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Jockey profile

Mr M J Scallan

168 rides in the lifetime window · 88 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Feb 2020 93% 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.
5–168
Wins / Runs
3%
Strike rate
n=168
27 (16%)
Placed
0.62
Fair A/E
n=168 · 0.47 incl. margin
−125.50
£1 level stake
n=168 at SP · −74.7%
£71,751
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 10 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 3% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.62). Rode mostly for J A Berry — 49% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 168 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance J A Berry: 2.4% from 83 First rides: 3.5%
The read

The market has consistently overbet claiming rides: 3% strike, Fair A/E 0.63 and −121.50 to a £1 stake over 164 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. J A Berry supplied 49% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (2.4%, A/E 0.46). The rider also read well off a 15-30-day break (8.8%, n=34) and in Hurdle races (7.1%, n=42). The market has consistently overbet the rider in NH Flat races: Fair A/E 0.29 across 66 rides (1.5% strike, −63.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 3% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
3.5%+0.5
n=85 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −50.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−3.0
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
2.2%−0.8
n=45 · A/E 0.46 · £1 −34.00
When favourite
0%
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
3%+0.0
n=164 · A/E 0.63 · £1 −121.50
Big fields · 14+ runners
2%−1.0
n=98 · A/E 0.49 · £1 −72.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−3.0
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 3% 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
Off a 15-30-day break 8.8% vs 3% · n=34
In Hurdle races 7.1% vs 3% · n=42
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 5.9% vs 3% · n=51
Over 1m5f – 2m 1.5% vs 3% · n=67 · A/E 0.31
In NH Flat races 1.5% vs 3% · n=66 · A/E 0.29
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 66 1 1.5% −63.00
Chase 49 1 2% −40.00
Hurdle 42 3 7.1% −11.50
Flat 11 0 0% −11.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 56 1 1.8% −41.00
Heavy 43 1 2.3% −40.00
Good 42 2 4.8% −26.50
Good to Firm 12 1 8.3% −3.00
Good to Soft 12 0 0% −12.00
Firm 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Punchestown 22 0 0% −22.00
Cork 18 0 0% −18.00
Fairyhouse 14 2 14.3% +12.00
Tramore 13 0 0% −13.00
Wexford 11 0 0% −11.00
Gowran Park 11 0 0% −11.00
Clonmel 9 1 11.1% −4.50
Downpatrick 9 0 0% −9.00
Limerick 8 1 12.5% −5.00
Sligo 7 0 0% −7.00
Wexford 7 0 0% −7.00
Leopardstown 6 0 0% −6.00
Kilbeggan 6 0 0% −6.00
Listowel 4 0 0% −4.00
Naas 4 0 0% −4.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 5 1 20% 1.14 −2.00
2nd–3rd fav 12 2 16.7% 1.47 +1.50
4th–6th fav 41 1 2.4% 0.38 −30.00
7th+ in betting 110 1 0.9% 0.32 −95.00
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
79.1% completed · 91 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 49 67.3% 7 1 8 0 0
Hurdle 42 92.9% 2 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
Artic Island (IRE) 12 0 1 27 Oct 10
Rather Curious (IRE) 9 0 1 19 Mar 12
Knock On Steel (IRE) 7 1 2 29 Oct 18
Mighty Snazy (GB) 6 0 1 31 Mar 11
Vital Island (IRE) 5 0 1 18 Feb 20
Annamatopoeia (IRE) 5 0 3 17 Dec 16
Elembridge King (IRE) 5 1 1 28 Apr 15
Notwhatiam (IRE) 4 0 0 26 Oct 15
Savello (IRE) 4 0 1 7 Aug 11
Whats On The Menu (IRE) 4 0 2 22 Sep 10
Teds Island (IRE) 3 0 2 22 Jul 16
Sweet Maria (IRE) 3 0 0 31 May 13
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 88 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
0140550000700
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 yardJ A Berry
49% of all rides
2.4% SR · A/E 0.46
TrainerRWSR£1
J A Berry 83 2 2.4% −57.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
6
Archived wins
£81,643
Prize money
2009
Best season · 3 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.
Acriveen (IRE) — Eimer Hannon Travel Fegentri (q.r) Handicap Hurdle (81-109) Fairyhouse · Apr 2009
£7,947
Cara Mara (IRE) — Rockview (qr) Inh Flat Race Gowran Park · Feb 2007
£7,601
Knock On Steel (IRE) — Kilmore Maiden Hurdle Clonmel · Oct 2018
£6,776
Notable horses
Knock On Steel (IRE) Elembridge King (IRE) Acriveen (IRE) Whos To Know (IRE) Cara Mara (IRE) Byrnes Cross (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Anshan (GB) 0% · 0–26
Progeny have won 9.6% of 4,216 runs since 2008 (387 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.2% from 520.
Corrouge (USA) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 6% of 250 runs since 2008 (31 horses).
Luso (GB) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 6.7% of 3,516 runs since 2008 (389 horses).
Arakan (USA) 14.3% · 1–7
Progeny have won 9.2% of 3,467 runs since 2009 (266 horses). Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 4.5% from 134.
Bob's Return (IRE) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 8.5% of 2,268 runs since 2008 (219 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 11.8% from 254.
Insatiable (IRE) 16.7% · 1–6
Progeny have won 7.3% of 372 runs since 2008 (36 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 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 192 · newest first

