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Trainer profile

C Byrnes

1,160 runners in the last 5 seasons · 147 individual horses
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Non-runners: 9.6% 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 For context, a typical day across all racing ends with about 6.5% withdrawn (middle half 5.3–8.1% over 364 racing days).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 21 Oct 2026.
Last runner yesterday
from 1 Jan 2022
126–1,160
Wins / Runs
10.9%
Strike rate
n=1,160
320 (28%)
Placed
1.03
n=1,160 · 0.83 incl. margin
−278.92
£1 level stake
n=1,160 at SP · −24.0%
£1.95m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
14.3%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 230 runners a season, winning with 11% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.03).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,160 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance 35.4% when favourite Philip Byrnes: 12.3% from 535 Claiming riders: 12.1% Sends off the favourite in 13% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Navan (24.5%, n=49) and Dundalk (AW) (21.4%, n=42) — all clear of the yard's 10.9% baseline. A horse in first-time headgear has been a poor signal at 0% (n=33, Fair A/E 0.00). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 5.8% strike, Fair A/E 0.72 and −115.50 to a £1 stake over 274 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Philip Byrnes rides 46% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (12.3%, A/E 1.00) — the market has that partnership priced right. The yard also reads well beyond 3m (26.7%, n=30) and on Standard (AW) going (20.9%, n=43). 62 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Ladbrokes World Hurdle at Cheltenham (Mar 2013, £156,613). The stable star of the record: Solwhit (FR) — 14 wins from 26 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 10.9% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
5.8%−5.1
n=274 · A/E 0.72 · £1 −115.50
New recruits · first run for the yard
1.6%−9.3
n=62 · A/E 0.22 · £1 −58.25
Debutants · first career start
4.8%−6.1
n=62 · A/E 0.78 · £1 −37.25
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−10.9
n=33 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −33.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
11.6%+0.7
n=69 · A/E 0.91 · £1 −24.38
When favourite
35.4%
n=147 · A/E 1.21 · £1 −2.26
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
12.1%+1.2
n=531 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −42.48
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
3.7%−7.2
n=54 · A/E 0.47 · £1 −29.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10.9% 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
Beyond 3m 26.7% vs 10.9% · n=30
At Navan 24.5% vs 10.9% · n=49
At Dundalk (AW) 21.4% vs 10.9% · n=42
With new recruits 1.6% vs 10.9% · n=62
With first-time headgear 0% vs 10.9% · n=33
On Standard (AW) going 20.9% vs 10.9% · n=43
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 709 79 11.1% −186.47
Flat 221 20 9% −105.47
Chase 144 16 11.1% −24.44
NH Flat 86 11 12.8% +37.46

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 370 33 8.9% −154.38
Good 318 37 11.6% −86.72
Heavy 230 24 10.4% −2.23
Good to Soft 183 18 9.8% −55.43
Standard (AW) 43 9 20.9% −13.07
Good to Firm 16 5 31.3% +32.91

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Limerick 121 22 18.2% +64.91
Cork 104 8 7.7% +0.23
Punchestown 84 8 9.5% −19.32
Clonmel 63 5 7.9% −43.85
Listowel 59 7 11.9% −1.08
Killarney 50 3 6% −29.67
Galway 49 3 6.1% −21.12
Navan 49 12 24.5% +41.45
Down Royal 42 5 11.9% −13.75
Dundalk (AW) 42 9 21.4% −12.07
Thurles 41 5 12.2% −3.02
Ballinrobe 40 3 7.5% −26.40
Kilbeggan 39 4 10.3% −26.97
Fairyhouse 36 2 5.6% −16.50
Gowran Park 34 3 8.8% −20.75

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 61 3 4.9% −13.00
Class 2 21 4 19% +4.25
Class 4 11 3 27.3% −2.57
Class 3 4 1 25% −0.25
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 172 56 32.6% 1.16 −11.63
2nd–3rd fav 238 34 14.3% 0.90 −78.79
4th–6th fav 347 22 6.3% 0.88 −117.00
7th+ in betting 403 14 3.5% 1.16 −71.50
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
86.5% completed · 853 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 144 77.8% 5 8 18 0 1
Hurdle 709 88.3% 22 16 39 2 4
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
Cafe Con Leche (IRE)from Noel C Kelly 38 3 8 10 Feb 26
Spy (GB)from Charlie & Mark Johnston 37 3 13 20 Oct 26
From The Ashes (IRE) 32 2 11 14 Jan 26
Maidenstreetprince (IRE) 27 1 9 25 Sep 26
Reverend Hubert (IRE)from Richard Hannon 26 8 11 10 Oct 26
Run For Oscar (IRE) 25 4 13 2 Jul 26
Whateys Quest (IRE) 23 3 6 26 Sep 26
Aodhan May (IRE) 22 5 7 15 Mar 25
Eastmore (GB)from Kevin Prendergast 21 2 8 22 Aug 26
Boom Boom Boom (GB)from Stuart Williams 21 3 5 28 Aug 24
Redcliff Glen (GER)from Clive Cox 19 1 2 3 Aug 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 147 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, 26 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Noel C Kelly (4) and Denis Gerard Hogan (3); 34 had their first archived run for this yard.

11 have since run for another yard, most often for Ian O'Connor (3); 49 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
4 from 10
Only 10 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
111113126139128131112
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 riderPhilip Byrnes
46% of all rides
12.3% SR · A/E 1.00
RiderRWSR£1
Philip Byrnes 535 66 12.3% −183.82
Mr R W Barron 62 9 14.5% +28.88
Phillip Enright 56 4 7.1% −13.00
Mr A D Bustin 50 6 12% +58.83
Sean Davis 46 2 4.3% −38.50
Adam Caffrey 30 6 20% +18.58
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
467
Archived wins
62
Pattern / graded wins
£8.92m
Prize money
2011
Best season · 29 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.
Solwhit (FR) — Ladbrokes World Hurdle (Grade 1) Cheltenham · Mar 2013 · Class 1
£156,613
Solwhit (FR) — Rabobank Champion Hurdle (Grade 1) Punchestown · May 2009 · Grade 1
£120,000
Run For Oscar (IRE) — Club Godolphin Cesarewitch Handicap (Heritage Handicap) Newmarket · Oct 2022 · Class 2
£103,080

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Mahler (GB) 13.8% · 13–94
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,836 runs since 2008 (784 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.
Ocovango (GB) 4.2% · 2–48
Progeny have won 9.4% of 2,981 runs since 2008 (302 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 14.1% from 191.
Kingston Hill (GB) 6.8% · 3–44
Progeny have won 9.1% of 1,627 runs since 2008 (203 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 5.5% from 164.
Camacho (GB) 7.9% · 3–38
Progeny have won 8.1% of 9,320 runs since 2008 (596 horses).
Muhaarar (GB) 8.1% · 3–37
Progeny have won 11.6% of 4,785 runs since 2008 (412 horses).
Fame And Glory (GB) 12.1% · 4–33
Progeny have won 12.5% of 6,203 runs since 2008 (504 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 21 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 3,844 · newest first

The latest 50 of 3,844 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 9 January 2005 to 20 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

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 C Byrnes's strike rate?
C Byrnes has won 126 of 1,160 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 10.9% (as at 21 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does C Byrnes do best at?
Navan by strike rate: 12 wins from 49 runners (24.5%) 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 C Byrnes?
Philip Byrnes, with 535 runners since 2022 — 46% of the total. That pairing has won 66 (12.3%).
Is C Byrnes in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 10 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is C Byrnes's Fair A/E?
1.03, from 1,160 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 21 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).