What is D J Bunyan's strike rate?

D J Bunyan has won 48 of 780 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 6.2% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does D J Bunyan do best at?

Dundalk by strike rate: 24 wins from 243 runners (9.9%) 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 D J Bunyan?

Leigh Roche, with 203 runners since 2008 — 26% of the total. That pairing has won 17 (8.4%).

What is D J Bunyan's Fair A/E?

1.05, from 778 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.

Trainer profile

D J Bunyan

780 runners in the lifetime window · 118 individual horses

As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last runner Nov 2024 97% of runners on the flat

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2011→)

from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it

48–780

Wins / Runs

6.2%

Strike rate

n=780

137 (18%)

Placed

1.05

Fair A/E

n=778 · 0.84 incl. margin

−246.41

£1 level stake

n=780 at SP · −31.6%

£735k

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 40 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 6% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.05).

Deterministic profile computed from 780 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 6 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Fires Feb–Apr Leigh Roche: 8.4% from 203

The read

The record is strongest at Dundalk (9.9%, n=243), clear of the yard's 6.2% baseline. It is weakest at Navan (0% over 62 runners) — the widest gap in the record. New recruits from other stables on their first run struggle at 2.9% (n=34, Fair A/E 0.95). Leigh Roche rides 26% of the entries and edges the yard's average (8.4% vs 6.2%, A/E 1.47) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well on Standard (AW) going (9.8%, n=255). 3 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Al Basti Equiworld Mercury Stakes at Dundalk (AW) (Oct 2018, £37,465). The stable star of the record: Grey Danube (IRE) — 8 wins from 44 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Feb–Apr.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.2% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

5.7%−0.5

n=176 · A/E 1.21 · £1 −15.00

New recruits · first run for the yard

2.9%−3.3

n=34 · A/E 0.95 · £1 −15.00

Debutants · first career start

6.8%+0.6

n=88 · A/E 1.59 · £1 −8.50

First-time headgear · true-first definition

3.1%−3.1

n=65 · A/E 0.62 · £1 −43.00

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

12.5%+6.3

n=24 · A/E 1.93 · £1 −1.00

When favourite

19%

n=21 · A/E 0.83 · £1 −7.74

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

5.9%−0.3

n=270 · A/E 1.16 · £1 −117.29

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

5.9%−0.3

n=51 · A/E 1.11 · £1 +26.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.2% 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 Dean Curran 15% vs 6.2% · n=40

At Navan 0% vs 6.2% · n=62

On last-time-out winners 12.2% vs 6.2% · n=41

At Leopardstown 0% vs 6.2% · n=31

At Dundalk 9.9% vs 6.2% · n=243

On Standard (AW) going 9.8% vs 6.2% · n=255

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 759 46 6.1% −232.79

Hurdle 15 1 6.7% −10.50

NH Flat 6 1 16.7% −3.12

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Standard (AW) 255 25 9.8% −35.12

Good 194 9 4.6% −68.62

Soft 164 10 6.1% −35.17

Good to Firm 67 2 3% −33.00

Good to Soft 57 1 1.8% −50.50

Heavy 43 1 2.3% −24.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Dundalk 243 24 9.9% −31.12

Curragh 131 3 2.3% −41.00

Naas 64 3 4.7% −19.00

Navan 62 0 0% −62.00

Cork 52 3 5.8% +1.00

Leopardstown 31 0 0% −31.00

Fairyhouse 29 4 13.8% +14.50

Gowran Park 20 3 15% −1.67

Tipperary 18 1 5.6% −5.00

Down Royal 14 1 7.1% −11.12

Killarney 14 2 14.3% +1.50

Bellewstown 13 1 7.7% −6.50

Roscommon 12 1 8.3% −3.00

Galway 10 0 0% −10.00

Tramore 8 0 0% −8.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 1 51 3 5.9% +26.00

Class 5 5 0 0% −5.00

Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00

Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

Class 4 1 1 100% +16.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 29 6 20.7% 1.01 −4.41

2nd–3rd fav 98 13 13.3% 0.97 −21.00

4th–6th fav 182 17 9.3% 1.27 −1.00

7th+ in betting 471 12 2.5% 0.93 −220.00

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

Grey Danube (IRE) 44 8 12 9 Mar 18

Limit Long (GB) 33 3 6 8 Sep 22

Dreams Delivered (IRE)then Michael Appleby 28 2 5 27 Sep 22

Brokers Tip (IRE) 26 1 4 8 Sep 22

Mister Trader (GB) 25 2 7 24 Aug 22

Fine Distraction (IRE)then Liam McAteer 24 0 5 29 Oct 21

Seven Worlds (IRE) 23 0 2 23 Oct 22

Snow Patch (IRE) 23 1 10 29 Sep 20

Hit The Bid (GB) 20 3 7 16 Jun 20

Invincible Ridge (IRE)from Richard Hannon Snr · then Eric Alston 17 0 4 31 Aug 14

Age Of Glory (GB)then Barbara Butterworth 16 1 2 17 Jul 14

Elzaam Blue (IRE)then Jamie Osborne 15 3 5 15 Feb 23

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 118 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 4 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, 13 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Gerard O'Leary (4); 47 had their first archived run for this yard.

