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Trainer profile

Declan Queally

779 runners in the last 5 seasons · 134 individual horses
As at 19 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner yesterday 98% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
98–779
Wins / Runs
12.6%
Strike rate
n=779
226 (29%)
Placed
1.13
Fair A/E
n=778 · 0.92 incl. margin
−203.82
£1 level stake
n=779 at SP · −26.2%
£1.37m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
18.3%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 160 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 13% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.13). Horses with headgear back on after a bare run strike at 18% (33 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 779 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 19 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Oct–Nov 41.4% when favourite Shane Fitzgerald: 7.5% from 133 Headgear returns: 18.2% Sends off the favourite in 13% of races
The read

A horse having headgear put back on after a bare run has been a positive signal at 18.2% (n=33, Fair A/E 1.51), but new recruits from other stables on their first run struggle at 0% (n=45, Fair A/E 0.00). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 7.9% strike, Fair A/E 0.69 and −68.27 to a £1 stake over 152 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Shane Fitzgerald rides 17% of the entries and sits below the yard's average (7.5% vs 12.6%, A/E 0.95). The yard also reads well in NH Flat races (26%, n=73) and off a 0-7-day break (25%, n=32). The record reads poorly off a break of 180+ days — 0% over 51 runners, 12.6pts below the baseline. 10 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Ballymore Novice Hurdle at Naas (Jan 2026, £59,000). The stable star of the record: Western Victory (IRE) — 7 wins from 22 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Oct–Nov.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 12.6% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
7.9%−4.7
n=152 · A/E 0.69 · £1 −68.27
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−12.6
n=45 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −45.00
Debutants · first career start
6.3%−6.3
n=80 · A/E 0.86 · £1 −53.59
First-time headgear · true-first definition
11.4%−1.2
n=70 · A/E 1.10 · £1 −16.57
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
18.2%+5.6
n=33 · A/E 1.51 · £1 +14.75
When favourite
41.4%
n=99 · A/E 1.28 · £1 +14.31
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
11.2%−1.4
n=367 · A/E 0.94 · £1 −175.09
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
14%+1.4
n=57 · A/E 1.12 · £1 −7.25

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 12.6% 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
On last-time-out winners 28.4% vs 12.6% · n=88
In NH Flat races 26% vs 12.6% · n=73
With Declan Queally 23.9% vs 12.6% · n=117
Off a break of 180+ days 0% vs 12.6% · n=51
With new recruits 0% vs 12.6% · n=45
Off a 0-7-day break 25% vs 12.6% · n=32
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 597 64 10.7% −180.02
Chase 94 14 14.9% −36.83
NH Flat 73 19 26% +17.03
Flat 15 1 6.7% −4.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 311 34 10.9% −77.90
Good 179 26 14.5% −19.88
Heavy 159 21 13.2% −51.32
Good to Soft 130 17 13.1% −54.72

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Tramore 78 6 7.7% −54.97
Clonmel 66 9 13.6% −17.93
Kilbeggan 64 10 15.6% +4.26
Cork 61 5 8.2% −34.71
Limerick 59 11 18.6% +18.25
Wexford 58 8 13.8% −3.25
Punchestown 50 2 4% −33.50
Galway 49 10 20.4% +16.64
Gowran Park 34 7 20.6% +3.75
Fairyhouse 33 5 15.2% +19.30
Listowel 31 4 12.9% −22.62
Naas 27 9 33.3% +7.67
Leopardstown 25 2 8% −11.25
Downpatrick 23 1 4.3% −20.80
Tipperary 18 0 0% −18.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 58 8 13.8% −8.25
Class 2 4 0 0% −4.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 106 42 39.6% 1.27 +11.31
2nd–3rd fav 182 33 18.1% 1.10 −27.13
4th–6th fav 228 15 6.6% 0.87 −63.00
7th+ in betting 263 8 3% 1.18 −125.00
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
88.3% completed · 691 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 94 89.4% 2 2 6 0 0
Hurdle 597 88.1% 13 10 45 2 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
Oh So Charming (GB)from Grant Tuer · then P Cluskey 26 2 5 26 Aug 26
Robyndeglory (IRE)then Cian Collins 23 2 6 28 Nov 23
Beggars Rock (IRE)then Gordon Elliott 20 2 7 30 Jul 25
Natural Look (IRE)from Tom Symonds · then Ross O'Sullivan 19 4 13 16 May 24
Rocky's Diamond (IRE) 18 5 6 28 Aug 26
Doyen Ta Win (IRE) 18 4 7 25 Apr 24
The Lucky Lobster (GB) 17 0 3 13 Apr 25
Rocky's Howya (IRE)from James Daniel Dullea 15 6 7 1 Oct 26
Bal Kauto (FR)from Turlough O'Connor 15 6 8 14 Jan 26
Intersky Sunset (IRE)from Paul Traynor 15 1 5 15 Jul 25
My Design (IRE)from Shane Patrick O'Brien 15 3 7 1 Jan 24
Mozzies Sister (IRE) 14 4 11 23 Nov 25
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 134 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 4 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, 23 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Matthew J Smith (3) and Joseph Patrick O'Brien (2); 37 had their first archived run for this yard.

