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Limerick racecourse statistics

Every runner at Limerick in our archive since January 2005: who wins here, how favourites fare, the biggest-priced winners, the draw and the angles that have paid at SP.

Figures as at 20 Oct 2026, 12:58 · last meeting in our archive 18 Oct 2026

Covers 13 January 2005 – 20 October 2026

2,883races · 401 meetings
34,860runners · 20,969 horses
33.3%favourites won · 1,046 of 3,137Last 12 months: 33.3% (58 of 174)
125/1biggest-priced winner · An Forghas (IRE)

In brief

as at 20 Oct 2026

Limerick has staged 2,883 races over 401 meetings in our archive since January 2005, with 34,860 runners.

Favourites have won 33.3% of their runs here (1,046 from 3,137), a level-stakes P/L of −214.24 points to a £1 stake at SP.

W P Mullins has the most winners here (208 from 636 runners, 32.7%). It is also the best win rate among yards with 30 or more runners.

Paul Townend has the most winners here (74 from 284 rides, 26.1%). Among riders with 30 or more rides, Mr P W Mullins has the best win rate: 38.8% (50 from 129).

No trip here shows the lowest and highest thirds of the stalls more than 3 points apart on 100 or more runs each.

No angle here has made a level-stakes profit at SP in both periods we test.

Favourites and the market

by starting-price rank

Favourites have won 33.3% of their runs here (1,046 from 3,137), a level-stakes P/L of −214.24 points to a £1 stake at SP.

Position in the bettingRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FavouriteRuns 3,137Won 1,046Win 33.3%£1 −214.24A/E 1.17
2nd–3rd in the bettingRuns 5,987Won 924Win 15.4%£1 −1,122.46A/E 1.06
4th–6th in the bettingRuns 8,803Won 573Win 6.5%£1 −2,747.00A/E 0.93
7th or biggerRuns 16,933Won 344Win 2.0%£1 −9,649.50A/E 0.69

Favourites by race type

RacesRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
HurdleRuns 1,478Won 505Win 34.2%£1 −54.15A/E 1.21
FlatRuns 754Won 227Win 30.1%£1 −97.00A/E 1.08
ChaseRuns 654Won 223Win 34.1%£1 −43.22A/E 1.19
NH FlatRuns 251Won 91Win 36.3%£1 −19.87A/E 1.19

Favourites by going

GoingRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
FirmRuns 17Won 3Win 17.6%£1 −9.75A/E 0.70
Good to FirmRuns 204Won 64Win 31.4%£1 −2.65A/E 1.18
GoodRuns 737Won 216Win 29.3%£1 −89.70A/E 1.08
Good to SoftRuns 133Won 48Win 36.1%£1 +2.96A/E 1.30
SoftRuns 870Won 310Win 35.6%£1 −14.27A/E 1.26
HeavyRuns 1,176Won 405Win 34.4%£1 −100.83A/E 1.16

Favourites include joint favourites. Dimmed rows have fewer than 30 runs. Fair A/E compares wins with a margin-stripped market expectation at SP. Favourite-heavy samples naturally read a few points warm, so 1.05 means "beat the margin-free market read", not "the market underrates this by 5%". £1 P/L is level stakes at SP.

Trainers

since 2005

W P Mullins has the most winners here (208 from 636 runners, 32.7%). It is also the best win rate among yards with 30 or more runners.

Most winners

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
W P MullinsRuns 636Won 208Win 32.7%£1 −5.12A/E 1.21
Gordon ElliottRuns 749Won 111Win 14.8%£1 −226.66A/E 0.93
E McNamaraRuns 799Won 85Win 10.6%£1 −147.09A/E 1.17
Henry De BromheadRuns 508Won 78Win 15.4%£1 −97.21A/E 1.03
C ByrnesRuns 467Won 73Win 15.6%£1 −11.84A/E 1.22
Joseph Patrick O'BrienRuns 368Won 66Win 17.9%£1 −46.37A/E 1.13
Mrs J. HarringtonRuns 442Won 63Win 14.3%£1 −126.46A/E 1.12
Paul NolanRuns 433Won 62Win 14.3%£1 −35.57A/E 1.31
A P O'BrienRuns 188Won 55Win 29.3%£1 +10.82A/E 1.30
E J O'GradyRuns 339Won 45Win 13.3%£1 −116.77A/E 1.13

Ordered by winners here; a tie goes to the fewer runners.

Best win %

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
W P MullinsRuns 636Won 208Win 32.7%£1 −5.12A/E 1.21
A P O'BrienRuns 188Won 55Win 29.3%£1 +10.82A/E 1.30
John M OxxRuns 87Won 18Win 20.7%£1 −11.92A/E 1.15
Peter CaseyRuns 41Won 8Win 19.5%£1 +13.50A/E 2.04
R P CodyRuns 31Won 6Win 19.4%£1 +17.25A/E 1.68
Kevin PrendergastRuns 109Won 21Win 19.3%£1 −13.07A/E 1.24
D K WeldRuns 211Won 39Win 18.5%£1 −68.52A/E 1.04
Emmet MullinsRuns 44Won 8Win 18.2%£1 −7.24A/E 0.98
Joseph Patrick O'BrienRuns 368Won 66Win 17.9%£1 −46.37A/E 1.13
John E KielyRuns 67Won 12Win 17.9%£1 −9.14A/E 1.26

Ordered by win rate, among those with 30 or more runners here; a tie goes to the bigger sample.

