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Trainer profile

D M Leigh

165 runners in the lifetime window · 32 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Oct 2011
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
No runners in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
6–165
Wins / Runs
3.6%
Strike rate
n=165
23 (14%)
Placed
0.70
Fair A/E
n=165 · 0.53 incl. margin
−103.62
£1 level stake
n=165 at SP · −62.8%
£75,067
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
3.6%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 40 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 4% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.70). The edge shows sharpest with horses returning fresh: 5% off breaks of two months or more (39 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 165 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 5.1%
The read

The yard also read well on Soft going (7.9%, n=38). The market has consistently overbet the yard off a 15-30-day break: Fair A/E 0.32 across 50 runners (2% strike, −47.62 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 3.6% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
5.1%+1.5
n=39 · A/E 1.46 · £1 −15.50
New recruits · first run for the yard
4.3%+0.7
n=23 · A/E 1.58 · £1 −6.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−3.6
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−3.6
n=11 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −11.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−3.6
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
When favourite
25%
n=4 · A/E 0.75 · £1 −1.62
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
3.6%+0.0
n=84 · A/E 0.81 · £1 −48.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−3.6
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 3.6% 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
On Soft going 7.9% vs 3.6% · n=38
In Hurdle races 5.9% vs 3.6% · n=51
With a new jockey booking 1.8% vs 3.6% · n=110 · A/E 0.37
Off a 15-30-day break 2% vs 3.6% · n=50 · A/E 0.32
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 70 2 2.9% −40.00
Hurdle 51 3 5.9% −22.00
Chase 28 1 3.6% −25.62
NH Flat 16 0 0% −16.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 38 3 7.9% −1.50
Good 27 1 3.7% −24.62
Heavy 26 1 3.8% −20.50
Good to Firm 25 0 0% −25.00
Standard (AW) 19 0 0% −19.00
Good to Soft 16 1 6.3% +1.00
Firm 14 0 0% −14.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Punchestown 25 0 0% −25.00
Dundalk (AW) 18 0 0% −18.00
Gowran Park 13 1 7.7% +4.00
Wexford 12 0 0% −12.00
Kilbeggan 11 1 9.1% +6.00
Navan 10 0 0% −10.00
Curragh 8 0 0% −8.00
Down Royal 7 0 0% −7.00
Leopardstown 7 0 0% −7.00
Tramore 7 0 0% −7.00
Fairyhouse 6 0 0% −6.00
Bellewstown 6 0 0% −6.00
Tipperary 5 1 20% −2.62
Naas 5 0 0% −5.00
Clonmel 4 0 0% −4.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 4 1 25% 0.75 −1.62
2nd–3rd fav 12 2 16.7% 1.36 +0.00
4th–6th fav 32 2 6.3% 0.89 −2.00
7th+ in betting 117 1 0.9% 0.29 −100.00
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
Metropolis (IRE)from Charles O'Brien · then Adrian Brendan Joyce 20 0 2 7 Aug 11
Hollywood Law (IRE)from W P Mullins 17 2 4 5 May 11
Mullica Lad (IRE)from F Flood 15 0 2 28 Oct 09
Mullicagh Lass (IRE)from F Flood 15 2 6 26 Feb 09
Follyfoot (IRE)then M Phelan 12 1 2 22 Jul 11
The Mouse Carroll (IRE)then Brett Johnson 12 0 2 30 Oct 09
Hollywood Hills (IRE)from W P Mullins 10 0 1 24 Jul 09
Johnies Star (IRE)from Mark J Doyle · then Peter Maher 6 0 0 15 Jul 11
Do The Deal (IRE)from John Quinn · then P D Deegan 5 0 1 12 Mar 10
Ellens Boy (IRE)from Francis Ennis 5 0 0 8 May 09
Le Diablo Rouge (IRE)from M Halford · then F Flood 4 1 1 12 Oct 09
No Acting (IRE)from Shane Joseph Kelly 4 0 1 22 Jul 09
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, 23 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Shane Joseph Kelly (4) and Charles O'Brien (2); 9 had their first archived run for this yard.

