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Josh Byrne

80 rides in the lifetime window · 44 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last ride Oct 2015 99% of rides over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
No rides in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
5–80
Wins / Runs
6.3%
Strike rate
n=80
13 (16%)
Placed
1.16
Fair A/E
n=80 · 0.86 incl. margin
−15.50
£1 level stake
n=80 at SP · −19.4%
£45,261
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Riding patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.3% baseline
First ride on the horse · first captured pairing
0%−6.3
n=37 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −37.00
Last-time-out winners · previous run was a win
0%−6.3
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
Fresh horses · 61+ days off
0%−6.3
n=21 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −21.00
When favourite
0%
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Big fields · 14+ runners
6.3%+0.0
n=63 · A/E 1.38 · £1 −4.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.3% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. First rides are the first captured pairing of horse and rider; last-time-out winners are horses whose previous captured run was a win; claiming rides are runs where the rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
On first rides for the horse 0% vs 6.3% · n=37
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 9.7% vs 6.3% · n=31
In Hurdle races 6.6% vs 6.3% · n=76 · A/E 1.25
Descriptive splits ranked by divergence × sample — insight, not instruction. Every angle carries its N; nothing under 30 runs qualifies. Rows within 2pts of the baseline appear only when the market-relative read (Fair A/E) diverges, and show it.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Hurdle 76 5 6.6% −11.50
Chase 3 0 0% −3.00
Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 26 2 7.7% −2.50
Good 23 2 8.7% +12.00
Heavy 20 0 0% −20.00
Good to Soft 7 0 0% −7.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Firm 1 1 100% +5.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Navan 8 0 0% −8.00
Kilbeggan 7 1 14.3% −1.00
Downpatrick 7 0 0% −7.00
Fairyhouse 6 0 0% −6.00
Sligo 4 0 0% −4.00
Punchestown 4 0 0% −4.00
Clonmel 4 0 0% −4.00
Tramore 4 2 50% +22.00
Thurles 3 0 0% −3.00
Roscommon 3 0 0% −3.00
Naas 3 0 0% −3.00
Limerick 3 1 33.3% +3.50
Down Royal 3 0 0% −3.00
Bellewstown 3 1 33.3% +23.00
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 3 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 4 0 0% 0.00 −4.00
2nd–3rd fav 9 1 11.1% 0.78 −2.50
4th–6th fav 18 2 11.1% 1.59 −3.00
7th+ in betting 49 2 4.1% 1.71 −6.00
Fair A/E per band is the tell: near 1.00 the market had it priced right; well above, the wins came where the market didn't expect them.

Rows below n=30 are shown faded — a small sample is a fact, not a trend. Every figure carries its N.

Jumping record

completion over obstacles · same window as header
70.9% completed · 79 obstacle rides (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 3 33.3% 0 0 2 0 0
Hurdle 76 72.4% 3 4 13 1 0
Chases and hurdles only — bumpers have no obstacles, so completion is not a question there. F fell · UR unseated rider · PU pulled up · BD brought down · Oth covers refusals, slip-ups, run-outs and the rare disqualification. Non-runners are excluded throughout. Rows under n=30 are shown faded. A descriptive record, not a tip.

Horses ridden

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Afram Blue (GB) 8 1 4 10 Oct 15
Lucky At Last (IRE) 5 1 1 18 Jul 08
Strolling Home (IRE) 5 2 4 23 Jun 08
Solomons Secret (IRE) 4 1 1 20 Apr 09
Skip The Dip (IRE) 4 0 0 6 Dec 08
Man From The West (IRE) 3 0 1 7 Dec 08
A Thiarna Eistlinn (IRE) 3 0 2 23 Oct 08
Dear Darla (IRE) 3 0 0 3 May 08
Lucky Spring (IRE) 3 0 0 8 Apr 08
Hold Em Cowboy (IRE) 2 0 0 19 Dec 09
What's Up Bett (IRE) 2 0 0 15 Apr 09
Cait Ni Chaonaigh (IRE) 2 0 0 18 Jul 08
All 44 horses ridden in this window. Runs, wins and places only: a strike rate or a return on a handful of runs is noise, so none is quoted per horse — each horse's full record is on its own page.