19 have since run for another yard, most often for Cian Collins (2) and Jennie Candlish (2); 41 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
1 from 6
Only 6 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
15131110121313171314149
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 riderShane Fitzgerald
17% of all rides
7.5% SR · A/E 0.95
RiderRWSR£1
Shane Fitzgerald 133 10 7.5% −69.10
Declan Queally 117 28 23.9% +49.50
Kevin Sexton 94 11 11.7% +6.94
Michael Kenneally 55 5 9.1% −43.37
Kevin Healy 42 9 21.4% −16.35
Mr R W Barron 32 6 18.8% +7.38
James O'Sullivan 30 3 10% +0.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2006→
161
Archived wins
10
Pattern / graded wins
£2.21m
Prize money
2025
Best season · 32 wins
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.
I'll Sort That (IRE) — Ballymore Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) Naas · Jan 2026 · Grade 1
£59,000
Custom Taylor (IRE) — Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Handicap Hurdle Series Final (Listed) Fairyhouse · Apr 2025 · Listed
£29,500
Cloudy Morning (IRE) — Boylesports Handicap Chase (0-145) Punchestown · May 2019
£29,500
Notable horses
Western Victory (IRE) Cloudy Morning (IRE) Rocky's Howya (IRE) Bal Kauto (FR) I'll Sort That (IRE) Mick Charlie (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Getaway (GER) 11.8% · 4–34
Progeny have won 11.3% of 10,912 runs since 2008 (1,026 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.7% from 131.
Malinas (GER) 24.2% · 8–33
Progeny have won 14.2% of 3,938 runs since 2008 (419 horses).
Arctic Cosmos (USA) 15.6% · 5–32
Progeny have won 7.6% of 1,300 runs since 2008 (131 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 11.3% from 194.
Fame And Glory (GB) 6.3% · 2–32
Progeny have won 12.5% of 6,203 runs since 2008 (504 horses).
Soldier of Fortune (IRE) 9.7% · 3–31
Progeny have won 11.3% of 5,810 runs since 2008 (678 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
Doyen (IRE) 13.8% · 4–29
Progeny have won 11.5% of 7,348 runs since 2008 (605 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 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 1,325 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,325 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 25 August 2006 to 18 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
18 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) St Lawrence's Well (IRE)J: Kevin Healy Limerick Show Handicap Hurdle19.5f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 4th 13/2
17 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Tasmanian Girl (IRE)J: Kevin Healy Greenpark Limerick Handicap Hurdle (Div I)21.5f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 2nd 11/1
08 Oct 26 Tramore (IRE) Brave Josee (FR)J: Kevin Healy Tramore Racecourse On Instagram Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Yielding · 7 ran 4th 3/1
08 Oct 26 Tramore (IRE) Tasmanian Girl (IRE)J: Kevin Healy Ardmore Handicap Hurdle16f · Yielding · 9 ran 3rd 5/1
06 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Tomahawk Juke (IRE)J: Mr D L Queally Race In Pink On October 25th Flat Race16.5f · Yielding To Soft · 8 ran 1st 11/1
06 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Isdistheone (IRE)J: Michael Kenneally Guinness Mares Handicap Hurdle22.5f · Yielding To Soft · 7 ran 5th 9/4F
03 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Moonovercloon (IRE)J: Michael Kenneally Jack Duggan Memorial Handicap Hurdle24f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 8th 17/2
02 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Sarahs Lawn (IRE)J: Mr D L Queally Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mucklemeg Mares Flat Race (Listed)Class 1 · 16.5f · Good · 10 ran 1st 9/4F
01 Oct 26 Clonmel (IRE) St Lawrence's Well (IRE)J: Kevin Healy Clonmel Novice Handicap Hurdle23f · Good · 6 ran 3rd 9/2
01 Oct 26 Clonmel (IRE) Rocky's Howya (IRE)J: Kevin Healy Slievenamon Claiming Hurdle19.5f · Good · 13 ran 6th 11/10F
25 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Isdistheone (IRE)J: Kevin Healy Guinness Listowel Mares Handicap Hurdle22f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 7th 7/4F
24 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) It's Bobsled Time (GB)J: Michael Kenneally Listowel Races Supporters Club Lartigue Hurdle (Handicap) In Memory Of John Molyneaux (Listed)Class 1 · 16f · Good · 13 ran 11th 40/1
24 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Tell The Boys (IRE)J: Kevin Healy Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction & Median Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 14 ran 1st 7/4F
04 Sep 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Moonovercloon (IRE)J: Michael Kenneally Clarke's Electrical Contractors, Castletown Geoghegan Beginners Steeplechase24f · Good To Yielding · 4 ran F 6/1
04 Sep 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Mighty Berkshire (IRE)J: Kevin Healy Séan Hughes Memorial 110 Series Final Handicap Hurdle25f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 5th 100/30F
28 Aug 26 Down Royal (IRE) Rocky's Diamond (IRE)J: Michael Kenneally Denny Hurdle24f · Good · 6 ran 3rd 11/4
26 Aug 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Oh So Charming (GB)J: Kevin Healy Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Claiming Hurdle20.5f · Good · 13 ran F 4/1F
26 Aug 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Rocky's Howya (IRE)J: Eoin Staples Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Claiming Hurdle20.5f · Good · 13 ran 1st 5/1
19 Aug 26 Sligo (IRE) Tasmanian Girl (IRE)J: Kevin Healy Aidan Moffitt Memorial Handicap Hurdle17.5f · Good · 13 ran 5th 13/2
14 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Mighty Berkshire (IRE)J: Mr D L Queally Comeragh Veterinary Kilmackthomas Handicap Hurdle21f · Good · 10 ran 2nd 7/4F

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 Declan Queally's strike rate?
Declan Queally has won 98 of 779 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 12.6% (as at 19 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Declan Queally do best at?
Gowran Park by strike rate: 7 wins from 34 runners (20.6%) since 2022. 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 Declan Queally?
Shane Fitzgerald, with 133 runners since 2022 — 17% of the total. That pairing has won 10 (7.5%).
Is Declan Queally in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 6 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Declan Queally's Fair A/E?
1.13, from 778 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).