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Aengus King

504 runners in the lifetime window · 25 individual horses
As at 30 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner yesterday
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
32–504
Wins / Runs
6.3%
Strike rate
n=504
86 (17%)
Placed
1.28
Fair A/E
n=504 · 1.03 incl. margin
+27.33
£1 level stake
n=504 at SP · +5.4%
£330k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
6.3%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, winning with 6% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.28). Horses with headgear back on after a bare run strike at 9% (34 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 504 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 30 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Mar–Apr Headgear returns: 8.8% Claiming riders: 7%
The read

The record is strongest at Wexford (15.8%, n=38), clear of the yard's 6.3% baseline. It is weakest at Punchestown (0% over 32 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 3% (n=67, Fair A/E 0.96). Runners with a claiming rider up are the standout value angle: 7% strikes only just above baseline, but Fair A/E 1.48 and +123.00 to a £1 stake over 355 runners — a record the market has persistently underpriced. The yard also reads well off a 15-30-day break (10.2%, n=128). The record reads poorly over 1m2f – 1m4f — 0% over 31 runners, 6.3pts below the baseline. The stable star of the record: Capture The Drama (IRE) — 10 wins from 113 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Mar–Apr.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.3% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
3%−3.3
n=67 · A/E 0.96 · £1 +47.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
12.5%+6.2
n=8 · A/E 7.50 · £1 +33.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−6.3
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
9.1%+2.8
n=11 · A/E 1.98 · £1 −4.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
8.8%+2.5
n=34 · A/E 2.59 · £1 +8.00
When favourite
9.1%
n=11 · A/E 0.39 · £1 −7.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
7%+0.7
n=355 · A/E 1.48 · £1 +123.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−6.3
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00

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. 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
At Wexford 15.8% vs 6.3% · n=38
With Andrew Ring 12.2% vs 6.3% · n=41
At Punchestown 0% vs 6.3% · n=32
Over 1m2f – 1m4f 0% vs 6.3% · n=31
Off a 15-30-day break 10.2% vs 6.3% · n=128
With C&D winners 10.7% vs 6.3% · n=56
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 213 12 5.6% +79.33
Chase 173 15 8.7% −22.00
Flat 102 5 4.9% −14.00
NH Flat 16 0 0% −16.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 194 15 7.7% +107.50
Good 150 5 3.3% −104.17
Good to Soft 64 4 6.3% +7.50
Heavy 64 6 9.4% −0.50
Standard (AW) 24 1 4.2% +17.00
Good to Firm 8 1 12.5% +0.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Limerick 58 5 8.6% +37.00
Wexford 38 6 15.8% −0.67
Thurles 34 2 5.9% +33.00
Punchestown 32 0 0% −32.00
Cork 31 2 6.5% −1.00
Fairyhouse 28 3 10.7% +3.00
Clonmel 27 2 7.4% −5.50
Dundalk (AW) 24 1 4.2% +17.00
Tipperary 24 1 4.2% +10.00
Roscommon 21 3 14.3% +1.50
Gowran Park 21 1 4.8% +80.00
Listowel 21 2 9.5% +1.00
Ballinrobe 20 0 0% −20.00
Galway 19 2 10.5% −2.50
Killarney 16 0 0% −16.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 6 0 0% −6.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 16 2 12.5% 0.60 −7.67
2nd–3rd fav 39 6 15.4% 1.17 −3.00
4th–6th fav 111 11 9.9% 1.46 +3.00
7th+ in betting 338 13 3.8% 1.45 +35.00
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
82.9% completed · 386 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 173 78.6% 6 4 25 0 2
Hurdle 213 86.4% 4 2 23 0 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 trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Capture The Drama (IRE) 113 10 25 18 Mar 23
Fill The Tank (IRE) 56 4 14 31 Oct 25
Gold Creek (IRE)then S Curling 42 1 4 2 Aug 22
Tasmanian Girl (IRE)from M C Grassick · then Declan Queally 34 1 4 27 May 26
La Tulipe Noire (IRE)from Ciaran Murphy 33 2 5 29 Oct 26
Miss Cunning (IRE)from Kevin Prendergast · then P G Fahey 30 3 8 15 Nov 23
Carslake (GB)from Kevin Prendergast 29 0 1 19 Dec 25
Chosen Shant (IRE)from Noel Meade 23 4 9 25 Oct 26
Midnight Eagle (IRE)then Andrew McNamara 21 1 3 14 May 26
Change The Rules (IRE) 21 3 5 11 Jun 16
Well Tom (IRE) 17 1 2 16 Dec 19
The Shantou King (IRE) 16 1 2 7 Jun 24
All 25 horses sent out 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.
Where they came from · where they went next

Of the 25 horses listed, 7 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Kevin Prendergast (2); 18 had their first archived run for this yard.