Beat the market

TrainerRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
James Daniel DulleaRuns 85Won 11Win 12.9%£1 +41.33A/E 2.35
William P MurphyRuns 62Won 8Win 12.9%£1 +40.00A/E 1.87
Aengus KingRuns 58Won 5Win 8.6%£1 +37.00A/E 1.85
Rodger SweeneyRuns 84Won 9Win 10.7%£1 +22.00A/E 1.75
Kieran PurcellRuns 101Won 12Win 11.9%£1 +14.03A/E 1.70
J P DempseyRuns 57Won 9Win 15.8%£1 +39.50A/E 1.70
Mark FaheyRuns 58Won 7Win 12.1%£1 +56.00A/E 1.62
Mrs Prunella DobbsRuns 57Won 7Win 12.3%£1 −10.14A/E 1.50
J MotherwayRuns 58Won 7Win 12.1%£1 −6.27A/E 1.44
E BolgerRuns 68Won 12Win 17.6%£1 +5.55A/E 1.44

Ordered by fair A/E, among those with 50 or more runners at a fair price here: above 1.00, their winners came at bigger prices than the margin-free market expected.

£1 P/L is level stakes at SP. Dimmed rows have fewer than 30 runners.

Jockeys

since 2005

Paul Townend has the most winners here (74 from 284 rides, 26.1%). Among riders with 30 or more rides, Mr P W Mullins has the best win rate: 38.8% (50 from 129).

Most winners

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Paul TownendRuns 284Won 74Win 26.1%£1 −11.53A/E 1.27
Davy RussellRuns 398Won 68Win 17.1%£1 −63.81A/E 1.01
R WalshRuns 279Won 65Win 23.3%£1 −47.69A/E 1.13
Phillip EnrightRuns 687Won 51Win 7.4%£1 −149.64A/E 1.03
Mr P W MullinsRuns 129Won 50Win 38.8%£1 +23.00A/E 1.34
Danny MullinsRuns 328Won 46Win 14.0%£1 −81.92A/E 1.13
Sean FlanaganRuns 510Won 45Win 8.8%£1 −106.44A/E 1.04
Chris HayesRuns 335Won 43Win 12.8%£1 +33.96A/E 1.14
Mark WalshRuns 268Won 40Win 14.9%£1 −81.56A/E 1.11
A E LynchRuns 323Won 35Win 10.8%£1 −106.23A/E 1.12

Ordered by winners here; a tie goes to the fewer rides.

Best win %

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Mr P W MullinsRuns 129Won 50Win 38.8%£1 +23.00A/E 1.34
Paul TownendRuns 284Won 74Win 26.1%£1 −11.53A/E 1.27
Dylan Browne McMonagleRuns 77Won 19Win 24.7%£1 +9.41A/E 1.56
Donnacha O'BrienRuns 45Won 11Win 24.4%£1 +0.35A/E 1.22
Miss J TownendRuns 41Won 10Win 24.4%£1 −6.52A/E 1.17
Ms K WalshRuns 77Won 18Win 23.4%£1 +15.06A/E 1.62
R WalshRuns 279Won 65Win 23.3%£1 −47.69A/E 1.13
Mr M N DoranRuns 35Won 8Win 22.9%£1 +4.58A/E 2.27
Joseph O'BrienRuns 34Won 7Win 20.6%£1 −12.89A/E 1.01
Emmet MullinsRuns 99Won 19Win 19.2%£1 −24.84A/E 1.34

Ordered by win rate, among those with 30 or more rides here; a tie goes to the bigger sample.

Beat the market

JockeyRunsWonWin %£1 P/LFair A/E
Gearoid BrouderRuns 56Won 7Win 12.5%£1 −12.00A/E 2.45
Ross CoakleyRuns 62Won 8Win 12.9%£1 −7.87A/E 1.91
Mr R J KielyRuns 70Won 10Win 14.3%£1 +12.25A/E 1.90
Conor OrrRuns 59Won 7Win 11.9%£1 +23.91A/E 1.88
Danny GilliganRuns 62Won 10Win 16.1%£1 +11.13A/E 1.72
Alain CawleyRuns 117Won 15Win 12.8%£1 +10.80A/E 1.67
Ms K WalshRuns 77Won 18Win 23.4%£1 +15.06A/E 1.62
Ryan TreacyRuns 175Won 14Win 8.0%£1 −29.75A/E 1.62
S J HassettRuns 95Won 7Win 7.4%£1 +2.38A/E 1.61
Robbie McNamaraRuns 72Won 13Win 18.1%£1 −6.70A/E 1.61

Ordered by fair A/E, among those with 50 or more rides at a fair price here: above 1.00, their winners came at bigger prices than the margin-free market expected.

