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Donnacha Obrien: Jockey Form, Stats and Records

Donnacha Obrien has ridden 402 winners from 2035 rides, a strike rate of 20%. A further 564 finished second or third. The record reads best at Ballinrobe (IRE), where 6 wins from 16 is 38% against 20% everywhere else.

A record is what has happened, not a forecast of what will.

By course

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
Dundalk (AW) (IRE) 401 79 20% -60.49
Curragh (IRE) 311 57 18% -16.14
Leopardstown (IRE) 202 40 20% -38.10
Naas (IRE) 151 38 25% -2.44
Gowran Park (IRE) 119 26 22% -23.51
Navan (IRE) 117 20 17% -46.07
Galway (IRE) 94 22 23% -20.30
Cork (IRE) 82 13 16% -14.73
Tipperary (IRE) 66 19 29% +0.43
Ascot 64 2 3% -57.50
Killarney (IRE) 57 9 16% -25.40
Roscommon (IRE) 55 10 18% -18.89

By distance

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
7f 390 77 20% -50.26
8f 375 81 22% -54.19
12f 241 47 20% -6.90
6f 214 43 20% -58.76
10f 182 29 16% -66.32
5f 137 32 23% -28.45
10.5f 94 17 18% -23.85
8.5f 54 10 19% -17.63
14f 54 8 15% -30.75
9.5f 48 12 25% +3.62
9f 34 5 15% -22.11
7.5f 31 11 35% +18.38

Best trainers to ride for

Split Runs Wins Strike rate Level stakes
A P O'Brien 998 245 25% -165.83
Joseph Patrick O'Brien 754 137 18% -76.92
John Patrick Shanahan 18 4 22% -4.60
J A Nash 17 2 12% +5.00
Denis Gerard Hogan 16 1 6% -13.38
John J Walsh 10 1 10% -2.00
Adrian McGuinness 10 0 0% -10.00
P A Fahy 9 2 22% +28.00
M C Grassick 9 1 11% -3.00
Andrew Slattery 7 3 43% +6.87
Brian Ellison 7 1 14% -4.25
Anthony Mulholland 6 0 0% -6.00

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