By month

strike by month, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
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A jumps rider: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Riding for

same window · biggest samples first
TrainerRWSR£1
Irene J Monaghan 29 1 3.4% −12.00
Patrick Martin 24 3 12.5% +17.00
Miss Maura McGuinness 9 1 11.1% −2.50
Patrick Allen 4 0 0% −4.00
Milton Harris 3 0 0% −3.00
Robin Dickin 2 0 0% −2.00
Kevin Morgan 1 0 0% −1.00
David Bridgwater 1 0 0% −1.00
Marc Barber 1 0 0% −1.00
Ms Sue Smith 1 0 0% −1.00
Miss J Lightholder 1 0 0% −1.00
Liam Roche 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
16
Archived wins
£118k
Prize money
2005
Best season · 6 wins
In our archive from its very first year (2005), so this career almost certainly began earlier than our record does. The figures above count 2005 onwards only — what the archive holds, not a full-career total. This card is the full archive census (2005→); the statistics in the header aggregate from 2008 — the floor that guarantees every horse a complete captured career — so this card can legitimately show more wins than the header.
Lucky At Last (IRE) — Seamus Mulvaney Crockafotha Handicap Hurdle (81-109) Bellewstown · Jul 2008
£9,329
Strolling Home (IRE) — Bloomfield House Hotel Hurdle Kilbeggan · Jun 2008
£8,983
Solomons Secret (IRE) — Tramore Amusement Park Maiden Hurdle Tramore · Sep 2008
£6,565
Notable horses
Strolling Home (IRE) Minaad (GER) Summer Lodge (GB) Afram Blue (GB) Silver Samuel (NZ) Suprendre Espere (GB)

Sires of the horses ridden

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Fraam (GB) 11.1% · 1–9
Progeny have won 9.3% of 2,027 runs since 2008 (136 horses).
Flemensfirth (USA) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 11.9% of 17,274 runs since 2008 (1,594 horses).
City Honours (USA) 20% · 1–5
Progeny have won 8% of 1,050 runs since 2008 (125 horses).
Medicean (GB) 40% · 2–5
Progeny have won 10.4% of 9,890 runs since 2008 (682 horses).
Definite Article (GB) 25% · 1–4
Progeny have won 10.5% of 5,617 runs since 2008 (527 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 5.1% from 138. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.3% from 211.
Rudimentary (USA) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 9.2% of 2,114 runs since 2008 (201 horses).
Top line: the rider's own record with each sire's runners (win %, wins–runs), same window as the header; faded under 30 runs. Beneath it: every run by that sire's progeny in our archive since 2008, as at 22 Oct 2026 — what they have done, not a forecast. A going or a distance is named only where at least 100 progeny runs sit 3 or more points from the sire's own win rate. Distance bands cover Flat and jumps together.

