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Jockey profile

Mr M J O'Connor

41 rides in the last 5 seasons · 26 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Jun 2025
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
2–41
Wins / Runs
4.9%
Strike rate
n=41
6 (15%)
Placed
0.85
Fair A/E
n=41 · 0.69 incl. margin
−15.40
£1 level stake
n=41 at SP · −37.6%
£23,415
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.9% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
0%−4.9
n=24 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −24.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−4.9
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
11.1%+6.2
n=9 · A/E 1.82 · £1 −4.40
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−4.9
n=16 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −16.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.9% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Chase 17 2 11.8% +8.60
NH Flat 10 0 0% −10.00
Hurdle 8 0 0% −8.00
Flat 6 0 0% −6.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 13 0 0% −13.00
Good to Soft 11 0 0% −11.00
Heavy 11 2 18.2% +14.60
Good 6 0 0% −6.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Cork 5 0 0% −5.00
Clonmel 5 1 20% +16.00
Punchestown 5 0 0% −5.00
Tipperary 4 0 0% −4.00
Limerick 3 0 0% −3.00
Listowel 3 0 0% −3.00
Tramore 3 0 0% −3.00
Fairyhouse 2 1 50% +2.60
Killarney 2 0 0% −2.00
Thurles 2 0 0% −2.00
Kilbeggan 2 0 0% −2.00
Ballinrobe 1 0 0% −1.00
Down Royal 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
2nd–3rd fav 8 1 12.5% 0.87 −3.40
4th–6th fav 12 0 0% 0.00 −12.00
7th+ in betting 21 1 4.8% 2.82 +0.00
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
84% completed · 25 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 17 76.5% 2 0 2 0 0
Hurdle 8 100% 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
Grange Island (IRE) 9 2 2 29 Apr 25
Rookery Woods (IRE) 4 0 0 17 Jan 25
Therellbguddaysyet (IRE) 3 0 1 21 Nov 24
Nice To Meet (IRE) 2 0 1 22 Apr 24
Dromleigh (IRE) 2 0 1 11 Jan 24
No Pockets (GB) 1 0 0 2 Jun 25
Men Of Dreams (IRE) 1 0 0 30 May 25
Hunt Away (IRE) 1 0 0 21 Apr 25
Mercury Mission (GB) 1 0 0 1 Jun 24
Frisco Babe (IRE) 1 0 0 7 Aug 23
Sequestered (IRE) 1 0 0 3 Aug 23
Marksetgo (IRE) 1 0 0 20 Jul 23
All 26 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.

By month

strike by month, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
17000000000500
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
TrainerRWSR£1
Michael John O'Connor 15 0 0% −15.00
W J Burke 9 2 22.2% +16.60
Paul John Gilligan 3 0 0% −3.00
Seamus Murnane 2 0 0% −2.00
Seamus Neville 2 0 0% −2.00
P J Rothwell 1 0 0% −1.00
Miss M Harding 1 0 0% −1.00
J P Cahill 1 0 0% −1.00
J G Bennett 1 0 0% −1.00
John J Walsh 1 0 0% −1.00
Eamonn Francis Gallagher 1 0 0% −1.00
Paul O'Flynn 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
82
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£843k
Prize money
2007
Best season · 15 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.
For Bill (IRE) — ITBA Fillies Scheme E.B.F. (Pro/Am) Mares Flat Race (Listed) Navan · Nov 2009 · Listed
£26,040
Smiler (IRE) — Faber Audiovisuals Handicap Hurdle Galway · Oct 2014
£15,600
Rebel Fitz (FR) — Listowel Races Supporters Club Slan Abhaile (Q.R.) Race Listowel · Sep 2014
£13,000
Notable horses
Phelans Fancy (IRE) For Bill (IRE) Aughnacurraveel (IRE) Pearly Jack (GB) Smiler (IRE) Western Devil (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Shirocco (GER) 20% · 2–10
Progeny have won 11.1% of 9,185 runs since 2010 (921 horses). Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.
Vita Venturi (IRE) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 4.4% of 90 runs since 2020 (15 horses).
Leading Light (IRE) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 8.2% of 2,214 runs since 2018 (226 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.6% from 241.
Sans Frontieres (IRE) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 8.9% of 1,256 runs since 2018 (156 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 14.1% from 184.
Getaway (GER) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 11.3% of 10,994 runs since 2016 (1,031 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Mahler (GB) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,878 runs since 2014 (788 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 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 808 · newest first

