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Trainer profile

Andrew McNamara

1,177 runners in the lifetime window · 144 individual horses
As at 12 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Runners today
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2016→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
76–1,177
Wins / Runs
6.5%
Strike rate
n=1,177
239 (20%)
Placed
0.96
Fair A/E
n=1,176 · 0.77 incl. margin
−520.65
£1 level stake
n=1,177 at SP · −44.2%
£1.04m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
9.3%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 60 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 7% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.96). In Group and Graded company the record reads 10% (30 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,177 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 12 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance 20.9% when favourite Dillon Maxwell: 7.8% from 153 Claiming riders: 7.4% Group/Graded: 10% Sends off the favourite in 4% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Ballinrobe (15.9%, n=44) and Sligo (15.8%, n=38) — all clear of the yard's 6.5% baseline. It is weakest at Naas (0% over 62 runners) — the widest gap in the record. In Group and Graded company the record reads well at 10% (n=30, Fair A/E 2.08), but debutants struggle at 0% (n=72, Fair A/E 0.00). Dillon Maxwell rides 13% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (7.8%, A/E 1.28) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. 3 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Donohue Marquees Juvenile Hurdle at Fairyhouse (Apr 2023, £23,600). The stable star of the record: Mandarin Monarch (IRE) — 8 wins from 46 runs for the yard.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.5% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
5.8%−0.7
n=225 · A/E 0.99 · £1 −114.93
New recruits · first run for the yard
4.1%−2.4
n=73 · A/E 0.75 · £1 −48.50
Debutants · first career start
0%−6.5
n=72 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −72.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
1.9%−4.6
n=52 · A/E 0.31 · £1 −45.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
5.1%−1.4
n=59 · A/E 0.95 · £1 −37.50
When favourite
20.9%
n=43 · A/E 0.82 · £1 −14.13
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
7.4%+0.9
n=512 · A/E 1.16 · £1 −197.38
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
10%+3.5
n=30 · A/E 2.08 · £1 +22.25

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.5% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. 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. The same beliefs, tested across every yard and every GB and Irish race since 2005: Racing myths.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
At Ballinrobe 15.9% vs 6.5% · n=44
With Colin Keane 16.7% vs 6.5% · n=30
At Sligo 15.8% vs 6.5% · n=38
With debutants 0% vs 6.5% · n=72
With C&D winners 13% vs 6.5% · n=69
At Naas 0% vs 6.5% · n=62
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
Flat 501 30 6% −272.55
Hurdle 481 32 6.7% −160.50
Chase 178 13 7.3% −72.80
NH Flat 17 1 5.9% −14.80

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 379 21 5.5% −131.00
Good 363 28 7.7% −152.65
Heavy 146 9 6.2% −59.50
Standard (AW) 139 11 7.9% −67.00
Good to Soft 136 6 4.4% −104.50
Good to Firm 14 1 7.1% −6.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 138 11 8% −66.00
Gowran Park 64 2 3.1% −42.00
Naas 62 0 0% −62.00
Limerick 61 4 6.6% −21.00
Kilbeggan 60 7 11.7% −13.30
Fairyhouse 57 5 8.8% +63.50
Navan 56 2 3.6% −24.50
Clonmel 52 5 9.6% −26.00
Galway 52 1 1.9% −39.00
Punchestown 51 1 2% −42.00
Downpatrick 51 1 2% −44.00
Tramore 50 6 12% −2.30
Ballinrobe 44 7 15.9% +6.25
Cork 41 2 4.9% −27.75
Sligo 38 6 15.8% −3.62

