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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
6 of 9 20 Aug 2025 IPSW RUNAWAY TYCOON $13 BM65 1350m $38,000 KELLY SCHWEIDA 1:20.99
3 of 14 20 Aug 2025 IPSW PERHAPS PERHAPS $20 MDN 1680m $40,000 DECLAN MAHER 1:43.29
3 of 8 20 Aug 2025 IPSW SWEET PROPOSAL $10 CL5 1680m $38,000 ANNABEL & ROB ARCHIBALD 1:41.88
2 of 9 17 Aug 2025 CDRA RALPHIE $4.5 OPEN 1000m $50,000 GARY DOUGHTY 0:58.08
2 of 7 17 Aug 2025 CDRA CLICK CLICK BOOM $7 34 BM65 1000m $28,000 SHARRYN LIVINGSTONE 0:58.25
5 of 10 17 Aug 2025 CDRA DASHING MARS $10 MDN 1000m $30,000 ADAM CAMPTON 0:59.19
4 of 10 16 Aug 2025 DOOM SECOND SUN $14 CG CL6 1350m $85,000 MATTHEW HOYSTED 1:18.86
7 of 10 16 Aug 2025 DOOM TERMAGANT $10 BM85 1110m $85,000 MATTHEW HOYSTED 1:04.09
2 of 8 16 Aug 2025 DOOM NAVAL TRADER $9 OPEN 1200m $85,000 MATTHEW HOYSTED 1:09.57
2 of 10 16 Aug 2025 DOOM OUROBOROS $2.7 3UCG CL3 1200m $75,000 MATTHEW HOYSTED 1:09.93
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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 HOYSTED 3 12.0% 6 36.0% 25 $145,820 0 0 0 0 $0.32
JACK BRUCE 3 75.0% 1 100.0% 4 $89,050 0 0 0 0 $2.29
MATTHEW DUNN 2 50.0% 0 50.0% 4 $71,100 0 0 0 0 $3.20
ANNABEL & ROB ARCHIBALD 1 16.7% 2 50.0% 6 $32,500 0 0 0 0 $0.53
ROBERT HEATHCOTE 1 25.0% 0 25.0% 4 $20,000 0 0 0 0 $0.82
SHARRYN LIVINGSTONE 1 50.0% 1 100.0% 2 $20,400 0 0 0 0 $2.50
MATTHEW SMITH 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $76,250 0 0 0 0 $8.00
CHRIS ANDERSON 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $15,600 0 0 0 0 $12.00
GLENN THORNTON 0 0.0% 3 30.0% 10 $19,100 0 0 0 0 -
KRIS LEES 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 6 $6,625 0 0 0 0 -
KELLY SCHWEIDA 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 5 $6,020 0 0 0 0 -
TONY GOLLAN 0 0.0% 1 20.0% 5 $14,000 0 0 0 0 -
CHRIS WALLER 0 0.0% 2 50.0% 4 $24,000 0 0 0 0 -
DARRYL HANSEN 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $6,060 0 0 0 0 -
MARCUS WILSON 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $17,300 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 61 10.2% 122 30.7% 596 $1,660,433 0 0 1 0 $0.92
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 11.4% 81 35.6% 334 $2,908,706 1 0 0 0 $0.69
ANTHONY & SAM 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
JACK BRUCE 22 15.4% 47 48.3% 143 $846,030 0 0 0 0 $0.58
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
MATTHEW DUNN 19 20.4% 16 37.6% 93 $653,705 0 0 0 0 $1.37
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

Seasons Summary Statistics

Season Wins Win (%) Places Place (%) Rides PM AUD $ G1(w) G2(w) G3(w) LR(w) ROI
2025/26 3 6.8% 13 36.4% 44 $288,640 0 0 0 0 $0.51
2024/25 54 10.4% 103 30.4% 517 $3,009,393 0 0 0 0 $0.54
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
Overall 1055 10.4% 2081 20.6% 10102 $43,391,428 2 3 7 12 $0.80