DAMIEN THORNTON

  • Australia

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
8 of 8 18 Jun 2025 DOOM CHARMING NIC $7.5 CL5 1110m $38,000 TONY & CALVIN MCEVOY 1:04.53
6 of 11 18 Jun 2025 DOOM HEADHUNTER $5.5 BM70 1350m $38,000 MATTHEW HOYSTED 1:19.63
10 of 11 18 Jun 2025 DOOM CHAMPONNET $17 CL1 1200m $38,000 MATTHEW DUNN 1:10.39
1 of 9 18 Jun 2025 DOOM DIANA'S AFFAIR $7.5 CL3 1660m $38,000 KELLY SCHWEIDA 1:41.15
4 of 7 18 Jun 2025 DOOM SAVEUR $17 2 OPEN 1350m $38,000 CHRIS WALLER 1:21.30
7 of 9 18 Jun 2025 DOOM KADDARI $14 3 MDN 1660m $40,000 ROBBIE GRIFFITHS 1:40.17
5 of 8 18 Jun 2025 DOOM KALBAR QUEEN $13 MDN 2070m $40,000 JACK BRUCE 2:09.56
9 of 13 15 Jun 2025 CDRA BLAKEMORE AVENUE $3.4 FM BM58 1200m $28,000 JACK BRUCE 1:12.04
10 of 10 15 Jun 2025 CDRA ACCELAR $20 3 OPEN 1000m $50,000 TOBY EDMONDS & STEPHEN MCLEAN 0:57.66
3 of 10 15 Jun 2025 CDRA SAN JOSE BOY $4 CL2 1800m $28,000 JACK BRUCE 1:51.71
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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 DUNN 1 12.5% 0 12.5% 8 $30,530 0 0 0 0 $1.38
KRIS LEES 1 14.3% 1 28.6% 7 $25,050 0 0 0 0 $0.63
MARCUS WILSON 1 20.0% 1 40.0% 5 $23,450 0 0 0 0 $0.54
KELLY SCHWEIDA 1 33.3% 0 33.3% 3 $22,900 0 0 0 0 $2.83
DONNA GRISEDALE 1 100.0% 0 100.0% 1 $15,000 0 0 0 0 $10.00
JACK BRUCE 0 0.0% 6 46.2% 13 $33,910 0 0 0 0 -
MATTHEW HOYSTED 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 8 $8,480 0 0 0 0 -
PAUL SHAILER 0 0.0% 2 33.3% 6 $21,900 0 0 0 0 -
BRETT CAVANOUGH 0 0.0% 2 33.3% 6 $56,125 0 0 0 0 -
CHRIS WALLER 0 0.0% 1 20.0% 5 $11,060 0 0 0 0 -
CHRIS ANDERSON 0 0.0% 1 20.0% 5 $7,150 0 0 0 0 -
ANNABEL & ROB ARCHIBALD 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 $51,500 0 0 0 0 -
GARY DOUGHTY 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 3 $2,760 0 0 0 0 -
GLENN THORNTON 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $1,760 0 0 0 0 -
JOHN SARGENT 0 0.0% 0 0.0% 2 $7,500 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 10.5% 119 30.9% 582 $1,639,248 0 0 1 0 $0.94
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 11.6% 77 35.2% 327 $2,803,456 1 0 0 0 $0.71
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
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
JACK BRUCE 19 14.0% 45 47.1% 136 $753,080 0 0 0 0 $0.54
MATT LAURIE 18 16.8% 31 45.8% 107 $570,569 0 0 0 0 $1.04
MATTHEW DUNN 17 20.5% 15 38.6% 83 $576,005 0 0 0 0 $1.38
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
2024/25 40 9.9% 83 30.4% 405 $2,353,038 0 0 0 0 $0.55
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 1038 10.4% 2048 20.6% 9946 $42,446,433 2 3 7 12 $0.80