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Jockey profile

P Shanahan

784 rides in the lifetime window · 344 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Jan 2012 100% of rides on the flat
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.
50–784
Wins / Runs
6.4%
Strike rate
n=784
149 (19%)
Placed
1.03
n=784 · 0.79 incl. margin
−326.42
£1 level stake
n=784 at SP · −41.6%
£1.09m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 160 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 6% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.03). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 23% (48 rides). Rode mostly for Tracey Collins — 47% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 784 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Jul–Aug Tracey Collins: 10% from 369 LTO winners: 22.9% Group/Graded: 9.3%
The read

It is weakest at Gowran Park (0% over 33 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 22.9% (n=48, Fair A/E 2.14), but first rides on a horse have been a poor signal at 3% (n=303, Fair A/E 0.64). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 3.2% strike, Fair A/E 0.62 and −104.00 to a £1 stake over 186 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Tracey Collins supplied 47% of the rides and edges the rider's average (10% vs 6.4%, A/E 1.39) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also read well off a 0-7-day break (13%, n=46). The record read poorly on Good to Soft going — 1.2% over 81 rides, 5.2pts below the baseline. 20 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the King Of Beers Stakes at Curragh (Jul 2006, £65,100). The standout partner of the record was Redstone Dancer (IRE) — 5 wins from 8 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fired Jul–Aug.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.4% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
3%−3.4
n=303 · A/E 0.64 · £1 −226.50
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
22.9%+16.5
n=48 · A/E 2.14 · £1 +40.38
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
3.2%−3.2
n=186 · A/E 0.62 · £1 −104.00
When favourite
20.8%
n=24 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −10.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
3.8%−2.6
n=449 · A/E 0.76 · £1 −252.17
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
9.3%+2.9
n=107 · A/E 1.43 · £1 −26.87

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.4% 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
On last-time-out winners 22.9% vs 6.4% · n=48
Off a 0-7-day break 13% vs 6.4% · n=46
With first-time headgear 0% vs 6.4% · n=36
On Good to Soft going 1.2% vs 6.4% · n=81
At Gowran Park 0% vs 6.4% · n=33
With Tracey Collins 10% vs 6.4% · n=369
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

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 216 15 6.9% −86.05
Good 140 9 6.4% −35.00
Good to Firm 137 9 6.6% −25.50
Standard (AW) 99 6 6.1% −51.00
Heavy 87 8 9.2% −43.37
Good to Soft 81 1 1.2% −75.00
Firm 24 2 8.3% −10.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Curragh 169 9 5.3% −92.37
Leopardstown 102 2 2% −70.00
Dundalk (AW) 95 5 5.3% −60.00
Naas 54 3 5.6% −5.00
Navan 47 2 4.3% −13.00
Fairyhouse 38 3 7.9% −21.05
Cork 37 2 5.4% −18.25
Gowran Park 33 0 0% −33.00
Tipperary 27 2 7.4% +14.00
Down Royal 22 2 9.1% −10.50
Galway 22 1 4.5% −14.00
Limerick 22 1 4.5% −19.00
Sligo 18 5 27.8% +9.75
Wexford 17 1 5.9% −9.50
Roscommon 16 2 12.5% +4.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 107 10 9.3% −26.87
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 34 8 23.5% 1.12 −8.25
2nd–3rd fav 97 15 15.5% 1.18 −23.17
4th–6th fav 195 16 8.2% 1.19 −14.00
7th+ in betting 458 11 2.4% 0.72 −281.00
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
Across The Rhine (USA) 16 4 9 8 Oct 11
Rock Jock (IRE) 15 1 7 11 Sep 11
Jettymarc (IRE) 13 3 4 5 Aug 10
Prince Jock (USA) 12 3 4 22 Jun 11
Lough Mist (IRE) 12 4 5 18 Jun 11
Loch Long (IRE) 11 2 4 10 Sep 11
Kristal Komet (IRE) 11 0 3 8 Aug 11
Pencil Hill (IRE) 11 1 2 16 Apr 11
Lord Rathvinden (IRE) 10 0 4 3 May 10
The Tartan Army (IRE) 9 1 2 29 Jul 10
Girouette (IRE) 9 3 6 5 Nov 09
Orlando Dawn (GB) 9 1 4 12 Oct 09
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 344 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
0·435411117390
A flat rider: the season runs Mar–Oct. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
47% of all rides
10% SR · A/E 1.39
TrainerRWSR£1
Tracey Collins 369 37 10% −50.92
D K Weld 104 3 2.9% −78.00
H Rogers 61 3 4.9% −32.50
Miss S Collins 32 1 3.1% −19.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
107
Archived wins
20
Pattern / graded wins
£2.83m
Prize money
2005
Best season · 28 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.
Dandy Man (IRE) — King Of Beers Stakes (listed) Curragh · Jul 2006 · Listed
£65,100
Redstone Dancer (IRE) — Jordan Estate Agents EBF (Fillies) Handicap Curragh · Jun 2007
£65,100
Redstone Dancer (IRE) — Unicorn Homes EBF Summer Fillies Handicap Curragh · Jul 2006
£58,590

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Captain Rio (GB) 13.3% · 4–30
Progeny have won 9.5% of 6,912 runs since 2008 (423 horses).
Galileo (IRE) 13.8% · 4–29
Progeny have won 14.5% of 18,201 runs since 2008 (1,776 horses). Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.4% from 890.
Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) 4.5% · 1–22
Progeny have won 9.8% of 11,568 runs since 2008 (872 horses).
Repent (USA) 20% · 4–20
Progeny have won 11.9% of 67 runs since 2008 (2 horses).
High Chaparral (IRE) 11.1% · 2–18
Progeny have won 10.3% of 8,730 runs since 2008 (682 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 419.
Acclamation (GB) 5.9% · 1–17
Progeny have won 10% of 19,711 runs since 2008 (1,327 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 195.
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 1,642 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,642 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 20 March 2005 to 27 January 2012.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
16 Oct 11 Naas Daigreen (IRE)T: Ms Joanna Morgan Tifrums E.B.F. (C & G) Maiden6f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran 12th 50/1

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 P Shanahan's strike rate?
P Shanahan has won 50 of 784 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 6.4% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does P Shanahan do best at?
Fairyhouse by strike rate: 3 wins from 38 rides (7.9%) 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 P Shanahan ride most for?
Tracey Collins, with 369 rides since 2008 — 47% of the total. That pairing has won 37 (10%).
What is P Shanahan's Fair A/E?
1.03, from 784 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).