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Trainer profile

Denis W Cullen

1,366 runners in the lifetime window · 160 individual horses
As at 9 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Oct 2025
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2009→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
80–1,366
Wins / Runs
5.9%
Strike rate
n=1,366
257 (19%)
Placed
1.05
Fair A/E
n=1,366 · 0.81 incl. margin
−449.59
£1 level stake
n=1,366 at SP · −32.9%
£996k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 70 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 6% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.05).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,366 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 9 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Aug–Sep Fresh horses: 6% 24.4% when favourite Ross Coakley: 5.5% from 109 New recruits: 6.3% Claiming riders: 6.9% Sends off the favourite in 3% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Killarney (19.4%, n=31), clear of the yard's 5.9% baseline. It is weakest at Naas (1.3% over 75 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Debutants struggle at 1.3% (n=80, Fair A/E 0.44). Ross Coakley rides 8% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (5.5%, A/E 1.12) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well in Chase races (9.6%, n=188). 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. Seasonally, the yard fires Aug–Sep.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.9% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
6%+0.1
n=315 · A/E 1.20 · £1 −144.15
New recruits · first run for the yard
6.3%+0.4
n=80 · A/E 1.16 · £1 −34.25
Debutants · first career start
1.3%−4.6
n=80 · A/E 0.44 · £1 +1.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
3.2%−2.7
n=62 · A/E 0.84 · £1 −15.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
7.1%+1.2
n=99 · A/E 1.32 · £1 −5.00
When favourite
24.4%
n=41 · A/E 1.15 · £1 −8.42
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
6.9%+1.0
n=467 · A/E 1.27 · £1 −66.32
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
3.9%−2.0
n=51 · A/E 0.72 · £1 −32.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.9% 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
At Killarney 19.4% vs 5.9% · n=31
With Mark Walsh 13.9% vs 5.9% · n=36
With C&D winners 10.6% vs 5.9% · n=85
With debutants 1.3% vs 5.9% · n=80
At Naas 1.3% vs 5.9% · n=75
In Chase races 9.6% vs 5.9% · n=188
This filter uses derived form angles computed for 75.8% of the archive so far (as at 9 Nov 2026); the sample will grow as sequencing completes.
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 579 35 6% −229.65
Flat 536 25 4.7% −173.00
Chase 188 18 9.6% +11.58
NH Flat 63 2 3.2% −58.52

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 423 20 4.7% −274.65
Good 322 24 7.5% −42.56
Heavy 219 15 6.8% −80.13
Standard (AW) 155 7 4.5% +29.50
Good to Soft 148 10 6.8% −15.25
Good to Firm 96 4 4.2% −63.50
Firm 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk 151 7 4.6% +33.50
Punchestown 130 8 6.2% −48.75
Gowran Park 92 2 2.2% −63.00
Leopardstown 84 4 4.8% −51.50
Navan 80 3 3.8% −37.50
Cork 79 6 7.6% −32.87
Naas 75 1 1.3% −70.50
Fairyhouse 68 1 1.5% −59.00
Curragh 64 3 4.7% −42.50
Ballinrobe 62 4 6.5% −42.77
Roscommon 56 3 5.4% −38.00
Down Royal 54 3 5.6% −33.00
Limerick 46 5 10.9% +8.43
Tipperary 43 1 2.3% −39.00
Thurles 42 3 7.1% −19.13

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 47 2 4.3% −28.00
Class 6 3 1 33.3% +2.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 56 14 25% 1.24 −3.92
2nd–3rd fav 158 29 18.4% 1.50 +23.83
4th–6th fav 327 21 6.4% 0.94 −82.50
7th+ in betting 825 16 1.9% 0.69 −387.00
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 49 5 16 27 Oct 25
A Great View (IRE) 49 6 14 27 May 24
Dysios (IRE)from Luca Cumani 49 5 14 10 Nov 19
Banjo (IRE) 42 1 8 22 Aug 22
Total Reality (IRE)from M J P O'Brien 37 2 7 14 Dec 13
By The Banks (IRE)then W J Lanigan 29 2 9 17 Nov 16
May Dullea (IRE) 28 2 11 12 Feb 16
Table Forty Six (IRE)from Jarlath P Fahey 28 3 6 27 Feb 15
Rubert (IRE) 28 2 8 3 May 14
Daring Man (IRE)from M J P O'Brien 28 0 8 1 Sep 13
She'stherightone (IRE) 24 3 12 17 Oct 21
Onzo Mor (IRE)from Ms Caroline Hutchinson · then J T R Dreaper 24 2 7 30 Sep 13
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 160 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 8 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, 30 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from M J P O'Brien (8) and Jarlath P Fahey (2); 30 had their first archived run for this yard.

12 have since run for another yard; 48 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
305674589668
Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderRoss Coakley
8% of all rides
5.5% SR · A/E 1.12
RiderRWSR£1
Ross Coakley 109 6 5.5% −33.50
Jody McGarvey 87 6 6.9% −10.25
A E Lynch 67 5 7.5% −20.50
Denis O'Regan 64 5 7.8% −14.62
Annalise Cullen 48 3 6.3% −13.00
N G McCullagh 46 1 2.2% −38.00
Mark Gallagher 43 2 4.7% −22.00
Mark Walsh 36 5 13.9% +3.50
Robbie Colgan 35 2 5.7% −16.75
Simon Torrens 35 1 2.9% −28.50
E J O'Connell 32 3 9.4% −13.50
Leigh Roche 30 3 10% +18.00
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
Invincible Spirit (IRE) 9.6% · 5–52
Progeny have won 11.9% of 20,871 runs since 2008 (1,574 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 844.
Fath (USA) 4% · 2–50
Progeny have won 8.9% of 2,349 runs since 2008 (98 horses). Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 14.3% from 112. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.2% from 167.
Ivawood (IRE) 10.2% · 5–49
Progeny have won 8.9% of 1,411 runs since 2019 (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.
Kayf Tara (GB) 12.2% · 6–49
Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,762 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Stowaway (GB) 2.4% · 1–42
Progeny have won 11.3% of 7,190 runs since 2008 (561 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 16.1% from 124.
Talkin Man (CAN) 0% · 0–34
Progeny have won 5.6% of 324 runs since 2008 (44 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 9 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 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 80 of 1,366 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 5.9% (as at 9 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Denis W Cullen do best at?
Limerick by strike rate: 5 wins from 46 runners (10.9%) 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 Denis W Cullen?
Ross Coakley, with 109 runners since 2008 — 8% of the total. That pairing has won 6 (5.5%).
What is Denis W Cullen's Fair A/E?
1.05, from 1,366 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 9 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).