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Trainer profile

Donal Coffey

110 runners in the lifetime window · 21 individual horses
As at 7 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Apr 2025 91% 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
17–110
Wins / Runs
15.5%
Strike rate
n=110
39 (36%)
Placed
1.42
Fair A/E
n=110 · 1.13 incl. margin
−6.15
£1 level stake
n=110 at SP · −5.6%
£202k
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 16% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.42).

Deterministic profile computed from 110 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 7 Nov 2026
The read

The yard also reads well on Soft going (22.5%, n=40) and over 1m5f – 2m (20.5%, n=44). The market has also underrated the yard in Hurdle races: Fair A/E 1.64 across 61 runners (18% strike, +10.35 to a £1 stake). The record reads poorly on Good going — 5.9% over 34 runners, 9.6pts below the baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the European Breeders Fund Lough Construction Ltd. Mares Novice Hurdle at Down Royal (Nov 2012, £23,725). The stable star of the record: Top Madam (IRE) — 7 wins from 22 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 15.5% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
14.3%−1.2
n=21 · A/E 1.97 · £1 +8.50
Debutants · first career start
10%−5.5
n=20 · A/E 1.05 · £1 −11.75
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−15.5
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
When favourite
44.4%
n=9 · A/E 1.47 · £1 +1.90
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
15%−0.5
n=80 · A/E 1.47 · £1 −0.90
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
7.7%−7.8
n=13 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −2.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 15.5% 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 Good going 5.9% vs 15.5% · n=34
On Soft going 22.5% vs 15.5% · n=40
In NH Flat races 9.1% vs 15.5% · n=33
Over 1m5f – 2m 20.5% vs 15.5% · n=44
In Hurdle races 18% vs 15.5% · n=61
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 14.3% vs 15.5% · n=56 · A/E 1.20
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 61 11 18% +10.35
NH Flat 33 3 9.1% −16.00
Flat 10 3 30% +5.50
Chase 6 0 0% −6.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 40 9 22.5% +28.70
Good 34 2 5.9% −27.60
Heavy 17 4 23.5% +0.00
Good to Soft 11 1 9.1% −8.25
Good to Firm 7 1 14.3% +2.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Cork 16 3 18.8% −4.00
Tipperary 11 1 9.1% −7.50
Wexford 8 3 37.5% +19.00
Limerick 8 0 0% −8.00
Killarney 8 1 12.5% +1.00
Kilbeggan 7 1 14.3% −4.25
Clonmel 7 0 0% −7.00
Listowel 7 1 14.3% +0.00
Thurles 6 2 33.3% +3.20
Punchestown 6 0 0% −6.00
Fairyhouse 4 0 0% −4.00
Tramore 4 0 0% −4.00
Sligo 3 2 66.7% +15.25
Gowran Park 3 0 0% −3.00
Bellewstown 2 1 50% −0.60

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 9 1 11.1% +2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 9 4 44.4% 1.47 +1.90
2nd–3rd fav 36 8 22.2% 1.49 −0.05
4th–6th fav 37 3 8.1% 1.04 −6.00
7th+ in betting 28 2 7.1% 2.04 −2.00
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
85.1% completed · 67 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 6 33.3% 1 1 2 0 0
Hurdle 61 90.2% 3 1 2 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
Top Madam (IRE) 22 7 11 17 Oct 13
Family Business (IRE) 15 1 5 14 Aug 22
Dainty Diva (IRE)then Jeremy Scott 14 1 4 27 Oct 14
Printing Copper (IRE) 13 2 6 15 Nov 09
Copper Nation (IRE) 11 2 5 26 Mar 23
Nobregemar (IRE) 6 1 1 7 May 09
Miss Penny Copper (IRE) 3 0 0 27 Mar 25
Definitive Answer (IRE) 3 0 0 2 Sep 22
Ask For Fame (IRE) 3 0 2 22 Jul 21
Gurtacrue (IRE)then Evan Williams 3 1 1 7 Jun 10
All Shell (IRE) 2 0 0 11 Jun 21
Another Copper (IRE) 2 0 1 23 Apr 19
All 21 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 21 horses listed, none arrived from another yard in our archive — all 21 had their first archived run here.

