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Jockey profile

Mr S McGonagle

12 rides in the lifetime window · 9 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Jun 2010 100% 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.
1–12
Wins / Runs
8.3%
Strike rate
n=12
2 (17%)
Placed
0.65
Fair A/E
n=12 · 0.53 incl. margin
−9.62
£1 level stake
n=12 at SP · −80.2%
£9,334
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
25%

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8.3% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
11.1%+2.8
n=9 · A/E 1.14 · £1 −6.62
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
20%+11.7
n=5 · A/E 0.86 · £1 −2.62
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−8.3
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
When favourite
50%
n=2 · A/E 1.10 · £1 +0.38
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
10%+1.7
n=10 · A/E 0.70 · £1 −7.62
Big fields · 14+ runners
0%−8.3
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.3% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Chase 8 1 12.5% −5.62
Hurdle 2 0 0% −2.00
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 4 0 0% −4.00
Heavy 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Soft 2 1 50% +0.38
Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Punchestown 4 0 0% −4.00
Downpatrick 2 1 50% +0.38
Kilbeggan 2 0 0% −2.00
Aintree 2 0 0% −2.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 2 1 50% 1.10 +0.38
2nd–3rd fav 2 0 0% 0.00 −2.00
4th–6th fav 4 0 0% 0.00 −4.00
7th+ in betting 4 0 0% 0.00 −4.00
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
90% completed · 10 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 8 87.5% 0 1 0 0 0
Hurdle 2 100% 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
Nedzer's Return (IRE) 3 1 2 6 Jun 10
Backstage (FR) 2 0 0 2 May 09
Moscow Johnny (IRE) 1 0 0 23 Apr 10
Salford City (IRE) 1 0 0 19 May 09
Lydon House (GB) 1 0 0 15 Feb 09
Newton Bridge (IRE) 1 0 0 12 Jan 09
Justnotthatsimple (IRE) 1 0 0 19 Dec 08
Davids City (IRE) 1 0 0 4 May 08
Secret Police (UAE) 1 0 0 3 May 08
All 9 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
Gordon Elliott 12 1 8.3% −9.62
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
1
Archived wins
£13,028
Prize money
2010
Best season · 1 win
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.
Nedzer's Return (IRE) — Morning Star Belfast Hunters Chase Downpatrick · Mar 2010
£4,830
Notable horses
Nedzer's Return (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Bob's Return (IRE) 33.3% · 1–3
Progeny have won 8.5% of 2,268 runs since 2008 (219 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 11.8% from 254.
Passing Sale (FR) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 11.3% of 666 runs since 2008 (91 horses).
Accordion (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 10.8% of 3,309 runs since 2008 (327 horses).
Among Men (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 10.1% of 89 runs since 2008 (10 horses).
Desert Sun (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 9.3% of 1,166 runs since 2008 (84 horses).
Jade Robbery (USA) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 11.4% of 404 runs since 2008 (27 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 36 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Mr S McGonagle's 36 archived rides, from 16 January 2005 to 6 June 2010, newest first — one winner among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
06 Jun 10 Kilbeggan Nedzer's Return (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott Bloomfield House Hotel Hurdle19f · Good · 7 ran 2nd 4/7F
23 Apr 10 Punchestown Moscow Johnny (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott KFM Hunters Chase For The Bishopscourt Cup20f · Good · 22 ran 8th 9/1
08 Apr 10 Aintree Nedzer's Return (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott John Smith's Fox Hunters' Chase (National Course)Class 2 · 21f · Good To Soft · 21 ran UR 12/1
03 Mar 10 Downpatrick Nedzer's Return (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott Morning Star Belfast Hunters Chase21.5f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 1st 11/8F
19 May 09 Punchestown Salford City (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott Go Racing In Kildare Chase16f · Heavy · 6 ran 3rd 6/1
02 May 09 Punchestown (IRE) Backstage (FR)T: Gordon Elliott Cox's Cash & Carry Champion Hunters Chase25f · Soft To Heavy · 16 ran 7th 20/1
02 Apr 09 Aintree Backstage (FR)T: Gordon Elliott John Smith's Fox Hunters' ChaseClass 2 · 21f · Good · 29 ran 8th 20/1
15 Feb 09 Leopardstown Lydon House (GB)T: Gordon Elliott Raymond Smith Memorial Hunters Chase24f · Soft · 16 ran 4th 10/1
12 Jan 09 Punchestown Newton Bridge (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott Clairefontaine-Co Kildare Twinning Handicap Hurdle (81-116)20f · Soft To Heavy · 16 ran 14th 12/1
19 Dec 08 Downpatrick Justnotthatsimple (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott Saintfield Windows Maiden Hunters Chase21.5f · Yielding · 14 ran 7th 10/1
04 May 08 Sligo (IRE) Davids City (IRE)T: Gordon Elliott Northwest (Pro-Am) INH Flat Race16f · Heavy · 14 ran 7th 16/1
03 May 08 Kilbeggan (IRE) Secret Police (UAE)T: Gordon Elliott Loughnagore (Pro-Am) INH Flat Race16f · Good · 15 ran 9th 10/1
21 Dec 07 Downpatrick Best Law (IRE)T: James Halpin Killultagh Properties M'dn Hunters Chase (Div 2)23f · Good · 15 ran 11th 14/1
08 May 07 Fairyhouse Oscartan (IRE)T: Miss Jane Thomas New Tote Ireland Placepot Races 1 to 6 Flat Race (Div 1)18f · Good · 21 ran 18th 25/1
26 Dec 06 Down Royal Saynothing (IRE)T: James Francis Brennan Irish Thoroughbred Breeders Association Hunters Chase23f · Soft · 20 ran 8th 33/1
22 Sep 06 Listowel Rosshill (IRE)T: M A Joyce Sws Group Inh Flat Race16f · Heavy · 17 ran 14th 33/1
01 May 06 Down Royal Charmahal (IRE)T: W J Lanigan Winged Love (Pro-Am) INH Flat Race Div 116f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 3rd 20/1
29 Apr 06 Punchestown Guess Who's Back (IRE)T: Gavin Cromwell Ballymore Festival (Pro-Am) INH Flat Race (Div 1)18f · Good To Firm · 24 ran 12th 6/1
28 Apr 06 Punchestown Kilbrickensfirth (IRE)T: T K Geraghty Bewleys Hotels & EBF NH Fillies Bumper16f · Good · 23 ran 21st 33/1
27 Apr 06 Punchestown Gleneric (IRE)T: John G Carr KFM Hunters Chase (Bishopscourt Cup)20f · Good · 12 ran F 25/1

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 McGonagle's strike rate?
Mr S McGonagle has won 1 of 12 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 8.3% (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).