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Jockey profile

Mr Derek O'Connor

377 rides in the last 5 seasons · 280 individual horses
As at 3 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 9 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
58–377
Wins / Runs
15.4%
Strike rate
n=377
147 (39%)
Placed
1.06
Fair A/E
n=376 · 0.87 incl. margin
−62.92
£1 level stake
n=377 at SP · −16.7%
£1.18m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
11.9%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 80 times a season, winning on 15% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.06). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 27% (41 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 377 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 3 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Apr–May 33.3% when favourite LTO winners: 26.8% Group/Graded: 17.5% Rides the favourite in 16% of races
The read

Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 26.8% (n=41, Fair A/E 1.30), but first rides on a horse have been a poor signal at 11.7% (n=265, Fair A/E 0.86). The rider also reads well over 2m5f – 3m (27.5%, n=51) and off a 15-30-day break (22.7%, n=75). The record reads poorly on Good to Soft going — 8.8% over 80 rides, 6.6pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider on Good going: Fair A/E 0.68 across 83 rides (9.6% strike, −31.06 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. 17 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Unibet Irish Gold Cup at Leopardstown (Feb 2018, £113,000). The standout partner of the record: Its On The Line (IRE) — 6 wins from 14 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Apr–May.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 15.4% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
11.7%−3.7
n=265 · A/E 0.86 · £1 −100.41
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
26.8%+11.4
n=41 · A/E 1.30 · £1 +4.55
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
14.1%−1.3
n=85 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −3.87
When favourite
33.3%
n=60 · A/E 0.99 · £1 −13.65
Big fields · 14+ runners
13.2%−2.2
n=151 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −37.95
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
17.5%+2.1
n=40 · A/E 1.42 · £1 −5.32

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 15.4% 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
Over 2m5f – 3m 27.5% vs 15.4% · n=51
With Emmet Mullins 27.8% vs 15.4% · n=36
On last-time-out winners 26.8% vs 15.4% · n=41
Off a 15-30-day break 22.7% vs 15.4% · n=75
On Good to Soft going 8.8% vs 15.4% · n=80
On Good going 9.6% vs 15.4% · n=83
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 196 28 14.3% −38.82
Chase 92 16 17.4% −29.03
Flat 68 10 14.7% +8.31
Hurdle 21 4 19% −3.38

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 159 32 20.1% +34.71
Good 83 8 9.6% −31.06
Good to Soft 80 7 8.8% −52.77
Heavy 49 9 18.4% −16.92
Standard (AW) 6 2 33.3% +3.12

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Punchestown 71 10 14.1% −12.89
Galway 31 3 9.7% −6.52
Leopardstown 24 3 12.5% −1.75
Listowel 20 2 10% −9.00
Killarney 19 3 15.8% −3.00
Cheltenham 18 2 11.1% −12.50
Clonmel 18 2 11.1% −8.67
Fairyhouse 18 3 16.7% −10.81
Cork 17 3 17.6% −0.25
Thurles 17 1 5.9% −12.50
Tipperary 16 2 12.5% −11.33
Ballinrobe 13 4 30.8% +10.25
Limerick 13 2 15.4% −7.95
Navan 12 3 25% −3.00
Naas 10 3 30% −3.38

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 40 7 17.5% −5.32
Class 2 16 2 12.5% −9.38
Class 3 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 1 1 100% +0.44

