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Jockey profile

Ray O'Brien

344 rides in the lifetime window · 145 individual horses
As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Nov 2013 98% 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.
36–344
Wins / Runs
10.5%
Strike rate
n=344
90 (26%)
Placed
0.99
Fair A/E
n=308 · 0.90 incl. margin
+130.60
£1 level stake
n=321 at SP · +40.7%
£1.88m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
7.5%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 60 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 11% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.99). Rode mostly for Y-M Porzier — 43% of rides in the window.

Deterministic profile computed from 344 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 29 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance 30.3% when favourite Y-M Porzier: 12.2% from 148 Rode the favourite in 10% of races
The read

In Group and Graded company the record reads poorly at 3% (n=99, Fair A/E 0.38). First rides on a horse are the standout value angle: 9.2% strikes only just below baseline, but Fair A/E 1.55 and +53.00 to a £1 stake over 142 rides — a record the market has persistently underpriced. Y-M Porzier supplied 43% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (12.2%, A/E 0.81). The rider also read well off a 8-14-day break (17.1%, n=41). The record read poorly in Class 1 — 3% over 99 rides, 7.5pts below the baseline. 4 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Prix Maurice Gillois Grand Steeple-Chase at Auteuil (FR) (Nov 2007, £106,419).

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10.5% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
9.2%−1.3
n=142 · A/E 1.55 · £1 +53.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
25%+14.5
n=28 · A/E 1.20 · £1 −5.10
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
8.4%−2.1
n=95 · A/E 0.88 · £1 +8.80
When favourite
30.3%
n=33 · A/E 0.98 · £1 −0.80
Big fields · 14+ runners
8.4%−2.1
n=154 · A/E 1.27 · £1 +124.30
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
3%−7.5
n=99 · A/E 0.38 · £1 −74.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10.5% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. 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
In Class 1 3% vs 10.5% · n=99
In Group / Graded races 3% vs 10.5% · n=99
With horses switching code 18.3% vs 10.5% · n=82
With debutants 2.3% vs 10.5% · n=43
Off a 8-14-day break 17.1% vs 10.5% · n=41
Over 2m5f – 3m 4.5% vs 10.5% · n=44
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 235 25 10.6% +100.10
Chase 101 9 8.9% +25.30
Flat 8 2 25% +5.20

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 202 22 10.9% +152.20
Heavy 133 12 9% −24.50
Good to Soft 5 1 20% +2.50
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% —
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00
Good 1 1 100% +1.40

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Auteuil (FR) 253 26 10.3% +14.90
Enghien (FR) 79 6 7.6% +109.20
Clairefontaine 5 1 20% +3.80
Cagnes-Sur-Mer 2 0 0% −1.00
Compiegne 2 2 100% +4.30
Dieppe 1 0 0% −1.00
Lyon Parilly 1 1 100% +1.40
Nancy 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 99 3 3% −74.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 36 10 27.8% 0.90 −3.80
2nd–3rd fav 58 5 8.6% 0.38 −28.00
4th–6th fav 75 7 9.3% 1.29 −2.00
7th+ in betting 152 8 5.3% 1.92 +164.40
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
75.9% completed · 336 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 101 72.3% 8 0 17 0 3
Hurdle 235 77.4% 6 0 34 0 13
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
King Of Landhor (FR) 22 3 6 30 Nov 12
Odysseas (FR) 21 0 5 13 Oct 13
Rocketir (FR) 15 2 8 31 Oct 13
Anowe De Jelois (FR) 12 3 5 4 Aug 12
Royal Ultimatenia (FR) 12 1 6 28 Feb 12
Plougala (FR) 10 2 4 3 Nov 13
Cyti Rose (FR) 8 2 2 3 Nov 13
Korsakoff (FR) 7 0 1 24 Nov 13
Grand Tard (FR) 6 1 3 24 Mar 13
Persian Bay (FR) 6 0 3 2 Nov 12
Indianeyev (FR) 5 0 0 18 Nov 12
Theos An Einai (IRE) 5 1 3 6 Apr 12
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 145 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 1 time. 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
02010111310017917320
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 yardY-M Porzier
43% of all rides
12.2% SR · A/E 0.81
TrainerRWSR£1
Y-M Porzier 148 18 12.2% +27.20
B Barbier 51 5 9.8% +30.20
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
45
Archived wins
4
Pattern / graded wins
£2.25m
Prize money
2011
Best season · 12 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.
Top Of The Sky (FR) — Prix Maurice Gillois Grand Steeple-Chase (Chase) Auteuil (FR) · Nov 2007 · Grade 1
£106,419
Rocketir (FR) — Prix Daniel Lescalle (Hurdle) (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf) Auteuil (FR) · Jun 2012
£35,625
Rocketir (FR) — Prix General De Rougemont (Hurdle) (Listed Handicap) (4yo) (Turf) Auteuil (FR) · Mar 2012 · Listed
£35,625
Notable horses
Ombre D'Estruval (FR) King Of Landhor (FR) Anowe De Jelois (FR) Rocketir (FR) Plougala (FR) Cyti Rose (FR)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Voix Du Nord (FR) 13% · 3–23
Progeny have won 16.8% of 2,009 runs since 2008 (167 horses). Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 20.1% from 497. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.7% from 339.
Villez (USA) 0% · 0–22
Progeny have won 12% of 418 runs since 2008 (46 horses).
Poliglote (GB) 19% · 4–21
Progeny have won 15.6% of 4,224 runs since 2008 (417 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.8% from 234. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 19% from 691. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.1% from 196.
Red Guest (IRE) 17.6% · 3–17
Progeny have won 8.6% of 151 runs since 2008 (25 horses).
Ultimately Lucky (IRE) 6.3% · 1–16
Progeny have won 9.8% of 549 runs since 2008 (86 horses).
Lost World (IRE) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 9.8% of 880 runs since 2008 (88 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 13.6% from 140.
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 29 Oct 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 380 · newest first

