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Trainer profile

Colin Bowe

149 runners in the last 5 seasons · 34 individual horses
As at 20 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 7 days ago 99% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2010→)
from 1 Jan 2022
12–149
Wins / Runs
8.1%
Strike rate
n=149
33 (22%)
Placed
1.09
Fair A/E
n=148 · 0.89 incl. margin
+11.33
£1 level stake
n=148 at SP · +7.7%
£142k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
9.5%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 8% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.09).

Deterministic profile computed from 149 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 20 Oct 2026
The read

The record is strongest at Wexford (16.7%, n=30), clear of the yard's 8.1% baseline. Runners with a claiming rider up have been a poor signal at 2.1% (n=48, Fair A/E 0.38). The yard also reads well in Chase races (11.6%, n=43) and on Soft going (11.3%, n=53). The market has also underrated the yard over 2m1f – 2m4f: Fair A/E 1.66 across 56 runners (10.7% strike, +45.83 to a £1 stake). The record reads poorly on Good going — 1.9% over 54 runners, 6.2pts below the baseline. 5 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Tattersalls Ireland George Mernagh Memorial Sales Bumper at Fairyhouse (Apr 2012, £59,000). The stable star of the record: Little King Robin (IRE) — 8 wins from 31 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 8.1% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
10.7%+2.6
n=28 · A/E 1.61 · £1 +1.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−8.1
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
Debutants · first career start
4.3%−3.8
n=23 · A/E 0.85 · £1 +29.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
10%+1.9
n=10 · A/E 2.41 · £1 +41.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−8.1
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
When favourite
0%
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
2.1%−6.0
n=48 · A/E 0.38 · £1 −39.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−8.1
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.1% 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 16.7% vs 8.1% · n=30
On Good going 1.9% vs 8.1% · n=54
With claiming riders up 2.1% vs 8.1% · n=48
In Chase races 11.6% vs 8.1% · n=43
On Soft going 11.3% vs 8.1% · n=53
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 10.7% vs 8.1% · 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 96 7 7.3% +22.50
Chase 43 5 11.6% −2.17
NH Flat 9 0 0% −9.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 54 1 1.9% −42.00
Soft 53 6 11.3% +10.33
Good to Soft 24 3 12.5% +45.00
Heavy 17 2 11.8% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wexford 30 5 16.7% +15.50
Punchestown 23 3 13% +43.00
Downpatrick 22 0 0% −22.00
Tramore 15 2 13.3% +2.50
Fairyhouse 9 0 0% −9.00
Cork 7 0 0% −7.00
Roscommon 7 1 14.3% +19.00
Clonmel 5 0 0% −5.00
Sligo 5 0 0% −5.00
Tipperary 4 0 0% −4.00
Gowran Park 4 0 0% −4.00
Kilbeggan 3 0 0% −3.00
Limerick 3 0 0% −3.00
Navan 3 0 0% −3.00
Naas 2 1 50% +2.33

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 7 0 0% −7.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 10 0 0% 0.00 −10.00
2nd–3rd fav 18 6 33.3% 2.27 +25.33
4th–6th fav 58 5 8.6% 1.26 +7.00
7th+ in betting 62 1 1.6% 0.62 −11.00
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
82.7% completed · 139 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 43 72.1% 0 1 11 0 0
Hurdle 96 87.5% 2 0 8 0 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
North Of Nashville (IRE) 22 2 5 28 Aug 26
The Great Nudie (IRE) 15 3 6 14 Apr 26
Croi Corcra (IRE) 13 1 3 24 Nov 23
Backonthegoagain (IRE) 8 0 0 14 Jul 25
Vaureal (FR)then Ian Patrick Donoghue 8 1 2 16 Jan 25
Ersudaly (GB)then Gordon Elliott 7 0 0 23 Jul 26
Morell River (IRE)from Peter Maher 7 2 3 14 Jul 26
Trixaboutmaisie (IRE) 6 0 1 13 Oct 26
Fort Worth Texas (IRE) 6 0 1 25 May 22
Barely Made It (IRE)from James Grace 5 0 1 28 Aug 26
October Hill (IRE)then David Pipe 5 0 4 19 Sep 25
Fortis Et Liber (GB) 4 0 2 2 Oct 26
All 34 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 34 horses listed, 7 arrived from another yard in our archive; 27 had their first archived run for this yard.

