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Trainer profile

A J McNamara

917 runners in the lifetime window · 126 individual horses
As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Nov 2021
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
No runners 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.
35–917
Wins / Runs
3.8%
Strike rate
n=917
110 (12%)
Placed
0.80
Fair A/E
n=917 · 0.61 incl. margin
−512.29
£1 level stake
n=917 at SP · −55.9%
£402k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
5%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 70 runners a season, winning with 4% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.80).

Deterministic profile computed from 917 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 29 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Mar–May Andrew J McNamara: 6.4% from 157 Claiming riders: 4%
The read

The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 1.9% strike, Fair A/E 0.45 and −110.00 to a £1 stake over 155 runners — those runners underperformed what the price implied. Andrew J McNamara rode 17% of the entries and edges the yard's average (6.4% vs 3.8%, A/E 1.05) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also read well on Good to Soft going (8.5%, n=59) and over 2m5f – 3m (7.5%, n=134). The record read poorly over 1m2f – 1m4f — 0% over 52 runners, 3.8pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard off a 61-180-day break: Fair A/E 0.20 across 111 runners (0.9% strike, −105.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied. The stable star of the record was D's Trix (IRE) — 5 wins from 43 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fired Mar–May.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 3.8% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
1.9%−1.9
n=155 · A/E 0.45 · £1 −110.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−3.8
n=25 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −25.00
Debutants · first career start
1.1%−2.7
n=88 · A/E 0.42 · £1 −71.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
3.4%−0.4
n=29 · A/E 1.00 · £1 −18.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−3.8
n=24 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −24.00
When favourite
20%
n=20 · A/E 1.03 · £1 −7.29
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
4%+0.2
n=398 · A/E 0.82 · £1 −207.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−3.8
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 3.8% 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
With Darragh O'Keeffe 10.4% vs 3.8% · n=48
With Emmet McNamara 9.4% vs 3.8% · n=32
On Good to Soft going 8.5% vs 3.8% · n=59
Over 2m5f – 3m 7.5% vs 3.8% · n=134
Over 1m2f – 1m4f 0% vs 3.8% · n=52
Off a 61-180-day break 0.9% vs 3.8% · n=111
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 546 21 3.8% −312.12
Flat 182 5 2.7% −110.00
Chase 119 7 5.9% −41.67
NH Flat 70 2 2.9% −48.50

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 306 10 3.3% −169.12
Heavy 247 11 4.5% −125.00
Good 206 6 2.9% −153.00
Good to Firm 74 3 4.1% −52.67
Good to Soft 59 5 8.5% +12.50
Standard (AW) 14 0 0% −14.00
Firm 11 0 0% −11.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Limerick 173 10 5.8% −67.50
Cork 147 4 2.7% −115.00
Clonmel 87 2 2.3% −72.00
Tramore 62 4 6.5% −19.67
Listowel 59 2 3.4% −32.00
Thurles 56 2 3.6% −37.00
Killarney 52 2 3.8% −22.00
Tipperary 49 3 6.1% +32.00
Kilbeggan 25 2 8% −12.50
Galway 24 1 4.2% −17.00
Ballinrobe 23 1 4.3% −20.62
Gowran Park 19 0 0% −19.00
Sligo 18 0 0% −18.00
Naas 16 0 0% −16.00
Fairyhouse 15 0 0% −15.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 10 0 0% −10.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 32 8 25% 1.37 +2.71
2nd–3rd fav 68 5 7.4% 0.61 −39.00
4th–6th fav 183 10 5.5% 0.78 −93.00
7th+ in betting 634 12 1.9% 0.71 −383.00
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
85.7% completed · 665 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 119 81.5% 5 5 12 0 0
Hurdle 546 86.6% 6 5 57 3 2
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 trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Still Alive (GB) 54 2 9 15 Sep 21
D's Trix (IRE) 43 5 10 5 Apr 12
Kilderry Prince (IRE)from Paul Duggan 36 3 4 14 Sep 20
Just Call Me (IRE) 32 2 4 17 Aug 20
Peccatorum (IRE) 32 2 7 31 Aug 12
Stolberg (IRE)then Dai Williams 30 4 8 16 Apr 17
Lessofdnegativity (IRE)then Andrew McNamara 29 3 5 24 Oct 21
Drombeg Dawn (IRE) 27 3 9 25 Mar 12
Wilde 'n Wide (IRE) 22 0 2 30 Oct 17
Mellow Manner (IRE) 19 1 3 5 Jul 13
Quantum Reach (IRE) 18 0 1 13 Oct 15
Glenquin Castle (IRE) 17 2 7 27 Dec 09
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 126 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 4 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, 14 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from D K Weld (2) and Mrs Prunella Dobbs (2); 46 had their first archived run for this yard.

