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Jockey profile

Sean O'Keeffe

1,846 rides in the last 5 seasons · 865 individual horses
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
In form — 3 winners last 14 days Won yesterday Last ride yesterday 100% of rides over jumps
from 1 Jan 2022
132–1,846
Wins / Runs
7.2%
Strike rate
n=1,846
403 (22%)
Placed
1.02
n=1,846 · 0.83 incl. margin
−578.75
£1 level stake
n=1,846 at SP · −31.4%
£3.12m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
7.2%
KTB Rider Profile

Rides around 370 times a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning on 7% of them — level with the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.02). Riding last-time-out winners the record reads 12% (146 rides). The rider is in form now — 3 winners in the last fortnight, above their own baseline.

Deterministic profile computed from 1,846 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Nov–Jan 36.3% when favourite W P Mullins: 9.9% from 302 LTO winners: 12.3% Rides the favourite in 5% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Wexford (13.5%, n=126) and Limerick (12.7%, n=110) — all clear of the rider's 7.2% baseline. It is weakest at Ballinrobe (0% over 58 rides) — the widest gap in the record. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a positive signal at 12.3% (n=146, Fair A/E 0.96). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 5.3% strike, Fair A/E 0.75 and −234.47 to a £1 stake over 452 rides — those runners underperform what the price implies. Right now the rider is firing: 3 winners from 15 rides in the last 14 days (20%, 12.8pts above the 7.2% baseline). W P Mullins supplies 16% of the rides and edges the rider's average (9.9% vs 7.2%, A/E 0.89). 36 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the rider has landed: the Brown Advisory Novices' Chase at Cheltenham (Mar 2025, £112,760). The standout partner of the record: Feet Of A Dancer (FR) — 5 wins from 15 rides together. Seasonally, the rider fires Nov–Jan.

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.2% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
6.4%−0.8
n=761 · A/E 1.05 · £1 −283.25
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
12.3%+5.1
n=146 · A/E 0.96 · £1 −28.01
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
5.3%−1.9
n=452 · A/E 0.75 · £1 −234.47
When favourite
36.3%
n=91 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −3.22
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
0%−7.2
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
5.3%−1.9
n=981 · A/E 1.12 · £1 −308.20
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
7.7%+0.5
n=287 · A/E 1.05 · £1 −95.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.2% 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 Paul Nolan 13.9% vs 7.2% · n=266
With C&D winners 14.4% vs 7.2% · n=97
At Wexford 13.5% vs 7.2% · n=126
At Ballinrobe 0% vs 7.2% · n=58
At Downpatrick 0% vs 7.2% · n=38
At Limerick 12.7% vs 7.2% · n=110
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 1,289 92 7.1% −391.60
Chase 550 40 7.3% −180.15
Flat 4 0 0% −4.00
NH Flat 3 0 0% −3.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 746 58 7.8% −148.22
Good 394 20 5.1% −194.97
Good to Soft 377 26 6.9% −107.10
Heavy 324 27 8.3% −128.96
Good to Firm 4 1 25% +1.50
Standard (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Punchestown 193 10 5.2% −105.74
Fairyhouse 172 13 7.6% −56.86
Wexford 126 17 13.5% +66.57
Limerick 110 14 12.7% −25.92
Clonmel 103 5 4.9% −56.75
Naas 97 8 8.2% −31.17
Cork 95 10 10.5% −16.67
Thurles 89 7 7.9% +16.83
Tramore 85 3 3.5% −62.80
Leopardstown 68 2 2.9% −48.00
Navan 66 4 6.1% −25.25
Galway 65 4 6.2% −2.00
Gowran Park 64 3 4.7% −47.09
Killarney 64 4 6.3% −27.40
Tipperary 63 5 7.9% −27.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 311 23 7.4% −90.00
Class 2 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 105 38 36.2% 1.19 −1.97
2nd–3rd fav 258 27 10.5% 0.68 −123.78
4th–6th fav 468 40 8.5% 1.22 −23.00
7th+ in betting 1,015 27 2.7% 1.06 −430.00
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
84% completed · 1,839 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 550 77.8% 20 18 80 3 1
Hurdle 1,289 86.6% 29 10 126 3 5
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
Sandor Clegane (IRE) 18 2 6 4 Nov 26
Battle Of Mirbat (IRE) 16 1 6 21 May 26
King In Love (FR) 15 2 4 25 Oct 26
Feet Of A Dancer (FR) 15 5 9 12 Mar 26
Only A Dollar (IRE) 14 1 2 22 Jul 26
Sonny May (IRE) 14 2 3 14 May 26
Conyers Hill (IRE) 14 3 8 15 Nov 25
Happy Dreams (FR) 13 3 6 14 Feb 26
Western Model (IRE) 11 2 4 6 Jul 26
Patty O'farrell (IRE) 11 1 3 18 Apr 26
O'moore Park (IRE) 11 0 2 10 Apr 26
An Peann Dearg (IRE) 10 3 3 4 Nov 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 865 horses ridden in this window — each ran at least 5 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

