DAMIEN THORNTON
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Australia
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.
DAMIEN THORNTON's Career
Latest Rides
FP | Date | Course | Runner | Div | Type | Distance | PM AUD $ | Trainer | Time |
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2 of 14 | 25 Apr 2024 | CDRA | PRETTY LITTLE LIAR | $3.5 | MDN | 1200m | $40,000 | JACK BRUCE | 1:13.29 |
1 of 11 | 25 Apr 2024 | CDRA | THESECONDATPORTSEA | $4.5 | CL3 | 1800m | $38,000 | JACK BRUCE | 1:52.00 |
1 of 10 | 24 Apr 2024 | IPSW | EXCEED SPEED | $5.0 | CL1 | 1350m | $38,000 | TONY GOLLAN | 1:23.93 |
12 of 14 | 24 Apr 2024 | IPSW | DILIGENTE | $26 | MDN | 1350m | $40,000 | ANNABEL NEASHAM | 1:22.58 |
9 of 9 | 24 Apr 2024 | IPSW | STEEVEE WONDERFUL | $41 | 2 MDN | 1100m | $40,000 | ADAM CAMPTON | 1:06.32 |
6 of 8 | 24 Apr 2024 | IPSW | GOLDEN SUN | $11 | 2 MDN | 1100m | $40,000 | ANNABEL NEASHAM | 1:05.19 |
11 of 17 | 20 Apr 2024 | E FM | ENCODER | $51 | 3 OPEN LR | 1400m | $160,000 | LEE FREEDMAN | 1:24.18 |
3 of 9 | 20 Apr 2024 | E FM | ENTERPRISE POMME | $21 | QLTY LR | 1000m | $160,000 | KRIS LEES | 0:57.86 |
9 of 10 | 20 Apr 2024 | E FM | MAGNUS BELLAGIO | $21 | BM88 | 1200m | $85,000 | GLENN THORNTON | 1:10.32 |
4 of 9 | 20 Apr 2024 | E FM | TICK TOCK QUEEN | $3.8 | CL6 | 1400m | $85,000 | TONY GOLLAN | 1:23.47 |
Trainer Statistics
Trainer Name | Wins | Win (%) | Places | Place (%) | Rides | PM AUD $ | G1(w) | G2(w) | G3(w) | LR(w) | ROI |
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TONY GOLLAN | 2 | 33.3% | 1 | 50.0% | 6 | $52,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1.53 |
ANNABEL NEASHAM | 1 | 9.1% | 1 | 18.2% | 11 | $25,810 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1.18 |
JACK BRUCE | 1 | 11.1% | 1 | 22.2% | 9 | $42,450 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.53 |
CHRIS MUNCE | 1 | 20.0% | 2 | 60.0% | 5 | $52,250 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.60 |
MICHAEL NOLAN | 1 | 20.0% | 0 | 20.0% | 5 | $14,300 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.54 |
JAMES HEALY | 1 | 33.3% | 1 | 66.7% | 3 | $25,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $1.20 |
BILLY HEALEY | 1 | 100.0% | 0 | 100.0% | 1 | $15,600 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $2.50 |
GLENN THORNTON | 0 | 0.0% | 4 | 50.0% | 8 | $31,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
ROBERT HEATHCOTE | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 5 | $4,420 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
BARRY LOCKWOOD | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 33.3% | 3 | $6,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
KELLY SCHWEIDA | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | $1,560 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
SCOTT MORRISEY | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | $500 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
CHRIS ANDERSON | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | $3,000 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
ADAM CAMPTON | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | $1,800 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
MATTHEW DUNN | 0 | 0.0% | 0 | 0.0% | 2 | $3,400 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | - |
Trainer Name | Wins | Win (%) | Places | Place (%) | Rides | PM AUD $ | G1(w) | G2(w) | G3(w) | LR(w) | ROI |
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MATHEW ELLERTON & SIMON ZAHRA | 65 | 9.8% | 148 | 32.1% | 664 | $2,890,171 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.75 |
GLENN THORNTON | 57 | 10.3% | 114 | 30.9% | 554 | $1,445,038 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | $0.84 |
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 | 12.6% | 72 | 36.4% | 302 | $2,760,586 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.77 |
A & S FREEDMAN | 36 | 20.7% | 44 | 46.0% | 174 | $1,812,560 | 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 | 14.0% | 38 | 39.3% | 150 | $833,890 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | $0.86 |
ANNABEL NEASHAM | 20 | 17.7% | 28 | 42.5% | 113 | $825,330 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | $0.68 |
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 |
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2023/24 | 85 | 13.2% | 126 | 32.7% | 645 | $4,079,676 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | $0.94 |
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 | 976 | 10.5% | 1915 | 20.5% | 9325 | $39,014,225 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | $0.80 |