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Trainer profile

A. J. Martin

1,092 runners in the last 5 seasons · 127 individual horses
As at 24 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Non-runners: 20.4% of 270 declared in the last 365 days, counting all recorded withdrawals, including reserves. For context, a typical day across all racing ends with about 6.5% withdrawn (middle half 5.3–8.1% over 364 racing days). As at 24 Oct 2026.
Last runner yesterday
from 1 Jan 2022
84–1,092
Wins / Runs
7.7%
Strike rate
n=1,092
244 (22%)
Placed
1.02
n=1,090 · 0.81 incl. margin
−373.94
£1 level stake
n=1,092 at SP · −34.2%
£1.93m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
7.4%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 220 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 8% of them — level with the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.02). In Group and Graded company the record reads 11% (46 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,092 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 24 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires May–Aug 22% when favourite Peter Carberry: 5% from 160 Claiming riders: 7.9% Group/Graded: 10.9% Sends off the favourite in 9% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Dundalk (AW) (15.2%, n=92), clear of the yard's 7.7% baseline. In Group and Graded company the record reads well at 10.9% (n=46, Fair A/E 2.60), but new recruits from other stables on their first run struggle at 1.7% (n=60, Fair A/E 0.31). Peter Carberry rides 15% of the entries and sits below the yard's average (5% vs 7.7%, A/E 0.81). The yard also reads well on Standard (AW) going (15%, n=100). The record reads poorly on Heavy going — 0% over 152 runners, 7.7pts below the baseline. 50 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Guinness Galway Hurdle Handicap at Galway (IRE) (Jul 2015, £180,500). The stable star of the record: Ted Veale (IRE) — 11 wins from 56 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires May–Aug.

Written from the figures on this page — every claim carries its sample. Descriptive, not a tip.

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.7% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
4.9%−2.8
n=244 · A/E 0.88 · £1 −122.09
New recruits · first run for the yard
1.7%−6.0
n=60 · A/E 0.31 · £1 −53.00
Debutants · first career start
1.8%−5.9
n=57 · A/E 0.55 · £1 −47.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
2.1%−5.6
n=48 · A/E 0.28 · £1 −38.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
1.7%−6.0
n=60 · A/E 0.22 · £1 −52.00
When favourite
22%
n=100 · A/E 0.87 · £1 −35.40
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
7.9%+0.2
n=228 · A/E 1.11 · £1 −21.83
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
10.9%+3.2
n=46 · A/E 2.60 · £1 +20.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.7% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. Headgear figures use the true-first definition (first gear appearance in the captured career); returns are gear back on after a bare run. Claiming riders are runs where the booked rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
On Heavy going 0% vs 7.7% · n=152
At Dundalk (AW) 15.2% vs 7.7% · n=92
On Standard (AW) going 15% vs 7.7% · n=100
With C&D winners 15.3% vs 7.7% · n=72
With Ben Coen 13.8% vs 7.7% · n=80
With N G McCullagh 0% vs 7.7% · n=30
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 478 34 7.1% −191.43
Flat 463 37 8% −127.65
Chase 114 9 7.9% −64.24
NH Flat 37 4 10.8% +9.38

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 415 30 7.2% −106.82
Good 245 30 12.2% +22.18
Good to Soft 168 8 4.8% −124.42
Heavy 152 0 0% −152.00
Standard (AW) 100 15 15% −10.38
Good to Firm 12 1 8.3% −2.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Fairyhouse 98 9 9.2% −31.52
Dundalk (AW) 92 14 15.2% −5.13
Navan 78 2 2.6% −72.12
Punchestown 76 5 6.6% −37.75
Leopardstown 72 2 2.8% −51.50
Down Royal 59 5 8.5% −7.12
Galway 56 5 8.9% +17.00
Curragh 56 5 8.9% +49.00
Cork 54 2 3.7% −41.00
Naas 45 1 2.2% −38.50
Killarney 42 2 4.8% −36.12
Limerick 37 3 8.1% −21.09
Listowel 31 3 9.7% −20.00
Gowran Park 30 1 3.3% −23.50
Tipperary 24 1 4.2% −14.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 52 6 11.5% +24.00
Class 2 34 3 8.8% −1.17
Class 3 20 3 15% −12.33
Class 5 8 1 12.5% −5.25
Class 4 7 1 14.3% +6.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 118 24 20.3% 0.84 −44.40
2nd–3rd fav 156 23 14.7% 1.04 −20.54
4th–6th fav 252 23 9.1% 1.22 −43.00
7th+ in betting 566 14 2.5% 1.11 −266.00
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.