£1 P/L is level stakes at SP. Dimmed rows have fewer than 30 rides.

Course specialists

3+ wins here

Jack Absolute (IRE) has won here 6 times from 13 runs, more than any other horse since January 2005.

Biggest-priced winners

at starting price

The biggest-priced winner here since January 2005 was An Forghas (IRE) at 125/1 on 27 December 2021.

The draw

Flat, 8+ runners

No trip here shows the lowest and highest thirds of the stalls more than 3 points apart on 100 or more runs each.

6f – 7f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 762Won 69Win 9.1%Place 24.4%A/E 1.13
Middle thirdRuns 830Won 55Win 6.6%Place 23.3%A/E 0.80
High thirdRuns 1,038Won 88Win 8.5%Place 26.2%A/E 1.07

1m – 1m1f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 545Won 36Win 6.6%Place 20.0%A/E 0.88
Middle thirdRuns 576Won 40Win 6.9%Place 25.0%A/E 0.90
High thirdRuns 787Won 69Win 8.8%Place 26.2%A/E 1.15

1m2f – 1m4f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 577Won 44Win 7.6%Place 23.6%A/E 0.96
Middle thirdRuns 630Won 57Win 9.0%Place 28.6%A/E 1.10
High thirdRuns 874Won 65Win 7.4%Place 24.1%A/E 0.95

1m5f – 2m

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 2Won 0Win 0.0%Place 50.0%A/E 0.00
Middle thirdRuns 3Won 0Win 0.0%Place 33.3%A/E 0.00
High thirdRuns 6Won 1Win 16.7%Place 16.7%A/E 1.86

2m1f – 2m4f

StallsRunsWonWin %Place %Fair A/E
Low thirdRuns 42Won 2Win 4.8%Place 14.3%A/E 0.73
Middle thirdRuns 50Won 6Win 12.0%Place 34.0%A/E 1.44
High thirdRuns 62Won 6Win 9.7%Place 27.4%A/E 0.99

Stall number as a share of the field: low is the lowest third of the stalls. Flat races with 8 or more runners. Fair A/E near 1.00 means the market had already priced the draw in.

Angles that have paid

at SP, two periods

Past results at starting price, not a forecast. Each angle made a £1 level-stakes profit in both periods (Jan 2005 – Sep 2021, and since Oct 2021), with at least 100 SP-priced runs and 10 winners in all, and is still in profit with its single biggest winner taken out. The same on every view of this page.

No angle at Limerick clears those tests. Nothing here has paid consistently at SP — which is itself worth knowing.

Quick answers

How do favourites do at Limerick?

Favourites (joint favourites included) have won 1,046 of 3,137 runs at Limerick since January 2005 — 33.3%, a £1 level-stakes P/L of −214.24 points at SP (as at 20 Oct 2026).

Which trainer has the most winners at Limerick?

W P Mullins, with 208 winners from 636 runners (32.7%) since January 2005.

Which jockey has ridden the most winners at Limerick?

Paul Townend, with 74 winners from 284 rides (26.1%) since January 2005.

Which trainer has the best strike rate at Limerick?

Among yards with 30 or more runners here since January 2005, W P Mullins has the best win rate: 32.7% (208 from 636).

Which jockey has the best strike rate at Limerick?

Among riders with 30 or more rides here since January 2005, Mr P W Mullins has the best win rate: 38.8% (50 from 129).

Which horses have won most at Limerick?

The leading course winners since January 2005: Jack Absolute (IRE) (6 from 13), Happy Dreams (FR) (5 from 9), Mr Cracker (IRE) (4 from 6).

What is the biggest-priced winner at Limerick?

An Forghas (IRE) at 125/1 on 27 December 2021 in the Download The Boylesports App Flat Race — the biggest starting price among Limerick winners since January 2005.

Is there a draw bias at Limerick?

No trip at Limerick shows the lowest and highest thirds of the stalls more than 3 points apart on samples of 100 or more runs each, in Flat races of 8 or more runners since January 2005.

About Limerick

checked October 2026

Layout and key facts

  • Where: Greenmount Park, Patrickswell, about seven miles south-west of Limerick city — Flat and jumps, turf. Opened in 2001.
  • Shape: Right-handed and galloping, about 1m3f round, with a long uphill run to the line.

Going and the seasons

  • Winter: Heavy ground is common from November to February, including the Christmas Festival.
  • Summer: The Flat fixtures usually race on good to yielding ground.

Signature races and fixtures

  • Christmas Festival (26–29 December): Four days of jumps racing, with a Grade 1 novice chase as the feature.
  • Flat: The Munster Oaks (1m4f) in June and the Martin Molony Stakes in the summer.
  • Easter: A jumps fixture at the Easter weekend.

Practical notes

  • Getting there: Off the M20 and N21 at Patrickswell with parking on site; by rail to Limerick and a taxi.
  • Viewing: The modern stands look straight down the finishing climb.

These notes are written and checked by KTB (last checked October 2026); the statistics above are computed from our results archive. Check the course's own site for fixtures, going and travel before you go.