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Bernard Anthony Heffernan

43 runners in the lifetime window · 9 individual horses
As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Nov 2012
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2011→)
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.
3–43
Wins / Runs
7%
Strike rate
n=43
6 (14%)
Placed
1.62
Fair A/E
n=43 · 1.27 incl. margin
+7.25
£1 level stake
n=43 at SP · +16.9%
£21,665
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
13.6%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
10%+3.0
n=10 · A/E 2.29 · £1 +16.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−7.0
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−7.0
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−7.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−7.0
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
When favourite
0%
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
20%+13.0
n=10 · A/E 3.78 · £1 +37.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−7.0
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Flat 27 2 7.4% +20.00
Hurdle 15 1 6.7% −11.75
Chase 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 15 2 13.3% +32.00
Good 11 0 0% −11.00
Soft 8 0 0% −8.00
Heavy 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Firm 3 1 33.3% +0.25
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 13 2 15.4% +34.00
Roscommon 4 0 0% −4.00
Cork 3 0 0% −3.00
Down Royal 3 1 33.3% +0.25
Fairyhouse 2 0 0% −2.00
Galway 2 0 0% −2.00
Listowel 2 0 0% −2.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00
Lingfield (AW) 1 0 0% −1.00
Thurles 1 0 0% −1.00
Sligo 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Killarney 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
2nd–3rd fav 2 1 50% 3.17 +1.25
4th–6th fav 6 0 0% 0.00 −6.00
7th+ in betting 34 2 5.9% 2.08 +13.00
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
Give Me Shelter (IRE) 12 2 3 18 May 12
Landero (GB)then Andrew Heffernan 8 1 2 28 Oct 12
Grey Bunting (GB)from B W Hills 6 0 1 12 Oct 12
Kaiser So Say (GB)from Andrew Heffernan 4 0 0 14 Oct 12
Lutfen Yavas (IRE) 4 0 0 7 Aug 12
Lady's Dance (IRE) 4 0 0 28 May 12
Miami Heat (IRE) 3 0 0 14 Oct 11
Cin Cin (IRE)then Andrew Heffernan 1 0 0 16 Nov 12
Girl Guide (IRE)from G M Lyons 1 0 0 8 Apr 11
All 9 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 9 horses listed, 3 arrived from another yard in our archive; 6 had their first archived run for this yard.

2 have since run for another yard, most often for Andrew Heffernan (2); 7 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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Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Sam James 9 2 22.2% +38.00
Andrew J McNamara 9 1 11.1% −5.75
N G McCullagh 6 0 0% −6.00
Wayne Lordan 4 0 0% −4.00
Andrew P Thornton 2 0 0% −2.00
A P Heskin 2 0 0% −2.00
Keagan Latham 2 0 0% −2.00
Roger Loughran 1 0 0% −1.00
Michael Hussey 1 0 0% −1.00
Richard Killoran 1 0 0% −1.00
Luke Morris 1 0 0% −1.00
Martin Harley 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2011→
3
Archived wins
£21,665
Prize money
2012
Best season · 3 wins
Give Me Shelter (IRE) — Louth Rated Race Dundalk (AW) · May 2012
£6,900
Landero (GB) — O2 Maiden Hurdle Down Royal · Jun 2012
£5,175
Give Me Shelter (IRE) — Dundalk Stadium On Facebook Handicap (47-65) Dundalk (AW) · Apr 2012
£4,830
Notable horses
Give Me Shelter (IRE) Landero (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Araafa (IRE) 16.7% · 2–12
Progeny have won 7.4% of 1,147 runs since 2008 (88 horses). Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 10.8% from 176.
Medicean (GB) 12.5% · 1–8
Progeny have won 10.4% of 9,890 runs since 2008 (682 horses).
Oasis Dream (GB) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 11.8% of 18,014 runs since 2008 (1,510 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 17.3% from 150. Weakest on Heavy going: 8.5% from 483. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.1% from 790.
Azamour (IRE) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 13.1% of 4,328 runs since 2008 (351 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 8.8% from 215.
Chevalier (IRE) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 9.9% of 1,683 runs since 2008 (118 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 13.9% from 417.
Kahyasi (IRE) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 10.7% of 2,120 runs since 2008 (185 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

