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Jockey profile

Mr Derek O'Connor

1,429 rides in the lifetime window · 1,028 individual horses
As at 14 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 20 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
182–1,429
Wins / Runs
12.7%
Strike rate
n=1,429
499 (35%)
Placed
1.01
Fair A/E
n=1,428 · 0.81 incl. margin
−306.43
£1 level stake
n=1,429 at SP · −21.4%
£3.20m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
11.9%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 80 times a season, winning on 13% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.01). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 16% (131 rides).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,429 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 14 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jan–Feb 31.6% when favourite John E Kiely: 9.9% from 81 LTO winners: 16% Rides the favourite in 14% of races
The read

It is weakest at Roscommon (0% over 34 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 16% (n=131, Fair A/E 0.88). In Group and Graded company the record are the standout value angle: 14.4% strikes only just above baseline, but Fair A/E 1.33 and +12.16 to a £1 stake over 111 rides — a record the market has persistently underpriced. John E Kiely supplies 6% of the rides and sits below the rider's average (9.9% vs 12.7%, A/E 0.66). The rider also reads well over 2m5f – 3m (17.8%, n=214). 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 Jan–Feb.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 12.7% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
10.8%−1.9
n=1,015 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −364.87
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
16%+3.3
n=131 · A/E 0.88 · £1 −25.79
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
11.7%−1.0
n=325 · A/E 0.97 · £1 −62.53
When favourite
31.6%
n=193 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −34.83
Big fields · 14+ runners
10%−2.7
n=660 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −182.62
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
14.4%+1.7
n=111 · A/E 1.33 · £1 +12.16

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 12.7% 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
With Emmet Mullins 29.5% vs 12.7% · n=44
With Gavin Cromwell 25% vs 12.7% · n=44
At Roscommon 0% vs 12.7% · n=34
With Joseph Patrick O'Brien 20.9% vs 12.7% · n=67
Over 2m5f – 3m 17.8% vs 12.7% · n=214
At Clonmel 6.3% vs 12.7% · n=63
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 692 78 11.3% −205.50
Chase 384 58 15.1% −31.55
Flat 256 31 12.1% −65.50
Hurdle 97 15 15.5% −3.88

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 499 71 14.2% −41.65
Good 372 47 12.6% −56.23
Heavy 265 32 12.1% −66.85
Good to Soft 223 24 10.8% −106.87
Good to Firm 41 5 12.2% −18.45
Standard (AW) 22 3 13.6% −9.38
Firm 7 0 0% −7.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Punchestown 256 32 12.5% −60.29
Galway 109 13 11.9% +10.05
Listowel 71 8 11.3% −26.69
Leopardstown 70 10 14.3% +17.33
Limerick 70 11 15.7% +13.55
Fairyhouse 68 8 11.8% −44.31
Thurles 66 7 10.6% −39.24
Cheltenham 66 7 10.6% +4.50
Killarney 63 8 12.7% −16.30
Tipperary 63 8 12.7% −11.58
Clonmel 63 4 6.3% −43.42
Cork 57 6 10.5% −25.75
Ballinrobe 49 8 16.3% −5.56
Gowran Park 39 5 12.8% −10.82
Navan 36 7 19.4% −10.75

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 109 16 14.7% +14.16
Class 2 59 6 10.2% +1.12
Class 3 19 2 10.5% −7.50
Class 4 7 2 28.6% +0.75
Class 5 7 3 42.9% +3.25
Class 6 6 3 50% +0.61

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 234 66 28.2% 0.97 −58.13
2nd–3rd fav 439 71 16.2% 1.02 −96.80
4th–6th fav 440 34 7.7% 1.05 −94.50
7th+ in betting 316 11 3.5% 1.08 −57.00
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% completed · 481 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 384 81% 16 5 50 2 0
Hurdle 97 90.7% 0 1 7 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
Edwulf (GB) 12 1 2 26 Jan 20
Saint Gervais (IRE) 11 3 6 20 Sep 14
Volcanic Rock (IRE) 11 2 4 1 Jun 11
Ex Patriot (IRE) 8 2 3 18 Dec 21
Balnaslow (IRE) 8 2 5 8 Jun 18
Stand Up And Fight (IRE) 7 1 3 26 Dec 21
Early Doors (FR) 6 1 4 12 May 25
Henry's Girl (IRE) 6 0 3 25 Sep 16
Monas Melody (IRE) 5 2 4 24 Aug 22
Shady Operator (IRE) 5 2 4 30 Apr 22
Terry's Delight (IRE) 5 1 1 21 Oct 10
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 1,028 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.

By month

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
162011111671017148914
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 yardJohn E Kiely
6% of all rides
9.9% SR · A/E 0.66
TrainerRWSR£1
John E Kiely 81 8 9.9% −11.83
Joseph Patrick O'Brien 67 14 20.9% +32.26
S Curling 63 10 15.9% −8.67
E Bolger 55 6 10.9% −38.08
Peter Fahey 45 7 15.6% −4.90
Gavin Cromwell 44 11 25% +13.12
Emmet Mullins 44 13 29.5% +14.16
Robert Tyner 41 5 12.2% −8.50
A J Martin 33 6 18.2% −3.70
Sean Aherne 32 2 6.3% −21.25
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
Presenting (GB) 17.9% · 12–67
Progeny have won 11% of 20,053 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Flemensfirth (USA) 8.3% · 4–48
Progeny have won 11.8% of 17,297 runs since 2008 (1,595 horses).
Beneficial (GB) 9.8% · 4–41
Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,047 runs since 2008 (1,155 horses).
Milan (GB) 8.3% · 3–36
Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,892 runs since 2008 (1,465 horses).
Walk In The Park (IRE) 20% · 7–35
Progeny have won 13.4% of 7,100 runs since 2011 (712 horses).
Oscar (IRE) 18.8% · 6–32
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
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 14 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 182 of 1,429 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 12.7% (as at 14 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Mr Derek O'Connor do best at?
Navan by strike rate: 7 wins from 36 rides (19.4%) 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 Derek O'Connor ride most for?
John E Kiely, with 81 rides since 2008 — 6% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (9.9%).
What is Mr Derek O'Connor's Fair A/E?
1.01, from 1,428 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 14 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).