The record

latest 50 of 321 · newest first

The latest 50 of 321 archived rides, newest first. The full record runs from 8 January 2005 to 10 October 2015.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
10 Oct 15 Fairyhouse Afram Blue (GB)T: Miss Maura McGuinness Shelbourne Fc Race Day Celebrating 120 Years Today Handicap Hurdle (80-95)20f · Good · 16 ran 2nd 10/1
26 Sep 15 Navan Afram Blue (GB)T: Miss Maura McGuinness N.i. Childrens Hospice Handicap Hurdle (80-95)22f · Good · 27 ran 11th 8/1C
03 Sep 15 Clonmel Afram Blue (GB)T: Miss Maura McGuinness Giantsgrave Handicap Hurdle (80-95)20f · Good · 18 ran 4th 16/1
17 Aug 15 Roscommon Hawk Flight (IRE)T: Miss Maura McGuinness Athleague Maiden Hurdle20.5f · Good · 13 ran PU 33/1
24 Jul 15 Wexford Afram Blue (GB)T: Miss Maura McGuinness Selskar Abbey Handicap Hurdle (80-95)24f · Yielding · 14 ran 9th 12/1
04 Nov 14 Fairyhouse Afram Blue (GB)T: Miss Maura McGuinness Book Your Christmas Party At Fairyhouse December 20th Handicap Hurdle (80-102)20f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran PU 20/1
13 Dec 13 Downpatrick Afram Blue (GB)T: Miss Maura McGuinness Happy Christmas Handicap Hurdle (80-95)21.5f · Good · 15 ran 12th 8/1
10 Nov 13 Limerick Afram Blue (GB)T: Miss Maura McGuinness Limerick Racecourse Punter Pack Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)19f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran 1st 11/2
18 Oct 13 Downpatrick Afram Blue (GB)T: Miss Maura McGuinness Mobile Handicap Hurdle (80-95)22.5f · Soft · 15 ran 2nd 12/1
22 Aug 13 Ffos Las Burnswood (IRE)T: Marc Barber King Size Pools At Totepool.com Handicap HurdleClass 4 · 20f · Good · 9 ran 7th 50/1
20 Oct 11 Thurles Reward Of Faith (IRE)T: Liam Roche Cashel Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 18 ran 13th 66/1
18 Aug 11 Bellewstown Donatis Comet (IRE)T: Patrick Martin Foleys Antiques Supporting The Arkle Memorial Statue Fund Maiden14f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 4th 2/1F
10 Nov 10 Naas Sister Steve (IRE)T: Patrick Martin Racing Again At Naas On 24th November Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft To Heavy · 25 ran 15th 66/1
21 Oct 10 Carlisle Keoghs Bar (IRE)T: Irene J Monaghan Molson Coors Maiden HurdleClass 4 · 24.5f · Good · 5 ran 3rd 5/2
19 Dec 09 Navan Hold Em Cowboy (IRE)T: Patrick Martin 2010 Navan Membership 'the Ideal Christmas Gift' Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 19 ran 12th 25/1
22 Nov 09 Navan Hold Em Cowboy (IRE)T: Patrick Martin Navan Ford E.B.F. Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 20 ran 6th 50/1
01 Oct 09 Sligo Shanghai Star (IRE)T: Patrick Allen Sligo Champion Maiden Hurdle18f · Yielding · 14 ran 10th 16/1
07 Jul 09 Roscommon Anois Na Riamh (IRE)T: Irene J Monaghan Bet On-course With Tote Maiden Hurdle20f · Soft · 18 ran 5th 16/1
20 Apr 09 Tramore Solomons Secret (IRE)T: Irene J Monaghan Saltan Properties Handicap Hurdle (81-109)16f · Good · 16 ran 16th 20/1
15 Apr 09 Fairyhouse What's Up Bett (IRE)T: Irene J Monaghan Ballyhack Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft · 24 ran 20th 50/1

Drawn from the whole archive (2005 onwards), so it can include runs outside the window the header statistics cover. Non-runners are not listed. A finish shown in letters is a non-completion (F fell · UR unseated · PU pulled up · BD brought down).

Quick answers

What is Josh Byrne's strike rate?
Josh Byrne has won 5 of 80 rides since 2008, a strike rate of 6.3% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Josh Byrne's Fair A/E?
1.16, from 80 rides with a computed fair probability since 2008. Fair A/E compares actual wins with a margin-stripped market expectation, so 1.00 is par: above it the wins came at bigger prices than the margin-free market implied, below it they did not.
Fair A/E compares wins with a margin-stripped market expectation. Favourite-heavy samples — top yards, leading riders — naturally read a few points warm, so 1.05 means "beat the margin-free market read", not "the market underrates this by 5%". Three sample sizes are reported and never blended: runs (n), the ROI basis (n at SP), and the fair-A/E basis (n with a computed fair probability).

Strike rate is wins over all runs (n). ROI is £1 level stakes at SP over runs with a parseable price (n at SP). Fair A/E is wins over margin-stripped market expectation, over runs with a computed fair probability (n fair). The three Ns can legitimately differ and are always shown. Figures as at 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).