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Jockey profile

Sean Cleary-Farrell

189 rides in the last 5 seasons · 119 individual horses
As at 14 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 23 days ago 97% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2021→)
from 1 Jan 2022
18–189
Wins / Runs
9.5%
Strike rate
n=189
47 (25%)
Placed
1.24
Fair A/E
n=189 · 0.99 incl. margin
−74.51
£1 level stake
n=189 at SP · −39.4%
£356k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
8.8%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 40 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 10% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.24). The edge shows sharpest with horses returning fresh: 13% off breaks of two months or more (38 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 189 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 14 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 13.2% W P Mullins: 23.6% from 55 First rides: 10.1% Claiming: 10.3%
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a positive signal at 13.2% (n=38, Fair A/E 1.70). W P Mullins supplies 29% of the rides and beats the rider's average (23.6% vs 9.5%, A/E 1.49) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The rider also reads well over 2m5f – 3m (14.7%, n=34) and on Good to Soft going (14.3%, n=35). The record reads poorly on Heavy going — 5.3% over 38 rides, 4.2pts below the baseline. 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the RYBO Handicap Hurdle at Fairyhouse (Apr 2026, £58,900).

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 9.5% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
10.1%+0.6
n=119 · A/E 1.14 · £1 −64.01
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
30.8%+21.3
n=13 · A/E 1.92 · £1 +7.12
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
13.2%+3.7
n=38 · A/E 1.70 · £1 −3.17
When favourite
64.3%
n=14 · A/E 1.63 · £1 +6.24
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
10.3%+0.8
n=174 · A/E 1.28 · £1 −59.51
Big fields · 14+ runners
8.5%−1.0
n=130 · A/E 1.29 · £1 −63.04
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
9.1%−0.4
n=22 · A/E 2.06 · £1 +12.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 9.5% 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
With W P Mullins 23.6% vs 9.5% · n=55
Over 2m5f – 3m 14.7% vs 9.5% · n=34
On Good to Soft going 14.3% vs 9.5% · n=35
On Heavy going 5.3% vs 9.5% · n=38
With Barry J Fitzgerald 5.6% vs 9.5% · n=36
Over 1m5f – 2m 7.2% vs 9.5% · n=69
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 153 16 10.5% −44.04
Chase 26 2 7.7% −20.47
Flat 6 0 0% −6.00
NH Flat 4 0 0% −4.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 63 5 7.9% −13.87
Good 51 6 11.8% −31.88
Heavy 38 2 5.3% −12.50
Good to Soft 35 5 14.3% −14.26
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Punchestown 17 5 29.4% +1.86
Limerick 15 1 6.7% −8.50
Galway 13 0 0% −13.00
Kilbeggan 12 2 16.7% −5.75
Fairyhouse 12 2 16.7% +20.00
Clonmel 11 3 27.3% +18.50
Tramore 11 0 0% −11.00
Leopardstown 10 0 0% −10.00
Naas 9 0 0% −9.00
Roscommon 8 0 0% −8.00
Gowran Park 8 0 0% −8.00
Ballinrobe 8 0 0% −8.00
Down Royal 6 0 0% −6.00
Downpatrick 6 3 50% +3.38
Wexford 6 0 0% −6.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 23 2 8.7% +11.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 14 9 64.3% 1.63 +6.24
2nd–3rd fav 24 3 12.5% 0.82 −8.25
4th–6th fav 44 4 9.1% 1.35 −7.50
7th+ in betting 107 2 1.9% 0.85 −65.00
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
82.7% completed · 179 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 26 65.4% 4 4 1 0 0
Hurdle 153 85.6% 1 1 19 1 0
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
Ballycallan King (IRE) 14 1 3 8 Mar 25
Space Warrior (IRE) 5 0 1 13 Oct 26
Stormy Jenn (IRE) 5 0 1 7 Aug 26
Saddle Her Up (IRE) 5 1 2 10 Mar 24
Ozark Thunder (IRE) 5 0 0 30 Sep 23
Criminal Mischief (IRE) 4 1 1 11 May 23
Uncle Pat (IRE) 3 0 1 23 Sep 26
Kimy (FR) 3 0 1 20 Apr 26
Keep D Change (IRE) 3 0 0 2 Oct 25
Monnow Valley (GB) 3 0 0 27 Aug 25
Miss Dishy (IRE) 3 0 0 3 Aug 25
Scodar (FR) 3 0 0 31 May 25
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 119 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, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
804230506961300
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 yardW P Mullins
29% of all rides
23.6% SR · A/E 1.49
TrainerRWSR£1
W P Mullins 55 13 23.6% +14.49
Barry J Fitzgerald 36 2 5.6% −20.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2021→
18
Archived wins
2
Pattern / graded wins
£358k
Prize money
2026
Best season · 5 wins
Kalix Delabarriere (FR) — RYBO Handicap Hurdle (Listed) Fairyhouse · Apr 2026 · Listed
£58,900
Kalix Delabarriere (FR) — Killashee Hotel Handicap Hurdle (Listed) Punchestown · Apr 2026 · Listed
£44,175
Just For Love (IRE) — Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Hurdle Killarney · Aug 2024
£10,325
Notable horses
Just For Love (IRE) Kalix Delabarriere (FR) Mount Shenshan (IRE) Ballycallan King (IRE) Saddle Her Up (IRE) Criminal Mischief (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Getaway (GER) 5.9% · 1–17
Progeny have won 11.3% of 11,040 runs since 2016 (1,034 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Shantou (USA) 40% · 4–10
Progeny have won 13.6% of 7,845 runs since 2008 (539 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 20.3% from 158.
Westerner (GB) 28.6% · 2–7
Progeny have won 12.1% of 11,873 runs since 2009 (946 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 8.5% from 188.
Belardo (IRE) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 10.2% of 3,753 runs since 2020 (281 horses).
Gale Force Ten (GB) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 9.9% of 1,131 runs since 2018 (74 horses).
Sintarajan (IRE) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 8.8% of 114 runs since 2013 (9 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 14 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 197 · newest first

