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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
9 of 13 18 Nov 2024 WARW LONJOURNO $3.0 CG MDN 1350m $22,000 JACK BRUCE 1:20.50
8 of 14 18 Nov 2024 WARW CRUZ DEL SUR $26 FM MDN 1350m $22,000 CHRIS ANDERSON 1:20.61
1 of 9 18 Nov 2024 WARW HEARTS ARE BETTER $1.3 3 MDN 800m $22,000 MATTHEW HOYSTED 0:44.06
4 of 11 16 Nov 2024 CDRA ENCODER $26 QLTY 1600m $160,000 LEE FREEDMAN 1:38.71
8 of 9 16 Nov 2024 CDRA PIERATA'S GEM $16 3 QLTY 1400m $105,000 CHRIS & COREY MUNCE 1:26.88
6 of 8 16 Nov 2024 CDRA LARRIKIN ROGUE $5.0 3U CL6 1400m $85,000 CHRIS ANDERSON 1:24.93
7 of 10 13 Nov 2024 DOOM FEARLESS THINKING $26 BM65 1200m $38,000 JAMES HEALY 1:11.33
9 of 14 13 Nov 2024 DOOM DEVOCEAN $19 BM65 2050m $38,000 PAUL SHAILER 2:09.43
6 of 8 13 Nov 2024 DOOM MIO SORRENTO $19 CL4 1200m $38,000 JAMES HEALY 1:10.61
6 of 8 10 Nov 2024 CDRA ARTIE PANTZ $21 BM65 1000m $28,000 CHRIS ANDERSON 0:57.32
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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 3 21.4% 3 42.9% 14 $74,610 0 0 0 0 $0.48
MATTHEW HOYSTED 2 50.0% 1 75.0% 4 $32,200 0 0 0 0 $0.81
GLENN THORNTON 1 25.0% 0 25.0% 4 $50,300 0 0 0 0 $6.50
MATTHEW DUNN 1 25.0% 0 25.0% 4 $16,275 0 0 0 0 $1.25
NATALIE MCCALL 1 50.0% 0 50.0% 2 $28,300 0 0 0 0 $1.90
MATTHEW DALE 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $22,000 0 0 0 0 $3.75
R J HILTON 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $15,600 0 0 0 0 $7.50
CHRIS & COREY MUNCE 0 0.0% 2 25.0% 8 $12,850 0 0 0 0 -
CHRIS ANDERSON 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 7 $8,550 0 0 0 0 -
JAMES HEALY 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 $3,020 0 0 0 0 -
ANNABEL NEASHAM 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 $7,150 0 0 0 0 -
ANNABEL NEASHAM & ROB ARCHIBALD 0 0.0% 2 50.0% 4 $24,550 0 0 0 0 -
CHRIS WALLER 0 0.0% 1 25.0% 4 $7,800 0 0 0 0 -
SCOTT MORRISEY 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 4 $6,900 0 0 0 0 -
DAVID VANDYKE 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $20,350 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 59 10.4% 117 31.0% 567 $1,537,688 0 0 1 0 $0.90
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 36.0% 308 $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 18.0% 28 49.4% 89 $477,520 0 0 0 0 $0.65
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 5 8.5% 9 23.7% 59 $197,065 0 0 0 0 $0.20
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 1003 10.4% 1974 20.6% 9600 $40,290,460 2 3 7 12 $0.80