9 have since run for another yard, most often for Andrew McNamara (2); 51 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.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime
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448662534114
A jumps yard: the season runs Oct–Apr. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderAndrew J McNamara
17% of all rides
6.4% SR · A/E 1.05
RiderRWSR£1
Andrew J McNamara 157 10 6.4% −51.29
Darragh O'Keeffe 48 5 10.4% +33.50
Robbie McNamara 39 1 2.6% −34.50
Emmet McNamara 32 3 9.4% +5.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
51
Archived wins
£637k
Prize money
2006
Best season · 7 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.
Drombeg Dawn (IRE) — www.thetote.com Irish Lincolnshire (Premier Handicap) Curragh · Mar 2011
£36,000
City Of Sails (IRE) — Clonmel Oil Service Station Handicap Hurdle Clonmel · Nov 2006
£19,530
Glenquin Castle (IRE) — John Mulholland Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle (81-123) Galway · Oct 2008
£14,648
Notable horses
D's Trix (IRE) Stolberg (IRE) Kilderry Prince (IRE) Lessofdnegativity (IRE) Drombeg Dawn (IRE) Glenquin Castle (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Thewayyouare (USA) 3.7% · 2–54
Progeny have won 8.3% of 2,152 runs since 2008 (166 horses).
Quws (GB) 11.6% · 5–43
Progeny have won 6.6% of 824 runs since 2008 (72 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 10.5% from 105.
Snurge (IRE) 4.9% · 2–41
Progeny have won 8.8% of 1,506 runs since 2008 (135 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 12.5% from 176. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.8% from 520.
Big Bad Bob (IRE) 5.1% · 2–39
Progeny have won 8.8% of 4,568 runs since 2008 (314 horses).
High Chaparral (IRE) 5.3% · 2–38
Progeny have won 10.3% of 8,730 runs since 2008 (682 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.2% from 419.
Marignan (USA) 8.3% · 3–36
Progeny have won 6.3% of 554 runs since 2008 (63 horses).
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 29 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 1,366 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,366 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 6 January 2005 to 2 November 2021.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
02 Nov 21 Fairyhouse Colman's Courage (IRE)J: Denis O'Regan BARONERACING.COM Winter Festival Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)20f · Yielding · 16 ran 7th 25/1
31 Oct 21 Cork Kingslayer (FR)J: Jonathan Moore Paddy's Super Enhancements Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft · 20 ran 10th 125/1
25 Oct 21 Galway Heer Today (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Corrib Food Products Maiden7f · Heavy · 10 ran 6th 200/1
25 Oct 21 Wexford Kingslayer (FR)J: Darragh O'Keeffe BetVictor Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Heavy · 13 ran 6th 200/1
24 Oct 21 Galway Lessofdnegativity (IRE)J: Conor Orr Glenman Corporation Handicap Chase (0-109)22.5f · Heavy · 13 ran 7th 14/1
19 Oct 21 Gowran Park Heer Today (IRE)J: Emmet McNamara Gowran Park Racing Club Fillies Maiden12f · Soft To Heavy · 16 ran 15th 300/1
14 Oct 21 Tramore Colman's Courage (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Ardmore Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Good · 15 ran 7th 125/1
09 Oct 21 Limerick Tory Reel (IRE)J: Joe Doyle Follow Limerick Racecourse On Twitter Maiden7f · Heavy · 16 ran 13th 200/1
07 Oct 21 Thurles Heer Today (IRE)J: Emmet McNamara Racing Again October 21st Maiden8f · Yielding · 13 ran 11th 100/1
04 Oct 21 Tipperary Tory Reel (IRE)J: W J Lee Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden9f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran 13th 66/1
03 Oct 21 Killarney Lessofdnegativity (IRE)J: Jonathan Moore BoyleSports Now Hiring Nationwide Handicap Chase (0-102)23f · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran 7th 18/1
01 Oct 21 Gowran Park Kingslayer (FR)J: Jonathan Moore BetVictor Joe Bollard Memorial Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)16f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 7th 16/1
15 Sep 21 Sligo Lessofdnegativity (IRE)J: Mark McDonagh Riverstown Handicap Chase (0-95)25.5f · Good · 15 ran 3rd 25/1
15 Sep 21 Sligo Still Alive (GB)J: Mark McDonagh Owenmore Handicap Chase (0-102)20f · Good · 11 ran 3rd 16/1
10 Sep 21 Ballinrobe Daicheadacuig (IRE)J: Jack Foley Burkes Clonbur Handicap Hurdle (80-116)22f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 12th 33/1
20 Aug 21 Kilbeggan Glennanar (IRE)J: Tom Kelly Greville Arms Hotel Mullingar Handicap Chase (0-95) (Div 1)25f · Yielding · 14 ran 13th 25/1
20 Aug 21 Kilbeggan Daicheadacuig (IRE)J: Jack Foley Bloomfield House Hotel Handicap Hurdle (80-109)18f · Yielding · 16 ran 3rd 12/1
15 Aug 21 Tramore Still Alive (GB)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Frank Gillane Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran 7th 17/2
02 Aug 21 Cork Daicheadacuig (IRE)J: Jack Foley Kanturk Handicap Hurdle (80-109)19f · Yielding · 15 ran 7th 14/1
22 Jul 21 Limerick Still Alive (GB)J: Jack Foley Knocklong Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)16f · Good · 18 ran 6th 16/1

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 McNamara's strike rate?
A J McNamara has won 35 of 917 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 3.8% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does A J McNamara do best at?
Tramore by strike rate: 4 wins from 62 runners (6.5%) since 2008. 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 McNamara?
Andrew J McNamara, with 157 runners since 2008 — 17% of the total. That pairing has won 10 (6.4%).
What is A J McNamara's Fair A/E?
0.80, from 917 runners 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 29 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).