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Trainer profile

D J Ryan

220 runners in the lifetime window · 32 individual horses
As at 30 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Dec 2023
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
4–220
Wins / Runs
1.8%
Strike rate
n=220
21 (10%)
Placed
0.45
Fair A/E
n=219 · 0.35 incl. margin
−166.00
£1 level stake
n=220 at SP · −75.5%
£52,003
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 10 runners a season, winning with 2% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.45).

Deterministic profile computed from 220 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 30 Oct 2026
The read

The market has consistently overbet the yard on Heavy going: Fair A/E 0.68 across 57 runners (3.5% strike, −37.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Tatts Ltd Pat Taaffe Handicap Chase at Punchestown (Apr 2006, £35,805).

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 1.8% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−1.8
n=59 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −59.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−1.8
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−1.8
n=17 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −17.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−1.8
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−1.8
n=14 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −14.00
When favourite
0%
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%−1.8
n=72 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −72.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 1.8% 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
Off a 15-30-day break 4.3% vs 1.8% · n=70
With claiming riders up 0% vs 1.8% · n=72 · A/E 0.00
On Heavy going 3.5% vs 1.8% · n=57 · A/E 0.68
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 95 3 3.2% −54.00
Chase 76 1 1.3% −63.00
Flat 34 0 0% −34.00
NH Flat 15 0 0% −15.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 78 2 2.6% −44.00
Heavy 57 2 3.5% −37.00
Good 44 0 0% −44.00
Good to Soft 23 0 0% −23.00
Good to Firm 12 0 0% −12.00
Standard (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Limerick 21 1 4.8% −11.00
Ballinrobe 19 0 0% −19.00
Galway 16 1 6.3% −3.00
Clonmel 13 1 7.7% −3.00
Navan 11 0 0% −11.00
Fairyhouse 11 0 0% −11.00
Tramore 10 0 0% −10.00
Roscommon 10 0 0% −10.00
Downpatrick 9 0 0% −9.00
Gowran Park 9 0 0% −9.00
Sligo 9 0 0% −9.00
Cork 8 0 0% −8.00
Down Royal 7 0 0% −7.00
Thurles 7 0 0% −7.00
Kilbeggan 7 1 14.3% +14.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 5 3 0 0% −3.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 4 0 0% 0.00 −4.00
2nd–3rd fav 12 1 8.3% 0.74 −2.00
4th–6th fav 38 2 5.3% 0.74 −15.00
7th+ in betting 166 1 0.6% 0.24 −145.00
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
81.9% completed · 171 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 76 77.6% 3 4 10 0 0
Hurdle 95 85.3% 3 3 8 0 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
Yeoman (FR) 49 3 15 13 Apr 14
Call Of The Loon (IRE)then Christian Williams 26 1 3 1 Apr 22
War Thunder (GB)from Richard Hannon · then Paul W Flynn 22 0 1 1 Dec 23
Six Men Or Dooley (IRE) 12 0 0 2 Jul 16
He Is Top Class (IRE)then Donal Hassett 12 0 0 24 Sep 12
Foretto (GER) 10 0 0 17 May 11
Colours Of Autumn (IRE) 10 0 1 7 Sep 10
Fortis Et Fidelis (IRE) 9 0 0 8 Aug 09
Remember Jack (IRE) 8 0 0 1 Jan 21
Germany John (IRE)from M O Cullinane · then S J Mahon 8 0 0 2 Jun 17
Miss Peaches (IRE) 6 0 0 17 Aug 15
Soto Star (IRE) 6 0 1 8 Jul 12
All 32 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 32 horses listed, 8 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from M O Cullinane (3); 24 had their first archived run for this yard.