9 have since run for another yard; 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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Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Mark Bolger 20 1 5% −14.50
Kieran O'Neill 9 0 0% −9.00
Andrew Leigh 8 1 12.5% +9.00
Robbie Colgan 7 0 0% −7.00
Mark Walsh 6 0 0% −6.00
Valdir De Souza 6 0 0% −6.00
Declan McDonogh 6 0 0% −6.00
John Cullen 6 0 0% −6.00
Davy Russell 5 2 40% +3.88
Danny Grant 5 0 0% −5.00
Shane Jackson 5 0 0% −5.00
Ronan Whelan 4 1 25% +9.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
7
Archived wins
£95,847
Prize money
2008
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.
Benjis Treasure (IRE) — S.M. Morris Handicap Hurdle (Rated 74-109) Leopardstown · Jan 2005
£13,020
Hollywood Law (IRE) — Westmeath Hurdle Kilbeggan · Aug 2010
£11,385
Mullicagh Lass (IRE) — Lynch's Bakery Handicap Hurdle (81-109) (Div 2) Listowel · Sep 2008
£10,365
Notable horses
Hollywood Law (IRE) Mullicagh Lass (IRE) Follyfoot (IRE) Le Diablo Rouge (IRE) Benjis Treasure (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Fasliyev (USA) 0% · 0–20
Progeny have won 8.3% of 4,140 runs since 2008 (273 horses). Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.1% from 124.
Zaffaran (USA) 11.8% · 2–17
Progeny have won 8.6% of 1,087 runs since 2008 (140 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 13.4% from 209. Weakest on Good to Soft going: 4% from 174. Weakest beyond 3m (all codes): 5.2% from 155.
Arctic Lord (IRE) 0% · 0–15
Progeny have won 5.5% of 795 runs since 2008 (82 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 12% from 117. Weakest on Heavy going: 1.4% from 147.
Oscar Schindler (IRE) 13.3% · 2–15
Progeny have won 7.1% of 718 runs since 2008 (82 horses).
Barathea (IRE) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 8.5% of 4,143 runs since 2008 (315 horses).
Croco Rouge (IRE) 8.3% · 1–12
Progeny have won 9% of 723 runs since 2008 (74 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 5.8% from 120.
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 15 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 228 · newest first

The latest 50 of 228 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 9 January 2005 to 28 October 2011.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
28 Oct 11 Dundalk (AW) Joint Decision (IRE)J: Ronan Whelan Christmas Parties At Dundalk Handicap (47-70) (Div 1)10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 12th 14/1
05 Oct 11 Navan Joint Decision (IRE)J: Mark Enright Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap (47-65)5f · Yielding To Soft · 20 ran 13th 20/1
11 Sep 11 Curragh Joint Decision (IRE)J: Thomas Brown European Association Of Racing Schools Apprentice Handicap (50-80)7f · Soft · 17 ran 11th 33/1
07 Aug 11 Curragh Metropolis (IRE)J: Rachel King Ladies Qualified Riders Association Fegentri World Championship Race For Lady Riders Handicap (47-75)12f · Good · 7 ran 6th 16/1
22 Jul 11 Wexford Follyfoot (IRE)J: Joseph O'Brien Belmont Handicap (47-60)8.5f · Good · 13 ran 12th 13/2
22 Jul 11 Wexford Metropolis (IRE)J: Shane Foley Belmont Handicap (47-60)8.5f · Good · 13 ran 6th 20/1
15 Jul 11 Kilbeggan Johnies Star (IRE)J: Mark Bolger Ladies Day At Kilbeggan Handicap Hurdle (80-102)24f · Good · 15 ran 10th 20/1
12 Jul 11 Dundalk (AW) Metropolis (IRE)J: P B Beggy St. Vincent De Paul 'racecourse Rumble' - 19th August Handicap (47-60)8f · Standard · 14 ran 12th 20/1
08 Jul 11 Gowran Park Follyfoot (IRE)J: Shane Gray Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap (47-60)8f · Good · 16 ran 7th 6/1
05 Jul 11 Roscommon Metropolis (IRE)J: Mark Bolger jogforjockeys.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)16f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 10th 22/1
02 Jul 11 Bellewstown Johnies Star (IRE)J: Eddie Power Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102)20f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 10th 20/1
21 Jun 11 Ballinrobe Follyfoot (IRE)J: Ronan Whelan Coleman Quarries Handicap (47-60)9f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 1st 12/1
19 Jun 11 Gowran Park Johnies Star (IRE)J: Mark Bolger Callan Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16f · Good To Firm · 19 ran 13th 33/1
12 Jun 11 Roscommon Follyfoot (IRE)J: Ronan Whelan Roscommon Herald Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)12f · Yielding · 14 ran 3rd 10/1
10 Jun 11 Wexford Born To Dazzle (IRE)J: Mr R T Nolan Barrow Mares Flat Race (Div 1)16f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 11th 20/1
09 Jun 11 Leopardstown Metropolis (IRE)J: M M Murphy Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap (47-70)8f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 10th 12/1
04 Jun 11 Tramore Metropolis (IRE)J: W J Lee www.tramore-racecourse.com Handicap (47-65)12f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 10th 8/1
04 Jun 11 Tramore Follyfoot (IRE)J: Gary Carroll www.tramore-racecourse.com Handicap (47-65)12f · Good To Firm · 11 ran 6th 8/1
26 May 11 Clonmel Follyfoot (IRE)J: Danny Grant Jossestown Handicap (47-65)10f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 7th 8/1
26 May 11 Clonmel Metropolis (IRE)J: Ronan Whelan Jossestown Handicap (47-65)10f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 4th 12/1

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 M Leigh's strike rate?
D M Leigh has won 6 of 165 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 3.6% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is D M Leigh's Fair A/E?
0.70, from 165 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 15 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).