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Trainer profile

Daniel O'Connell

133 runners in the lifetime window · 18 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Sep 2012 93% of runners over jumps
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.
1–133
Wins / Runs
0.8%
Strike rate
n=133
15 (11%)
Placed
0.16
Fair A/E
n=133 · 0.12 incl. margin
−118.00
£1 level stake
n=133 at SP · −88.7%
£32,098
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 30 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 1% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.16).

Deterministic profile computed from 133 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 22 Oct 2026

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 0.8% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−0.8
n=25 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −25.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−0.8
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−0.8
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−0.8
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−0.8
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
When favourite
0%
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%−0.8
n=41 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −41.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−0.8
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 0.8% 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
In Hurdle races 0% vs 0.8% · n=76 · A/E 0.00
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 0% vs 0.8% · n=61 · A/E 0.00
With a new jockey booking 1.6% vs 0.8% · n=61 · A/E 0.38
Over 1m5f – 2m 0% vs 0.8% · n=54 · A/E 0.00
Off a 15-30-day break 0% vs 0.8% · n=51 · A/E 0.00
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 76 0 0% −76.00
Chase 35 0 0% −35.00
NH Flat 13 0 0% −13.00
Flat 9 1 11.1% +6.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 43 0 0% −43.00
Heavy 28 0 0% −28.00
Good 26 0 0% −26.00
Good to Firm 14 0 0% −14.00
Good to Soft 10 0 0% −10.00
Firm 7 0 0% −7.00
Standard (AW) 5 1 20% +10.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Tipperary 19 0 0% −19.00
Cork 16 0 0% −16.00
Limerick 13 0 0% −13.00
Thurles 11 0 0% −11.00
Killarney 11 0 0% −11.00
Clonmel 8 0 0% −8.00
Listowel 7 0 0% −7.00
Punchestown 6 0 0% −6.00
Gowran Park 6 0 0% −6.00
Tramore 5 0 0% −5.00
Fairyhouse 4 0 0% −4.00
Navan 4 0 0% −4.00
Kilbeggan 3 0 0% −3.00
Tralee 3 0 0% −3.00
Galway 3 0 0% −3.00

Class

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

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
2nd–3rd fav 15 0 0% 0.00 −15.00
4th–6th fav 21 1 4.8% 0.76 −6.00
7th+ in betting 96 0 0% 0.00 −96.00
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
87.4% completed · 111 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 35 88.6% 1 0 2 0 1
Hurdle 76 86.8% 0 1 8 0 1
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
Speedlock (IRE) 26 0 6 20 Mar 11
Capdalight (IRE)then A J Kennedy 20 0 0 3 Jun 10
Bodega Bay (IRE) 16 0 1 24 Jan 10
Topenhall (IRE)then Ben Case 16 1 3 5 Jun 09
Oar House (IRE)then C Byrnes 9 0 1 1 Feb 09
The Copper Plate (IRE) 8 0 0 8 Oct 09
Grace And Beauty (IRE)from David Marnane · then Paul Henderson 6 0 0 22 Sep 12
Mr Nobody (IRE)then A J Martin 5 0 0 21 Mar 10
Renepogel (IRE) 5 0 2 24 May 08
Sir Ladyswell (IRE) 4 0 0 17 Jul 12
Sir Overbury (GB) 4 0 1 22 Oct 09
Sesame Rose (IRE)from E J O'Grady 4 0 0 19 Jun 08
All 18 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 18 horses listed, 4 arrived from another yard in our archive; 14 had their first archived run for this yard.

8 have since run for another yard; 10 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
JFMAMJJASOND
0000000011000
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 riderMartin Ferris
31% of all rides
0% SR · A/E 0.00
RiderRWSR£1
Martin Ferris 41 0 0% −41.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
10
Archived wins
£144k
Prize money
2006
Best season · 4 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.
Sir Overbury (GB) — Evening Racemeeting In May Novice Hurdle Punchestown · Apr 2006
£16,275
Sir Overbury (GB) — Book Your Festival Tickets Hurdle Punchestown · Feb 2006
£9,674
Merry Star (IRE) — Kerry Maid Maiden Hurdle Listowel (IRE) · Sep 2005
£8,983
Notable horses
Sir Overbury (GB) Topenhall (IRE) Five Seven Live (IRE) Merry Star (IRE) Temporary Setback (IRE) Peripheral Vision (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Saddlers' Hall (IRE) 0% · 0–30
Progeny have won 7.7% of 4,861 runs since 2008 (460 horses).
Simply Great (FR) 0% · 0–20
Progeny have won 7.4% of 460 runs since 2008 (53 horses). Strongest on Good going: 11.4% from 140. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 1% from 101.
Presenting (GB) 0% · 0–19
Progeny have won 11% of 20,049 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Topanoora (IRE) 6.3% · 1–16
Progeny have won 7.8% of 719 runs since 2008 (82 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.8% from 126. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.4% from 210.
Overbury (IRE) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 10.7% of 4,657 runs since 2008 (423 horses).
Turtle Island (IRE) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 7.5% of 3,325 runs since 2008 (309 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 10.7% from 215.
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 22 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 289 · newest first

