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Trainer profile

Daniel John Howard

122 runners in the last 5 seasons · 9 individual horses
As at 19 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 2 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2012→)
from 1 Jan 2022
6–122
Wins / Runs
4.9%
Strike rate
n=122
24 (20%)
Placed
0.89
Fair A/E
n=122 · 0.70 incl. margin
−13.50
£1 level stake
n=122 at SP · −11.1%
£75,321
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 20 runners a season, winning with 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.89).

Deterministic profile computed from 122 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 19 Oct 2026
The read

Runners with a claiming rider up have been a poor signal at 1.7% (n=58, Fair A/E 0.29). The yard also reads well off a 15-30-day break (8.7%, n=46).

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.9% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−4.9
n=21 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −21.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−4.9
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−4.9
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−4.9
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−4.9
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
When favourite
33.3%
n=6 · A/E 2.12 · £1 +5.50
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
1.7%−3.2
n=58 · A/E 0.29 · £1 −24.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.9% 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 8.7% vs 4.9% · n=46
With claiming riders up 1.7% vs 4.9% · n=58
With a new jockey booking 3.8% vs 4.9% · n=53 · A/E 0.84
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
Chase 62 3 4.8% +6.00
Flat 28 3 10.7% +12.50
Hurdle 25 0 0% −25.00
NH Flat 7 0 0% −7.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 48 2 4.2% −9.50
Heavy 27 2 7.4% +9.00
Good to Soft 21 1 4.8% −4.00
Good 21 1 4.8% −4.00
Standard (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Limerick 18 0 0% −18.00
Galway 15 3 20% +25.50
Cork 11 0 0% −11.00
Tramore 11 2 18.2% +40.00
Tipperary 8 0 0% −8.00
Thurles 8 0 0% −8.00
Punchestown 7 0 0% −7.00
Listowel 6 0 0% −6.00
Roscommon 5 0 0% −5.00
Navan 5 0 0% −5.00
Dundalk (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Naas 4 0 0% −4.00
Killarney 4 0 0% −4.00
Downpatrick 3 0 0% −3.00
Curragh 3 0 0% −3.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 7 2 28.6% 1.85 +4.50
2nd–3rd fav 15 0 0% 0.00 −15.00
4th–6th fav 21 0 0% 0.00 −21.00
7th+ in betting 79 4 5.1% 1.93 +18.00
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
82.8% completed · 87 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 62 82.3% 2 2 7 0 0
Hurdle 25 84% 0 0 4 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
Likable Chancer (IRE) 46 3 17 17 Oct 26
Ennemi Public (FR)from Mrs Denise Foster 23 0 1 16 Aug 24
Sylkie (GB)from J A Stack 20 3 5 11 Oct 26
Edge Of Darkness (IRE)from Denis Gerard Hogan 13 0 0 7 Jun 26
Starlight Cato (IRE) 11 0 1 18 Jan 25
Rusty Finure (IRE) 4 0 0 2 Jul 26
Peppa's Dancer (IRE) 2 0 0 8 Sep 25
Sunset Cato (IRE)then Paul John Gilligan 2 0 0 23 Oct 22
Bartra Lady (IRE) 1 0 0 24 Mar 22
All 9 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 9 horses listed, 3 arrived from another yard in our archive; 6 had their first archived run for this yard.

1 has since run for another yard; 8 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 2
Only 2 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
00090002017500
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
Daniel King 25 2 8% +9.00
Rory Cleary 12 2 16.7% +24.00
Cian Quirke 10 0 0% −10.00
Danny Gilligan 7 1 14.3% +27.00
Richard Deegan 7 0 0% −7.00
Mr E P O'Brien 7 0 0% −7.00
Shane O'Callaghan 6 0 0% −6.00
Colin Keane 3 1 33.3% +1.50
Miss C Daffy 3 0 0% −3.00
Daniel Howard 2 0 0% −2.00
Miss L Costello 2 0 0% −2.00
Jordan Gainford 2 0 0% −2.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2012→
15
Archived wins
£222k
Prize money
2024
Best season · 4 wins
Sylkie (GB) — Village Salthill Handicap (50-80) Galway · Aug 2024
£10,030
Archie Meade (IRE) — Kevin McManus Beginners Chase Listowel · Sep 2015
£10,005
Just A Normal Day (IRE) — Irish Stallion Farms EBF Opportunity Handicap Chase Wexford · Sep 2018
£9,240
Notable horses
Likable Chancer (IRE) Duty Dance (IRE) Sylkie (GB) Archie Meade (IRE) Fluspar (IRE) Somethingprecious (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Gold Well (GB) 6.5% · 3–46
Progeny have won 12.2% of 5,648 runs since 2008 (363 horses).
Network (GER) 0% · 0–23
Progeny have won 14.1% of 3,767 runs since 2008 (380 horses). Weakest beyond 3m (all codes): 10.2% from 274.
Starspangledbanner (AUS) 15% · 3–20
Progeny have won 11.1% of 7,132 runs since 2008 (659 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 14.5% from 1,186.
Australia (GB) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 11.2% of 5,631 runs since 2008 (563 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.5% from 108.
Notnowcato (GB) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 9.8% of 2,367 runs since 2008 (226 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 14.5% from 386. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.6% from 349.
Ascalon (GB) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 5.3% of 19 runs since 2008 (2 horses). A small sample.
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 19 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 417 · newest first