9 have since run for another yard, most often for Paul W Flynn (2); 23 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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700600000406
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 riderT G M Ryan
20% of all rides
2.3% SR · A/E 0.57
RiderRWSR£1
T G M Ryan 44 1 2.3% −34.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
12
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£173k
Prize money
2006
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.
One Four Shannon (IRE) — Tatts (Ire) Ltd Pat Taaffe Handicap Chase (0-145) Punchestown · Apr 2006 · Grade B
£35,805
One Four Shannon (IRE) — Boyle Handicap Chase (0-123) Roscommon · Oct 2005
£12,093
Workandturn (IRE) — Tote Account Handicap Hurdle (74-109) Roscommon · Jul 2005
£8,638
Notable horses
Yeoman (FR) One Four Shannon (IRE) Workandturn (IRE) Call Of The Loon (IRE) Danehill Chancer (IRE) Foretto (GER)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Valanjou (FR) 6.1% · 3–49
Progeny have won 6.9% of 58 runs since 2008 (2 horses).
Millenary (GB) 3.8% · 1–26
Progeny have won 9.7% of 1,413 runs since 2008 (120 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 13.3% from 233.
Cityscape (GB) 0% · 0–22
Progeny have won 9% of 2,997 runs since 2008 (213 horses).
Heron Island (IRE) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 11.2% of 2,819 runs since 2008 (317 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.2% from 162.
Quws (GB) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 6.6% of 824 runs since 2008 (72 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 10.5% from 105.
Beneficial (GB) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,044 runs since 2008 (1,155 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 30 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 425 · newest first

The latest 50 of 425 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 16 January 2005 to 1 December 2023.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Dec 23 Dundalk (AW) War Thunder (GB)J: Leigh Roche Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 11th 7/1
30 Oct 23 Galway War Thunder (GB)J: Leigh Roche Galway Races Summer Festival 2024 Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)12f · Heavy · 17 ran 5th 28/1
04 Oct 23 Navan War Thunder (GB)J: Leigh Roche Yellow Furze Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)10f · Yielding · 20 ran 6th 28/1
12 Sep 23 Galway War Thunder (GB)J: Wesley Joyce Galway Apprentice Handicap (47-70)12f · Soft · 9 ran 8th 9/1
30 Aug 23 Cork War Thunder (GB)J: Danny Sheehy Mallow Handicap (47-65)12f · Good · 17 ran 10th 50/1
16 May 23 Killarney War Thunder (GB)J: Danny Sheehy Donie Broderick Plumbing Handicap (50-80)17f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 7th 100/1
13 Mar 23 Thurles War Thunder (GB)J: Danny Gilligan Killinan Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16.5f · Soft · 13 ran 9th 40/1
16 Feb 23 Clonmel War Thunder (GB)J: Danny Gilligan Minorstown Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)16f · Soft · 16 ran 11th 33/1
17 Jan 23 Clonmel War Thunder (GB)J: Sam Ewing Lisronagh Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16.5f · Heavy · 14 ran PU 50/1
20 Dec 22 Naas War Thunder (GB)J: Mr H C Swan John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Soft · 25 ran 20th 66/1
06 Nov 22 Cork War Thunder (GB)J: Sam Ewing Paddy Power From The Horse's Mouth Podcast Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 23 ran 11th 125/1
05 Oct 22 Navan War Thunder (GB)J: Shane Crosse Yellow Furze Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)10f · Soft · 19 ran 14th 66/1
22 Sep 22 Listowel War Thunder (GB)J: Leigh Roche Treo Eile Retraining Ireland's Racehorses Handicap (47-70)14f · Soft · 15 ran 9th 80/1
06 Sep 22 Galway War Thunder (GB)J: Daniel King Galway Apprentice Handicap (47-70)12f · Soft · 18 ran 10th 100/1
11 Jun 22 Limerick War Thunder (GB)J: Shane Crosse Limerick Racecourse Handicap (50-80)11.5f · Good · 11 ran 10th 66/1
09 May 22 Roscommon War Thunder (GB)J: Shane Crosse Dick Mulvanney Supporting Roscommon Racecourse Handicap12f · Soft To Heavy · 15 ran 15th 40/1
01 Apr 22 Wexford Call Of The Loon (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Ire Wel Pallets Ltd Handicap Chase (0-102) (Div 2)25.5f · Good · 11 ran 7th 15/2
20 Mar 22 Downpatrick Call Of The Loon (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe WKD Handicap Chase (0-102)19f · Good · 15 ran 5th 18/1
10 Sep 21 Ballinrobe Call Of The Loon (IRE)J: Jordan Gainford Good Luck To Mayo Handicap Chase (0-95)23f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran 6th 20/1
10 Sep 21 Ballinrobe War Thunder (GB)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Ballinrobe 'a History In The Making' 3-y-o Maiden Hurdle18f · Yielding To Soft · 11 ran 7th 66/1

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 Ryan's strike rate?
D J Ryan has won 4 of 220 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 1.8% (as at 30 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is D J Ryan's Fair A/E?
0.45, from 219 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 30 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).