apr 2011
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
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.
7–91
Wins / Runs
7.7%
Strike rate
n=91
17 (19%)
Placed
1.38
Fair A/E
n=91 · 0.99 incl. margin
−40.75
£1 level stake
n=91 at SP · −44.8%
£67,254
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB at a glance First rides: 9.7% Claiming: 7.9%

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.7% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
9.7%+2.0
n=62 · A/E 2.06 · £1 −14.50
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
25%+17.3
n=4 · A/E 1.98 · £1 −1.25
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
7.1%−0.6
n=14 · A/E 1.05 · £1 −9.00
When favourite
0%
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
7.9%+0.2
n=89 · A/E 1.41 · £1 −38.75
Big fields · 14+ runners
4.4%−3.3
n=68 · A/E 0.90 · £1 −34.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−7.7
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.7% 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 Soft going 5% vs 7.7% · n=40
With debutants 10.3% vs 7.7% · n=39
On first rides for the horse 9.7% vs 7.7% · n=62
In NH Flat races 7.4% vs 7.7% · n=68 · A/E 1.26
When claiming 7.9% vs 7.7% · n=89 · A/E 1.41
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 68 5 7.4% −27.25
Flat 13 2 15.4% −3.50
Hurdle 7 0 0% −7.00
Chase 3 0 0% −3.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 40 2 5% −24.50
Heavy 19 2 10.5% −11.75
Good 15 1 6.7% −9.50
Good to Soft 11 0 0% −11.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Standard (AW) 2 2 100% +20.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Punchestown 13 0 0% −13.00
Fairyhouse 11 0 0% −11.00
Leopardstown 11 1 9.1% −6.50
Gowran Park 10 1 10% −4.50
Wexford 5 1 20% +6.00
Down Royal 5 1 20% −0.50
Naas 5 0 0% −5.00
Galway 4 0 0% −4.00
Thurles 3 0 0% −3.00
Navan 3 0 0% −3.00
Listowel 3 0 0% −3.00
Killarney 2 0 0% −2.00
Kilbeggan 2 0 0% −2.00
Sligo 2 0 0% −2.00
Cork 2 1 50% +0.75

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 4 1 25% 1.19 −1.25
2nd–3rd fav 12 4 33.3% 2.73 +7.50
4th–6th fav 15 0 0% 0.00 −15.00
7th+ in betting 60 2 3.3% 1.09 −32.00
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% completed · 10 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 3 33.3% 0 0 2 0 0
Hurdle 7 100% 0 0 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
Little Barney (IRE) 5 0 2 16 Feb 09
Primora De Kerpaul (FR) 4 0 0 29 Nov 08
Morotai Marauder (IRE) 3 0 0 18 Feb 10
Friars Hill Lad (IRE) 3 0 1 24 Nov 09
Kaliski (IRE) 3 0 1 26 Mar 09
Silent Whisper (IRE) 3 0 0 23 Nov 08
Better Times (IRE) 2 2 2 15 Nov 09
Unforgivable (IRE) 2 0 0 31 Oct 09
Johnston's Kiwi (IRE) 2 0 0 13 Sep 09
Qeasy (GB) 2 0 1 3 Aug 09
Eugoli (IRE) 2 0 0 16 Jul 09
Noel Blanc (FR) 2 0 0 18 Jun 09
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 66 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 1 time. 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.

By month

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
250900000253380
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 yardM J P O'Brien
42% of all rides
7.9% SR · A/E 1.11
TrainerRWSR£1
M J P O'Brien 38 3 7.9% −17.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
13
Archived wins
£177k
Prize money
2008
Best season · 4 wins
In our archive from its very first year (2005), so this career almost certainly began earlier than our record does. The figures above count 2005 onwards only — what the archive holds, not a full-career total. 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.
I'm Still Standing (IRE) — Irish Foal Levy (C&G) INH Flat Race Leopardstown · Dec 2007
£19,530
Doctor Linton (IRE) — Ladbrokes.ie EBF Beginners Chase Limerick · Oct 2005
£13,020
Just Friends (IRE) — Pierse Civil Engineering (Pro-Am) Flat Race Leopardstown · Jan 2008
£13,020
Notable horses
Better Times (IRE) Genuine Pearl (IRE) Just Friends (IRE) Doctor Linton (IRE) Richelieu (GB) Annie Go (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Kahyasi (IRE) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 10.7% of 2,120 runs since 2008 (185 horses).
Saddlers' Hall (IRE) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 7.7% of 4,861 runs since 2008 (460 horses).
Turtle Island (IRE) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 7.5% of 3,325 runs since 2008 (309 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 10.7% from 215.
Indian River (FR) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 11.2% of 1,381 runs since 2008 (99 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 8% from 224.
Lord Americo (IRE) 50% · 2–4
Progeny have won 7.8% of 2,189 runs since 2008 (237 horses).
Presenting (GB) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 11% of 20,052 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
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 6 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 186 · newest first

