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Trainer profile

Daniel John Howard

418 runners in the lifetime window · 36 individual horses
As at 30 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner yesterday
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2012→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
15–418
Wins / Runs
3.6%
Strike rate
n=418
70 (17%)
Placed
0.72
Fair A/E
n=418 · 0.57 incl. margin
−205.50
£1 level stake
n=418 at SP · −49.2%
£225k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 20 runners a season, winning with 4% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.72).

Deterministic profile computed from 418 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 30 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Aug–Sep Daniel Howard: 6.6% from 76
The read

The record is strongest at Tramore (10%, n=30), clear of the yard's 3.6% baseline. It is weakest at Limerick (0% over 55 runners) — the largest sample in the record, and the widest gap. The market has consistently overbet runners with a claiming rider up: 1.5% strike, Fair A/E 0.31 and −156.00 to a £1 stake over 202 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Daniel Howard rides 18% of the entries and edges the yard's average (6.6% vs 3.6%, A/E 0.98) — the market has that partnership priced right. Seasonally, the yard fires Aug–Sep.

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
2.5%−1.1
n=81 · A/E 0.61 · £1 −53.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−3.6
n=12 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −12.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−3.6
n=24 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −24.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−3.6
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−3.6
n=18 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −18.00
When favourite
36.4%
n=11 · A/E 1.82 · £1 +5.50
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
1.5%−2.1
n=202 · A/E 0.31 · £1 −156.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−3.6
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00

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
At Tramore 10% vs 3.6% · n=30
At Limerick 0% vs 3.6% · n=55
With Daniel Howard 6.6% vs 3.6% · n=76
With Miss C Daffy 0% vs 3.6% · n=32
With claiming riders up 1.5% vs 3.6% · n=202
On Heavy going 5.9% vs 3.6% · n=119
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 195 5 2.6% −108.00
Chase 147 7 4.8% −62.00
Flat 55 3 5.5% −14.50
NH Flat 21 0 0% −21.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 133 5 3.8% −73.00
Heavy 119 7 5.9% −8.00
Good 101 2 2% −76.50
Good to Soft 47 1 2.1% −30.00
Good to Firm 10 0 0% −10.00
Standard (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Limerick 55 0 0% −55.00
Thurles 39 2 5.1% −23.50
Tramore 30 3 10% +24.00
Cork 29 0 0% −29.00
Punchestown 28 1 3.6% −11.00
Galway 28 3 10.7% +12.50
Tipperary 25 0 0% −25.00
Clonmel 20 0 0% −20.00
Listowel 20 1 5% −18.00
Ballinrobe 16 1 6.3% +1.00
Fairyhouse 16 0 0% −16.00
Killarney 15 0 0% −15.00
Wexford 14 1 7.1% −9.50
Navan 11 1 9.1% +10.00
Downpatrick 10 1 10% +5.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 15 4 26.7% 1.48 +1.50
2nd–3rd fav 42 4 9.5% 0.72 −7.00
4th–6th fav 84 0 0% 0.00 −84.00
7th+ in betting 277 7 2.5% 0.96 −116.00
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
81.3% completed · 342 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 147 78.2% 6 6 19 1 0
Hurdle 195 83.6% 5 4 23 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) 69 3 22 17 Oct 26
Hughies Bay (IRE)from Garvan Donnelly 45 0 10 25 Feb 21
Archie Meade (IRE)from Patrick J F Hassett 40 2 8 23 Aug 18
Duty Dance (IRE)from Anthony James Costello 28 3 8 10 Apr 17
Ennemi Public (FR)from Mrs Denise Foster 25 0 1 16 Aug 24
Fluspar (IRE)from S J Mahon 22 1 3 30 Jan 18
Sylkie (GB)from J A Stack 21 3 6 29 Oct 26
Caoimhe Diva (IRE) 20 0 1 22 Apr 19
Duty Girl (IRE)then Julia Brooke 14 0 0 5 Aug 19
Edge Of Darkness (IRE)from Denis Gerard Hogan 13 0 0 7 Jun 26
Starlight Cato (IRE) 11 0 1 18 Jan 25
Shane Billy (IRE) 11 0 1 31 Oct 16
All 36 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 36 horses listed, 12 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Patrick J F Hassett (2); 24 had their first archived run for this yard.

9 have since run for another yard; 27 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, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
3733000710432
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 riderDaniel Howard
18% of all rides
6.6% SR · A/E 0.98
RiderRWSR£1
Daniel Howard 76 5 6.6% −13.00
Miss C Daffy 32 0 0% −32.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2012→
15
Archived wins
£225k
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
Beneficial (GB) 3.8% · 3–79
Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,044 runs since 2008 (1,155 horses).
Gold Well (GB) 4.3% · 3–69
Progeny have won 12.2% of 5,648 runs since 2008 (363 horses).
Jeremy (USA) 0% · 0–45
Progeny have won 11.2% of 6,724 runs since 2008 (425 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 7.5% from 664. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 16.3% from 147. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.8% from 743.
Mr Combustible (IRE) 10.7% · 3–28
Progeny have won 6.9% of 638 runs since 2008 (53 horses).
Network (GER) 0% · 0–25
Progeny have won 14.1% of 3,768 runs since 2008 (380 horses). Weakest beyond 3m (all codes): 10.2% from 274.
Germany (USA) 4.5% · 1–22
Progeny have won 10.8% of 835 runs since 2008 (68 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 14% from 121.
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 418 · newest first

The latest 50 of 418 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 15 December 2012 to 29 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
29 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Sylkie (GB)J: R. P. Cleary Punchestown Premiere Weekend Sat 21 & Sun 22 November Handicap8f · Yielding · 14 ran 2nd 11/1
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

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 15 of 418 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 3.6% (as at 30 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Daniel John Howard do best at?
Tramore by strike rate: 3 wins from 30 runners (10%) 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 Daniel John Howard?
Daniel Howard, with 76 runners since 2008 — 18% of the total. That pairing has won 5 (6.6%).
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?
0.72, from 418 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).