Horses trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Pralognan (FR)from Daniela Mele 28 2 9 23 Oct 26
Jackie Brown (IRE)then Adrian Wintle 28 2 6 28 Jan 26
Movie King (IRE)then V C Ward 26 2 9 11 Sep 25
Read To Return (IRE) 25 2 7 1 May 25
Putapoundinthejar (IRE) 23 6 9 11 Oct 26
Zanndabad (IRE)from F-H Graffard 23 2 7 27 Sep 26
En Or (FR)from F Head 23 2 7 19 Sep 26
Secret Rock (IRE)then Cian Collins 23 3 6 29 Oct 25
Rebellious Gale (IRE) 23 1 6 1 Oct 25
Orandi (FR)from I Elarre Alvarez 22 4 7 17 Oct 26
Alphonse Le Grande (IRE)from R P Cody 22 3 4 10 Oct 26
Elle Dorado Rock (IRE) 22 2 4 26 Apr 25
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 127 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 6 times. Horses with fewer runs aren't listed; search finds any horse since 2005. 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.
Where they came from · where they went next

Of the 60 horses listed, 22 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Cian Collins (2) and J-C Rouget (2); 38 had their first archived run for this yard.

17 have since run for another yard, most often for Mrs C O'Leary (5); 43 have no later run for another yard in our archive.

Read from each listed horse's whole archived career (2005 onwards), not only this window, and counted over the horses listed above, not the whole string. “First archived run” means our archive holds nothing earlier, not that the horse was unraced. A horse with no later run elsewhere may still be here, be off the track, or have run somewhere our archive does not cover — none of that is asserted.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample
0 from 12
Only 12 runners in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

When the yard fires

strike by month, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
1187691112108484
Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderPeter Carberry
15% of all rides
5% SR · A/E 0.81
RiderRWSR£1
Peter Carberry 160 8 5% −100.00
Daniel King 121 10 8.3% −61.26
Ben Coen 80 11 13.8% −8.40
Robbie Colgan 69 5 7.2% +8.50
Liam McKenna 37 4 10.8% +8.91
Colin Keane 36 2 5.6% −21.62
Seamie Heffernan 35 4 11.4% −16.00
Phillip Enright 34 2 5.9% −24.12
Kevin Sexton 34 4 11.8% +27.00
N G McCullagh 30 0 0% −30.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
616
Archived wins
50
Pattern / graded wins
£13.2m
Prize money
2007
Best season · 55 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.
Quick Jack (IRE) — Guinness Galway Hurdle Handicap Galway (IRE) · Jul 2015 · Grade A
£180,500
Tudor City (IRE) — Guinness Galway Hurdle Handicap (Grade A) Galway · Aug 2019 · Grade A
£177,000
Heartbreak City (FR) — Betfred Ebor Heritage Handicap York · Aug 2016 · Class 2
£174,300

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Fascinating Rock (IRE) 7.9% · 5–63
Progeny have won 9.4% of 1,113 runs since 2008 (101 horses).
Sea The Stars (IRE) 11.4% · 4–35
Progeny have won 15.7% of 9,945 runs since 2008 (1,112 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 18.9% from 1,503. Weakest on Heavy going: 9.2% from 455. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.5% from 139.
Fame And Glory (GB) 12.1% · 4–33
Progeny have won 12.5% of 6,204 runs since 2008 (504 horses).
Dariyan (FR) 6.3% · 2–32
Progeny have won 6% of 1,114 runs since 2008 (140 horses).
Atlantic Waves (IRE) 0% · 0–30
Progeny have won 3.9% of 76 runs since 2008 (7 horses).
Dabirsim (FR) 7.1% · 2–28
Progeny have won 7.4% of 4,141 runs since 2008 (448 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 3.9% from 254. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 209. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 2.8% from 144.
Top line: the yard'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 24 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 6,632 · newest first

The latest 50 of 6,632 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 15 January 2005 to 23 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
23 Oct 26 Sligo (IRE) Goin' (GB)J: Daniel King End Of An Era Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran 6th 6/1
17 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Zuzukel (FR)J: Daniel King Master Chefs Handicap Hurdle17f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 11th 33/1
04 Oct 26 Longchamp (FR) Orandi (FR)J: C. Soumillon Qatar Prix de la Place de l'EtoileClass 1 · 10f · Good To Soft · 18 ran 13th 4/1

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 A. J. Martin's strike rate?
A. J. Martin has won 84 of 1,092 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 7.7% (as at 24 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does A. J. Martin do best at?
Dundalk (AW) by strike rate: 14 wins from 92 runners (15.2%) since 2022. Read from the 15 courses with the most runners on the same basis, and only those with at least 30 — a small sample cannot top the list, and a rarely-visited course is not in the comparison.
Who rides most for A. J. Martin?
Peter Carberry, with 160 runners since 2022 — 15% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (5%).
Is A. J. Martin in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 12 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is A. J. Martin's Fair A/E?
1.02, from 1,090 runners with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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 24 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).