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Trainer profile

D Harvey

110 runners in the lifetime window · 21 individual horses
As at 2 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner May 2024 90% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
7–110
Wins / Runs
6.4%
Strike rate
n=110
23 (21%)
Placed
0.95
Fair A/E
n=110 · 0.75 incl. margin
−69.62
£1 level stake
n=110 at SP · −63.3%
£80,995
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
7.7%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 10 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 6% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.95).

Deterministic profile computed from 110 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 2 Nov 2026
The read

The yard also reads well on Soft going (11.4%, n=35). The record reads poorly on Good going — 2.9% over 34 runners, 3.5pts below the baseline.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.4% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
7.1%+0.7
n=14 · A/E 1.10 · £1 −9.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−6.4
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−6.4
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−6.4
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−6.4
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
When favourite
27.3%
n=11 · A/E 1.20 · £1 +1.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
5.8%−0.6
n=86 · A/E 0.81 · £1 −65.62
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−6.4
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.4% 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
With a new jockey booking 0% vs 6.4% · n=50
With Ben Harvey 11.8% vs 6.4% · n=34
On Soft going 11.4% vs 6.4% · n=35
On Good going 2.9% vs 6.4% · n=34
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 8.7% vs 6.4% · n=46
Off a 15-30-day break 8.6% vs 6.4% · n=35
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 66 4 6.1% −47.25
Chase 23 2 8.7% −4.25
Flat 11 0 0% −11.00
NH Flat 10 1 10% −7.12

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 35 4 11.4% −15.75
Good 34 1 2.9% −31.12
Good to Soft 20 1 5% −16.75
Heavy 12 1 8.3% +3.00
Standard (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00
Good to Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Downpatrick 18 0 0% −18.00
Down Royal 12 1 8.3% −7.00
Navan 10 1 10% +5.00
Kilbeggan 8 2 25% −1.00
Cork 7 1 14.3% −2.00
Limerick 7 0 0% −7.00
Bellewstown 6 0 0% −6.00
Naas 6 0 0% −6.00
Dundalk (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Punchestown 5 0 0% −5.00
Ballinrobe 5 0 0% −5.00
Fairyhouse 4 0 0% −4.00
Thurles 4 1 25% +1.50
Roscommon 3 0 0% −3.00
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 12 3 25% 1.09 +0.00
2nd–3rd fav 14 3 21.4% 1.48 −0.62
4th–6th fav 17 0 0% 0.00 −17.00
7th+ in betting 67 1 1.5% 0.75 −52.00
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
85.4% completed · 89 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 23 73.9% 2 0 4 0 0
Hurdle 66 89.4% 0 1 5 1 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
Winnie Woodnutt (IRE)from John C McConnell 14 2 7 1 Sep 23
Ballydangan (IRE)then William Harvey 10 0 1 20 Jan 24
Ask Charlie (IRE)then Michael Hourigan 10 0 2 29 Aug 22
Jacenry (FR)then William Harvey 9 1 2 26 Apr 24
Art Lord (IRE)from Peter Casey · then Karl Thornton 9 1 2 27 Sep 14
L'or Des Roses (FR) 8 2 4 24 Jan 23
Beyond Ambitious (IRE) 8 1 4 20 Oct 22
Ballerina Boxer (IRE)from John C McConnell · then William Harvey 6 0 0 18 May 24
Inverbrena (IRE)then Adrian McGuinness 5 0 0 5 Apr 24
Winning Mischief (IRE)then Michael Hourigan 5 0 0 28 Sep 22
Minella On Line (IRE)from Oliver Sherwood 5 0 1 11 Jun 21
Knockiel Synge (IRE)then Peter John Flood 4 0 0 20 Aug 21
All 21 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 21 horses listed, 4 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from John C McConnell (2); 17 had their first archived run for this yard.

8 have since run for another yard, most often for William Harvey (3) and Michael Hourigan (2); 13 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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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 riderBen Harvey
31% of all rides
11.8% SR · A/E 1.16
RiderRWSR£1
Ben Harvey 34 4 11.8% −15.62
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
7
Archived wins
£87,456
Prize money
2022
Best season · 3 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.
Art Lord (IRE) — www.navanracecourse.ie Handicap Chase (0-109) Navan · Dec 2013
£6,900
Beyond Ambitious (IRE) — Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race Wexford · May 2022
£6,490
L'or Des Roses (FR) — ThurlesRaces.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-109) Thurles · Nov 2022
£6,490
Notable horses
Winnie Woodnutt (IRE) L'or Des Roses (FR) Jacenry (FR) Art Lord (IRE) Beyond Ambitious (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Kalanisi (IRE) 13% · 3–23
Progeny have won 10.5% of 6,749 runs since 2008 (648 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 16.1% from 355.
Ask (GB) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 10.6% of 3,218 runs since 2014 (283 horses).
Saddler Maker (IRE) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 16.8% of 2,173 runs since 2010 (181 horses). Weakest beyond 3m (all codes): 11.3% from 222.
Buck's Boum (FR) 11.1% · 1–9
Progeny have won 11% of 1,380 runs since 2015 (178 horses).
Lord Americo (IRE) 11.1% · 1–9
Progeny have won 7.8% of 2,189 runs since 2008 (237 horses).
Lord Du Sud (FR) 25% · 2–8
Progeny have won 8.9% of 1,025 runs since 2011 (115 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 4.8% from 146.
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 2 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 145 · newest first

