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Jockey profile

Philip Donovan

769 rides in the last 5 seasons · 359 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 2 days ago 100% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2012→)
from 1 Jan 2022
39–769
Wins / Runs
5.1%
Strike rate
n=769
130 (17%)
Placed
1.01
Fair A/E
n=769 · 0.81 incl. margin
−215.92
£1 level stake
n=769 at SP · −28.1%
£568k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
4.9%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 150 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 5% of them — level with the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.01).

Deterministic profile computed from 769 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jul–Aug John Patrick Ryan: 2.2% from 93
The read

The record is strongest at Fairyhouse (9.7%, n=31), clear of the rider's 5.1% baseline. The market has consistently overbet first rides on a horse: 2.4% strike, Fair A/E 0.66 and −188.25 to a £1 stake over 336 rides — those runners underperform what the price implies. John Patrick Ryan supplies 12% of the rides and sits below the rider's average (2.2% vs 5.1%, A/E 0.37). The rider also reads well over 2m5f – 3m (9%, n=189). The record reads poorly over 1m5f – 2m — 0.9% over 218 rides, 4.2pts below the baseline. 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Campion Insurance Tim Duggan Memorial Handicap Chase at Limerick (Dec 2024, £26,550). Seasonally, the rider fires 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 5.1% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
2.4%−2.7
n=336 · A/E 0.66 · £1 −188.25
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
10.3%+5.2
n=29 · A/E 0.97 · £1 +6.50
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
3.3%−1.8
n=150 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −66.00
When favourite
40%
n=15 · A/E 1.49 · £1 +6.25
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
4.7%−0.4
n=658 · A/E 0.92 · £1 −233.67
Big fields · 14+ runners
5.1%+0.0
n=432 · A/E 1.30 · £1 −82.30
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
8%+2.9
n=25 · A/E 1.60 · £1 −8.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.1% 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 0.9% vs 5.1% · n=218
With A. Slattery 10.7% vs 5.1% · n=56
Over 2m5f – 3m 9% vs 5.1% · n=189
With debutants 0% vs 5.1% · n=51
With C&D winners 9.3% vs 5.1% · n=43
At Fairyhouse 9.7% vs 5.1% · n=31
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 610 30 4.9% −139.55
Chase 158 9 5.7% −75.37
NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 297 15 5.1% −81.75
Good 191 9 4.7% −55.62
Heavy 143 7 4.9% −41.00
Good to Soft 136 8 5.9% −35.55
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Limerick 86 4 4.7% −48.00
Clonmel 67 1 1.5% −63.50
Punchestown 59 2 3.4% −10.00
Thurles 58 5 8.6% +20.75
Cork 55 2 3.6% −28.00
Kilbeggan 51 4 7.8% +45.33
Ballinrobe 47 4 8.5% +5.62
Wexford 39 1 2.6% −24.00
Fairyhouse 31 3 9.7% −9.50
Tramore 30 2 6.7% −7.50
Tipperary 25 0 0% −25.00
Sligo 25 3 12% +12.50
Naas 24 1 4.2% −13.00
Roscommon 23 1 4.3% −18.50
Downpatrick 22 3 13.6% −3.12

