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Trainer profile

David Kenneth Budds

820 runners in the lifetime window · 76 individual horses
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner yesterday
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2011→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
39–820
Wins / Runs
4.8%
Strike rate
n=820
158 (19%)
Placed
0.84
Fair A/E
n=820 · 0.66 incl. margin
−420.73
£1 level stake
n=820 at SP · −51.3%
£578k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
7.1%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 40 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.84). The edge shows sharpest with horses returning fresh: 7% off breaks of two months or more (154 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 820 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Apr–May Fresh horses: 6.5% Darragh O'Keeffe: 5.9% from 102
The read

It is weakest at Limerick (0% over 42 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Darragh O'Keeffe rides 12% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (5.9%, A/E 0.91). The yard also reads well on Good to Soft going (10.1%, n=99). The record reads poorly on Good to Firm going — 0% over 42 runners, 4.8pts below the baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the MD O'Shea's Tourist Attraction Mares Hurdle at Killarney (May 2025, £15,340). The stable star of the record: Getaway Queen (IRE) — 8 wins from 50 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Apr–May.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.8% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
6.5%+1.7
n=154 · A/E 1.32 · £1 −57.88
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−4.8
n=18 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −18.00
Debutants · first career start
3.4%−1.4
n=59 · A/E 1.28 · £1 +4.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
6.3%+1.5
n=48 · A/E 1.51 · £1 +17.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
6.1%+1.3
n=49 · A/E 1.05 · £1 −24.00
When favourite
41.2%
n=17 · A/E 1.76 · £1 +8.27
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
4.4%−0.4
n=386 · A/E 0.89 · £1 −168.75
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
3.2%−1.6
n=31 · A/E 0.79 · £1 −21.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.8% 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
With C&D winners 15.4% vs 4.8% · n=39
On Good to Soft going 10.1% vs 4.8% · n=99
At Limerick 0% vs 4.8% · n=42
On Good to Firm going 0% vs 4.8% · n=42
At Listowel 0% vs 4.8% · n=39
At Thurles 0% vs 4.8% · n=34
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 430 20 4.7% −233.13
Flat 252 12 4.8% −133.67
Chase 86 4 4.7% −50.93
NH Flat 52 3 5.8% −3.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 258 6 2.3% −174.50
Good 251 15 6% −114.75
Heavy 106 3 2.8% −67.43
Good to Soft 99 10 10.1% +11.12
Standard (AW) 64 5 7.8% −33.17
Good to Firm 42 0 0% −42.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Cork 73 4 5.5% +22.00
Tramore 69 5 7.2% −25.00
Dundalk (AW) 64 5 7.8% −33.17
Wexford 55 4 7.3% −22.50
Punchestown 51 2 3.9% −32.00
Killarney 49 3 6.1% −4.00
Clonmel 44 1 2.3% −40.25
Limerick 42 0 0% −42.00
Gowran Park 41 3 7.3% −7.43
Listowel 39 0 0% −39.00
Fairyhouse 35 1 2.9% −28.00
Thurles 34 0 0% −34.00
Galway 25 0 0% −25.00
Kilbeggan 24 3 12.5% +5.50
Naas 23 0 0% −23.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 31 1 3.2% −21.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 27 8 29.6% 1.47 +1.27
2nd–3rd fav 98 9 9.2% 0.69 −49.50
4th–6th fav 227 15 6.6% 0.97 −80.50
7th+ in betting 468 7 1.5% 0.56 −292.00
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
Here For The Craic (IRE) 69 6 23 3 Sep 20
Craic Eile (IRE) 62 2 9 28 May 26
Getaway Queen (IRE) 50 8 15 5 Feb 23
Esthers Marvel (IRE) 41 1 10 19 Jun 23
Tastyee (IRE) 36 1 8 6 Aug 25
Sweet Sylvia (IRE)from P Budds 36 0 7 14 Aug 15
Stormalong (IRE) 35 4 14 9 May 26
Oogum Boogum (IRE) 29 1 8 26 Sep 26
Kates Benefit (IRE)from P Budds 28 5 9 24 Jan 16
Anyway (GER) 27 5 10 18 Oct 26
Inchiquin Maid (IRE)from D J Bunyan · then Chris Timmons 27 0 6 19 Nov 24
Ted Bach (IRE)then Paul Henderson 24 1 4 1 Nov 18
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 76 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 2 times. Horses with fewer runs aren't listed; search finds any horse since 2005. 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 60 horses listed, 14 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from P Budds (4); 46 had their first archived run for this yard.

