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Sylvia O'Donnell

13 rides in the last 5 seasons · 3 individual horses
As at 3 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride 156 days ago 100% of rides on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2018→)
from 1 Jan 2022
3–13
Wins / Runs
23.1%
Strike rate
n=13
5 (39%)
Placed
3.05
Fair A/E
n=13 · 2.41 incl. margin
+13.50
£1 level stake
n=13 at SP · +103.8%
£37,055
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Small sample — fewer than 30 runs in this window. Read the Ns before the percentages.

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 23.1% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
0%−23.1
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−23.1
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−23.1
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
When favourite
0%
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming rides · riding with a claim
23.1%+0.0
n=13 · A/E 3.05 · £1 +13.50
Big fields · 14+ runners
22.2%−0.9
n=9 · A/E 3.13 · £1 +13.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 23.1% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 9 3 33.3% +17.50
Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Curragh 3 1 33.3% +4.00
Fairyhouse 2 1 50% +2.50
Gowran Park 2 1 50% +13.00
Killarney 2 0 0% −2.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
2nd–3rd fav 3 2 66.7% 4.85 +8.50
4th–6th fav 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
7th+ in betting 8 1 12.5% 3.04 +7.00
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
Extensio (IRE) 8 2 4 14 Jul 25
Hemight (IRE) 4 1 1 26 Jul 25
Dragon Of Malta (IRE) 1 0 0 31 May 26
All 3 horses ridden in this window. 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.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
TrainerRWSR£1
P F O'Donnell 13 3 23.1% +13.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2018→
3
Archived wins
£42,875
Prize money
2025
Best season · 1 win
Extensio (IRE) — Kildare Village Ladies Derby Handicap Curragh · Jul 2022
£17,700
Extensio (IRE) — Fairyhouse Summer BBQ Rated Race Fairyhouse · Jul 2024
£9,145
Hemight (IRE) — Save 33% Buying Tickets Online Handicap (0-60) (Div 2) Gowran Park · May 2025
£5,900
Notable horses
Extensio (IRE) Hemight (IRE)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Xtension (IRE) 25% · 2–8
Progeny have won 13.9% of 180 runs since 2018 (15 horses).
Zoffany (IRE) 25% · 1–4
Progeny have won 9.9% of 10,775 runs since 2015 (799 horses).
Dragon Pulse (IRE) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 8.9% of 4,271 runs since 2016 (320 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.3% from 572. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5% from 363.
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 3 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

all 34 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Sylvia O'Donnell's 34 archived rides, from 2 October 2018 to 31 May 2026, newest first — 3 winners among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
31 May 26 Listowel Dragon Of Malta (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell Croom House Stud Handicap6.5f · Good · 13 ran 13th 33/1
26 Jul 25 Gowran Park Hemight (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell Bolands Mazda Carlow Handicap8f · Good · 16 ran 14th 14/1
14 Jul 25 Killarney Extensio (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell TXODDS Handicap8f · Yielding To Soft · 11 ran 8th 40/1
28 Jun 25 Curragh Hemight (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell Sherry FitzGerald Country Homes Ladies Derby Handicap10f · Good · 14 ran 8th 20/1
07 May 25 Gowran Park Hemight (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell Save 33% Buying Tickets Online Handicap (0-60) (Div 2)8f · Good · 15 ran 1st 14/1
19 Apr 25 Cork Hemight (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell SIS, Supporting Irish Racing Handicap (0-60)8f · Soft · 16 ran 10th 14/1
10 Jul 24 Fairyhouse Extensio (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell Fairyhouse Summer BBQ Rated Race14f · Good · 6 ran 1st 7/2
14 Jun 24 Fairyhouse Extensio (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell Soil Ireland Turf Management Handicap (50-85)14f · Good · 18 ran 6th 12/1
26 May 23 Curragh Extensio (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell Novibet Blog Handicap (50-80)8f · Good · 20 ran 20th 18/1
26 Aug 22 Tipperary Extensio (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell Tipperaryraces.ie Handicap (47-70)12.5f · Good · 15 ran 2nd 4/1F
16 Jul 22 Curragh Extensio (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell Kildare Village Ladies Derby Handicap12f · Good · 17 ran 1st 6/1
09 Jun 22 Leopardstown Extensio (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell Bulmers Secret Orchard Live At Leopardstown June 16th Handicap (47-70)15f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 2nd 15/2
17 May 22 Killarney Extensio (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell Killarney Outlook Handicap (47-65)8f · Soft · 13 ran 9th 13/2
26 Sep 21 Curragh Extensio (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell Tesoro Vita Ladies Trophy Handicap12f · Good · 17 ran 3rd 10/3
28 Aug 21 Navan (IRE) Extensio (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell Racing Next At Navan On Saturday September 4th Handicap14f · Good · 20 ran 2nd 6/1
06 Aug 21 Tipperary Extensio (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell GAIN The Advantage Series (Ladies) Handicap12.5f · Soft · 15 ran 3rd 9/2
19 Jul 21 Ballinrobe Extensio (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell Bowers Bar & Restaurant Ballinrobe Apprentice Handicap (45-65)12.5f · Good · 14 ran 5th 13/2
28 May 21 Fairyhouse Dragon Of Malta (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell Next Meeting At Fairyhouse June 11th Apprentice Handicap (45-75)10f · Soft To Heavy · 18 ran 15th 16/1
11 Oct 20 Curragh Extensio (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell extra.ie Apprentice Handicap8f · Soft · 11 ran 6th 18/1
19 Sep 20 Gowran Park Extensio (IRE)T: P F O'Donnell Bet 10 Get 20 With MansionBet Apprentice Handicap (50-75)9.5f · Good · 14 ran 7th 50/1

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 Sylvia O'Donnell's strike rate?
Sylvia O'Donnell has won 3 of 13 rides since 2022, a strike rate of 23.1% (as at 3 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. A small sample — fewer than 30 rides, so read the count before the percentage.
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 3 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).