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 30 3 10% +22.25
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 55 15 27.3% 1.14 +2.87
2nd–3rd fav 179 29 16.2% 1.09 −23.52
4th–6th fav 306 27 8.8% 1.22 +6.00
7th+ in betting 637 5 0.8% 0.29 −506.00
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
Mandarin Monarch (IRE)from J S Bolger · then Norman Lee 46 8 13 23 Aug 22
Classic Concorde (IRE)from P A Fahy · then David Brace 43 2 10 26 May 22
Aurora Nova (IRE)from Ms Sheila Lavery 37 4 9 10 Sep 26
Amlad (IRE)from Ed Dunlop 29 2 10 29 Sep 22
Val De Ferbet (FR)from W P Mullins 28 4 8 26 Jan 20
Red Trail (IRE)then Mike Sowersby 27 4 7 13 Dec 24
Ellabella (IRE)then Iain Jardine 27 5 9 19 May 23
Zoffalee (FR)from Tom Dascombe · then Mike Sowersby 25 3 6 10 Nov 21
Very Excellent (IRE)then Mike Sowersby 24 3 8 29 Sep 22
Hockworthy Flyer (IRE) 21 0 4 9 Sep 24
Flamingo's Court (IRE)from Peter Casey 21 3 5 28 Jul 21
Papal Motel (IRE)from John Joseph Murphy 21 0 8 7 Sep 18
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 144 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 7 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, 37 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from John Joseph Murphy (4) and G M Lyons (3); 23 had their first archived run for this yard.