The latest 50 of 186 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 25 April 2011.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
25 Apr 11 Fairyhouse Ghost Charger (IRE)T: Denis W Cullen Irish Racing Post Champion Point-to-point Flat Race18f · Good · 16 ran 12th 33/1
17 Sep 10 Listowel Combustible Lady (IRE)T: Denis W Cullen John Fletcher Memorial Flat Race16f · Good · 18 ran 7th 25/1
02 May 10 Sligo Love Milan (IRE)T: Denis W Cullen www.countysligoraces.com (pro/am) Flat Race16f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 8th 16/1
07 Mar 10 Naas Knox's Turn (IRE)T: Thomas Shaw Rockview (q.r.) Flat Race16f · Yielding To Soft · 13 ran 10th 50/1
18 Feb 10 Clonmel Morotai Marauder (IRE)T: Denis W Cullen Suir (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16.5f · Heavy · 18 ran 14th 16/1
09 Feb 10 Fairyhouse Aidan Fancy (IRE)T: Denis W Cullen Follow Fairyhouse On Facebook Flat Race16f · Heavy · 10 ran 9th 7/1
24 Nov 09 Gowran Park Friars Hill Lad (IRE)T: Luke Prendergast Golf Membership At Gowran Park (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Heavy · 11 ran 6th 25/1
22 Nov 09 Navan Carrie Bradshaw (IRE)T: John E Kiely ITBA Fillies Scheme E.B.F. (Pro/Am) Mares Flat Race (Listed)16f · Heavy · 17 ran 14th 33/1
15 Nov 09 Cork Better Times (IRE)T: Denis W Cullen Paddypowermobile.com (pro/am) Flat Race16f · Soft To Heavy · 8 ran 1st 7/4J
31 Oct 09 Naas Unforgivable (IRE)T: M J P O'Brien Thoroughbred County (Pro/Am) Flat Race19f · Soft To Heavy · 15 ran 9th 14/1
25 Oct 09 Wexford Better Times (IRE)T: M J P O'Brien Spawell (c & G) (pro/am) Flat Race16f · Soft · 15 ran 1st 10/1
16 Sep 09 Listowel Rutland Prince (IRE)T: M J P O'Brien Shannon House Foynes Flat Race20f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran PU 9/1
13 Sep 09 Listowel Johnston's Kiwi (IRE)T: M J P O'Brien Kerry Group (pro/am) Flat Race16f · Soft · 18 ran 10th 12/1
01 Sep 09 Laytown (AW) Richelieu (GB)T: J J Lambe Ladbrokes-bingo.com (Q.R.) Handicap (50-80)7f · Standard · 9 ran 1st 4/1
03 Aug 09 Naas Qeasy (GB)T: M J P O'Brien Go Racing In Kildare Flat Race19f · Soft · 17 ran 7th 5/1
01 Aug 09 Galway Johnston's Kiwi (IRE)T: M J P O'Brien Kerrymaid Festival Flat Race16f · Yielding To Soft · 20 ran 8th 20/1
29 Jul 09 Galway Timisvar (IRE)T: James Leavy Williamhill.com-casino (Q.R.) Maiden12f · Soft · 16 ran 14th 40/1
27 Jul 09 Galway Sophocles (GB)T: James Leavy Carlton.ie/galwaycity (q.r.) Handicap (70-100)16f · Soft · 17 ran 14th 12/1
16 Jul 09 Killarney Eugoli (IRE)T: Niall Moran John O'connell Memorial (pro/am) Flat Race17f · Soft · 18 ran 14th 6/1
05 Jul 09 Sligo Dunloy Girl (IRE)T: J J Lambe Info at countysligoraces.com Flat Race16f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran 13th 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).

Quick answers

What is Mr D W Cullen's strike rate?
Mr D W Cullen has won 7 of 91 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 7.7% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Mr D W Cullen's Fair A/E?
1.38, from 91 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 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).