The latest 50 of 380 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 2 April 2005 to 24 November 2013.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
24 Nov 13 Auteuil (FR) Korsakoff (FR)T: Mme C De La Soudiere-Niault Prix Santo Pietro (Hurdle) (Listed Handicap) (4yo) (Turf)18f · Heavy · 18 ran PU 17/1
24 Nov 13 Auteuil (FR) Rond De Cuir (FR)T: B Mohamed Prix Jean Laumain (Chase) (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf)21.5f · Heavy · 18 ran F 48/1
20 Nov 13 Enghien (FR) Polygona (FR)T: Y-M Porzier Prix General De Saint-Didier (Hurdle) (3yo) (Turf)17.5f · Heavy · 11 ran 2nd 73/10
20 Nov 13 Enghien (FR) Cantilien (IRE)T: Y-M Porzier Prix De Craon (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo) (Turf)17.5f · Heavy · 13 ran 2nd 2/1F
13 Nov 13 Enghien (FR) Horse No Name (FR)T: C Lerner Prix Lycoming (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf)17.5f · Heavy · 10 ran 2nd 24/1
10 Nov 13 Auteuil (FR) Ballyrock (FR)T: Y-M Porzier Prix Marc Antony (Hurdle) (Listed Handicap) (4yo) (Turf)19.5f · Heavy · 16 ran 13th 13/1
03 Nov 13 Auteuil (FR) Tsar Des Bieffes (FR)T: Y-M Porzier Prix Pertemps Network (Prix Count Schomberg) (Hurdle) (Listed Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf)18f · Heavy · 12 ran 7th 35/1
03 Nov 13 Auteuil (FR) Plougala (FR)T: Y-M Porzier Paris-Turf Prix Maurice Gillois (Grand Steeple-Chase des 4 Ans) (Chase) (4yo) (Turf)22f · Heavy · 12 ran 8th 25/1
03 Nov 13 Auteuil (FR) Cyti Rose (FR)T: Y-M Porzier Prix Aladdin (Hurdle) (Conditions) (4-5yo Fillies & Mares) (Turf)18f · Heavy · 10 ran 9th 13/1
02 Nov 13 Auteuil (FR) Sadler's Roc (FR)T: Y-M Porzier Prix Robert Weill (Prix Ketch) (Hurdle) (Listed Handicap) (3yo) (Turf)18f · Heavy · 15 ran PU 9/1
02 Nov 13 Auteuil (FR) Rond De Cuir (FR)T: B Mohamed Prix Du Salon Du Cheval De Paris 2013 (Prix Cacao) (Chase) (Handicap) (5yo+) (Turf)21.5f · Heavy · 16 ran 9th 44/1
31 Oct 13 Enghien (FR) Rocketir (FR)T: Y-M Porzier Prix de Besancon (Hurdle) () (5yo+) (Turf)19f · Very Soft · 12 ran 2nd 14/5F
26 Oct 13 Enghien (FR) Les Sables Blancs (FR)T: Y-M Porzier Prix Du Treport (Hurdle) (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf)19f · Very Soft · 16 ran 4th 7/2F
26 Oct 13 Enghien (FR) Korsakoff (FR)T: Mme C De La Soudiere-Niault Prix D'Amiens (Hurdle) (Handicap) (4yo) (Turf)19f · Very Soft · 16 ran 8th 8/1
26 Oct 13 Enghien (FR) Tsar Des Bieffes (FR)T: Y-M Porzier Prix Paiute (Hurdle) (Conditions) (5yo+) (Turf)18f · Very Soft · 14 ran 9th 11/1
24 Oct 13 Auteuil (FR) Plougala (FR)T: Y-M Porzier Prix Triquerville (Chase) () (4yo) (Turf)21.5f · Very Soft · 10 ran 6th 11/2
24 Oct 13 Auteuil (FR) Polygona (FR)T: Y-M Porzier Prix Pre Catelan (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo Fillies) (Turf)17.5f · Very Soft · 12 ran 1st 4/5F
24 Oct 13 Auteuil (FR) Cantilien (IRE)T: Y-M Porzier Prix Emilius (Hurdle) (Novices) (3yo Colts & Geldings unraced over hurdles & fences) (Turf)18f · Very Soft · 14 ran 2nd 15/1
19 Oct 13 Auteuil (FR) Cyti Rose (FR)T: Y-M Porzier Prix Des Pyrenees (Chase) (Conditions) (4-5yo Fillies & Mares) (Turf)18.5f · Very Soft · 8 ran 6th 17/2
19 Oct 13 Auteuil (FR) Sadler's Roc (FR)T: Y-M Porzier Prix Lusignan (Hurdle) (Conditions) (3yo Colts & Geldings) (Turf)17.5f · Very Soft · 15 ran 4th 9/1

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 Ray O'Brien's strike rate?
Ray O'Brien has won 36 of 344 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 10.5% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Ray O'Brien do best at?
Auteuil (FR) by strike rate: 26 wins from 253 rides (10.3%) 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 Ray O'Brien ride most for?
Y-M Porzier, with 148 rides since 2008 — 43% of the total. That pairing has won 18 (12.2%).
What is Ray O'Brien's Fair A/E?
0.99, from 308 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 29 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).