The latest 50 of 197 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 26 February 2021 to 22 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
22 Oct 26 Clonmel (IRE) Mount Shenshan (IRE)T: Thomas Mullins Clonmel Oil Chase Day November 5th Handicap Steeplechase21f · Good · 15 ran 1st 3/1F
13 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Space Warrior (IRE)T: Thomas Mullins William Hill Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle23.5f · Good · 18 ran 6th 11/1
10 Oct 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Theboss'sdaughter (IRE)T: Andrew McNamara Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 12 ran 12th 300/1
09 Oct 26 Downpatrick (IRE) Mister Vic (IRE)T: Barry J Fitzgerald Tennent's NI Handicap Hurdle22f · Good · 14 ran 3rd 15/2
08 Oct 26 Tramore (IRE) Lost Features (IRE)T: Darren Collins Tramore Racecourse On Instagram Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Yielding · 7 ran 3rd 10/1
02 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Space Warrior (IRE)T: Thomas Mullins Racing TV Handicap Hurdle (Div I)20f · Good · 20 ran 6th 14/1
01 Oct 26 Clonmel (IRE) Mount Shenshan (IRE)T: Thomas Mullins Derrinlaur Mares Handicap Hurdle19.5f · Good · 11 ran 1st 11/2
26 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Laligurash (IRE)T: Michael C Griffin Kathleen Walsh Memorial Handicap Hurdle22f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran 8th 5/1
24 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Metamorpheus (IRE)T: Andrew McNamara Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle16f · Good · 13 ran 7th 9/2
24 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Theboss'sdaughter (IRE)T: Andrew McNamara Buckley Agri New Holland Irish EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 17 ran 15th 300/1
23 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Uncle Pat (IRE)T: W. P. Mullins Guinness Kerry National Handicap Steeplechase (Grade 3)Class 1 · 24f · Good · 18 ran 7th 22/1
11 Sep 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Straight Home (IRE)T: W P Mullins P&D Lydon Mares Beginners Steeplechase23f · Yielding · 9 ran 2nd 11/8F
11 Sep 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) You Make Me Smile (IRE)T: P A Fahy Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Handicap Hurdle22f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 7th 7/1
11 Sep 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Ronnie's Rascal (IRE)T: W P Mullins Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle18f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 3rd 6/5F
28 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Where Eagles Fly (IRE)T: E Sheehy Traynors Of Wexford Mares Maiden Hurdle24f · Good · 12 ran PU 200/1
22 Aug 26 Killarney (IRE) Laligurash (IRE)T: Michael C Griffin Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle20f · Good · 15 ran 2nd 25/1
16 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Depeche Mo (IRE)T: Eric Larkin Frank Gillane Memorial Handicap Hurdle16.5f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 12th 16/1
14 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Thedreamistilalive (IRE)T: Donncha Duggan Walsh Butler Electrical Mares Maiden Hurdle21f · Good · 15 ran 6th 50/1
10 Aug 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Boo Radley (IRE)T: W P Mullins Bank Of Ireland Brendan Maloney Memorial Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Good · 15 ran BD 15/2
08 Aug 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Valsorpresa (GB)T: Richard James Daniels Kieran Kelly Memorial Handicap Hurdle16f · Good · 13 ran 12th 40/1

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 9 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 2 runs (won 0) · to 10 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 Sean Cleary-Farrell's strike rate?
Sean Cleary-Farrell has won 18 of 189 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 9.5% (as at 14 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which yard does Sean Cleary-Farrell ride most for?
W P Mullins, with 55 rides since 2022 — 29% of the total. That pairing has won 13 (23.6%).
What is Sean Cleary-Farrell's Fair A/E?
1.24, from 189 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 14 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).