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Trainer profile

Desmond Kenneally

102 runners in the lifetime window · 20 individual horses
As at 13 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 48 days ago 97% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
5–102
Wins / Runs
4.9%
Strike rate
n=102
22 (22%)
Placed
0.89
Fair A/E
n=102 · 0.69 incl. margin
−61.70
£1 level stake
n=102 at SP · −60.5%
£74,780
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 10 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.89).

Deterministic profile computed from 102 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 13 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 5.8%
The read

The yard also reads well on Soft going (11.1%, n=36) and over 2m1f – 2m4f (9.8%, n=41). The record reads poorly over 1m5f – 2m — 0% over 39 runners, 4.9pts below the baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Singletons Supervalu Stayers Novice Hurdle at Cork (Dec 2024, £17,700).

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.9% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
3.1%−1.8
n=32 · A/E 0.60 · £1 −17.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−4.9
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−4.9
n=16 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −16.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−4.9
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−4.9
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
When favourite
50%
n=2 · A/E 1.59 · £1 −0.20
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
5.8%+0.9
n=69 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −34.20
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
33.3%+28.4
n=3 · A/E 4.85 · £1 +2.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.9% 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
On Soft going 11.1% vs 4.9% · n=36
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 9.8% vs 4.9% · n=41
Over 1m5f – 2m 0% vs 4.9% · n=39
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 69 4 5.8% −43.70
NH Flat 22 1 4.5% −7.00
Chase 8 0 0% −8.00
Flat 3 0 0% −3.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 36 4 11.1% −8.70
Good 31 1 3.2% −18.00
Heavy 22 0 0% −22.00
Good to Soft 7 0 0% −7.00
Good to Firm 4 0 0% −4.00
Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Cork 21 2 9.5% −0.50
Clonmel 10 1 10% +3.00
Tramore 9 0 0% −9.00
Tipperary 8 0 0% −8.00
Listowel 8 1 12.5% −3.00
Limerick 8 0 0% −8.00
Punchestown 7 0 0% −7.00
Gowran Park 6 0 0% −6.00
Kilbeggan 5 1 20% −3.20
Killarney 4 0 0% −4.00
Thurles 3 0 0% −3.00
Fairyhouse 3 0 0% −3.00
Wexford 3 0 0% −3.00
Wexford 2 0 0% −2.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 3 1 33.3% +2.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 3 1 33.3% 1.35 −1.20
2nd–3rd fav 14 2 14.3% 1.08 −3.50
4th–6th fav 22 0 0% 0.00 −22.00
7th+ in betting 63 2 3.2% 1.23 −35.00
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
87% completed · 77 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 8 75% 1 0 1 0 0
Hurdle 69 88.4% 0 2 6 0 0
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
Pray Tell (IRE) 22 3 9 26 Sep 26
Mystic Lass (IRE)from P C O'Connor 12 0 3 8 Jul 16
Empors Sword (IRE) 10 1 2 1 Oct 20
Shinahwil (IRE)then Mrs Mary Buttimer 8 0 2 1 Nov 12
Letterofapproval (IRE) 8 1 1 18 Sep 12
Be My Westerner (IRE) 6 0 1 8 Jun 18
Golan Dancer (IRE)then David Bridgwater 6 0 3 27 Mar 14
Collou (IRE) 6 0 0 3 Aug 09
Imperial Delta (IRE) 4 0 0 6 Sep 24
High As Akite (IRE) 4 0 0 15 Jan 20
Chancer Jack (IRE) 3 0 0 7 Aug 24
Cill Uird Cailin (IRE)from Paul Nolan 3 0 0 5 Jul 09
All 20 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 20 horses listed, 3 arrived from another yard in our archive; 17 had their first archived run for this yard.

5 have since run for another yard; 15 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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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
RiderRWSR£1
John Shinnick 14 2 14.3% −6.70
Ambrose McCurtin 12 0 0% −12.00
Mr E P O'Brien 11 0 0% −11.00
Mr D Allen 11 1 9.1% +2.00
A P Heskin 9 0 0% −9.00
Pierce Gallagher 7 0 0% −7.00
James Smith 5 1 20% +0.00
Mr S J Allen 5 0 0% −5.00
Mr C Motherway 4 1 25% +11.00
John Allen 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr P Cashman 2 0 0% −2.00
Phillip Enright 2 0 0% −2.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2006→
6
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£83,864
Prize money
2024
Best season · 3 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.
Pray Tell (IRE) — Singletons Supervalu Stayers Novice Hurdle (Grade 3) Cork · Dec 2024 · Grade 3
£17,700
Pray Tell (IRE) — Behans Horseshoe Bar, Restaurant & Townhouse Handicap Hurdle (80-123) Listowel · Sep 2024
£9,735
Pray Tell (IRE) — Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle Kilbeggan · Sep 2024
£7,375
Notable horses
Pray Tell (IRE) Empors Sword (IRE) Collou (IRE) Letterofapproval (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Ask (GB) 13.6% · 3–22
Progeny have won 10.5% of 3,223 runs since 2014 (283 horses).
Oscar (IRE) 9.5% · 2–21
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Milan (GB) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,890 runs since 2008 (1,465 horses).
Vinnie Roe (IRE) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 11.3% of 3,061 runs since 2010 (236 horses). Weakest on Good to Firm going: 7.8% from 166.
Broken Hearted (GB) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 7.5% of 655 runs since 2008 (78 horses).
Golan (IRE) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 8.7% of 3,151 runs since 2008 (288 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.4% from 258.
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 13 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 106 · newest first

