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Jockey profile

Patrick McGettigan

575 rides in the last 5 seasons · 286 individual horses
As at 3 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 2 days ago 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2024→)
from 1 Jan 2022
44–575
Wins / Runs
7.7%
Strike rate
n=575
140 (24%)
Placed
1.05
Fair A/E
n=574 · 0.83 incl. margin
−45.51
£1 level stake
n=575 at SP · −7.9%
£694k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
7.2%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 120 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 8% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.05).

Deterministic profile computed from 575 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 3 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jun–Aug 21.9% when favourite J P Murtagh: 11.3% from 80 Rides the favourite in 6% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Leopardstown (13.9%, n=36), clear of the rider's 7.7% baseline. Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 1.1% (n=95, Fair A/E 0.25). First rides on a horse are the standout value angle: 7.3% strikes only just below baseline, but Fair A/E 1.15 and +3.62 to a £1 stake over 286 rides — a record the market has persistently underpriced. J P Murtagh supplies 14% of the rides and edges the rider's average (11.3% vs 7.7%, A/E 1.05) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also reads well over 1m5f – 2m (17.5%, n=40) and at trips under 6f (12.7%, n=55). The record reads poorly off a 61-180-day break — 1.4% over 72 rides, 6.3pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the rider off a 0-7-day break: Fair A/E 0.18 across 52 rides (1.9% strike, −46.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. Seasonally, the rider fires Jun–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 7.7% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
7.3%−0.4
n=286 · A/E 1.15 · £1 +3.62
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
7.5%−0.2
n=53 · A/E 0.60 · £1 −14.50
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
1.1%−6.6
n=95 · A/E 0.25 · £1 −90.00
When favourite
21.9%
n=32 · A/E 0.86 · £1 −9.51
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
7.3%−0.4
n=561 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −49.18
Big fields · 14+ runners
7.1%−0.6
n=324 · A/E 1.19 · £1 −59.05
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−7.7
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.7% 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
Over 1m5f – 2m 17.5% vs 7.7% · n=40
Off a 61-180-day break 1.4% vs 7.7% · n=72
Off a 0-7-day break 1.9% vs 7.7% · n=52
At Leopardstown 13.9% vs 7.7% · n=36
At trips under 6f 12.7% vs 7.7% · n=55
With P Sweeney 12.5% vs 7.7% · n=48
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
Standard (AW) 177 15 8.5% +83.57
Good 165 15 9.1% −44.50
Soft 135 8 5.9% −69.08
Good to Soft 46 4 8.7% +6.00
Heavy 38 1 2.6% −28.50
Good to Firm 14 1 7.1% +7.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 174 15 8.6% +86.57
Curragh 68 3 4.4% −39.00
Navan 36 1 2.8% −30.00
Leopardstown 36 5 13.9% −1.83
Gowran Park 33 4 12.1% −13.75
Down Royal 26 3 11.5% +9.25
Cork 25 1 4% −4.00
Roscommon 23 1 4.3% −16.50
Galway 22 2 9.1% +16.00
Naas 20 2 10% +0.00
Bellewstown 19 3 15.8% −2.25
Fairyhouse 16 0 0% −16.00
Listowel 13 0 0% −13.00
Killarney 10 1 10% −6.00
Ballinrobe 9 1 11.1% −4.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 2 6 1 16.7% +13.00
Class 6 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 4 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 39 7 17.9% 0.76 −16.51
2nd–3rd fav 90 16 17.8% 1.26 +1.50
4th–6th fav 139 11 7.9% 1.00 −33.50
7th+ in betting 307 10 3.3% 1.12 +3.00
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
Pillar Of Hope (GB) 18 4 7 30 Oct 26
Summer Snow (IRE) 10 1 2 16 Oct 26
Minaun View (GB) 9 4 5 12 Oct 26
Hezahunk (IRE) 9 1 3 17 Dec 25
God Knows (IRE) 8 0 3 29 Oct 26
Battle Borne (IRE) 8 1 3 9 Oct 26
Rosie Frith (IRE) 8 2 4 2 Oct 26
Deluca Chop (FR) 8 1 5 25 Sep 26
Hale Bopp (IRE) 8 0 2 25 Aug 26
Little Empire (IRE) 8 1 4 12 Aug 26
Roderick (GB) 8 1 1 13 Jan 26
Brains (IRE) 7 0 2 9 Jan 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 286 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 2 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 14
Only 14 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
JFMAMJJASOND
895879121056710
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
Main yardJ P Murtagh
14% of all rides
11.3% SR · A/E 1.05
TrainerRWSR£1
J P Murtagh 80 9 11.3% −25.83
P Sweeney 48 6 12.5% +22.50
Patrick Magee 43 2 4.7% −19.38
Ciaran Murphy 40 4 10% +5.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2024→
44
Archived wins
£694k
Prize money
2025
Best season · 22 wins
Alphonse Le Grande (IRE) — Club Godolphin Cesarewitch Handicap Stakes (Heritage Handicap) (GBBPlus Race) Newmarket · Oct 2026 · Class 2
£90,195
Brigid's Cloak (GB) — Cavalor Equine Nutrition Irish European Breeders Fund Fillies Handicap Curragh · May 2025
£15,340
Donner Dancer (IRE) — Irish EBF Median Sires Series Fillies Maiden Dundalk (AW) (IRE) · Oct 2026
£15,000
Notable horses
Pillar Of Hope (GB) Minaun View (GB) Steps In The Sand (IRE) Rosie Frith (IRE) Arctic Steps (IRE) Summer Snow (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Dandy Man (IRE) 4.5% · 1–22
Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,960 runs since 2013 (930 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
Awtaad (IRE) 22.2% · 4–18
Progeny have won 11.5% of 2,878 runs since 2020 (210 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 7.7% from 104. Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 14.5% from 608. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.1% from 114.
Bated Breath (GB) 22.2% · 4–18
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,161 runs since 2016 (670 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 7.6% from 850.
Footstepsinthesand (GB) 33.3% · 6–18
Progeny have won 10.2% of 12,804 runs since 2009 (937 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 320.
Cotai Glory (GB) 13.3% · 2–15
Progeny have won 11.4% of 3,951 runs since 2021 (389 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 14.6% from 1,418. Weakest on Soft going: 7% from 427.
Raven's Pass (USA) 0% · 0–15
Progeny have won 11.2% of 4,940 runs since 2012 (453 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 3 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 575 · newest first

