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Trainer profile

Denis W Cullen

165 runners in the last 5 seasons · 26 individual horses
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 365 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2009→)
from 1 Jan 2022
9–165
Wins / Runs
5.5%
Strike rate
n=165
20 (12%)
Placed
1.41
Fair A/E
n=165 · 1.08 incl. margin
−2.00
£1 level stake
n=165 at SP · −1.2%
£120k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 6% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.41). With a claiming rider up the record reads 8% (50 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 165 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 8%
The read

The yard also reads well over 6f – 7f (10.5%, n=38). The market has also underrated the yard in Flat races: Fair A/E 1.57 across 84 runners (7.1% strike, +57.00 to a £1 stake). The record reads poorly on Soft going — 0% over 51 runners, 5.5pts below the baseline. 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Alanna Homes Handicap Hurdle at Punchestown (Apr 2018, £35,400). The stable star of the record: A Great View (IRE) — 6 wins from 49 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 5.5% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
3.6%−1.9
n=55 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −39.50
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−5.5
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Debutants · first career start
8.3%+2.8
n=12 · A/E 7.14 · £1 +69.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−5.5
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
11.1%+5.6
n=9 · A/E 2.22 · £1 −1.50
When favourite
0%
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
8%+2.5
n=50 · A/E 1.79 · £1 −25.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
14.3%+8.8
n=7 · A/E 3.45 · £1 +4.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.5% 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 Soft going 0% vs 5.5% · n=51
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 0% vs 5.5% · n=32
Over 6f – 7f 10.5% vs 5.5% · n=38
With claiming riders up 8% vs 5.5% · n=50
Off a 31-60-day break 2.9% vs 5.5% · n=35
In Flat races 7.1% vs 5.5% · n=84 · A/E 1.57
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
Flat 84 6 7.1% +57.00
Hurdle 73 3 4.1% −51.00
NH Flat 5 0 0% −5.00
Chase 3 0 0% −3.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 51 0 0% −51.00
Good 36 2 5.6% −26.00
Good to Soft 32 2 6.3% −15.50
Heavy 26 3 11.5% −4.50
Standard (AW) 19 2 10.5% +96.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Punchestown 23 1 4.3% −12.00
Curragh 20 2 10% −5.00
Dundalk (AW) 19 2 10.5% +96.00
Naas 16 0 0% −16.00
Ballinrobe 14 1 7.1% −8.50
Cork 11 1 9.1% −4.50
Leopardstown 9 0 0% −9.00
Roscommon 9 1 11.1% −3.50
Gowran Park 8 0 0% −8.00
Fairyhouse 6 0 0% −6.00
Navan 6 0 0% −6.00
Tipperary 5 0 0% −5.00
Bellewstown 4 0 0% −4.00
Galway 4 0 0% −4.00
Wexford 3 1 33.3% +1.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 7 1 14.3% +4.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
2nd–3rd fav 12 6 50% 4.02 +28.50
4th–6th fav 30 1 3.3% 0.50 −22.50
7th+ in betting 120 2 1.7% 0.81 −5.00
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
Zephron (GB)then Anthony McCann 29 3 8 27 Oct 25
A Great View (IRE) 18 2 3 27 May 24
Awakino (IRE) 13 0 0 12 Apr 25
Lispendense (IRE)then Ian Patrick Donoghue 11 0 1 8 Dec 24
Charlisse (IRE) 8 2 3 10 Aug 24
Lodilomoco (IRE)then John Patrick Ryan 8 1 1 12 Dec 23
Leading Oak (IRE) 8 0 0 19 Nov 23
Baron Wild (IRE)from Henry De Bromhead 7 0 0 16 Nov 23
Chriselli (IRE) 6 0 0 6 Jun 25
Run Silver Run (IRE) 6 0 0 28 Oct 22
Asatisfiedmind (IRE) 5 0 0 10 Jul 23
Strong Johnson (IRE)from J H Scott · then Paul Midgley 5 0 1 8 Oct 22
All 26 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 26 horses listed, 2 arrived from another yard in our archive; 24 had their first archived run for this yard.