The latest 50 of 417 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 15 December 2012 to 17 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
17 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Likable Chancer (IRE)J: Shane O'Callaghan Greenpark Limerick Handicap Hurdle (Div II)21.5f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran PU 50/1
11 Oct 26 Naas (IRE) Sylkie (GB)J: Jamie Orr TRM Calphormin - Strong Foundation, Strong Future Apprentice Handicap10.5f · Soft · 12 ran 7th 11/1
08 Sep 26 Galway (IRE) Sylkie (GB)J: Jack Cleary BOYLE Sports Apprentice Handicap12f · Soft · 15 ran 11th 16/1
02 Jul 26 Limerick Rusty Finure (IRE)J: Daniel King Eddie Noonan Groundworks Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 18 ran 6th 200/1
07 Jun 26 Navan Edge Of Darkness (IRE)J: Dylan Browne McMonagle Cusack Hotel Group Family Raceday July 11th Handicap (0-60) (Div 2)13f · Good · 14 ran 13th 12/1
01 Jun 26 Listowel Rusty Finure (IRE)J: Mr E P O'Brien Bryan MacMahon (Pro/Am) Flat Race20f · Yielding · 10 ran 7th 200/1
31 May 26 Listowel Edge Of Darkness (IRE)J: Julian Pietropaolo Lane Family Memorial Handicap16f · Good · 11 ran 6th 20/1
21 May 26 Limerick Likable Chancer (IRE)J: Patrick M O'Brien Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Handicap Chase (0-100) (Div 1)22.5f · Good · 11 ran 8th 11/1
18 May 26 Roscommon Edge Of Darkness (IRE)J: Colin Keane Roscommon Handicap (0-60)12f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 10th 6/1
25 Apr 26 Navan Edge Of Darkness (IRE)J: Rory Cleary Cusack Hotel Group Family Day July 11th Handicap13f · Good To Yielding · 20 ran 10th 40/1
25 Apr 26 Navan Sylkie (GB)J: Rory Cleary Future Stars Raceday 16th May Handicap10f · Good To Yielding · 23 ran 14th 28/1
20 Apr 26 Tramore Likable Chancer (IRE)J: Daniel King O'Driscolls Irish Whiskey Handicap Chase (0-100)21.5f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 5th 22/1
01 Apr 26 Dundalk (AW) Edge Of Darkness (IRE)J: Julian Pietropaolo View Restaurant Summer Offer Handicap12f · Standard · 13 ran 12th 50/1
06 Mar 26 Dundalk (AW) Edge Of Darkness (IRE)J: Mr Alan O'Sullivan BAR 1 Betting Best Odds Guaranteed Overnight In Shop & Online (Q.R.) Handicap16f · Standard · 11 ran 8th 50/1
18 Feb 26 Punchestown Sylkie (GB)J: Cian Quirke Matchbook 50:50 Graduation Series Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Soft · 16 ran 9th 125/1
10 Feb 26 Limerick Likable Chancer (IRE)J: Michael Kenneally Munster Suite At Limerick Handicap Hurdle (0-100)21f · Heavy · 14 ran PU 9/2J
26 Jan 26 Punchestown Sylkie (GB)J: Cian Quirke Matchbook 50:50 Graduation Series Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 14 ran 9th 200/1
23 Jan 26 Dundalk (AW) Edge Of Darkness (IRE)J: Wayne Lordan Dundalk Winter Series Leading Trainer & Jockey Championship Handicap12f · Standard · 12 ran 9th 66/1
09 Jan 26 Dundalk (AW) Edge Of Darkness (IRE)J: Darragh O'Sullivan Happy New Year From All At Dundalk Apprentice Handicap12f · Standard · 12 ran 12th 50/1
03 Jan 26 Cork Sylkie (GB)J: Cian Quirke Happy New Year From All At Cork Maiden Hurdle17f · Yielding To Soft · 17 ran 15th 33/1

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 Daniel John Howard's strike rate?
Daniel John Howard has won 6 of 122 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 4.9% (as at 19 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Is Daniel John Howard in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 2 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Daniel John Howard's Fair A/E?
0.89, from 122 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 19 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).