24 have since run for another yard, most often for D J Bunyan & G O'Leary (8); 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.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime

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A flat yard: the season runs Mar–Oct. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first

Go-to riderLeigh Roche

26% of all rides
8.4% SR · A/E 1.47

RiderRWSR£1

Leigh Roche 203 17 8.4% +46.00

Chris Hayes 116 7 6% −64.62

Dean Curran 40 6 15% +1.83

Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2011→

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£735k

Prize money

2023

Best season · 9 wins

Hit The Bid (GB) — Al Basti Equiworld Mercury Stakes (Group 3) Dundalk (AW) · Oct 2018 · Group 3

£37,465

Hit The Bid (GB) — Jimmy O'neill Irish Racing Excellence Curragh Stakes (group 3) Curragh · Aug 2016 · Group 3

£35,400

Hit The Bid (GB) — Midsummer Sprint Stakes (Listed) Cork · Jun 2017 · Listed

£26,550

Notable horses

Grey Danube (IRE) Limit Long (GB) Hit The Bid (GB) Elzaam Blue (IRE) Dreams Delivered (IRE) Mister Trader (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Verglas (IRE) 18.2% · 8–44

Progeny have won 10.2% of 6,977 runs since 2008 (499 horses).

Lope De Vega (IRE) 8.3% · 3–36

Progeny have won 13.8% of 12,219 runs since 2014 (1,108 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.4% from 960.

Exceed and Excel (AUS) 12.1% · 4–33

Progeny have won 11.9% of 16,036 runs since 2008 (1,161 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 20.7% from 198. Weakest on Soft going: 7.9% from 1,194.

Hellvelyn (GB) 6.1% · 2–33

Progeny have won 7.1% of 1,952 runs since 2014 (162 horses). Strongest on Soft going: 11.7% from 256.

Camacho (GB) 6.3% · 2–32

Progeny have won 8.1% of 9,325 runs since 2009 (596 horses).

Epaulette (AUS) 6.7% · 2–30

Progeny have won 9.1% of 3,067 runs since 2017 (221 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4% from 173. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5% from 222.

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 6 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 780 · newest first

The latest 50 of 780 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 6 July 2011 to 22 November 2024.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

22 Nov 24 Dundalk (AW) Southgreen (IRE)J: Rory Cleary Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden8f · Standard · 12 ran 11th 150/1

03 Nov 24 Curragh Amigo Veritas (IRE)J: Jamie Powell Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden8f · Yielding To Soft · 27 ran 27th 100/1

03 Nov 24 Curragh Southgreen (IRE)J: Rory Cleary Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden8f · Yielding To Soft · 27 ran 20th 125/1

28 Oct 24 Galway Al Rojo Vivo (IRE)J: Rory Cleary Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden8.5f · Heavy · 11 ran 8th 200/1

09 Oct 24 Navan Eccellente (GB)J: Neve Bennett Simonstown Maiden6f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 14th 250/1

05 Oct 24 Curragh Supreme Law (IRE)J: Ms M Kelly Newbridge Silverware Ladies Trophy (Q.R.) Handicap12f · Good · 15 ran 14th 150/1

10 Sep 24 Galway Episodic (IRE)J: Rory Cleary Irish EBF Median Sires Series Fillies Maiden7f · Yielding · 16 ran 12th 200/1

31 Aug 24 Curragh Valentino Express (IRE)J: Neve Bennett Al Basti Equiworld Dubai Apprentice Handicap6f · Good · 17 ran 17th 80/1

27 Aug 24 Bellewstown Buddy Batt (IRE)J: Jamie Powell Dolly's Bar & Pantry Handicap5f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 8th 14/1

24 Aug 24 Curragh Valentino Express (IRE)J: Jamie Powell FBD Hotels And Resorts Saturday Series Handicap5f · Good · 13 ran 13th 28/1

24 Aug 24 Curragh Eccellente (GB)J: Neve Bennett FBD Hotels And Resorts Castleknock Hotel Maiden6f · Good · 17 ran 17th 250/1

23 Aug 24 Killarney Supreme Law (IRE)J: Ms M Kelly Tote, Never Beaten By SP (Q.R.) Race17f · Yielding To Soft · 5 ran 5th 100/1

21 Jul 24 Curragh Valentino Express (IRE)J: Jamie Powell Newbridge Silverware Sprint Handicap5f · Good · 12 ran 10th 50/1

21 Jul 24 Curragh Al Rojo Vivo (IRE)J: Ronan Whelan Sycamore Lodge Equine Hospital Irish European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden7f · Good · 11 ran 11th 300/1

20 Jul 24 Curragh Shoof Phoenix (IRE)J: Chris Hayes Juddmonte Chaldean Irish European Breeders Fund (C & G) Maiden7f · Good · 12 ran 11th 100/1

13 Jul 24 Navan Valentino Express (IRE)J: Jamie Powell Castle Arch Hotel Handicap6f · Good To Firm · 18 ran 18th 25/1

05 Jul 24 Bellewstown Sovereign City (IRE)J: Rory Cleary Dore & Co. Solicitors Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)12f · Good · 10 ran 9th 20/1

04 Jul 24 Bellewstown Episodic (IRE)J: Rory Cleary Irish EBF Median Sires Series Fillies Maiden8f · Good · 10 ran 8th 100/1

02 Jul 24 Roscommon Eccellente (GB)J: Neve Bennett Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden7.5f · Good · 14 ran 14th 200/1

28 Jun 24 Curragh Jurality (GB)J: Rory Mulligan Fitzpatrick's Mercedes-Benz Apprentice Derby Handicap (50-80)12f · Good · 18 ran 16th 80/1

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 D J Bunyan's strike rate?: D J Bunyan has won 48 of 780 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 6.2% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does D J Bunyan do best at?: Dundalk by strike rate: 24 wins from 243 runners (9.9%) 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 D J Bunyan?: Leigh Roche, with 203 runners since 2008 — 26% of the total. That pairing has won 17 (8.4%).
What is D J Bunyan's Fair A/E?: 1.05, from 778 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.