The latest 50 of 808 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 15 January 2005 to 2 June 2025.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
02 Jun 25 Listowel No Pockets (GB)T: Michael John O'Connor Bryan MacMahon (Pro/Am) Flat Race20f · Good · 9 ran 5th 25/1
30 May 25 Tramore Men Of Dreams (IRE)T: Michael John O'Connor QuinnBet Beginners Chase15.5f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 6th 50/1
29 Apr 25 Punchestown Grange Island (IRE)T: W J Burke Kildare Hunt Club Cross Country Chase For The Ladies Perpetual Cup24.5f · Yielding · 16 ran F 50/1
21 Apr 25 Cork Hunt Away (IRE)T: Miss M Harding Pegus Horse Feed Point-To-Point Flat Race19f · Yielding · 14 ran 5th 4/1
17 Jan 25 Cork Rookery Woods (IRE)T: Michael John O'Connor Mallow Maiden Hurdle24f · Yielding To Soft · 11 ran 8th 200/1
15 Jan 25 Clonmel Rookery Woods (IRE)T: Michael John O'Connor Monroe Maiden Hurdle17f · Soft · 17 ran 10th 150/1
28 Dec 24 Limerick Rookery Woods (IRE)T: Michael John O'Connor Keith Lynch Memorial Maiden Hurdle16f · Yielding To Soft · 17 ran 16th 200/1
21 Nov 24 Thurles Therellbguddaysyet (IRE)T: Michael John O'Connor Sign Up To GavinLynchRacing.com (Q.R.) Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 7 ran 6th 25/1
25 Sep 24 Listowel Rookery Woods (IRE)T: Michael John O'Connor Listowel Vintners Association Flat Race20f · Soft · 12 ran 11th 40/1
03 Jun 24 Listowel Therellbguddaysyet (IRE)T: Michael John O'Connor Bryan MacMahon (Pro/Am) Flat Race20f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 3rd 8/1
01 Jun 24 Tramore Mercury Mission (GB)T: Michael John O'Connor Racing TV Supporting Irish Racing Handicap Hurdle (80-109)22f · Yielding · 13 ran 8th 14/1
09 May 24 Tipperary Therellbguddaysyet (IRE)T: Michael John O'Connor Millennium Surveys Ltd (C & G) Point-To-Point Flat Race18f · Yielding · 9 ran 7th 12/1
22 Apr 24 Tramore Nice To Meet (IRE)T: Michael John O'Connor Gaultier Hunters Chase22f · Good · 10 ran 5th 7/2
30 Mar 24 Fairyhouse Grange Island (IRE)T: W J Burke Race Displays Joseph O'Reilly Hunters Chase25f · Heavy · 4 ran 3rd 10/1
21 Jan 24 Thurles Grange Island (IRE)T: W J Burke Carey Glass Hunters Chase24.5f · Soft · 10 ran PU 33/1
11 Jan 24 Clonmel Dromleigh (IRE)T: Seamus Murnane Rathronan Maiden Hunters Chase21f · Heavy · 13 ran 2nd 9/2
27 Dec 23 Limerick Dromleigh (IRE)T: Seamus Murnane Earl Of Harrington Memorial Maiden Hunters Chase22.5f · Heavy · 16 ran 4th 9/2
24 Nov 23 Fairyhouse Grange Island (IRE)T: W J Burke INHSC Supporting Point-To-Points Hunters Chase24.5f · Soft To Heavy · 6 ran 1st 18/5
07 Aug 23 Cork Frisco Babe (IRE)T: Michael John O'Connor Follow Us On Facebook Flat Race18.5f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran 13th 50/1
03 Aug 23 Galway Sequestered (IRE)T: Paul John Gilligan Guinness Time Flat Race18f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 5th 66/1

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 M J O'Connor's strike rate?
Mr M J O'Connor has won 2 of 41 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 4.9% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Mr M J O'Connor's Fair A/E?
0.85, from 41 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 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).