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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 (Vic)  |  Frank O'brien Memorial Hcp C1
First Win  23 Aug 2011
I'm Mysterious (Aus)
Geelong Synthetic (Vic)  |  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
4 of 12 21 Dec 2024 E FM BOOM TORQUE $7 QLTY LR 1200m $200,000 MATTHEW DUNN 1:09.24
10 of 10 21 Dec 2024 E FM ENCODER $40 3U OPEN LR 1600m $200,000 LEE FREEDMAN 1:36.21
2 of 13 21 Dec 2024 E FM RUN LUCY RUN $4 3 QLTY 1600m $105,000 GLENN THORNTON 1:36.16
7 of 14 21 Dec 2024 E FM TOOLATEMATE $80 BM70 1500m $50,000 SCOTT MORRISEY 1:28.36
4 of 8 21 Dec 2024 E FM SO SLEEK $6.5 BM78 2218m $85,000 KERRY PARKER 2:17.19
11 of 12 20 Dec 2024 GCST ATON OF DELIGHT $30 BM78 1400m $38,000 GLENN THORNTON 1:22.89
8 of 12 20 Dec 2024 GCST PRIDE TO FOLLOW $60 3 OPEN 1000m $125,000 BRETT CAVANOUGH 0:56.42
4 of 10 20 Dec 2024 GCST EARN TO BURN $9 2 OPEN 1000m $252,000 JACK BRUCE 0:57.56
10 of 11 20 Dec 2024 GCST ARTIE PANTZ $20 BM62 1000m $38,000 CHRIS ANDERSON 0:57.23
1 of 14 20 Dec 2024 GCST MERCHANT GOLD $8 MDN 1200m $40,000 BRETT CAVANOUGH 1:10.41
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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
JACK BRUCE 2 15.4% 3 38.5% 13 $68,160 0 0 0 0 $0.35
JAMES HEALY 2 15.4% 1 23.1% 13 $42,320 0 0 0 0 $0.93
GLENN THORNTON 1 14.3% 1 28.6% 7 $71,900 0 0 0 0 $4.43
MATTHEW DUNN 1 20.0% 2 60.0% 5 $98,600 0 0 0 0 $0.60
DAVID VANDYKE 1 33.3% 0 33.3% 3 $24,500 0 0 0 0 $0.73
MATTHEW HOYSTED 1 33.3% 0 33.3% 3 $13,700 0 0 0 0 $0.43
BRETT CAVANOUGH 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $23,875 0 0 0 0 $4.50
KURT GOLDMAN 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $13,950 0 0 0 0 $2.45
CHRIS & COREY MUNCE 0 0.0% 2 22.2% 9 $16,000 0 0 0 0 -
LEE FREEDMAN 0 0.0% 1 12.5% 8 $20,450 0 0 0 0 -
CHRIS ANDERSON 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 8 $4,160 0 0 0 0 -
MARCUS WILSON 0 0.0% 2 50.0% 4 $8,000 0 0 0 0 -
ANNABEL NEASHAM & ROB ARCHIBALD 0 0.0% 2 50.0% 4 $24,550 0 0 0 0 -
KRIS LEES 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 $2,500 0 0 0 0 -
PAUL SHAILER 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $9,010 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 60 10.5% 118 31.1% 572 $1,608,588 0 0 1 0 $0.95
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 12.3% 73 35.9% 309 $2,771,386 1 0 0 0 $0.75
A & S FREEDMAN 38 21.0% 44 45.3% 181 $1,854,760 0 0 0 2 $0.87
MATTHEW WILLIAMS 29 8.7% 70 29.6% 334 $955,054 0 0 0 0 $0.66
ANNABEL NEASHAM 22 15.7% 34 40.0% 140 $974,990 0 0 0 1 $0.58
ANTHONY FREEDMAN 22 23.2% 27 51.6% 95 $841,065 0 0 1 0 $0.86
DANNY O'BRIEN 21 13.7% 40 39.9% 153 $909,740 0 0 0 0 $0.84
MATT LAURIE 18 16.8% 31 45.8% 107 $570,569 0 0 0 0 $1.04
JACK BRUCE 16 16.8% 30 48.4% 95 $503,470 0 0 0 0 $0.61
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

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2024/25 12 9.8% 19 25.4% 122 $548,050 0 0 0 0 $0.58
2023/24 107 12.4% 176 32.9% 861 $5,158,846 0 0 2 1 $0.96
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
Overall 1010 10.5% 1984 20.5% 9663 $40,641,445 2 3 7 12 $0.80