8 have since run for another yard; 26 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 1
Only 1 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
21000138361017140
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
RiderRWSR£1
Ricky Doyle 21 3 14.3% +10.50
Sean Flanagan 19 3 15.8% +0.33
Jordan Gainford 18 2 11.1% +17.00
Sean O'Keeffe 17 2 11.8% −2.50
Eoin Staples 13 0 0% −13.00
Mr R James 7 0 0% −7.00
Aidan Kelly 6 0 0% −6.00
Mr R A Berry 5 1 20% +4.00
Mr B Finn 5 0 0% −5.00
Jody McGarvey 4 1 25% +47.00
Darragh O'Keeffe 4 0 0% −4.00
Kieren Buckley 4 0 0% −4.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2010→
133
Archived wins
5
Pattern / graded wins
£1.69m
Prize money
2015
Best season · 15 wins
Clondaw Kaempfer (IRE) — Tattersalls Ireland George Mernagh Memorial Sales Bumper Fairyhouse · Apr 2012
£59,000
Little King Robin (IRE) — WKD Hurdle (Grade 2) Down Royal · Oct 2014 · Grade 2
£32,500
Shantou Flyer (IRE) — Florida Pearl Novice Chase (Grade 2) Punchestown · Nov 2015 · Grade 2
£26,000
Notable horses
Little King Robin (IRE) Askanna (IRE) Glibin (IRE) Our Victoria (IRE) Shantou Flyer (IRE) Sweet Home Chicago (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Soldier of Fortune (IRE) 7.9% · 3–38
Progeny have won 11.3% of 5,811 runs since 2008 (678 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
Wings Of Eagles (FR) 13% · 3–23
Progeny have won 10.1% of 1,008 runs since 2008 (156 horses). Strongest on Good going: 13.5% from 289. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.5% from 134.
Harzand (IRE) 20% · 2–10
Progeny have won 13.3% of 1,090 runs since 2008 (139 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 17% from 100. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 7.1% from 126. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 16.6% from 241. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 9.1% from 121.
Kapgarde (FR) 12.5% · 1–8
Progeny have won 12.5% of 6,607 runs since 2008 (723 horses).
Workforce (GB) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 9.1% of 747 runs since 2008 (100 horses).
Kayf Tara (GB) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,739 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
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 20 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 1,339 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,339 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 24 February 2010 to 13 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
13 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Trixaboutmaisie (IRE)J: Kevin Healy William Hill Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle (Div II)20f · Good · 17 ran 2nd 18/1
02 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Fortis Et Liber (GB)J: Jordan Gainford 1xBet.ie Supports Safer Gambling Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 17 ran 7th 10/1
07 Sep 26 Galway (IRE) What'shername (FR)J: Mr R M McParland Kenny Developments Irish EBF Mares Flat Race16.5f · Soft · 18 ran 14th 125/1
31 Aug 26 Downpatrick (IRE) Fortis Et Liber (GB)J: Ricky Doyle North Down Marquees Maiden Hurdle22f · Good · 9 ran 2nd 6/1
28 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) North Of Nashville (IRE)J: Jordan Gainford Racing Again October 25th & 26th Handicap Steeplechase25f · Yielding · 13 ran PU 11/1
28 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Barely Made It (IRE)J: Mike O'Connor Racing Again October 25th & 26th Handicap Steeplechase25f · Yielding · 13 ran 10th 11/1
28 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Talladega (IRE)J: Ricky Doyle Traynors Of Wexford Mares Maiden Hurdle24f · Good · 12 ran 6th 11/2
14 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Hello Below (IRE)J: Ricky Doyle Walsh Butler Electrical Mares Maiden Hurdle21f · Good · 15 ran 3rd 11/4F
14 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Fortis Et Liber (GB)J: Ricky Doyle Majestic Hotel Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Good · 11 ran RO 14/1
23 Jul 26 Wexford (IRE) Trixaboutmaisie (IRE)J: Sean O'Keeffe Cottage Autism Network Handicap Hurdle (Div II)24f · Good · 14 ran 11th 13/2
23 Jul 26 Wexford (IRE) Ersudaly (GB)J: Sean O'Keeffe Cottage Autism Network Handicap Hurdle (Div I)24f · Good · 13 ran 8th 40/1
22 Jul 26 Wexford (IRE) North Of Nashville (IRE)J: Ricky Doyle Racing Again Tomorrow 23rd July Family Day Handicap Steeplechase24.5f · Good · 15 ran 7th 11/1
22 Jul 26 Wexford (IRE) Barely Made It (IRE)J: Sean O'Keeffe Racing Again Tomorrow 23rd July Family Day Handicap Steeplechase24.5f · Good · 15 ran 3rd 11/1
14 Jul 26 Downpatrick (IRE) Morell River (IRE)J: Sean O'Keeffe Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Handicap Hurdle22f · Good · 13 ran 8th 4/1
14 Jul 26 Downpatrick (IRE) Ersudaly (GB)J: Richard Deegan Plus 2 Print Remembering Tony Oakes MBE Maiden Hurdle22f · Good · 12 ran 11th 20/1
14 Jul 26 Downpatrick (IRE) Talladega (IRE)J: Ricky Doyle Plus 2 Print Remembering Tony Oakes MBE Maiden Hurdle22f · Good · 12 ran 4th 22/1
14 Jul 26 Downpatrick (IRE) Trixaboutmaisie (IRE)J: Sean O'Keeffe Join Racing TV Now With A Free Trial Handicap Hurdle18f · Good · 15 ran 7th 40/1
14 Jul 26 Downpatrick (IRE) Fortis Et Liber (GB)J: Ricky Doyle Randox (C & G) Maiden Hurdle18f · Good · 9 ran 2nd 22/1
14 Jul 26 Downpatrick Fortis Et Liber (GB)J: Ricky Doyle Randox (C & G) Maiden Hurdle 2 22/1
14 Jul 26 Downpatrick (IRE) Hello Below (IRE)J: Ricky Doyle ITBA Mares Maiden Hurdle18f · Good · 11 ran 6th 25/1

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 Colin Bowe's strike rate?
Colin Bowe has won 12 of 149 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 8.1% (as at 20 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Colin Bowe do best at?
Wexford by strike rate: 5 wins from 30 runners (16.7%) 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.
Is Colin Bowe in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 1 runner, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Colin Bowe's Fair A/E?
1.09, from 148 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 20 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).