The latest 50 of 106 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 20 May 2006 to 26 September 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
26 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Pray Tell (IRE)J: James Smith Charlie Chute Memorial Handicap Steeplechase22f · Good · 13 ran 12th 12/1
17 Jul 26 Killarney (IRE) Pray Tell (IRE)J: Paddy Cleary Lee Strand Handicap Hurdle23f · Good · 16 ran PU 20/1
15 May 26 Kilbeggan Pray Tell (IRE)J: John Shinnick Shanette Superior Space Handicap Chase20.5f · Good · 14 ran 4th 14/1
24 Apr 26 Kilbeggan Pray Tell (IRE)J: John Shinnick William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Beginners Chase22.5f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 6th 4/1
05 Apr 26 Cork Pray Tell (IRE)J: John Shinnick BAR 1 Betting Handicap Hurdle19f · Yielding · 19 ran 11th 25/1
15 Feb 26 Punchestown Pray Tell (IRE)J: John Shinnick 1xbet.ie Beginners Chase23f · Heavy · 7 ran F 18/1
31 Dec 25 Punchestown Pray Tell (IRE)J: John Shinnick Celebrating 175 Years At Punchestown Tote Beginners Chase24f · Yielding To Soft · 10 ran 2nd 28/1
06 Nov 25 Clonmel Pray Tell (IRE)J: John Shinnick Clonmel Oil Service Station Handicap Hurdle24f · Soft · 9 ran 5th 12/1
01 May 25 Punchestown Pray Tell (IRE)J: John Shinnick Conway Piling Handicap Hurdle (Listed)23.5f · Yielding · 23 ran 12th 33/1
21 Apr 25 Cork This Way Please (GB)J: Ambrose McCurtin Fitzgeralds Woodlands House Hotel & Spa Adare Maiden Hurdle24f · Yielding · 18 ran PU 66/1
20 Apr 25 Cork Pray Tell (IRE)J: James Smith Bar One Racing Easter Handicap Hurdle19f · Soft · 15 ran UR 17/2
01 Feb 25 Leopardstown Pray Tell (IRE)J: John Shinnick Nathaniel Lacy & Partners Solicitors Novice Hurdle (Grade 1)22f · Soft · 12 ran 9th 33/1
08 Dec 24 Cork Pray Tell (IRE)J: John Shinnick Singletons Supervalu Stayers Novice Hurdle (Grade 3)24.5f · Soft · 6 ran 1st 9/2
16 Oct 24 Punchestown Pray Tell (IRE)J: James Smith 2025 Membership On Sale Soon Handicap Hurdle20f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 3rd 9/2
26 Sep 24 Listowel Pray Tell (IRE)J: James Smith Behans Horseshoe Bar, Restaurant & Townhouse Handicap Hurdle (80-123)20f · Soft · 14 ran 1st 4/1
06 Sep 24 Kilbeggan Imperial Delta (IRE)J: James Smith Sean Daly Cornaher Memorial Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-95)24.5f · Yielding · 15 ran PU 33/1
06 Sep 24 Kilbeggan Pray Tell (IRE)J: John Shinnick Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle19f · Yielding · 16 ran 1st 4/5F
07 Aug 24 Wexford Chancer Jack (IRE)J: Mr C J Shine Racing Again 9th August Fillies Flat Race16f · Good · 13 ran 10th 28/1
31 Jul 24 Galway Pray Tell (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Tote, Never Beaten By SP Handicap Hurdle22.5f · Good · 20 ran 10th 10/1
19 Jul 24 Killarney Chancer Jack (IRE)J: John Shinnick Europe Hotel & Resort Mares Maiden Hurdle23f · Good · 11 ran 8th 17/2

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 Desmond Kenneally's strike rate?
Desmond Kenneally has won 5 of 102 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 4.9% (as at 13 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Desmond Kenneally's Fair A/E?
0.89, from 102 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 13 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).