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DAMIEN THORNTON

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Jockey: Damien Thornton

With a background in equestrian and raised on a farm outside of Geelong, Damien Thornton began his career in 2011.
Damien Thornton had an immediate impact on the Victorian jockey ranks riding 25 metropolitan winners and in 2013 took an opportunity to move to Sydney and ride for Rosehill based trainer Gerald Ryan.
It was for the Ryan stable that Thornton claimed his first stakes success when partnering two-year-old Time For War to win the 2014 Group 2 Pago Pago Stakes going on to win the 2015 Group 3 Vamos Stakes on Vibrant Rouge for his father Glenn.
In 2016 Thornton moved to Adelaide to become the stable rider for leading trainer Tony McEvoy with good success.

First Runner  21 Aug 2011
Frenchkook (Aus)  
Geelong Synthetic (Aus)  |  Frank O'brien Memorial Hcp C1
First Win  23 Aug 2011
I'm Mysterious (Aus)
Geelong Synthetic (Aus)  |  Geelong Milk/Pura Hcp (58)
Best Horse :
THE ASTROLOGIST  (Timeform Rating 117)
ZOUSTAR (AUS)  AQUADA (AUS)  [By FLYING SPUR (AUS)]
First Group Win (G1):
TOFFEE TONGUE  (02 May 2020)
TAVISTOCK (NZ)  BAGALOLLIES (AUS)  [By ZABEEL (NZ)]

DAMIEN THORNTON's Career

Latest Rides

FP Date Course Runner Div Type Distance PM AUD $ Trainer Time
11 of 16 29 Jun 2024 E FM IOWNA MERC $6.0 QLTY G3 1200m $200,000 BJORN BAKER 1:09.02
17 of 17 29 Jun 2024 E FM BANANA QUEEN $101 FM OPEN G1 1400m $700,000 G RYAN & S ALEXIOU 1:21.65
3 of 12 29 Jun 2024 E FM MARACANA $17 QLTY LR 1600m $160,000 DANNY O'BRIEN 1:33.97
9 of 10 29 Jun 2024 E FM ENCODER $26 3U OPEN G3 2400m $200,000 LEE FREEDMAN 2:27.21
10 of 13 29 Jun 2024 E FM ELLA'S WORLD $41 3UFM OPEN LR 2143m $200,000 A & S FREEDMAN 2:12.84
5 of 9 29 Jun 2024 E FM RUN LUCY RUN $8.5 2 OPEN LR 1400m $160,000 GLENN THORNTON 1:22.83
3 of 10 27 Jun 2024 DALB RICH AGAIN $3.0 3U CL1 1200m $20,000 CHRIS MUNCE 1:09.52
3 of 10 27 Jun 2024 DALB ROCK DIAMOND $14 BM58 1000m $20,000 CHRIS MUNCE 0:56.68
3 of 10 27 Jun 2024 DALB KING CHARLES $8.5 CL3 1000m $20,000 BILLY HEALEY 0:56.97
6 of 10 27 Jun 2024 DALB DIAMOND HEELS $3.8 FM MDN 1000m $22,000 CHRIS MUNCE 0:56.89
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Trainer Statistics

Last 100 Runners
Career
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
MATTHEW DUNN 3 37.5% 1 50.0% 8 $49,710 0 0 0 0 $1.81
KELLY SCHWEIDA 2 25.0% 0 25.0% 8 $42,250 0 0 0 0 $10.75
JACK BRUCE 2 28.6% 4 85.7% 7 $62,600 0 0 0 0 $0.44
CHRIS MUNCE 1 12.5% 3 50.0% 8 $113,100 0 0 0 1 $2.62
A & S FREEDMAN 1 25.0% 0 25.0% 4 $20,650 0 0 0 0 $0.65
RENITA BEATON 1 33.3% 0 33.3% 3 $17,200 0 0 0 0 $1.50
ANNABEL NEASHAM 0 0.0% 3 27.3% 11 $33,860 0 0 0 0 -
MARCUS WILSON 0 0.0% 2 33.3% 6 $10,275 0 0 0 0 -
GLENN THORNTON 0 0.0% 1 20.0% 5 $11,800 0 0 0 0 -
CHRIS ANDERSON 0 0.0% 2 40.0% 5 $21,660 0 0 0 0 -
TONY GOLLAN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 $5,760 0 0 0 0 -
LEE FREEDMAN 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $38,500 0 0 0 0 -
SCOTT MORRISEY 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 $1,300 0 0 0 0 -
ADAM CAMPTON 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $5,560 0 0 0 0 -
BJORN BAKER 0 0.0% 1 50.0% 2 $18,000 0 0 0 0 -
Trainer Name Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
MATHEW ELLERTON & SIMON ZAHRA 65 9.8% 148 32.1% 664 $2,890,171 0 0 0 0 $0.75
GLENN THORNTON 57 10.2% 116 30.8% 561 $1,461,888 0 0 1 0 $0.83
TONY MCEVOY 42 17.0% 69 44.9% 247 $1,399,343 0 0 1 4 $0.68
HENRY DWYER 41 14.0% 63 35.5% 293 $1,350,526 0 0 0 0 $0.71
GREG EURELL 40 14.2% 60 35.5% 282 $1,102,761 0 0 0 0 $1.05
CHRIS WALLER 38 12.5% 72 36.2% 304 $2,763,586 1 0 0 0 $0.76
A & S FREEDMAN 38 21.2% 44 45.8% 179 $1,850,010 0 0 0 2 $0.88
MATTHEW WILLIAMS 29 8.7% 70 29.6% 334 $955,054 0 0 0 0 $0.66
ANTHONY FREEDMAN 22 23.2% 27 51.6% 95 $841,065 0 0 1 0 $0.86
DANNY O'BRIEN 21 13.8% 39 39.5% 152 $854,240 0 0 0 0 $0.85
ANNABEL NEASHAM 21 15.6% 34 40.7% 135 $951,840 0 0 0 1 $0.59
MATT LAURIE 18 16.8% 31 45.8% 107 $570,569 0 0 0 0 $1.04
SHANE FLIEDNER 15 10.8% 33 34.5% 139 $796,032 0 0 0 1 $0.77
MATHEW ELLERTON 15 13.4% 22 33.0% 112 $553,930 0 0 0 0 $0.77
CHRIS CALTHORPE 13 8.1% 29 26.3% 160 $354,942 0 0 0 0 $0.77

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2023/24 99 12.4% 162 32.7% 799 $4,792,706 0 0 2 1 $0.95
2022/23 81 9.8% 172 30.7% 824 $5,254,025 0 2 1 2 $0.65
2021/22 102 11.7% 200 34.8% 869 $5,950,300 1 0 1 3 $0.79
2020/21 100 12.8% 187 36.7% 782 $4,462,811 0 0 0 1 $0.88
2019/20 96 11.8% 164 32.0% 812 $3,809,652 1 0 1 0 $1.01
2018/19 89 9.3% 191 29.2% 960 $3,408,473 0 0 0 0 $0.85
2017/18 114 12.3% 208 34.7% 929 $3,172,849 0 0 0 0 $0.85
2016/17 68 11.3% 145 35.4% 601 $2,023,345 0 0 1 5 $0.67
2015/16 55 7.5% 142 26.8% 735 $1,487,967 0 0 0 0 $0.50
2014/15 59 8.5% 113 24.7% 697 $1,489,427 0 0 1 0 $0.80
Overall 990 10.4% 1951 20.6% 9479 $39,727,255 2 3 7 12 $0.80

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