The latest 50 of 289 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 17 February 2005 to 22 September 2012.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
22 Sep 12 Listowel Grace And Beauty (IRE)J: Davy Condon Lynch's Bakery Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 9 ran 7th 20/1
01 Sep 12 Killarney Grace And Beauty (IRE)J: Martin Ferris J & B O'Sullivan Builders Handicap Hurdle (80-95)20f · Yielding To Soft · 17 ran PU 33/1
17 Jul 12 Killarney Sir Ladyswell (IRE)J: Martin Ferris Malton Handicap Hurdle (80-102)20f · Good · 15 ran 13th 50/1
26 Jun 12 Ballinrobe Grace And Beauty (IRE)J: Ian Power Purcell Construction Maiden Hurdle16f · Good To Soft · 15 ran 9th 33/1
23 Apr 12 Cork Sir Ladyswell (IRE)J: Martin Ferris Friday Evening Racing Maiden Hurdle16f · Yielding To Soft · 24 ran 16th 50/1
19 Apr 12 Tipperary Sir Ladyswell (IRE)J: Martin Ferris Follow At TipperaryRaces On Twitter Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)16f · Soft · 20 ran 10th 66/1
23 Feb 12 Thurles Sir Ladyswell (IRE)J: Martin Ferris Holy Cross Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 12 ran 10th 40/1
20 Oct 11 Thurles Azana (GER)J: Martin Ferris Leugh Handicap Hurdle (80-95)22f · Good · 18 ran 13th 25/1
20 Oct 11 Thurles Grace And Beauty (IRE)J: Martin Ferris Killinan 3-y-o Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 18 ran 8th 33/1
12 Oct 11 Punchestown Azana (GER)J: Martin Ferris Lewis-Crosby Challenge Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16f · Yielding To Soft · 22 ran 11th 12/1
01 Oct 11 Gowran Park Grace And Beauty (IRE)J: Paul Townend Kilkenny 3-Y-O Hurdle16f · Soft · 16 ran 8th 20/1
18 Sep 11 Fairyhouse Grace And Beauty (IRE)J: Shane Gray Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap (47-70)10f · Yielding To Soft · 18 ran 16th 16/1
12 Sep 11 Listowel Azana (GER)J: Martin Ferris Ladbrokes Ireland Handicap Hurdle (81-109)16f · Soft · 18 ran 3rd 33/1
20 Mar 11 Cork Speedlock (IRE)J: J R Barry Follow Us On Twitter Novice Handicap Hurdle (80-116)20f · Yielding To Soft · 20 ran 8th 20/1
24 Feb 11 Thurles Speedlock (IRE)J: J R Barry Prime Beef Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16f · Soft · 18 ran 4th 12/1
10 Feb 11 Thurles Speedlock (IRE)J: Miss Becky Smith Tipperary (Lady Riders) Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16f · Heavy · 16 ran 4th 20/1
25 Jan 11 Navan Speedlock (IRE)J: J R Barry Meath Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Soft · 28 ran 13th 16/1
04 Nov 10 Thurles Speedlock (IRE)J: A P Heskin Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Chase (0-109)18f · Soft · 12 ran 7th 14/1
24 Oct 10 Galway Speedlock (IRE)J: Martin Ferris Renvyle House Hotel Handicap Chase (0-116)18f · Good · 8 ran 6th 12/1
02 Oct 10 Gowran Park Speedlock (IRE)J: Martin Ferris Gowran Park Racing Club 2011 Beginners Chase17f · Yielding To Soft · 8 ran 6th 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 Daniel O'Connell's strike rate?
Daniel O'Connell has won 1 of 133 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 0.8% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Daniel O'Connell's Fair A/E?
0.16, from 133 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).