8 have since run for another yard; 18 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, 5 seasons
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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
RiderRWSR£1
Simon Torrens 27 0 0% −27.00
Leigh Roche 22 2 9.1% +18.50
Annalise Cullen 13 1 7.7% −7.50
Wayne Hassett 11 2 18.2% +4.00
Mark Walsh 9 2 22.2% +7.50
Denis O'Regan 7 0 0% −7.00
Conor Smithers 7 0 0% −7.00
Tom Harney 7 1 14.3% −2.50
Mark Gallagher 6 0 0% −6.00
Luke McAteer 5 0 0% −5.00
Seamie Heffernan 4 1 25% +77.00
Colin Keane 4 0 0% −4.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2009→
80
Archived wins
2
Pattern / graded wins
£996k
Prize money
2015
Best season · 13 wins
A Great View (IRE) — Alanna Homes Handicap Hurdle (grade B) Punchestown · Apr 2018 · Grade B
£35,400
A Great View (IRE) — Conway Piling Handicap Hurdle (grade B) Punchestown · Apr 2022 · Grade B
£29,500
Dysios (IRE) — 'Download The Free Racing Post Mobile App' Handicap Chase Leopardstown · Dec 2015
£17,225
Notable horses
A Great View (IRE) Zephron (GB) Dysios (IRE) The Last Marju (IRE) Table Forty Six (IRE) She'stherightone (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Ivawood (IRE) 10.3% · 3–29
Progeny have won 8.9% of 1,409 runs since 2008 (122 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 11.9% from 118. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.9% from 180. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.4% from 168.
Camacho (GB) 11.1% · 2–18
Progeny have won 8.1% of 9,321 runs since 2008 (596 horses).
Kayf Tara (GB) 11.1% · 2–18
Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,742 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Let The Lion Roar (GB) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 9.7% of 372 runs since 2008 (35 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13% from 131.
Arcano (IRE) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 10.6% of 4,647 runs since 2008 (262 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.8% from 147.
Arcadio (GER) 12.5% · 1–8
Progeny have won 9.2% of 3,977 runs since 2008 (375 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 1,366 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,366 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 6 November 2009 to 27 October 2025.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
27 Oct 25 Galway Zephron (GB)J: Declan McDonogh KONE Handicap8.5f · Soft To Heavy · 16 ran 16th 40/1
16 Oct 25 Curragh Zephron (GB)J: Wayne Hassett 1xbet.ie Supports Irish Racing Handicap7f · Yielding · 26 ran 23rd 25/1
22 Sep 25 Fairyhouse Zephron (GB)J: Wayne Hassett Treo Eile Handicap7f · Yielding · 18 ran 11th 28/1
23 Jul 25 Naas Zephron (GB)J: Leigh Roche Bert House Stud Handicap7f · Yielding · 11 ran 11th 40/1
19 Jun 25 Leopardstown Zephron (GB)J: Leigh Roche Bulmers Live At Leopardstown Handicap7f · Good · 16 ran 14th 40/1
06 Jun 25 Fairyhouse Chriselli (IRE)J: Wayne Hassett Racing Again Next Friday Handicap (0-60) (Div 1)10f · Good · 18 ran 5th 10/1
05 Jun 25 Leopardstown Zephron (GB)J: Leigh Roche Bulmers Live At Leopardstown Handicap (Div 1)9f · Good · 16 ran 10th 66/1
12 Apr 25 Bellewstown Awakino (IRE)J: Simon Torrens Bellewstown Handicap Hurdle (0-100)20.5f · Good · 9 ran 7th 22/1
05 Apr 25 Bellewstown Chriselli (IRE)J: Wayne Hassett Veterinary Clinic Ratoath Handicap8f · Good · 15 ran 10th 11/1
01 Apr 25 Limerick Awakino (IRE)J: Simon Torrens Munster Suite At Limerick Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1)19f · Good · 17 ran PU 50/1
21 Mar 25 Dundalk (AW) Chriselli (IRE)J: Wayne Hassett Dundalk Stadium Winter Series Champion Trainer Handicap7f · Standard · 11 ran 4th 50/1
27 Jan 25 Punchestown Awakino (IRE)J: Simon Torrens Punchestown Party At Festival 2025 Handicap Hurdle (0-100)23f · Heavy · 20 ran PU 100/1
31 Dec 24 Punchestown Deadclassy (IRE)J: Mr E P O'Brien Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares (Pro/Am) Flat Race18.5f · Soft · 16 ran 12th 250/1
08 Dec 24 Cork Lispendense (IRE)J: Donagh Meyler Greenvalley Transport Novice Handicap Hurdle (80-102)20f · Soft · 22 ran 9th 22/1
07 Dec 24 Navan Deadclassy (IRE)J: Ricky Doyle Mervyn Gray Construction Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)16f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 12th 250/1
06 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Chriselli (IRE)J: Leigh Roche Irishinjuredjockeys.com Maiden8f · Standard · 11 ran 9th 150/1
15 Nov 24 Dundalk (AW) Chriselli (IRE)J: Leigh Roche Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race6f · Standard · 11 ran 9th 125/1
03 Nov 24 Curragh Zephron (GB)J: Wayne Hassett businessplus.ie Handicap7f · Yielding To Soft · 26 ran 18th 20/1
17 Oct 24 Curragh Chriselli (IRE)J: Nathan Crosse Irish European Breeders Fund Median Sires Series Maiden6f · Yielding To Soft · 21 ran 13th 40/1
12 Oct 24 Naas Zephron (GB)J: Wayne Hassett Oktoberfest Weekend Handicap7f · Yielding · 14 ran 6th 40/1

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 Denis W Cullen's strike rate?
Denis W Cullen has won 9 of 165 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 5.5% (as at 27 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Denis W Cullen's Fair A/E?
1.41, from 165 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 27 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).