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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
12 of 14 19 May 2024 CDRA BLITZUM $26 2 OPEN 1400m $50,000 CHRIS ANDERSON 1:26.61
5 of 13 19 May 2024 CDRA UNITED FRONT $4.0 MDN 1400m $30,000 KELLY SCHWEIDA 1:27.13
1 of 15 18 May 2024 DOOM AUREUS ANGEL $21 FM QLTY LR 1110m $160,000 CHRIS MUNCE 1:05.14
9 of 13 18 May 2024 DOOM SEA RAIDER $26 3U QLTY LR 1600m $160,000 JOHN GILMORE 1:37.84
7 of 15 18 May 2024 DOOM LONDON BANKER $41 QLTY G3 2000m $200,000 KELLY SCHWEIDA 2:05.06
15 of 16 18 May 2024 DOOM BOWRIDER $81 BM78 1350m $85,000 JAY BELLAMY 1:21.21
2 of 12 15 May 2024 IPSW THANKFUL HEART $10 CL5 1200m $38,000 ANNABEL NEASHAM 1:10.17
8 of 13 15 May 2024 IPSW VICTORY WIN $7.0 CG BM65 1350m $38,000 ANNABEL NEASHAM 1:20.99
6 of 10 15 May 2024 IPSW BOOM BOOM BELLA $51 3 BM65 1100m $38,000 TONY GOLLAN 1:04.16
5 of 12 15 May 2024 IPSW BELYAEV $9.5 MDN 1100m $40,000 ANNABEL NEASHAM 1:03.13
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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
ANNABEL NEASHAM 2 10.0% 5 35.0% 20 $123,160 0 0 0 0 $0.79
TONY GOLLAN 2 18.2% 1 27.3% 11 $58,145 0 0 0 0 $0.82
JACK BRUCE 2 20.0% 2 40.0% 10 $58,850 0 0 0 0 $0.60
A & S FREEDMAN 2 100.0% 0 100.0% 2 $32,400 0 0 0 0 $2.75
CHRIS ANDERSON 1 11.1% 1 22.2% 9 $19,300 0 0 0 0 $0.83
CHRIS MUNCE 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $92,000 0 0 0 1 $21.00
STEPHEN SUTHERLAND 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $15,600 0 0 0 0 $2.05
KELLY SCHWEIDA 0 0.0% 1 16.7% 6 $10,350 0 0 0 0 -
GLENN THORNTON 0 0.0% 2 40.0% 5 $7,950 0 0 0 0 -
LEE FREEDMAN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 $3,300 0 0 0 0 -
MICHAEL NOLAN 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 $800 0 0 0 0 -
SHAUN DWYER 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $1,960 0 0 0 0 -
MARCUS WILSON 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $1,000 0 0 0 0 -
SIMON-ROBERT FOSTER 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $400 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
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% 115 30.9% 556 $1,450,088 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 12.5% 72 36.3% 303 $2,763,086 1 0 0 0 $0.76
A & S FREEDMAN 38 21.6% 44 46.6% 176 $1,844,960 0 0 0 2 $0.90
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 21 16.5% 32 41.7% 127 $926,740 0 0 0 1 $0.62
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 92 12.9% 138 32.3% 713 $4,424,966 0 0 2 1 $0.91
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 983 10.5% 1927 20.5% 9393 $39,359,515 2 3 7 12 $0.80