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Trainer profile

David Peter Dunne

373 runners in the lifetime window · 50 individual horses
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Jan 2023
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2016→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
24–373
Wins / Runs
6.4%
Strike rate
n=373
64 (17%)
Placed
1.43
Fair A/E
n=373 · 1.13 incl. margin
+55.98
£1 level stake
n=373 at SP · +15.0%
£217k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 20 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 6% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.43). With a claiming rider up the record reads 8% (157 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 373 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 8.3%
The read

New recruits from other stables on their first run struggle at 0% (n=33, Fair A/E 0.00). Runners with a claiming rider up are the standout value angle: 8.3% strikes only just above baseline, but Fair A/E 1.72 and +174.50 to a £1 stake over 157 runners — a record the market has persistently underpriced. The yard also reads well on Soft going (11.3%, n=97) and over 2m5f – 3m (10.5%, n=57). The record reads poorly over 1m – 1m1f — 0% over 33 runners, 6.4pts below the baseline. The stable star of the record: Pretty Little Liar (IRE) — 6 wins from 53 runs for the yard.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.4% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
4.7%−1.7
n=107 · A/E 1.55 · £1 +67.75
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−6.4
n=33 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −33.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−6.4
n=17 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −17.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−6.4
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−6.4
n=26 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −26.00
When favourite
40%
n=10 · A/E 1.41 · £1 +3.98
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
8.3%+1.9
n=157 · A/E 1.72 · £1 +174.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−6.4
n=11 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −11.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.4% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. 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. The same beliefs, tested across every yard and every GB and Irish race since 2005: Racing myths.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
On Soft going 11.3% vs 6.4% · n=97
Over 1m – 1m1f 0% vs 6.4% · n=33
With new recruits 0% vs 6.4% · n=33
Over 2m5f – 3m 10.5% vs 6.4% · n=57
On Heavy going 2.9% vs 6.4% · n=35
Off a break of 180+ days 2.9% vs 6.4% · n=35
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 188 13 6.9% +148.23
Flat 137 7 5.1% −79.25
Chase 43 3 7% −13.00
NH Flat 5 1 20% +0.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 125 5 4% −60.25
Soft 97 11 11.3% +160.73
Standard (AW) 58 3 5.2% −22.00
Good to Soft 38 2 5.3% +9.00
Heavy 35 1 2.9% −29.50
Good to Firm 18 1 5.6% −8.00
Firm 2 1 50% +6.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 55 3 5.5% −19.00
Fairyhouse 41 2 4.9% −18.25
Bellewstown 41 3 7.3% −8.00
Punchestown 28 2 7.1% −5.27
Navan 26 1 3.8% −20.50
Gowran Park 21 2 9.5% +16.25
Down Royal 21 2 9.5% +87.00
Ballinrobe 14 1 7.1% −9.00
Kilbeggan 12 2 16.7% +110.00
Wexford 11 0 0% −11.00
Cork 11 0 0% −11.00
Leopardstown 10 0 0% −10.00
Limerick 7 0 0% −7.00
Naas 6 0 0% −6.00
Downpatrick 6 0 0% −6.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 11 0 0% −11.00
Class 4 7 1 14.3% −1.00
Class 5 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 6 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 3 4 1 25% +6.00
Class 2 1 1 100% +7.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 14 4 28.6% 1.17 −0.02
2nd–3rd fav 29 8 27.6% 2.04 +13.00
4th–6th fav 57 2 3.5% 0.56 −39.00
7th+ in betting 273 10 3.7% 1.69 +82.00
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
Pretty Little Liar (IRE)from Damian Joseph English 53 6 17 6 Aug 22
Important Message (GB)from Denis Gerard Hogan · then John G Carr 33 2 11 16 Nov 22
Vodka Society (IRE) 28 1 2 1 Jan 23
Colla Pier (IRE)from Robert Alan Hennessy 24 3 7 4 Jul 18
Xinbama (IRE)from Charles Hills 18 1 5 8 Jul 20
Dinamine (IRE)from Michael Mulvany · then John C McConnell 15 0 4 6 Oct 22
Round The Buoy (GB)from William Haggas · then Samuel Drinkwater 13 2 2 15 Jan 23
Eat The Book (IRE)then Dermot A McLoughlin 12 1 4 14 May 22
Justice Ears (IRE)from David Elsworth 12 0 0 26 Dec 21
Sceptred Isle (GB)from Henry Candy · then John J Maguire 10 0 0 11 Nov 22
Noble Expression (GB)from Denis Gerard Hogan · then G A Kingston 10 0 0 13 Jul 22
Petrol Head (IRE)then Ronan M P McNally 10 0 0 31 Jul 21
All 50 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 50 horses listed, 33 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Denis Gerard Hogan (3) and G A Kingston (2); 17 had their first archived run for this yard.

