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Sean Thornton

45 runners in the lifetime window · 9 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Dec 2011
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
No runners 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.
5–45
Wins / Runs
11.1%
Strike rate
n=45
11 (24%)
Placed
1.83
Fair A/E
n=45 · 1.34 incl. margin
−9.50
£1 level stake
n=45 at SP · −21.1%
£34,610
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
7.7%
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 12.2%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 11.1% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−11.1
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−11.1
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−11.1
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−11.1
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
When favourite
0%
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
12.2%+1.1
n=41 · A/E 2.00 · £1 −5.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 11.1% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. Headgear figures use the true-first definition (first gear appearance in the captured career); returns are gear back on after a bare run. Claiming riders are runs where the booked rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
In Hurdle races 13.9% vs 11.1% · n=36
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 36 5 13.9% −0.50
Flat 5 0 0% −5.00
Chase 4 0 0% −4.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 18 3 16.7% +2.50
Good to Firm 13 2 15.4% +2.00
Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Standard (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00
Heavy 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Down Royal 6 1 16.7% +3.00
Downpatrick 5 1 20% +0.00
Sligo 5 1 20% +1.00
Ballinrobe 4 1 25% +1.50
Punchestown 4 0 0% −4.00
Dundalk (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Kilbeggan 3 0 0% −3.00
Tipperary 3 0 0% −3.00
Gowran Park 2 1 50% +8.00
Tramore 2 0 0% −2.00
Bellewstown 2 0 0% −2.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Fairyhouse 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 7 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
2nd–3rd fav 6 3 50% 3.98 +10.50
4th–6th fav 11 2 18.2% 2.76 +8.00
7th+ in betting 25 0 0% 0.00 −25.00
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
90% completed · 40 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 4 25% 0 2 1 0 0
Hurdle 36 97.2% 0 0 1 0 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 trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
City Hustler (USA)from Robert Alan Hennessy 17 3 8 1 May 11
Street Runner (GB)from Reg Hollinshead · then Karl Thornton 10 1 2 8 Oct 11
Na Bi Dana (IRE)from P M Mooney 5 0 0 13 Oct 10
Eventide (GB)from I J Keeling 4 1 1 3 Oct 10
Kerry Leader (IRE) 4 0 0 19 May 09
No Putter (GB)from J T R Dreaper 2 0 0 2 Jul 09
Blue Dazzler (IRE)from Amanda Perrett · then Karl Thornton 1 0 0 9 Dec 11
Power Broker (GB)from P Cluskey 1 0 0 3 Feb 11
Mobs Jagger (IRE)from Michael Cullen 1 0 0 3 May 08
All 9 horses sent out 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.
Where they came from · where they went next

Of the 9 horses listed, 8 arrived from another yard in our archive; 1 had its first archived run for this yard.

2 have since run for another yard, most often for Karl Thornton (2); 7 have no later run for another yard in our archive.

Read from each listed horse's whole archived career (2005 onwards), not only this window, and counted over the horses listed above, not the whole string. “First archived run” means our archive holds nothing earlier, not that the horse was unraced. A horse with no later run elsewhere may still be here, be off the track, or have run somewhere our archive does not cover — none of that is asserted.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime
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A jumps yard: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Conor Maxwell 21 1 4.8% −12.00
E J O'Connell 11 4 36.4% +15.50
Robert Molloy 3 0 0% −3.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00
Tom Doyle 1 0 0% −1.00
Graham Gibbons 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr S Clements 1 0 0% −1.00
Eddie Power 1 0 0% −1.00
Ian McCarthy 1 0 0% −1.00
D C Byrne 1 0 0% −1.00
M P Fogarty 1 0 0% −1.00
Angelo Gasnier 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
5
Archived wins
£34,610
Prize money
2010
Best season · 4 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.
City Hustler (USA) — Leo Mcmorrow Memorial Handicap Hurdle (80-102) Sligo · Aug 2010
£6,383
City Hustler (USA) — Yolanda O'gorman Memorial Handicap Hurdle (80-102) Ballinrobe · Jul 2010
£6,210
City Hustler (USA) — Callan Handicap Hurdle (80-102) Gowran Park · Jun 2010
£5,865
Notable horses
City Hustler (USA) Street Runner (GB) Eventide (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Century City (IRE) 17.6% · 3–17
Progeny have won 13.5% of 52 runs since 2008 (4 horses).
Rainbow Quest (USA) 10% · 1–10
Progeny have won 10% of 1,384 runs since 2008 (113 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 6.1% from 230.
Invincible Spirit (IRE) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 11.9% of 20,818 runs since 2008 (1,573 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 843.
Supreme Leader (GB) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 9.2% of 2,984 runs since 2008 (349 horses).
Where Or When (IRE) 25% · 1–4
Progeny have won 9.2% of 1,578 runs since 2008 (124 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 4.1% from 217. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 4.6% from 151.
Environment Friend (GB) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 8.2% of 645 runs since 2008 (83 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 13% from 108.
Top line: the yard'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 22 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 56 · newest first