6 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
JFMAMJJASOND
33010131420027027250
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
Mr H D Dunne 12 4 33.3% +20.40
Mr D Allen 12 2 16.7% −4.75
Davy Condon 10 2 20% +3.75
D MacAuley 9 2 22.2% +11.00
Mr J D Coffey 9 0 0% −9.00
Mr P D Collins 6 1 16.7% −2.75
Conor McNamara 5 0 0% −5.00
Alain Cawley 4 0 0% −4.00
L P Dempsey 4 0 0% −4.00
Mr D MacAuley 3 1 33.3% +2.00
Paul Townend 3 1 33.3% +0.25
Kieran Callaghan 3 0 0% −3.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
19
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£223k
Prize money
2012
Best season · 5 wins
In our archive from its very first year (2005), so this career almost certainly began earlier than our record does. The figures above count 2005 onwards only — what the archive holds, not a full-career total. 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.
Top Madam (IRE) — European Breeders Fund Lough Construction Ltd. Mares Novice Hurdle (Grade 3) Down Royal · Nov 2012 · Grade 3
£23,725
Top Madam (IRE) — Guinness Sligo Handicap Hurdle Sligo · Aug 2013
£13,000
Nobregemar (IRE) — Merck Sharp & Dohme Mares Handicap Hurdle (74-116) Clonmel · Dec 2007
£9,674
Notable horses
Top Madam (IRE) Printing Copper (IRE) Nobregemar (IRE) Copper Nation (IRE) Family Business (IRE) Dainty Diva (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Beneficial (GB) 29.2% · 7–24
Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,046 runs since 2008 (1,155 horses).
Oscar (IRE) 6.7% · 1–15
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Indian Danehill (IRE) 7.1% · 1–14
Progeny have won 8.6% of 2,742 runs since 2008 (216 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 11.9% from 143.
Blue Print (IRE) 15.4% · 2–13
Progeny have won 9.9% of 1,670 runs since 2008 (137 horses).
Westerner (GB) 15.4% · 2–13
Progeny have won 12.2% of 11,859 runs since 2009 (945 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 8.5% from 188.
Darazari (IRE) 16.7% · 1–6
Progeny have won 9.7% of 288 runs since 2008 (36 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 7 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 139 · newest first

The latest 50 of 139 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 3 January 2005 to 21 April 2025.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
21 Apr 25 Cork Wings Of A Swallow (IRE)J: Mr J D Coffey Pegus Horse Feed Point-To-Point Flat Race19f · Yielding · 14 ran 11th 10/1
27 Mar 25 Clonmel Miss Penny Copper (IRE)J: John Shinnick Adare Manor Opportunity Mares Maiden Hurdle18.5f · Good · 16 ran 6th 7/1
15 Feb 25 Gowran Park Miss Penny Copper (IRE)J: Mr J D Coffey Ronan Lawlor Memorial Irish EBF Mares (Pro/Am) Flat Race17f · Soft · 14 ran 11th 8/1
17 Jan 25 Cork Miss Penny Copper (IRE)J: Mr J D Coffey Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 5th 12/1
26 Mar 23 Limerick Copper Nation (IRE)J: Michael O'Sullivan Tote Mares Hurdle16f · Soft To Heavy · 6 ran F 6/1
29 Dec 22 Leopardstown Copper Nation (IRE)J: J J Slevin BeattheBank.ie Irish EBF Mares Hurdle (Grade 3)20f · Soft · 6 ran 6th 22/1
19 Nov 22 Punchestown Copper Nation (IRE)J: J J Slevin Frontline Security Grabel Mares Hurdle (Listed)18f · Yielding · 8 ran 3rd 6/1
02 Sep 22 Kilbeggan Definitive Answer (IRE)J: Mr J D Coffey kilbegganraces.com (Pro/Am) Flat Race19f · Good · 15 ran 14th 125/1
14 Aug 22 Tramore Definitive Answer (IRE)J: Mr J D Coffey Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race16f · Good · 12 ran 12th 33/1
14 Aug 22 Tramore Family Business (IRE)J: Danny Mullins Victoria House Tramore Mares Beginners Chase21.5f · Good · 10 ran PU 11/2
17 Jul 22 Tipperary Family Business (IRE)J: Kieran Callaghan Walter Hennessy Auctioneer, Valuer And Estate Agent Mipav Trv Mcei Mares Beginners Chase17f · Good To Yielding · 9 ran 5th 6/1
02 Jul 22 Bellewstown Family Business (IRE)J: Kieran Callaghan Bar One Racing 'Bellewstown' Handicap Hurdle17f · Good · 16 ran PU 14/1
28 May 22 Punchestown Family Business (IRE)J: Kieran Callaghan Ladbrokes Committed To Safer Gambling Handicap Hurdle16f · Good · 10 ran 2nd 14/1
15 May 22 Killarney Copper Nation (IRE)J: Mr D Allen Easyclean Tourist Attraction Mares Hurdle (Listed)17f · Good · 11 ran 7th 8/1
17 Apr 22 Cork Copper Nation (IRE)J: Mr D Allen O'Flynn Motors Mallow Mares Maiden Hurdle19f · Heavy · 17 ran 1st 11/4
17 Feb 22 Clonmel Copper Nation (IRE)J: Mr D Allen Surehaul Race Day Mares Maiden Hurdle19f · Heavy · 17 ran 5th 10/3
31 Jan 22 Punchestown Copper Nation (IRE)J: Mr D Allen Punchestown Members Club Mares Maiden Hurdle20.5f · Yielding · 22 ran 2nd 15/2
19 Dec 21 Thurles Family Business (IRE)J: Jack Foley BetVictor Irish EBF Boreen Belle Mares Novice Hurdle (Listed)16f · Good To Yielding · 9 ran 5th 8/1
21 Nov 21 Navan Copper Nation (IRE)J: Mr T Hamilton Coolmore N.H. Sires In Swoop Irish EBF Mares Flat Race (Listed)16f · Good · 12 ran 8th 10/1
04 Nov 21 Thurles Family Business (IRE)J: Jack Foley Templemore Mares Maiden Hurdle16f · Yielding · 12 ran 1st 16/5

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 Donal Coffey's strike rate?
Donal Coffey has won 17 of 110 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 15.5% (as at 7 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Donal Coffey's Fair A/E?
1.42, from 110 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 7 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).