5 have since run for another yard; 20 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 3
Only 3 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, lifetime
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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 riderMark McDonagh
10% of all rides
6.1% SR · A/E 1.50
RiderRWSR£1
Mark McDonagh 49 3 6.1% −21.50
Jessica O'Gorman 47 4 8.5% +31.00
Andrew Ring 41 5 12.2% +86.50
Phillip Enright 37 3 8.1% −18.67
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
34
Archived wins
£351k
Prize money
2025
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.
Capture The Drama (IRE) — Boylesports 500,000 Irish Grand National April 2nd Handicap Chase Fairyhouse · Jan 2018
£12,320
Capture The Drama (IRE) — Boylesports 500,000 Irish Grand National April 17th Handicap Chase Fairyhouse · Jan 2017
£12,300
Dego Dante (IRE) — Gurtinard Beginners Chase Listowel · Jun 2006
£10,365
Notable horses
Capture The Drama (IRE) Fill The Tank (IRE) Chosen Shant (IRE) Miss Cunning (IRE) Change The Rules (IRE) La Tulipe Noire (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Dushyantor (USA) 8.8% · 10–113
Progeny have won 9.7% of 1,917 runs since 2008 (149 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.2% from 162. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 13.7% from 139.
Gold Well (GB) 5.1% · 5–99
Progeny have won 12.2% of 5,648 runs since 2008 (363 horses).
Shantou (USA) 12.8% · 5–39
Progeny have won 13.6% of 7,825 runs since 2008 (539 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 20.3% from 158.
Australia (GB) 2.9% · 1–34
Progeny have won 11.2% of 5,660 runs since 2008 (565 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.5% from 108.
Berkshire (IRE) 6.1% · 2–33
Progeny have won 11.6% of 516 runs since 2008 (75 horses). Strongest on Soft going: 15.3% from 137. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.3% from 177.
Sir Prancealot (IRE) 10% · 3–30
Progeny have won 10.1% of 3,687 runs since 2008 (216 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 13.6% from 627. Weakest on Heavy going: 5.3% from 171.
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 30 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 523 · newest first

The latest 50 of 523 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 28 March 2005 to 29 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
29 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) La Tulipe Noire (IRE)J: Jessica O'Gorman See You At The GR1 Double Header 21 & 22 November Handicap (0-60) (Div 1)7f · Yielding · 12 ran 6th 6/1
25 Oct 26 Wexford (IRE) Chosen Shant (IRE)J: Philip Donovan Download The Tote App Handicap Hurdle17f · Soft · 13 ran 3rd 14/1
20 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) La Tulipe Noire (IRE)J: Jessica O'Gorman Always Gambling Responsibly With 1xBet.ie Handicap8f · Yielding · 23 ran 4th 16/1
15 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) La Tulipe Noire (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Feel The Rush With 1xBet.ie Handicap7f · Soft · 20 ran 6th 25/1
15 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Blue Glory (IRE)J: Jessica O'Gorman Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden (Smullen Series)8f · Soft · 15 ran 15th 300/1
12 Oct 26 Roscommon (IRE) La Tulipe Noire (IRE)J: Jessica O'Gorman Roscommon Racecourse On Facebook Handicap (Div II)7.5f · Soft · 13 ran 7th 14/1
11 Oct 26 Cork (IRE) Chosen Shant (IRE)J: J J Slevin Friends Of Castlemagner LGFA Rated Novice Steeplechase17.5f · Good · 7 ran 4th 18/1
07 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) Blue Glory (IRE)J: Leigh Roche Navan Racecourse Welcomes Our Local Community Maiden8f · Yielding · 9 ran 9th 250/1
04 Oct 26 Killarney (IRE) Chosen Shant (IRE)J: J J Slevin Killarney Races Handicap Steeplechase17f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran 6th 17/2
28 Sep 26 Roscommon (IRE) Chosen Shant (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Handicap Steeplechase21.5f · Yielding · 10 ran 3rd 5/1
22 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) La Tulipe Noire (IRE)J: Jessica O'Gorman Edmund & Josie Whelan Memorial Listowel Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 8f · Yielding · 11 ran 11th 200/1
20 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Chosen Shant (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Kinisla Bloom Feeds Irish EBF Mares Handicap Hurdle18f · Good · 18 ran 6th 12/1
28 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Chosen Shant (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Dan & Breda Byrne Memorial Handicap Steeplechase19.5f · Yielding · 9 ran 1st 15/2
07 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Chosen Shant (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Treo Eile Mares Handicap Hurdle17f · Good · 14 ran 5th 11/4F
22 Jul 26 Wexford (IRE) Chosen Shant (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Support The Irish Injured Jockeys Handicap Steeplechase15.5f · Good · 13 ran 2nd 100/30J
30 Jun 26 Wexford Chosen Shant (IRE)J: J J Slevin Duncannon Beach Handicap Chase (0-100)16f · Good · 14 ran 1st 9/1
08 Jun 26 Roscommon Chosen Shant (IRE)J: Philip Donovan Sweeney Oil Handicap Chase16.5f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran 7th 16/1
01 Jun 26 Listowel Chosen Shant (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Southern Waste Management Mares Handicap Hurdle16f · Yielding · 10 ran 3rd 25/1
27 May 26 Wexford Tasmanian Girl (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Wexford Claiming Hurdle17f · Good To Yielding · 9 ran PU 50/1
16 May 26 Wexford Chosen Shant (IRE)J: Phillip Enright T.C. Cullen Memorial Novice Chase16f · Good To Yielding · 5 ran 4th 150/1

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this yard’s runners since 12 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 1 run (won 0) · to 12 Oct 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is Aengus King's strike rate?
Aengus King has won 32 of 504 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 6.3% (as at 30 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Aengus King do best at?
Wexford by strike rate: 6 wins from 38 runners (15.8%) 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.
Is Aengus King in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 3 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Aengus King's Fair A/E?
1.28, from 504 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 30 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).