The latest 50 of 145 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 16 January 2005 to 18 May 2024.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
18 May 24 Wexford Ballerina Boxer (IRE)J: Patrick M O'Brien T.C. Cullen Memorial Handicap Chase (0-109)25f · Soft · 12 ran PU 11/1
06 May 24 Down Royal Ballerina Boxer (IRE)J: Alex Harvey Club Lemon Handicap Hurdle (80-95)17f · Good · 20 ran 13th 20/1
26 Apr 24 Downpatrick Jacenry (FR)J: Ben Harvey Toals Bookmakers Handicap Hurdle (80-102)23f · Good · 13 ran 7th 15/2
16 Apr 24 Naas Ballerina Boxer (IRE)J: Ben Harvey Pat O'hare Bookmakers Mares Handicap Hurdle (80-102)19.5f · Soft · 16 ran BD 25/1
14 Apr 24 Down Royal Jacenry (FR)J: Patrick M O'Brien Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102)20f · Yielding · 15 ran 2nd 7/2F
05 Apr 24 Dundalk (AW) Inverbrena (IRE)J: Sean D Bowen Gateway Hotel Dundalk Race & Stay Apprentice Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)8f · Standard · 14 ran 5th 66/1
04 Apr 24 Naas Ballerina Boxer (IRE)J: Ben Harvey Owners Insurance Included In AIRO Membership Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Soft To Heavy · 25 ran 12th 66/1
17 Mar 24 Down Royal Jacenry (FR)J: Ben Harvey Powered By Bluegrass Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)20f · Soft · 14 ran 1st 4/1
03 Mar 24 Leopardstown Ballerina Boxer (IRE)J: Ben Harvey Anton O'Toole Handicap Hurdle (80-109)16f · Soft · 18 ran 13th 80/1
25 Feb 24 Naas Ballerina Boxer (IRE)J: Ben Harvey Naas Racecourse Business Club Maiden Hurdle15.5f · Soft · 25 ran 16th 250/1
23 Feb 24 Dundalk (AW) Inverbrena (IRE)J: Rory Mulligan Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Handicap (47-65)7f · Standard · 14 ran 7th 80/1
26 Jan 24 Dundalk (AW) Inverbrena (IRE)J: Rory Mulligan View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Apprentice Maiden7f · Standard · 14 ran 9th 250/1
20 Jan 24 Navan Ballydangan (IRE)J: Alex Harvey Gormanlough Handicap Chase (0-102)24f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran PU 16/1
26 Dec 23 Down Royal Ballydangan (IRE)J: Mr Finian Maguire Metcollect Handicap Chase (0-102)20f · Soft · 13 ran 6th 12/1
26 Dec 23 Down Royal Jacenry (FR)J: Patrick M O'Brien Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102)17f · Soft · 19 ran 6th 50/1
22 Dec 23 Dundalk (AW) Inverbrena (IRE)J: Siobhan Rutledge Gateway Hotel Dundalk Race & Stay Maiden7f · Standard · 14 ran 11th 200/1
09 Dec 23 Navan Jacenry (FR)J: Ben Harvey Mervyn Gray Construction Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 26 ran 15th 250/1
08 Dec 23 Dundalk (AW) Inverbrena (IRE)J: Siobhan Rutledge Dundalk Stadium Gift Vouchers Available Online Maiden10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 12th 125/1
25 Nov 23 Punchestown Jacenry (FR)J: Ben Harvey CourtClinic.ie Chartered Physiotherapists Supporting Kilmacud Crokes GAA Maiden Hurdle19.5f · Soft · 19 ran 10th 250/1
21 Nov 23 Limerick Ballydangan (IRE)J: Ben Harvey Follow Us On Twitter At Limerick Races Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-95)24.5f · Heavy · 13 ran 11th 11/2

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 D Harvey's strike rate?
D Harvey has won 7 of 110 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 6.4% (as at 2 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is D Harvey's Fair A/E?
0.95, from 110 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 2 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).