The latest 50 of 575 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 16 August 2024 to 1 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Nov 26 Curragh (IRE) Spacebound (GB)T: Daniel McLoughlin Isuzu Ireland Handicap7f · Yielding To Soft · 25 ran 3rd 11/2
30 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Pillar Of Hope (GB)T: P Sweeney Book Your Christmas Party At Dundalk Stadium Handicap12f · Standard · 9 ran 5th 10/1
30 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Chicago Call (IRE)T: J. P. Murtagh BAR 1 Betting 'Bet 10 Get 50' Handicap6f · Standard · 8 ran 4th 4/1
30 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) One Cool Bear (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness View Restaurant At Dundalk Handicap5f · Standard · 14 ran 2nd 5/1
30 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Moon Gypsy (IRE)T: J G Burns Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden5f · Standard · 13 ran 12th 200/1
29 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) God Knows (IRE)T: P Sweeney See You At The GR1 Double Header – 21 & 22 November Handicap (Div II)7f · Yielding · 11 ran 5th 7/2F
29 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Spacebound (GB)T: Daniel McLoughlin Premiere Weekend Two-Day Ticket Just €35 Maiden7f · Yielding · 11 ran 2nd 4/5F
28 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Pattyandselma (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (Div II)7f · Standard · 13 ran 13th 40/1
28 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Battleforsupremacy (IRE)T: Daniel McLoughlin Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (Div I)7f · Standard · 14 ran 11th 7/2
23 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Cat Blade (GB)T: Robson De Aguiar Fastfix Quay Celtic 60th Anniversary Nursery Handicap5f · Standard · 10 ran 10th 28/1
23 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Sassy Boom (IRE)T: Ms Claire O'Connell Braham Electrical Handicap6f · Standard · 14 ran 14th 100/1
23 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Iff In Doubt (IRE)T: Edward Lynam Halloween Mid-Term Racing Next Week Apprentice Handicap7f · Standard · 14 ran 5th 5/1
21 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) Piatra Neamt (IRE)T: S M Duffy Navan Racecourse Handicap14f · Yielding · 23 ran 6th 15/2
21 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) One Cool Bear (IRE)T: Adrian McGuinness Christmas Parties At Navan Racecourse 5th & 13th December Handicap6f · Yielding · 21 ran 3rd 14/1
20 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) God Knows (IRE)T: P Sweeney Always Gambling Responsibly With 1xBet.ie Handicap8f · Yielding · 23 ran 2nd 16/1
20 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Rosato (IRE)T: Charles Weld Autumn Racing With 1xBet.ie At The Curragh Handicap6f · Yielding · 17 ran 16th 11/1
18 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Bay Of Dreams (IRE)T: Ciaran Murphy Watch Every Irish Race Live On Racing TV Handicap7f · Good · 14 ran 11th 12/1
18 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Pillar Of Hope (GB)T: P Sweeney Bahrain Turf Club October Handicap11.5f · Good · 15 ran 7th 28/1
18 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Pink Oxalis (IRE)T: Stephen Thorne Nord Anglia International School Dublin Foxrock Cup Handicap8.5f · Good · 16 ran 4th 9/1
17 Oct 26 Ascot Orandi (FR)T: A. J. Martin Balmoral Handicap Stakes (sponsored By Qatar Racing)Class 2 · 8f · Good · 20 ran 18th 33/1

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this rider’s mounts since 7 Oct 2026: top-rated on KTB Rating in 4 runs (won 0) · fastest on KTB Speed in 2 runs (won 0) · to 30 Oct 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 Patrick McGettigan's strike rate?
Patrick McGettigan has won 44 of 575 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 7.7% (as at 3 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Patrick McGettigan do best at?
Leopardstown by strike rate: 5 wins from 36 rides (13.9%) 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 Patrick McGettigan ride most for?
J P Murtagh, with 80 rides since 2022 — 14% of the total. That pairing has won 9 (11.3%).
Is Patrick McGettigan in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 14 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Patrick McGettigan's Fair A/E?
1.05, from 574 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 3 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).