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 25 2 8% −8.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 20 7 35% 1.40 +5.75
2nd–3rd fav 71 10 14.1% 0.97 −10.17
4th–6th fav 176 7 4% 0.59 −90.50
7th+ in betting 502 15 3% 1.28 −121.00
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
81.6% completed · 768 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 158 78.5% 6 2 25 1 0
Hurdle 610 82.5% 13 9 83 0 2
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
Fire Coral (GB) 13 0 1 5 Jun 26
Ferdia (IRE) 13 0 5 30 Sep 22
Friends N Commerce (IRE) 12 0 5 10 May 25
Captain Jimmy (IRE) 12 2 3 7 May 24
Slim Marvel (FR) 9 1 3 4 Nov 25
Father Jed (IRE) 9 1 1 17 Jun 24
Ivy Hall (IRE) 9 0 1 1 May 24
Bowgate Street (IRE) 8 2 5 23 Oct 26
Clyde The Glide (IRE) 8 0 0 9 Sep 24
Out The Gap (GB) 8 0 0 23 May 24
Lost Features (IRE) 7 1 1 30 Oct 26
Trackman Tommy (IRE) 7 0 1 17 Oct 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 359 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
1 from 8
Only 8 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
563925870566
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
Main yardJohn Patrick Ryan
12% of all rides
2.2% SR · A/E 0.37
TrainerRWSR£1
John Patrick Ryan 93 2 2.2% −68.50
Denis Gerard Hogan 65 2 3.1% −34.50
Patrick G Kelly 61 3 4.9% −19.50
A. Slattery 56 6 10.7% +59.45
C W J Farrell 41 2 4.9% −19.00
Darren Collins 35 3 8.6% +26.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2012→
64
Archived wins
2
Pattern / graded wins
£832k
Prize money
2025
Best season · 11 wins
Dancing Jeremy (IRE) — Campion Insurance Tim Duggan Memorial Handicap Chase (0-150) (Listed) Limerick · Dec 2024 · Listed
£26,550
Kiltealy Park (IRE) — BoyleSports Mares Handicap Chase (Listed) Fairyhouse · Apr 2025 · Listed
£26,550
Doing Fine (IRE) — Markel Insurance Handicap Chase Cheltenham · Jan 2020 · Class 2
£15,640
Notable horses
Captain Jimmy (IRE) Mortens Leam (GB) Bowgate Street (IRE) Dancing Jeremy (IRE) Killeemore Lad (IRE) Alright Darling (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Westerner (GB) 3.4% · 1–29
Progeny have won 12.2% of 11,858 runs since 2009 (945 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 8.5% from 188.
Dylan Thomas (IRE) 0% · 0–27
Progeny have won 10.5% of 7,493 runs since 2011 (533 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.
Mahler (GB) 3.8% · 1–26
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,878 runs since 2014 (788 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.
Sholokhov (IRE) 11.1% · 2–18
Progeny have won 12.5% of 4,273 runs since 2008 (422 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.9% from 157.
Champs Elysees (GB) 12.5% · 2–16
Progeny have won 11.5% of 7,127 runs since 2013 (521 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 7.9% from 391. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.5% from 387.
Elusive Pimpernel (USA) 6.3% · 1–16
Progeny have won 7.7% of 3,145 runs since 2015 (317 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 10.7% from 382.
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 1,314 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,314 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 18 September 2012 to 4 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
04 Nov 26 Wexford (IRE) Burning Like Fire (IRE)T: Denis Gerard Hogan Start Your Free Trial On Racing Tv Now Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Yielding · 14 ran 2nd 125/1
03 Nov 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Leva Deva (IRE)T: Darren Collins William Hill Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle (Div I)20f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 8th 100/1
03 Nov 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Time Well Chosen (IRE)T: Jack Doyle Sign Up To GavinLynchRacing.com Maiden Hurdle16f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 4th 125/1
01 Nov 26 Cork (IRE) Drom Col Choille (IRE)T: Jack Doyle Paddy Power From The Horse's Mouth Podcast Maiden Hurdle16f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran 5th 50/1
30 Oct 26 Down Royal (IRE) Maganey (IRE)T: Seamus Neville BetVictor Beginners Steeplechase20f · Good · 7 ran 7th 50/1
30 Oct 26 Down Royal (IRE) Lost Features (IRE)T: Darren Collins Eventsec Handicap Hurdle24.5f · Good To Yielding · 20 ran 1st 33/1
25 Oct 26 Wexford (IRE) Chosen Shant (IRE)T: Aengus King Download The Tote App Handicap Hurdle17f · Soft · 13 ran 3rd 14/1
25 Oct 26 Wexford (IRE) Mullaghgloss (IRE)T: A. Slattery William Hill Challenge Series Irish EBF Beginners Steeplechase19.5f · Soft · 13 ran 9th 12/1
23 Oct 26 Sligo (IRE) Full Noise (IRE)T: Gary McGill End Of An Era Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran UR 33/1
23 Oct 26 Sligo (IRE) Bowgate Street (IRE)T: M Flannery Callan Tansey Handicap Hurdle (Div II)17.5f · Yielding · 13 ran 2nd 13/2
22 Oct 26 Clonmel (IRE) King's Son (FR)T: Seamus Neville Clonmel Oil Chase Day November 5th Handicap Steeplechase21f · Good · 15 ran PU 9/1
22 Oct 26 Clonmel (IRE) Bayswater Bloom (IRE)T: Miss Evanna McCutcheon Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle20f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 9th 80/1
17 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Trackman Tommy (IRE)T: J P Broderick Greenpark Limerick Handicap Hurdle (Div II)21.5f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran PU 15/2
17 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Leva Deva (IRE)T: Darren Collins Greenpark Limerick Handicap Hurdle (Div I)21.5f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran PU 80/1
13 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Cinnabar Moth (IRE)T: Liz Doyle William Hill Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle (Div I)20f · Good · 15 ran 8th 18/1
13 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) The Risky Miskies (IRE)T: Michael John Murphy William Hill Challenge Series Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 13 ran 9th 100/1
13 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Kingston Silver (IRE)T: W J Lanigan William Hill Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle16f · Good · 11 ran 9th 125/1
11 Oct 26 Cork (IRE) Typical Thomas (IRE)T: James Andrew Fahey Co-Op Superstores Handicap Steeplechase17.5f · Good · 8 ran 7th 16/1
10 Oct 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Sphagnum (IRE)T: J P Broderick Malone Windows Supporting Louth GAA Handicap Steeplechase24.5f · Good · 9 ran 9th 22/1
08 Oct 26 Tramore (IRE) Installment (IRE)T: W J Lanigan Waterford Greenway Beginners Steeplechase20.5f · Yielding · 12 ran PU 150/1

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 5 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 2 runs (won 0) · to 23 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 Philip Donovan's strike rate?
Philip Donovan has won 39 of 769 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 5.1% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Philip Donovan do best at?
Fairyhouse by strike rate: 3 wins from 31 rides (9.7%) 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 Philip Donovan ride most for?
John Patrick Ryan, with 93 rides since 2022 — 12% of the total. That pairing has won 2 (2.2%).
Is Philip Donovan in form?
Too few rides in the last 14 days to read — 8 rides, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Philip Donovan's Fair A/E?
1.01, from 769 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).