all 43 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Bernard Anthony Heffernan's 43 archived runners, from 8 April 2011 to 16 November 2012, newest first — 3 winners among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
16 Nov 12 Dundalk (AW) Cin Cin (IRE)J: N G McCullagh Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Maiden (Div 2)8f · Standard · 14 ran 10th 33/1
28 Oct 12 Galway Landero (GB)J: A P Heskin Barna Waste Novice Hurdle20.5f · Yielding To Soft · 6 ran 5th 10/1
14 Oct 12 Limerick Kaiser So Say (GB)J: A P Heskin STL Logistics E.B.F. Beginners Chase (Div 1)19.5f · Soft To Heavy · 15 ran 9th 33/1
12 Oct 12 Dundalk (AW) Grey Bunting (GB)J: Pat Smullen Dundalk Stadium On Facebook Handicap (55-70)10.5f · Standard · 13 ran 13th 20/1
30 Sep 12 Clonmel Landero (GB)J: Andrew J McNamara www.clonmelraces.ie Novice Hurdle16.5f · Good · 14 ran 6th 18/1
11 Sep 12 Galway Landero (GB)J: Andrew J McNamara Easyfix Rubber Products Novice Hurdle18f · Soft · 8 ran 4th 16/1
05 Sep 12 Gowran Park Landero (GB)J: Sam James Goresbridge Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)12f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 8th 12/1
09 Aug 12 Sligo Landero (GB)J: Andrew J McNamara Martin Reilly Bmw Dealer Novice Hurdle16f · Yielding To Soft · 5 ran 5th 6/1
07 Aug 12 Roscommon Lutfen Yavas (IRE)J: Andrew J McNamara Railway Bar 3-y-o Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft To Heavy · 15 ran 14th 25/1
06 Jun 12 Fairyhouse Grey Bunting (GB)J: Sam James Fairyhouse Summer Series Handicap (50-80)12f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 10th 16/1
01 Jun 12 Down Royal Landero (GB)J: Andrew J McNamara O2 Maiden Hurdle16f · Good To Firm · 10 ran 1st 9/4
28 May 12 Ballinrobe Lady's Dance (IRE)J: Gary Carroll Ladies Day 26th June Handicap (47-70)14f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 10th 20/1
25 May 12 Cork Grey Bunting (GB)J: Andrew J McNamara Follow Corkracecourse On Twitter Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16f · Good · 23 ran 3rd 20/1
25 May 12 Cork Landero (GB)J: Andrew J McNamara corkracecourse.ie Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 24 ran 2nd 33/1
18 May 12 Dundalk (AW) Give Me Shelter (IRE)J: Sam James Louth Rated Race7f · Standard · 12 ran 1st 20/1
07 May 12 Down Royal Grey Bunting (GB)J: Andrew J McNamara Dark Horse Cafe & Wine Bar Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 18 ran 11th 33/1
04 May 12 Dundalk (AW) Give Me Shelter (IRE)J: Sam James iRadio iGo Home Handicap (50-70)7f · Standard · 14 ran 7th 8/1
23 Apr 12 Cork Landero (GB)J: Andrew J McNamara Friday Evening Racing Maiden Hurdle16f · Yielding To Soft · 24 ran 13th 25/1
19 Apr 12 Tipperary Grey Bunting (GB)J: Andrew P Thornton Follow At TipperaryRaces On Twitter Maiden Hurdle (Div 1)16f · Soft · 20 ran 9th 16/1
04 Apr 12 Dundalk (AW) Lady's Dance (IRE)J: Sam James Dundalk Stadium On Facebook Maiden12f · Standard · 11 ran 6th 22/1

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 Bernard Anthony Heffernan's strike rate?
Bernard Anthony Heffernan has won 3 of 43 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 7% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Bernard Anthony Heffernan's Fair A/E?
1.62, from 43 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).