In form
3 from 15 20% · +12.8pts vs baseline
Last 14 days20%
5-season base7.2%
Shown only when the 14-day window is large enough to mean anything (n≥15). A cold run renders the same card with a quiet badge — never hidden.

By month

strike by month, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
106103810755699
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
16% of all rides
9.9% SR · A/E 0.89
TrainerRWSR£1
W P Mullins 302 30 9.9% −127.74
Paul Nolan 266 37 13.9% +66.82
Sean Aherne 135 9 6.7% +2.00
Michael J McDonagh 90 6 6.7% −54.29
Mrs John Harrington 89 4 4.5% −47.50
John Patrick Ryan 86 5 5.8% −31.50
Peter Maher 71 1 1.4% −60.00
Liz Doyle 46 2 4.3% +3.00
Shane Crawley 36 4 11.1% +2.33
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2017→
240
Archived wins
36
Pattern / graded wins
£5.05m
Prize money
2021
Best season · 42 wins
Lecky Watson (IRE) — Brown Advisory Novices' Chase (Grade 1) (Registered As The Broadway Novices' Chase) (GBB Race) Cheltenham · Mar 2025 · Grade 1
£112,760
The Nice Guy (IRE) — Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle (Grade 1) (Registered As The Spa Novices' Hurdle) (GBB Race) Cheltenham · Mar 2022 · Grade 1
£78,680
Flame Bearer (IRE) — WilllowWarm Gold Cup Novice Chase (Grade 1) Fairyhouse · Apr 2023 · Grade 1
£59,000

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Walk In The Park (IRE) 10.6% · 7–66
Progeny have won 13.4% of 7,030 runs since 2011 (704 horses).
Fame And Glory (GB) 11.7% · 7–60
Progeny have won 12.5% of 6,212 runs since 2016 (504 horses).
Shirocco (GER) 10% · 5–50
Progeny have won 11.2% of 9,183 runs since 2010 (921 horses). Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.4% from 203.
Ocovango (GB) 6.4% · 3–47
Progeny have won 9.5% of 3,010 runs since 2019 (307 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 13.8% from 196.
Getaway (GER) 6.7% · 3–45
Progeny have won 11.3% of 10,985 runs since 2016 (1,030 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Mahler (GB) 11.9% · 5–42
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,877 runs since 2014 (787 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.
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 5 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 3,264 · newest first

The latest 50 of 3,264 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 7 August 2017 to 4 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
04 Nov 26 Wexford (IRE) East Wall (IRE)T: Paul Nolan Racing Tv Free Trial For A Month Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Yielding · 14 ran 4th 10/1

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 4 Nov 2026: the KTB Selection in 2 runs (won 1) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 1 run (won 1) · to 4 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 Sean O'Keeffe's strike rate?
Sean O'Keeffe has won 132 of 1,846 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 7.2% (as at 5 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Sean O'Keeffe do best at?
Wexford by strike rate: 17 wins from 126 rides (13.5%) 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 Sean O'Keeffe ride most for?
W P Mullins, with 302 rides since 2022 — 16% of the total. That pairing has won 30 (9.9%).
Is Sean O'Keeffe in form?
In the last 14 days: 15 rides, 3 winners, a strike rate of 20%. That is above the baseline of 7.2% since 2022.
What is Sean O'Keeffe's Fair A/E?
1.02, from 1,846 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 5 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).