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Jockey profile

Shane Gorey

713 rides in the lifetime window · 427 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Sep 2014 100% of rides on the flat
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.
23–713
Wins / Runs
3.2%
Strike rate
n=713
81 (11%)
Placed
0.64
n=713 · 0.48 incl. margin
−463.00
£1 level stake
n=713 at SP · −64.9%
£354k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Rider Profile

Rode around 100 times a season, almost all on the flat, winning on 3% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.64).

Deterministic profile computed from 713 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance D K Weld: 2.8% from 176
The read

The record is strongest at Gowran Park (6.5%, n=46), clear of the rider's 3.2% baseline. Rides on last-time-out winners have been a poor signal at 0% (n=37, Fair A/E 0.00). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 1.3% strike, Fair A/E 0.27 and −132.00 to a £1 stake over 159 rides — those runners underperformed what the price implied. D K Weld supplied 25% of the rides and matches the rider's average almost exactly (2.8%, A/E 0.46). The rider also read well over 1m5f – 2m (8.5%, n=59) and off a 0-7-day break (6.7%, n=60).

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

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 3.2% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
2.5%−0.7
n=397 · A/E 0.55 · £1 −260.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−3.2
n=37 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −37.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
1.3%−1.9
n=159 · A/E 0.27 · £1 −132.00
When favourite
26.3%
n=19 · A/E 1.35 · £1 +2.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
3%−0.2
n=627 · A/E 0.62 · £1 −407.50
Big fields · 14+ runners
3.6%+0.4
n=415 · A/E 0.84 · £1 −225.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−3.2
n=14 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −14.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 3.2% 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 C&D winners 8.9% vs 3.2% · n=45
Over 1m5f – 2m 8.5% vs 3.2% · n=59
Off a 0-7-day break 6.7% vs 3.2% · n=60
At Gowran Park 6.5% vs 3.2% · n=46
Off a 31-60-day break 5.9% vs 3.2% · n=102
On last-time-out winners 0% vs 3.2% · n=37
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
Soft 211 11 5.2% −92.50
Standard (AW) 161 5 3.1% −121.00
Good 111 3 2.7% −73.00
Good to Firm 99 1 1% −90.00
Good to Soft 65 1 1.5% −62.50
Heavy 58 2 3.4% −16.00
Firm 8 0 0% −8.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk 157 5 3.2% −117.00
Curragh 101 3 3% −52.00
Leopardstown 60 1 1.7% −50.00
Gowran Park 46 3 6.5% −25.00
Cork 34 0 0% −34.00
Naas 33 0 0% −33.00
Galway 29 2 6.9% +3.00
Tramore 28 0 0% −28.00
Tipperary 27 1 3.7% −6.00
Killarney 27 1 3.7% −10.00
Roscommon 21 0 0% −21.00
Fairyhouse 20 0 0% −20.00
Wexford 20 1 5% −16.50
Ballinrobe 18 2 11.1% +4.00
Navan 17 0 0% −17.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 14 0 0% −14.00
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 23 5 21.7% 1.14 −2.00
2nd–3rd fav 48 3 6.3% 0.48 −28.00
4th–6th fav 144 7 4.9% 0.73 −61.00
7th+ in betting 498 8 1.6% 0.51 −372.00
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
Rambling Dancer (IRE) 14 2 6 20 Jan 12
Gudnis Gracious Me (IRE) 9 1 4 13 Aug 12
Fly By Magic (IRE) 9 0 0 11 Sep 10
Dimitar (USA) 8 1 2 16 Oct 13
Quick Jack (IRE) 7 0 1 12 Dec 12
Kimberely Bay (IRE) 7 1 2 14 Jul 10
Novena (IRE) 6 0 0 3 Feb 12
King Chaparral (IRE) 6 0 0 28 Oct 11
My Valley (IRE) 6 1 1 31 Jul 10
Mad Existence (IRE) 6 0 3 13 Jun 10
Sassy Gal (IRE) 6 1 1 3 May 10
Committed Spirit (USA) 6 0 0 26 Oct 09
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 427 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.

By month

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
800411646127
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 yardD K Weld
25% of all rides
2.8% SR · A/E 0.46
TrainerRWSR£1
D K Weld 176 5 2.8% −134.00
J F O'Shea 113 3 2.7% −83.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
66
Archived wins
£1.11m
Prize money
2006
Best season · 20 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.
Bawaader (IRE) — Ladbrokes.ie Irish Lincolnshire Handicap Curragh · Mar 2006
£55,335
Suailce (IRE) — Hacketts Bookmakers Irish Cesarewitch Handicap Curragh · Sep 2008
£52,080
Lone Plainsman (GB) — betfair.com Premier Handicap Curragh · Sep 2006
£45,570

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Mull Of Kintyre (USA) 4.8% · 1–21
Progeny have won 9% of 2,100 runs since 2008 (160 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 12.2% from 409. Weakest on Soft going: 4.6% from 306.
High Chaparral (IRE) 0% · 0–17
Progeny have won 10.3% of 8,730 runs since 2008 (682 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 419.
Imperial Ballet (IRE) 13.3% · 2–15
Progeny have won 7.2% of 1,342 runs since 2008 (99 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 10.2% from 245. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 150.
Invincible Spirit (IRE) 0% · 0–15
Progeny have won 11.9% of 20,863 runs since 2008 (1,574 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 844.
Namid (GB) 0% · 0–15
Progeny have won 8.2% of 4,102 runs since 2008 (276 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 2.4% from 164. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 0.8% from 119.
Montjeu (IRE) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 12.3% of 7,971 runs since 2008 (665 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.3% from 686.
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 1,592 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,592 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 20 March 2005 to 21 September 2014.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
19 Oct 13 Cork Danmas (IRE)T: Rodger Sweeney Cork Racecourse Facebook Maiden8.5f · Yielding To Soft · 18 ran 17th 50/1
16 Oct 13 Lingfield (AW) Dimitar (USA)T: Brendan Powell Vines BMW Handicap (Div 1)Class 5 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 8th 8/1

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 Shane Gorey's strike rate?
Shane Gorey has won 23 of 713 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 3.2% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Shane Gorey do best at?
Gowran Park by strike rate: 3 wins from 46 rides (6.5%) 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 Shane Gorey ride most for?
D K Weld, with 176 rides since 2008 — 25% of the total. That pairing has won 5 (2.8%).
What is Shane Gorey's Fair A/E?
0.64, from 713 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 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).