26 have since run for another yard, most often for Gavin Cromwell (3) and John J Maguire (3); 24 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
Go-to riderRobert Dunne
9% of all rides
6.1% SR · A/E 1.43
RiderRWSR£1
Robert Dunne 33 2 6.1% −16.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2016→
24
Archived wins
£217k
Prize money
2021
Best season · 8 wins
Xinbama (IRE) — 188Bet Casino Handicap (Summer Staying Series Final) Bath · Sep 2018 · Class 2
£12,450
Ballycastle Girl (IRE) — John Purfield Memorial Handicap Hurdle (80-130) Bellewstown · Aug 2020
£9,440
Colla Pier (IRE) — Daily Mirror Mares Beginners Chase Down Royal · Jun 2017
£7,392
Notable horses
Pretty Little Liar (IRE) Colla Pier (IRE) All Class (FR) Important Message (GB) Round The Buoy (GB) Ballycastle Girl (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Excellent Art (GB) 11.3% · 6–53
Progeny have won 9.9% of 4,555 runs since 2011 (298 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.8% from 451.
New Approach (IRE) 6.1% · 2–33
Progeny have won 12.6% of 6,792 runs since 2012 (685 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.9% from 101.
Moscow Society (USA) 3.6% · 1–28
Progeny have won 8.3% of 2,521 runs since 2008 (255 horses).
Hawk Wing (USA) 12.5% · 3–24
Progeny have won 8.5% of 4,330 runs since 2008 (330 horses).
Baltic King (GB) 5.6% · 1–18
Progeny have won 9.7% of 1,458 runs since 2011 (93 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 4.8% from 147. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.3% from 254.
Red Jazz (USA) 0% · 0–15
Progeny have won 7.7% of 1,870 runs since 2017 (130 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 11.1% from 171.
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 5 Nov 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 373 · newest first

The latest 50 of 373 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 29 June 2016 to 15 January 2023.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
15 Jan 23 Punchestown Round The Buoy (GB)J: Robert Dunne Sporting Life Beginners Chase22.5f · Heavy · 9 ran PU 66/1
08 Jan 23 Naas Reflectionist (FR)J: P J O'Hanlon Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-116)19f · Soft · 11 ran 11th 40/1
01 Jan 23 Fairyhouse Vodka Society (IRE)J: P J O'Hanlon Tote+ Pays You More At Tote.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-109)24f · Soft · 17 ran PU 33/1
16 Nov 22 Dundalk (AW) Important Message (GB)J: Mark Enright Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (47-65)16f · Standard · 13 ran 9th 40/1
11 Nov 22 Cheltenham Sceptred Isle (GB)J: Robert Dunne Valda Energy Novices' Handicap Hurdle (GBB Race)Class 3 · 16.5f · Good · 19 ran 16th 50/1
08 Nov 22 Fairyhouse Vodka Society (IRE)J: Michael O'Sullivan Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Chase (0-102)24f · Soft · 13 ran 5th 25/1
11 Oct 22 Punchestown Reflectionist (FR)J: L P Dempsey Paddy Power 'Keep Your Elbows In' Handicap Hurdle (80-102)20.5f · Good · 21 ran 16th 50/1
11 Oct 22 Punchestown Sceptred Isle (GB)J: Sean Flanagan Paddy Power 'Is It Cold Enough To Have The Heating On' Handicap Hurdle (80-109)16.5f · Good · 20 ran 5th 16/1
08 Oct 22 Fairyhouse Vodka Society (IRE)J: Shane O'Callaghan Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Chase (0-123)24f · Good · 11 ran 6th 40/1
07 Oct 22 Downpatrick Important Message (GB)J: Sean Flanagan Downpatrick End Of Season Handicap Chase (0-95)23.5f · Yielding · 13 ran 12th 16/1
06 Oct 22 Thurles Dinamine (IRE)J: Wayne Lordan Littleton Handicap (47-65)12.5f · Soft · 15 ran 6th 14/1
29 Sep 22 Bellewstown Important Message (GB)J: Robert Whearty Mary Rogers Memorial Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)12f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 9th 25/1
16 Sep 22 Dundalk (AW) Dinamine (IRE)J: Rory Mulligan William Hill Bet Boost Apprentice Handicap (50-80)12f · Standard · 14 ran 12th 10/1
06 Sep 22 Galway Party Moon (GER)J: Rory Mulligan Galway Apprentice Handicap (47-70)12f · Soft · 18 ran 14th 66/1
26 Aug 22 Down Royal Important Message (GB)J: P J O'Hanlon Kerry Foods Handicap Hurdle (80-102)24f · Good · 13 ran 3rd 11/2
25 Aug 22 Navan Dinamine (IRE)J: Adam Caffrey Racing Next At Navan On Saturday September 3rd Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)14f · Good · 13 ran 5th 13/2
23 Aug 22 Bellewstown Important Message (GB)J: P J O'Hanlon Reddans Of Bettystown Handicap Hurdle (80-102)20f · Good · 14 ran 3rd 14/1
15 Aug 22 Dundalk (AW) Party Moon (GER)J: Sean Davis Bar One Racing 50 Euro Free Bet Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 12th 33/1
06 Aug 22 Kilbeggan Pretty Little Liar (IRE)J: Jordan Gainford Kilmurray's Homevalue Hardware Mullingar Handicap Chase19f · Good · 9 ran 8th 10/1
28 Jul 22 Galway Party Moon (GER)J: Robbie Colgan Guinness 0.0% Handicap (50-70)12f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 15th 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 David Peter Dunne's strike rate?
David Peter Dunne has won 24 of 373 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 6.4% (as at 5 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does David Peter Dunne do best at?
Bellewstown by strike rate: 3 wins from 41 runners (7.3%) 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.
What is David Peter Dunne's Fair A/E?
1.43, from 373 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 5 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).