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Jockey profile

Paddy Hanlon

674 rides in the last 5 seasons · 270 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride yesterday 98% of rides over jumps
from 1 Jan 2022
36–674
Wins / Runs
5.3%
Strike rate
n=674
132 (20%)
Placed
0.69
n=674 · 0.58 incl. margin
−374.40
£1 level stake
n=674 at SP · −55.5%
£496k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
7.1%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 130 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.69). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 8% (37 rides). Rides mostly for John Joseph Hanlon — 65% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 674 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 7.1% John Joseph Hanlon: 5.7% from 440 LTO winners: 8.1% Claiming: 5.5%
The read

The record is strongest at Downpatrick (15.2%, n=46), clear of the rider's 5.3% baseline. It is weakest at Kilbeggan (0% over 37 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides in big fields of 14 or more have been a poor signal at 1.8% (n=222, Fair A/E 0.42). The market has consistently overbet first rides on a horse: 4.1% strike, Fair A/E 0.67 and −197.91 to a £1 stake over 270 rides — those runners underperform what the price implies. John Joseph Hanlon supplies 65% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (5.7%, A/E 0.73). The rider also reads well off a 61-180-day break (9.7%, n=72).

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.3% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
4.1%−1.2
n=270 · A/E 0.67 · £1 −197.91
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
8.1%+2.8
n=37 · A/E 0.54 · £1 −28.58
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
7.1%+1.8
n=112 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −54.76
When favourite
24.1%
n=29 · A/E 0.73 · £1 −12.19
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
5.5%+0.2
n=641 · A/E 0.71 · £1 −345.73
Big fields · 14+ runners
1.8%−3.5
n=222 · A/E 0.42 · £1 −182.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−5.3
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.3% 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
At Downpatrick 15.2% vs 5.3% · n=46
With C&D winners 16.1% vs 5.3% · n=31
With debutants 0% vs 5.3% · n=44
At Kilbeggan 0% vs 5.3% · n=37
Off a 61-180-day break 9.7% vs 5.3% · n=72
With first-time headgear 0% vs 5.3% · n=33
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
Hurdle 471 26 5.5% −217.50
Chase 119 8 6.7% −82.07
NH Flat 68 2 2.9% −58.83
Flat 16 0 0% −16.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 326 19 5.8% −173.57
Good to Soft 140 6 4.3% −78.59
Soft 140 5 3.6% −98.34
Heavy 39 1 2.6% −35.50
Good to Firm 28 5 17.9% +12.60
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Downpatrick 46 7 15.2% −1.00
Limerick 38 2 5.3% +0.00
Kilbeggan 37 0 0% −37.00
Wexford 36 1 2.8% −25.00
Galway 29 0 0% −29.00
Punchestown 29 1 3.4% −24.50
Stratford 28 3 10.7% +1.60
Listowel 27 1 3.7% −22.67
Fairyhouse 23 0 0% −23.00
Worcester 22 2 9.1% −17.95
Killarney 19 1 5.3% −8.00
Newton Abbot 18 1 5.6% −14.00
Wincanton 18 1 5.6% −9.50
Taunton 17 3 17.6% −4.37
Sligo 16 0 0% −16.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 105 8 7.6% −0.49
Class 5 94 8 8.5% −50.00
Class 3 22 2 9.1% −10.40
Class 1 13 0 0% −13.00
Class 2 11 0 0% −11.00
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 36 8 22.2% 0.73 −15.19
2nd–3rd fav 99 11 11.1% 0.68 −46.71
4th–6th fav 215 14 6.5% 0.90 −76.50
7th+ in betting 324 3 0.9% 0.32 −236.00
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
81.2% completed · 590 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 119 70.6% 4 8 22 1 0
Hurdle 471 83.9% 13 6 52 2 3
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
Roxboro River (IRE) 16 1 3 22 Jul 26
Seasett (GB) 16 2 5 17 Jul 25
Mother Ship (IRE) 15 1 3 19 Sep 26
Half A Chance (IRE) 15 1 5 30 May 26
Pahlavi (IRE) 14 1 4 29 Jun 26
Lakefield Flyer (IRE) 12 2 5 26 Jul 26
Person Of Interest (IRE) 12 1 3 8 May 26
Topgun Simmy (IRE) 11 3 7 18 Aug 25
Pure Logic (GB) 9 1 5 19 Sep 26
Quest With Speed (IRE) 9 1 2 31 Mar 26
Brilliant Light (GB) 9 1 3 4 Nov 25
Miss Oreo (IRE) 9 0 0 23 Jul 25
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 270 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample
0 from 5
Only 5 rides in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

By month

strike by month, 5 seasons
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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
65% of all rides
5.7% SR · A/E 0.73
TrainerRWSR£1
John Joseph Hanlon 440 25 5.7% −202.69
Syd Hosie 55 5 9.1% −28.37
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2023→
36
Archived wins
£496k
Prize money
2026
Best season · 12 wins
Maldini Milano (IRE) — Southern Cranes & Access Ltd Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race) Plumpton · Apr 2026 · Class 3
£12,582
Half A Chance (IRE) — Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle Limerick · May 2024
£11,800
Cloonainra (IRE) — Ballygarry Estate Hotel & Spa Mares Novice Chase Listowel · Sep 2025
£10,030

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Affinisea (IRE) 7.5% · 3–40
Progeny have won 13.2% of 1,288 runs since 2022 (205 horses).
Walk In The Park (IRE) 9.1% · 3–33
Progeny have won 13.4% of 7,040 runs since 2011 (707 horses).
Wootton Bassett (GB) 7.7% · 2–26
Progeny have won 13% of 5,695 runs since 2015 (792 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 16% from 162.
Valirann (FR) 5.3% · 1–19
Progeny have won 10.1% of 1,451 runs since 2018 (159 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 7% from 345.
Ol' Man River (IRE) 5.9% · 1–17
Progeny have won 7.3% of 508 runs since 2022 (57 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 10.7% from 103. Weakest on Good going: 4.1% from 171.
Beat Hollow (GB) 6.3% · 1–16
Progeny have won 11.3% of 6,034 runs since 2008 (412 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 674 · newest first

The latest 50 of 674 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 22 June 2023 to 5 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this rider’s mounts since 25 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 2 runs (won 0) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 1 run (won 0) · to 2 Nov 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is Paddy Hanlon's strike rate?
Paddy Hanlon has won 36 of 674 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 5.3% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Paddy Hanlon do best at?
Downpatrick by strike rate: 7 wins from 46 rides (15.2%) since 2022. 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 Paddy Hanlon ride most for?
John Joseph Hanlon, with 440 rides since 2022 — 65% of the total. That pairing has won 25 (5.7%).
Is Paddy Hanlon in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 5 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Paddy Hanlon's Fair A/E?
0.69, from 674 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).