The latest 50 of 56 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 2 May 2005 to 9 December 2011.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
09 Dec 11 Dundalk (AW) Blue Dazzler (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Bookings At dundalkstadium.com Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)8f · Standard · 14 ran 12th 22/1
08 Oct 11 Fairyhouse Street Runner (GB)J: Conor Maxwell Follow Us On Facebook Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1)20f · Good · 16 ran 12th 16/1
29 Aug 11 Downpatrick Street Runner (GB)J: E J O'Connell Willie Murphy Jewellers, Downpatrick Handicap Hurdle (80-102)23f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 13th 9/1
12 Aug 11 Tramore Street Runner (GB)J: E J O'Connell Ernst & Young Handicap Hurdle (80-102)21f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 11th 6/1
07 Aug 11 Downpatrick Street Runner (GB)J: E J O'Connell Keeping It Country Handicap Hurdle (80-95)23f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 1st 4/1
21 Jul 11 Limerick Street Runner (GB)J: Angelo Gasnier Limerick Tri Nations Challenge (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-109)22f · Good · 9 ran 2nd 20/1
17 Jun 11 Down Royal Street Runner (GB)J: E J O'Connell Hugo Thomas Handicap Hurdle (80-102)20f · Good To Yielding · 20 ran 13th 20/1
27 May 11 Down Royal Street Runner (GB)J: Eddie Power Barclay Telecom Landline Handicap Hurdle (80-102)20f · Good To Firm · 19 ran 15th 25/1
18 May 11 Punchestown Street Runner (GB)J: Conor Maxwell Dobbins Food Hall Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 25 ran 7th 66/1
14 May 11 Kilbeggan Street Runner (GB)J: Conor Maxwell Kinnegad Maiden Hurdle19f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 6th 33/1
01 May 11 Sligo City Hustler (USA)J: E J O'Connell 23rd May At Sligo Handicap Hurdle (80-109)18f · Good To Firm · 15 ran PU 16/1
01 May 11 Sligo Street Runner (GB)J: E J O'Connell 'Join The 2011 Sligo Race Supporters Club' Maiden Hurdle18f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 8th 20/1
03 Feb 11 Wolverhampton (AW) Power Broker (GB)J: Graham Gibbons Great Offers Online At Wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk HandicapClass 7 · 9.5f · Standard · 13 ran 12th 11/1
13 Oct 10 Punchestown Na Bi Dana (IRE)J: Conor Maxwell Go Racing In Kildare Festival 3-y-o Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 17 ran 12th 50/1
03 Oct 10 Kelso Eventide (GB)J: Conor Maxwell Sunday Mail Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 16f · Good · 13 ran 10th 13/2
02 Oct 10 Gowran Park Na Bi Dana (IRE)J: Conor Maxwell Kilkenny 3-Y-O Hurdle16f · Yielding To Soft · 19 ran 10th 25/1
24 Sep 10 Dundalk (AW) City Hustler (USA)J: Conor Maxwell Bookings at dundalkstadium.com Handicap (47-65)10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 11th 10/1
05 Sep 10 Dundalk (AW) Na Bi Dana (IRE)J: Conor Maxwell Crowne Plaza Race & Stay Package Handicap (47-60)8f · Standard · 14 ran 8th 25/1
03 Sep 10 Kilbeggan Eventide (GB)J: Conor Maxwell Moate Handicap Hurdle (80-102)19f · Firm · 13 ran 5th 5/1
27 Aug 10 Down Royal Eventide (GB)J: Conor Maxwell Perennials Rugby Charity Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16f · Good · 15 ran 1st 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 Sean Thornton's strike rate?
Sean Thornton has won 5 of 45 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 11.1% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Sean Thornton's Fair A/E?
1.83, from 45 runners 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).