24 have since run for another yard, most often for Mike Sowersby (5) and Tony Carroll (2); 36 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
1 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
JFMAMJJASOND
3794137864673
Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderDillon Maxwell
13% of all rides
7.8% SR · A/E 1.28
RiderRWSR£1
Dillon Maxwell 153 12 7.8% −43.00
Darragh O'Keeffe 75 7 9.3% +65.25
Jack Kearney 61 5 8.2% −24.00
Peter Carberry 47 2 4.3% −28.50
B J Cooper 43 4 9.3% −20.30
Seamie Heffernan 41 0 0% −41.00
P J O'Hanlon 41 4 9.8% −16.83
Brian Hayes 40 3 7.5% −20.30
Emmet McNamara 38 1 2.6% −27.00
Robbie Power 36 3 8.3% −21.25
Colin Keane 30 5 16.7% +2.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2016→
75
Archived wins
3
Pattern / graded wins
£1.04m
Prize money
2022
Best season · 13 wins
Enjoy The Dream (GB) — Donohue Marquees Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 2) Fairyhouse · Apr 2023 · Grade 2
£23,600
Val De Ferbet (FR) — Dr Vincent O'Brien Centenary Chase (Grade 3) Cork · Apr 2017 · Grade 3
£19,988
Zoffalee (FR) — Flynn Hotels Handicap Hurdle Tramore · Aug 2019
£17,700
Notable horses
Mandarin Monarch (IRE) Ellabella (IRE) Aurora Nova (IRE) Val De Ferbet (FR) Red Trail (IRE) Zoffalee (FR)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Shantou (USA) 3.7% · 2–54
Progeny have won 13.6% of 7,845 runs since 2008 (539 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 20.3% from 158.
Manduro (GER) 17.4% · 8–46
Progeny have won 10.5% of 4,221 runs since 2011 (411 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.8% from 1,097. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.5% from 402.
Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) 9.3% · 4–43
Progeny have won 10.3% of 11,888 runs since 2010 (949 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.
Sea The Stars (IRE) 7.7% · 3–39
Progeny have won 15.7% of 9,989 runs since 2013 (1,119 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 18.9% from 1,503. Weakest on Heavy going: 9.4% from 459. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.5% from 139.
Galileo Gold (GB) 11.1% · 4–36
Progeny have won 10.6% of 2,048 runs since 2021 (176 horses).
Mastercraftsman (IRE) 9.1% · 3–33
Progeny have won 10.6% of 11,644 runs since 2013 (842 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13.7% from 329.
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 12 Nov 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 1,176 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,176 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 18 February 2016 to 12 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
12 Nov 26 Thurles (IRE) Might Be The One (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Racing Again November 19th Beginners Steeplechase18f · Good · 10 ran 1st 9/4F
04 Nov 26 Wexford (IRE) Hey Now (GB)J: Mark Walsh Botanica International Rated Novice Hurdle16.5f · Yielding · 8 ran 4th 11/2
31 Oct 26 Down Royal (IRE) Metamorpheus (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh Kildress Plumbing Handicap Hurdle17f · Good · 12 ran 10th 17/2
25 Oct 26 Wexford (IRE) Choccabloc (GB)J: Kevin Healy Jim And Kay Whitty Memorial Handicap Steeplechase19.5f · Soft · 10 ran F 25/1
23 Oct 26 Sligo (IRE) Theboss'sdaughter (IRE)J: Mr C A Bowman John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Maiden Hurdle20.5f · Yielding · 9 ran 7th 125/1
18 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Berto Ramirez (GB)J: Reese Holohan Christmas Festival Tickets On Sale Now Handicap10f · Good · 15 ran 11th 20/1
10 Oct 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Might Be The One (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Powerscreen New England Supporting Louth GAA Handicap Hurdle16f · Good · 9 ran 4th 9/4F
10 Oct 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Theboss'sdaughter (IRE)J: Sean Cleary-Farrell Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 12 ran 12th 300/1
01 Oct 26 Clonmel (IRE) Hello Johnjoe (IRE)J: Josh Williamson Slievenamon Claiming Hurdle19.5f · Good · 13 ran 9th 66/1
30 Sep 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Metamorpheus (IRE)J: Adam Browne-Souza Paddy Woods Memorial Apprentice Series Final Apprentice Handicap12.5f · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran 3rd 17/2
30 Sep 26 Sligo (IRE) Midnight Eagle (IRE)J: Daniel King Eddie McAllister Memorial Novice Handicap Steeplechase17.5f · Good · 7 ran 7th 4/1
24 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Superficial (FR)J: Kevin Healy Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle16f · Good · 13 ran 10th 14/1
24 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Metamorpheus (IRE)J: Sean Cleary-Farrell Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle16f · Good · 13 ran 7th 9/2
24 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Berto Ramirez (GB)J: Aidan Kelly Listowel Races Supporters Club Lartigue Hurdle (Handicap) In Memory Of John Molyneaux (Listed)Class 1 · 16f · Good · 13 ran 12th 40/1
24 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Theboss'sdaughter (IRE)J: Sean Cleary-Farrell Buckley Agri New Holland Irish EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 17 ran 15th 300/1
21 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Superficial (FR)J: Jack Cleary John McGuire Handicap12f · Yielding · 15 ran 15th 40/1
20 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Warriors Wood (GB)J: Brian Hayes Kinisla Handicap Steeplechase17.5f · Good · 12 ran 6th 10/1
20 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Midnight Eagle (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh Kinisla Bloom Feeds Irish EBF Mares Handicap Hurdle18f · Good · 18 ran 10th 16/1
18 Sep 26 Downpatrick (IRE) Hello Johnjoe (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh MB McGrady And Co Chartered Accountants Handicap Hurdle (Div II)18f · Good · 12 ran PU 12/1
18 Sep 26 Downpatrick (IRE) Might Be The One (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh MB McGrady And Co Chartered Accountants Handicap Hurdle (Div I)18f · Good · 12 ran 1st 6/1

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 10 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 2 runs (won 0) · fastest on KTB Speed in 1 run (won 0) · to 4 Nov 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 Andrew McNamara's strike rate?
Andrew McNamara has won 76 of 1,177 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 6.5% (as at 12 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Andrew McNamara do best at?
Ballinrobe by strike rate: 7 wins from 44 runners (15.9%) 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 Andrew McNamara?
Dillon Maxwell, with 153 runners since 2008 — 13% of the total. That pairing has won 12 (7.8%).
Is Andrew McNamara 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 Andrew McNamara's Fair A/E?
0.96, from 1,176 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 12 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).