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Mr S J O'Donovan

5 rides in the lifetime window · 4 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Mar 2016
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2015→)
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.
1–5
Wins / Runs
20%
Strike rate
n=5
1 (20%)
Placed
1.98
Fair A/E
n=5 · 1.55 incl. margin
+0.00
£1 level stake
n=5 at SP · +0.0%
£6,510
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
50%

Small sample — fewer than 30 runs in this window. Read the Ns before the percentages.

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 20% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
0%−20.0
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−20.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
20%+0.0
n=5 · A/E 1.98 · £1 +0.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−20.0
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 20% 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
Flat 2 1 50% +3.00
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00
Hurdle 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Heavy 4 1 25% +1.00
Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Cork 3 1 33.3% +2.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
2nd–3rd fav 3 1 33.3% 2.61 +2.00
4th–6th fav 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
7th+ in betting 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
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.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Dont Kick Nor Bite (IRE) 2 1 1 28 Mar 16
Simple Steps (IRE) 1 0 0 31 Dec 15
Pause And Ponder (IRE) 1 0 0 15 Nov 15
Phone Booth (IRE) 1 0 0 26 Mar 15
All 4 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
Robert Tyner 5 1 20% +0.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2015→
1
Archived wins
£6,510
Prize money
2016
Best season · 1 win
Dont Kick Nor Bite (IRE) — Cork & Waterford Mares Point-to-point Flat Race Cork · Mar 2016
£6,150
Notable horses
Dont Kick Nor Bite (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Beneficial (GB) 50% · 1–2
Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,046 runs since 2008 (1,155 horses).
Catcher In The Rye (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 8.9% of 2,570 runs since 2008 (239 horses).
Oscar (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Tikkanen (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 9.1% of 2,014 runs since 2009 (170 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

all 5 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Mr S J O'Donovan's 5 archived rides, from 26 March 2015 to 28 March 2016, newest first — one winner among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
28 Mar 16 Cork Dont Kick Nor Bite (IRE)T: Robert Tyner Cork & Waterford Mares Point-to-point Flat Race16f · Heavy · 12 ran 1st 4/1
05 Mar 16 Gowran Park Dont Kick Nor Bite (IRE)T: Robert Tyner Raceday Packages At gowranpark.ie Point-To-Point Flat Race18f · Soft · 9 ran 4th 13/2
31 Dec 15 Punchestown Simple Steps (IRE)T: Robert Tyner Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Mares (Pro/Am) Flat Race18f · Heavy · 21 ran 17th 8/1
15 Nov 15 Cork Pause And Ponder (IRE)T: Robert Tyner Follow Us On Twitter (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Heavy · 13 ran 7th 6/1
26 Mar 15 Cork Phone Booth (IRE)T: Robert Tyner Fegentri World Championship (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-102)20f · Heavy · 19 ran 8th 16/1

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 S J O'Donovan's strike rate?
Mr S J O'Donovan has won 1 of 5 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 20% (as at 6 November 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 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).