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Mr D Whelan

22 rides in the lifetime window · 10 individual horses
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Jul 2011 91% of rides over jumps
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.
1–22
Wins / Runs
4.5%
Strike rate
n=22
2 (9%)
Placed
1.26
Fair A/E
n=22 · 0.90 incl. margin
−9.00
£1 level stake
n=22 at SP · −40.9%
£8,856
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 4.5% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
10%+5.5
n=10 · A/E 3.33 · £1 +3.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−4.5
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
20%+15.5
n=5 · A/E 3.74 · £1 +8.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
4.5%+0.0
n=22 · A/E 1.26 · £1 −9.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
5.9%+1.4
n=17 · A/E 1.51 · £1 −4.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.5% 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

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Chase 10 1 10% +3.00
NH Flat 9 0 0% −9.00
Flat 2 0 0% −2.00
Hurdle 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 7 1 14.3% +6.00
Good to Firm 6 0 0% −6.00
Soft 5 0 0% −5.00
Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00
Heavy 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wexford 4 0 0% −4.00
Tramore 4 0 0% −4.00
Punchestown 3 1 33.3% +10.00
Cork 2 0 0% −2.00
Clonmel 2 0 0% −2.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 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 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
7th+ in betting 18 1 5.6% 1.97 −5.00
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
90.9% completed · 11 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 10 100% 0 0 0 0 0
Hurdle 1 0% 0 0 1 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
Cool Warrior (IRE) 5 1 2 1 Jul 11
Thatsyeremare (IRE) 5 0 0 12 Sep 08
Saltee Mist (IRE) 3 0 0 25 Sep 10
Sister Cecily (IRE) 3 0 0 29 May 09
Super Luso (IRE) 1 0 0 14 Jun 10
De Tox (IRE) 1 0 0 21 May 10
Forgot To Dance (IRE) 1 0 0 14 May 10
Samacora (IRE) 1 0 0 29 Apr 10
Alice Bradys Call (USA) 1 0 0 26 Jun 08
Mighty John Mcgee (IRE) 1 0 0 6 Jan 08
All 10 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
Miss Martina Anne Doran 9 0 0% −9.00
M J Colfer 5 0 0% −5.00
John F Robinson 5 1 20% +8.00
John A White 3 0 0% −3.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
1
Archived wins
£8,856
Prize money
2010
Best season · 1 win
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.
Cool Warrior (IRE) — KFM Hunters Chase For The Bishopscourt Cup Punchestown · Apr 2010
£6,900
Notable horses
Cool Warrior (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Presenting (GB) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 11% of 20,050 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Witness Box (USA) 20% · 1–5
Progeny have won 9.1% of 2,675 runs since 2008 (194 horses). Weakest on Good to Firm going: 4% from 173.
Luso (GB) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 6.7% of 3,516 runs since 2008 (389 horses).
Bob's Return (IRE) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 8.5% of 2,268 runs since 2008 (219 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 11.8% from 254.
Bishop of Cashel (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 7.7% of 701 runs since 2008 (69 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 3.8% from 105.
Jammaal (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 10% of 231 runs since 2008 (18 horses).
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 41 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Mr D Whelan's 41 archived rides, from 28 April 2005 to 1 July 2011, newest first — one winner among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Jul 11 Wexford Cool Warrior (IRE)T: John F Robinson jogforjockeys.ie Handicap Chase (0-109)19f · Good · 15 ran 10th 12/1
25 May 11 Punchestown Cool Warrior (IRE)T: John F Robinson Conyngham Cup (Q.R.) Handicap Chase (0-123)25f · Good · 20 ran 7th 14/1
06 May 11 Punchestown Cool Warrior (IRE)T: John F Robinson KFM Hunters Chase for the Bishopscourt Cup20f · Yielding · 18 ran 3rd 9/2
25 Sep 10 Navan Saltee Mist (IRE)T: John A White Garlow Cross Flat Race16f · Yielding · 29 ran 19th 50/1
27 Aug 10 Wexford Saltee Mist (IRE)T: John A White Enniscorthy Mares Flat Race16f · Good · 10 ran 7th 50/1
18 Aug 10 Killarney Saltee Mist (IRE)T: John A White ''most Appropriately Dressed'' Competition Friday 20th Flat Race17f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 9th 25/1
14 Jun 10 Roscommon Super Luso (IRE)T: Miss Martina Anne Doran www.roscommonracecourse at eircom.net Maiden Hurdle16f · Good To Firm · 17 ran PU 50/1
05 Jun 10 Listowel Cool Warrior (IRE)T: John F Robinson George Fitzmaurice Hunters Chase24f · Good To Firm · 17 ran 4th 8/1
21 May 10 Wexford De Tox (IRE)T: Miss Martina Anne Doran Owenavarragh Flat Race16f · Firm · 13 ran 13th 20/1
14 May 10 Cork Forgot To Dance (IRE)T: Miss Martina Anne Doran Scarteen Flat Race16f · Good To Firm · 21 ran 12th 25/1
29 Apr 10 Tipperary Samacora (IRE)T: Miss Martina Anne Doran P2p.ie Mares Point-to-point Flat Race18f · Good · 20 ran 19th 16/1
23 Apr 10 Punchestown Cool Warrior (IRE)T: John F Robinson KFM Hunters Chase For The Bishopscourt Cup20f · Good · 22 ran 1st 12/1
29 May 09 Tramore Sister Cecily (IRE)T: Miss Martina Anne Doran Tramore Racecourse Supporters Flat Race16f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 10th 50/1
29 Nov 08 Wexford Sister Cecily (IRE)T: Miss Martina Anne Doran Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Mares) (Pro-Am) Flat Race16f · Soft · 16 ran 14th 33/1
13 Nov 08 Clonmel Sister Cecily (IRE)T: Miss Martina Anne Doran Www.woodfieldfarmstud.com Inh Flat Race16f · Heavy · 12 ran 7th 25/1
12 Sep 08 Tramore Thatsyeremare (IRE)T: M J Colfer Www.tramore-racecourse.com Handicap Chase (0-95)22f · Soft · 16 ran 7th 16/1
15 Aug 08 Tramore Thatsyeremare (IRE)T: M J Colfer Ernst & Young Handicap Chase (0-95)22f · Good · 16 ran 9th 20/1
26 Jun 08 Fairyhouse Alice Bradys Call (USA)T: Miss Martina Anne Doran Chronicle Crackers (QR) Maiden14f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran 7th 25/1
13 Jun 08 Clonmel Thatsyeremare (IRE)T: M J Colfer Gain Horsefeeds Novice Chase20f · Firm · 9 ran 4th 33/1
30 May 08 Tramore Thatsyeremare (IRE)T: M J Colfer Mary Grimes Catering Beginners Chase22f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 4th 33/1

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 Whelan's strike rate?
Mr D Whelan has won 1 of 22 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 4.5% (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).