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 69 23 33.3% 1.04 −12.03
2nd–3rd fav 136 23 16.9% 1.00 −24.89
4th–6th fav 105 10 9.5% 1.27 −12.00
7th+ in betting 67 2 3% 1.02 −14.00
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 · 113 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 92 81.5% 4 2 11 0 0
Hurdle 21 90.5% 0 0 1 1 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
Its On The Line (IRE) 14 6 12 1 May 26
Early Doors (FR) 6 1 4 12 May 25
Colcannon (IRE) 4 2 3 30 Apr 25
Harbour Highway (IRE) 3 0 1 14 Oct 26
Comfort Zone (IRE) 3 1 1 27 Jul 26
Keep On Dreaming (IRE) 3 0 1 29 Jan 26
Lennon Grove (IRE) 3 1 2 20 Dec 25
Hillstar Blues (IRE) 3 0 0 16 Jun 25
Corbetts Cross (IRE) 3 1 1 26 Dec 24
Cool Summer (IRE) 3 0 0 6 Oct 24
Parga Diamond (IRE) 3 1 1 4 Oct 24
Fatal Flaw (IRE) 3 1 3 23 Jul 24
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 280 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 2 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 2
Only 2 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, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
5301216231382614121117
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 yardEmmet Mullins
10% of all rides
27.8% SR · A/E 1.27
TrainerRWSR£1
Emmet Mullins 36 10 27.8% +6.22
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
211
Archived wins
17
Pattern / graded wins
£3.66m
Prize money
2019
Best season · 22 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.
Edwulf (GB) — Unibet Irish Gold Cup (grade 1) Leopardstown · Feb 2018 · Grade 1
£113,000
Comfort Zone (IRE) — Connacht Hotel (Q.R.) Handicap Galway (IRE) · Jul 2026
£65,999
Corbetts Cross (IRE) — Maureen Mullins National Hunt Challenge Cup Amateur Jockeys' Novices' Chase (Grade 2) (GBB Race) Cheltenham · Mar 2024 · Grade 2
£60,953
Notable horses
Its On The Line (IRE) Saint Gervais (IRE) Volcanic Rock (IRE) Ex Patriot (IRE) Balnaslow (IRE) Monas Melody (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Walk In The Park (IRE) 23.1% · 6–26
Progeny have won 13.3% of 7,015 runs since 2011 (702 horses).
Presenting (GB) 33.3% · 6–18
Progeny have won 11% of 20,052 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Court Cave (IRE) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 10.1% of 7,949 runs since 2008 (552 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 6.8% from 937.
Westerner (GB) 8.3% · 1–12
Progeny have won 12.2% of 11,851 runs since 2009 (943 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 8.5% from 188.
Getaway (GER) 18.2% · 2–11
Progeny have won 11.3% of 10,971 runs since 2016 (1,029 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Mahler (GB) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,869 runs since 2014 (786 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 3 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 1,672 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,672 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 6 January 2005 to 25 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
25 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Moscovite (FR)T: Gavin Cromwell Tom Dempsey Flooring 4-Y-O Fillies (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Soft · 6 ran 6th 4/6F
23 Oct 26 Cheltenham Fairlawn Skipper (GB)T: Mickey Bowen Chapel Down Amateur Jockeys' Handicap Steeple Chase (gbb Race)Class 3 · 25f · Good To Soft · 11 ran 4th 7/1
17 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) The Ocean Queen (IRE)T: Gavin Cromwell Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares (Pro/Am) Flat Race17f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 2nd 100/30
14 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Veales Cross (IRE)T: John Queally Matchbook €50,000 Graduation Series Flat Race16.5f · Good · 11 ran 6th 28/1
14 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Harbour Highway (IRE)T: Emmet Mullins Matchbook Betting Exchange (Q.R.) Handicap Steeplechase21.5f · Good · 8 ran PU 4/1
13 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Shuil Solas (IRE)T: John E & Thomas Kiely Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race16f · Good · 14 ran 2nd 9/2
06 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Way With Words (IRE)T: J P Dempsey Race In Pink On October 25th Flat Race16.5f · Yielding To Soft · 8 ran 2nd 10/11F
26 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Harbour Highway (IRE)T: Emmet Mullins John & Terry Moriarty Memorial (Q.R.) Handicap Steeplechase24f · Good · 14 ran 3rd 7/1
25 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Shuil Solas (IRE)T: John E & Thomas Kiely Shanahan Power Irish EBF Mares (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 2nd 14/1
24 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Veales Cross (IRE)T: John Queally Kevin McManus Bookmaker Flat Race16f · Good · 9 ran 4th 6/1
19 Sep 26 Navan (IRE) Sharbel (IRE)T: Peter Fahey BAR 1 Betting 'Best Odds Guaranteed Overnight' Flat Race16f · Good · 13 ran 2nd 8/1
02 Sep 26 Navan (IRE) Timurshah (IRE)T: Aidan Melia Kilberry (Q.R.) Handicap16f · Good · 16 ran 1st 2/1F
04 Aug 26 Roscommon (IRE) She Means Business (IRE)T: Peter Fahey Brian Keenan On-Course Bookmaker Flat Race15.5f · Yielding To Soft · 13 ran 7th 14/1
03 Aug 26 Cork (IRE) It's Buster's Way (IRE)T: Sabrina J Harty Curragh To Curragh Charity Cycle On Saturday August 29th Flat Race18f · Good · 17 ran 14th 80/1
01 Aug 26 Galway (IRE) Gunner Girl (IRE)T: S G Carey Electric Galway Irish EBF Mares Flat Race17f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 13th 33/1
29 Jul 26 Galway (IRE) Sunny South West (IRE)T: Edward F Power Visit Tote26 On Course Today (Q.R.) Maiden12f · Yielding · 18 ran 2nd 4/1
27 Jul 26 Galway (IRE) Comfort Zone (IRE)T: Joseph Patrick O'Brien Connacht Hotel (Q.R.) Handicap17f · Yielding · 20 ran 1st 18/1
14 Jul 26 Killarney (IRE) Sunny South West (IRE)T: Edward F Power Thorn Plant Hire (Q.R.) Maiden14f · Good · 12 ran 2nd 2/1
02 Jul 26 Limerick Bacharach (GB)T: Gavin Cromwell INPBA Supporting Irish Racing Flat Race (In Memory Of Jerry McDonnell)16.5f · Good · 8 ran 5th 16/5
11 May 26 Killarney Lifetime Ambition (IRE)T: P M J Doyle Thorn Plant Hire Hunters Chase23f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 3rd 2/1

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 6 Oct 2026: top-rated on KTB Rating in 2 runs (won 0) · fastest on KTB Speed in 1 run (won 0) · to 17 Oct 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 Derek O'Connor's strike rate?
Mr Derek O'Connor has won 58 of 377 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 15.4% (as at 3 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Mr Derek O'Connor do best at?
Punchestown by strike rate: 10 wins from 71 rides (14.1%) since 2022. 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.
Is Mr Derek O'Connor in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 2 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Mr Derek O'Connor's Fair A/E?
1.06, from 376 rides with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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 3 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).