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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 8 02 Aug 2025 E FM HOLD ON HONEY $17 OPEN 1000m $85,000 MATTHEW HOYSTED 0:57.44
11 of 11 02 Aug 2025 E FM RUN LUCY RUN $25 BM70 1400m $75,000 GLENN THORNTON 1:23.63
2 of 8 02 Aug 2025 E FM CAPTAIN FENKEL $13 BM90 1815m $85,000 MARCUS WILSON 1:50.60
8 of 11 02 Aug 2025 E FM COLLEANO $14 BM70 1815m $75,000 MATTHEW HOYSTED 1:50.72
1 of 10 02 Aug 2025 E FM VINDICTA $1.35 CL3 1000m $85,000 JACK BRUCE 0:57.89
12 of 13 01 Aug 2025 COFF SHORE TO HAPPEN $13 CL3 1200m $30,150 RENITA BEATON 1:12.19
1 of 12 01 Aug 2025 COFF TIME QUEST $7 QLTY 1600m $150,000 MATTHEW SMITH 1:38.35
10 of 13 01 Aug 2025 COFF MALLEE BOY EXPRESS $200 OPEN 1200m $50,000 DONNA GRISEDALE 1:12.22
9 of 14 01 Aug 2025 COFF HEAD OF THE RIVER $5.5 MDN 1000m $50,000 MATTHEW HOYSTED 0:59.09
1 of 10 31 Jul 2025 IPSW JOPPA LANE $2.9 3 BM70 1200m $28,000 MATTHEW HOYSTED 1:11.68
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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 15.0% 6 45.0% 20 $117,700 0 0 0 0 $0.40
JACK BRUCE 3 60.0% 0 60.0% 5 $87,500 0 0 0 0 $1.83
MATTHEW DUNN 2 25.0% 0 25.0% 8 $74,400 0 0 0 0 $1.60
KELLY SCHWEIDA 2 33.3% 0 33.3% 6 $52,450 0 0 0 0 $0.72
ANNABEL & ROB ARCHIBALD 1 25.0% 1 50.0% 4 $28,000 0 0 0 0 $0.80
ROBERT HEATHCOTE 1 33.3% 0 33.3% 3 $18,800 0 0 0 0 $1.10
TOBY EDMONDS 1 50.0% 1 100.0% 2 $17,950 0 0 0 0 $4.25
PETER ROBL 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $116,000 0 0 0 0 $5.50
MATTHEW SMITH 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $76,250 0 0 0 0 $8.00
SHARRYN LIVINGSTONE 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $15,600 0 0 0 0 $5.00
GLENN THORNTON 0 0.0% 2 20.0% 10 $12,885 0 0 0 0 -
KRIS LEES 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 8 $6,975 0 0 0 0 -
TONY GOLLAN 0 0.0% 1 16.7% 6 $16,750 0 0 0 0 -
CHRIS WALLER 0 0.0% 1 33.3% 3 $19,050 0 0 0 0 -
RENITA BEATON 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $1,000 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 10.3% 121 30.7% 592 $1,652,133 0 0 1 0 $0.93
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 11.5% 79 35.3% 331 $2,885,506 1 0 0 0 $0.70
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 15.5% 46 47.9% 142 $843,380 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 20.7% 16 38.0% 92 $653,205 0 0 0 0 $1.38
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 2 22.2% 1 33.3% 9 $146,450 0 0 0 0 $1.15
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 1054 10.5% 2069 20.6% 10067 $43,249,238 2 3 7 12 $0.80