11 have since run for another yard, most often for Paul Henderson (2); 49 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 4
Only 4 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
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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
Go-to riderDarragh O'Keeffe
12% of all rides
5.9% SR · A/E 0.91
RiderRWSR£1
Darragh O'Keeffe 102 6 5.9% −23.50
Shane Fitzgerald 46 3 6.5% −25.00
Danny Mullins 35 2 5.7% −12.43
Mike O'Connor 33 0 0% −33.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2011→
39
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£578k
Prize money
2024
Best season · 6 wins
Stormalong (IRE) — MD O'Shea's Tourist Attraction Mares Hurdle (Listed) Killarney · May 2025 · Listed
£15,340
Anyway (GER) — Bunkers Bar & Restaurant Handicap Hurdle Killarney · Aug 2024
£12,980
Kates Benefit (IRE) — Jeremy O'neill Memorial Mares Hurdle Killarney · May 2015
£12,075
Notable horses
Getaway Queen (IRE) Here For The Craic (IRE) Kates Benefit (IRE) Anyway (GER) Stormalong (IRE) Craic Eile (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Palavicini (USA) 2.7% · 2–74
Progeny have won 4.5% of 269 runs since 2008 (16 horses).
Millenary (GB) 8.7% · 6–69
Progeny have won 9.7% of 1,412 runs since 2008 (120 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 13.3% from 233.
Beneficial (GB) 7.5% · 5–67
Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,044 runs since 2008 (1,155 horses).
Getaway (GER) 14.8% · 8–54
Progeny have won 11.3% of 10,930 runs since 2008 (1,028 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.3% from 133.
Oscar (IRE) 2% · 1–49
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Markaz (IRE) 2.8% · 1–36
Progeny have won 9.6% of 999 runs since 2008 (66 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 27 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 820 · newest first

The latest 50 of 820 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 5 March 2011 to 26 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
26 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Boola Times (IRE)J: Sean Flanagan COLM QUINN BMW Handicap Hurdle24f · Heavy · 19 ran PU 14/1
22 Oct 26 Clonmel (IRE) Crypto Crash (GB)J: Mr A P Ryan Kilclooney Woods (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle17f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 6th 12/1
18 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Anyway (GER)J: Darragh O'Keeffe BOYLE Sports JT McNamara Munster National Handicap Steeplechase (Grade 3)Class 1 · 24f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran F 9/2J
17 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Royal Tiara (IRE)J: Ethan O'Sullivan Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares (Pro/Am) Flat Race17f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 6th 22/1
11 Oct 26 Cork (IRE) Boola Times (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Kendellen Construction Handicap Hurdle18.5f · Good · 14 ran 3rd 100/30
10 Oct 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Crypto Crash (GB)J: Daniel King Protection & Prosperity Financial Services Supporting Louth GAA Handicap Hurdle16f · Good · 15 ran 5th 10/1
08 Oct 26 Thurles (IRE) Wungudi (IRE)J: James Ryan Welcome Back To Thurles Handicap12.5f · Yielding · 14 ran 4th 66/1
26 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Oogum Boogum (IRE)J: Michael Kenneally Kathleen Walsh Memorial Handicap Hurdle22f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran 12th 12/1
25 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Anyway (GER)J: Mr D Doyle Listowel Races Supporters Club Failte Abhaile (Q.R.) Race In Memory Of Pat Scanlon14f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 2nd 28/1
23 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Crypto Crash (GB)J: Danny Mullins Brandon Hotel Handicap Hurdle18f · Good · 18 ran RR 17/2
28 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Oogum Boogum (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Racing Again October 25th & 26th Handicap Steeplechase25f · Yielding · 13 ran 9th 5/1
28 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Boola Times (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Treo Eile Handicap Hurdle (Div I)20.5f · Good · 14 ran 1st 4/1F
28 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) The Toothpicker (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Visitwexford.ie Handicap Hurdle17f · Good · 12 ran PU 3/1F
26 Aug 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Crypto Crash (GB)J: Danny Mullins John Purfield Memorial Handicap Hurdle (Div I)17f · Good · 15 ran 1st 20/1
15 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Crypto Crash (GB)J: Nicola Burns Dan Cowman Memorial Handicap16f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 6th 28/1
14 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Anyway (GER)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Seamus Byrne Electrical Steeplechase22f · Good · 5 ran 1st 13/2
10 Aug 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) The Toothpicker (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Broderick's Electric Handicap Hurdle16.5f · Good · 15 ran 3rd 9/1
07 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Royal Tiara (IRE)J: Mr A P Ryan Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race16.5f · Good · 12 ran 8th 5/1
05 Aug 26 Sligo (IRE) Wungudi (IRE)J: Adam Browne-Souza Rockshore Cider Handicap13.5f · Yielding · 14 ran 11th 100/1
04 Aug 26 Roscommon (IRE) Oogum Boogum (IRE)J: Carl Millar Campbell's Bar Ballinlough Handicap Steeplechase25f · Soft · 16 ran 7th 11/2

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 David Kenneth Budds's strike rate?
David Kenneth Budds has won 39 of 820 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 4.8% (as at 27 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does David Kenneth Budds do best at?
Dundalk (AW) by strike rate: 5 wins from 64 runners (7.8%) 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 David Kenneth Budds?
Darragh O'Keeffe, with 102 runners since 2008 — 12% of the total. That pairing has won 6 (5.9%).
Is David Kenneth Budds in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 4 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is David Kenneth Budds's Fair A/E?
0.84, from 820 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 27 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).