The latest 50 of 192 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 22 July 2005 to 18 February 2020.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
18 Feb 20 Punchestown Vital Island (IRE)T: R P O'Keeffe P.P. Hogan Memorial Cross Country Chase25f · Heavy · 14 ran 8th 50/1
17 Nov 19 Punchestown Vital Island (IRE)T: R P O'Keeffe Ems Copiers Risk Of Thunder Chase24f · Soft · 17 ran 7th 66/1
24 May 19 Downpatrick Vital Island (IRE)T: R P O'Keeffe Frank Fitzsimmons Memorial Hunters Chase23.5f · Good · 8 ran 6th 9/2
02 May 19 Punchestown Vital Island (IRE)T: R P O'Keeffe Mongey Communications La Touche Cup Cross Country Chase34f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 2nd 50/1
30 Apr 19 Punchestown Vital Island (IRE)T: R P O'Keeffe Kildare Hunt Club Fr Sean Breen Memorial Chase For The Ladies Perpetual Cup25f · Good · 17 ran F 20/1
22 Apr 19 Cork Costalotmore (IRE)T: Brian Jordan Pegus Horse Feed Point-To-Point Flat Race19f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 2nd 5/1
29 Oct 18 Wexford Knock On Steel (IRE)T: Brian Jordan IRIS First For Racing Footage In Ireland Rated Novice Hurdle16.5f · Yielding · 7 ran 7th 10/1
13 Oct 18 Fairyhouse Knock On Steel (IRE)T: Brian Jordan Easter Festival 2019 Handicap Hurdle (80-109)16f · Good · 13 ran 7th 11/1
04 Oct 18 Clonmel Knock On Steel (IRE)T: Brian Jordan Kilmore Maiden Hurdle17f · Good · 9 ran 1st 7/2
11 Sep 18 Listowel Knock On Steel (IRE)T: Brian Jordan Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle16f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran 9th 10/1
17 Aug 18 Tramore Knock On Steel (IRE)T: Brian Jordan Flynn Hotel Group Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 15 ran 2nd 14/1
26 Jul 18 Limerick Knock On Steel (IRE)T: Brian Jordan Keanes Jewellers Ladies Day 14th October (C & G) Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 12 ran 4th 25/1
06 Jul 18 Wexford Knock On Steel (IRE)T: Brian Jordan Flood Ironworks Ltd. Maiden Hurdle20.5f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 5th 66/1
17 Dec 16 Fairyhouse Annamatopoeia (IRE)T: Brian Jordan Merry Christmas From All At Fairyhouse Beginners Chase24f · Soft To Heavy · 8 ran 5th 16/1
11 Dec 16 Cork Annamatopoeia (IRE)T: Brian Jordan Kerry Group E.B.F. Mares Novice Chase (grade 3)17f · Soft To Heavy · 8 ran 3rd 20/1
22 Nov 16 Wexford Annamatopoeia (IRE)T: Brian Jordan Kerlogue Mares Beginners Chase16f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran 3rd 20/1
22 Nov 16 Wexford Cotton Jenny (IRE)T: Brian Jordan Slaney Hurdle20f · Soft To Heavy · 7 ran PU 25/1
20 Nov 16 Cork Annamatopoeia (IRE)T: Brian Jordan I.n.h. Stallion Owners E.B.F. Beginners Chase21f · Soft To Heavy · 18 ran 2nd 14/1
13 Oct 16 Punchestown Annamatopoeia (IRE)T: Brian Jordan Ingoldsby (Q.R.) Handicap Chase25f · Good · 10 ran 7th 20/1
12 Oct 16 Punchestown Little Mozzer (IRE)T: Brian Jordan Coral.ie Bet 5 Get 20 In Free Bets Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 8 ran 8th 100/1

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 Scallan's strike rate?
Mr M J Scallan has won 5 of 168 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 3% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which yard does Mr M J Scallan ride most for?
J A Berry, with 83 rides since 2008 — 49% of the total. That pairing has won 2 (2.4%).
What is Mr M J Scallan's Fair A/E?
0.62, from 168 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).