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Trainer profile

Donal Hassett

476 runners in the lifetime window · 70 individual horses
As at 12 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 17 days ago 92% 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
25–476
Wins / Runs
5.3%
Strike rate
n=476
87 (18%)
Placed
0.90
Fair A/E
n=476 · 0.68 incl. margin
−286.04
£1 level stake
n=476 at SP · −60.1%
£296k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
11.5%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 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 0.90).

Deterministic profile computed from 476 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 12 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 6.2% 20% when favourite Sends off the favourite in 7% of races
The read

Debutants struggle at 0% (n=56, Fair A/E 0.00). The market has consistently overbet runners with a claiming rider up: 3.9% strike, Fair A/E 0.76 and −114.50 to a £1 stake over 154 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. The yard also reads well in Chase races (9.9%, n=121). The record reads poorly in Flat races — 0% over 39 runners, 5.3pts below the baseline. 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Handicap Chase Final at Navan (Mar 2005, £33,852).

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.3% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
6.2%+0.9
n=129 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −54.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
12.5%+7.2
n=8 · A/E 2.47 · £1 −3.50
Debutants · first career start
0%−5.3
n=56 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −56.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
6.7%+1.4
n=30 · A/E 1.48 · £1 −14.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
13.3%+8.0
n=15 · A/E 2.34 · £1 +1.50
When favourite
20%
n=35 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −10.87
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
3.9%−1.4
n=154 · A/E 0.76 · £1 −114.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
8.3%+3.0
n=12 · A/E 1.43 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.3% 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
With Paul Townend 14.3% vs 5.3% · n=49
In Chase races 9.9% vs 5.3% · n=121
With debutants 0% vs 5.3% · n=56
In Flat races 0% vs 5.3% · n=39
Over 2m5f – 3m 7.9% vs 5.3% · n=139
With a new jockey booking 3.2% vs 5.3% · n=278
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 300 13 4.3% −213.54
Chase 121 12 9.9% −17.50
Flat 39 0 0% −39.00
NH Flat 16 0 0% −16.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 195 14 7.2% −82.00
Heavy 125 4 3.2% −86.00
Good 95 3 3.2% −80.92
Good to Soft 44 3 6.8% −32.12
Good to Firm 14 1 7.1% −2.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Limerick 88 3 3.4% −66.00
Cork 41 2 4.9% −33.42
Punchestown 36 2 5.6% −11.00
Thurles 34 2 5.9% −15.00
Clonmel 28 2 7.1% −21.12
Fairyhouse 25 3 12% +7.00
Listowel 24 2 8.3% −7.50
Ballinrobe 22 3 13.6% −8.00
Sligo 21 1 4.8% −14.50
Galway 19 0 0% −19.00
Gowran Park 18 0 0% −18.00
Tipperary 18 0 0% −18.00
Killarney 14 0 0% −14.00
Navan 14 1 7.1% −8.00
Roscommon 13 2 15.4% +3.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 5 0 0% −5.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 39 8 20.5% 1.08 −10.54
2nd–3rd fav 57 7 12.3% 1.11 −5.00
4th–6th fav 87 5 5.7% 0.80 −41.50
7th+ in betting 293 5 1.7% 0.63 −229.00
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
79.1% completed · 421 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 121 67.8% 8 4 25 0 2
Hurdle 300 83.7% 7 6 33 1 2
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
He Is Top Class (IRE)from D J Ryan 36 4 15 30 Oct 17
Droim Toll (IRE) 32 4 10 3 May 13
Shantalla (IRE) 25 2 7 11 Jun 16
Shar Whats Therush (IRE) 23 1 9 7 Apr 22
Night Alliance (IRE)then Dr Richard Newland 18 2 5 15 Apr 11
Skidroe Joe (IRE)then R J Rowsell 17 2 2 2 Aug 11
Sunnyvilla (IRE)then Nicky Richards 16 3 5 19 Apr 24
Bendala Bleu (GB) 14 1 5 7 Nov 15
Thunder Rain (IRE)from G M Lyons 13 0 2 3 Aug 22
Fairoffthecross (IRE) 13 0 0 10 Jul 22
Fairy Wing (IRE)then Mrs John Harrington 13 0 1 14 Jul 11
Chacha Dancer (IRE)from Christopher David Timmons · then Gary Brown 12 0 2 2 Mar 23
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 70 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 2 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, 7 arrived from another yard in our archive; 53 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
5442807713572
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 riderPaul Townend
10% of all rides
14.3% SR · A/E 1.66
RiderRWSR£1
Paul Townend 49 7 14.3% +12.50
Phillip Enright 41 2 4.9% −27.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
37
Archived wins
2
Pattern / graded wins
£466k
Prize money
2005
Best season · 6 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.
Lotomore Lad (IRE) — Irish Stallion Farms EBF Novice Handicap Chase Final Navan · Mar 2005 · Grade C
£33,852
Droim Toll (IRE) — Porterstown Handicap Chase (0-140) (Grade C) Fairyhouse · Jan 2011 · Grade C
£17,875
Droim Toll (IRE) — Breakfast With Hector On 2FM Handicap Chase (0-145) Punchestown · May 2012
£16,250
Notable horses
He Is Top Class (IRE) Lotomore Lad (IRE) Droim Toll (IRE) Sunnyvilla (IRE) Shantalla (IRE) Skidroe Joe (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Doyen (IRE) 2.3% · 1–43
Progeny have won 11.6% of 7,391 runs since 2009 (607 horses).
Quws (GB) 11.1% · 4–36
Progeny have won 6.6% of 824 runs since 2008 (72 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 10.5% from 105.
Simply Great (FR) 12.5% · 4–32
Progeny have won 7.4% of 460 runs since 2008 (53 horses). Strongest on Good going: 11.4% from 140. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 1% from 101.
Oscar Schindler (IRE) 8% · 2–25
Progeny have won 7.1% of 718 runs since 2008 (82 horses).
Getaway (GER) 0% · 0–20
Progeny have won 11.3% of 11,030 runs since 2016 (1,034 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Pierre (GB) 11.1% · 2–18
Progeny have won 9.8% of 906 runs since 2008 (88 horses). Strongest on Good going: 12.9% from 232. Weakest on Soft going: 5.7% from 281.
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 12 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 769 · newest first

The latest 50 of 769 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 9 January 2005 to 26 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
26 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) What About Max (IRE)J: Richard Deegan Corrib Oil Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Soft To Heavy · 20 ran UR 66/1
25 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Castle Garden (IRE)J: Richard Deegan Glenlo Abbey Hotel & Estate Maiden Hurdle21.5f · Soft · 12 ran BD 150/1
18 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Humble Brag (IRE)J: Sam Ewing Limerick Show Handicap Hurdle19.5f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 8th 7/2F
17 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Loi Des Jeux (FR)J: J J Slevin Greenpark Limerick Handicap Hurdle (Div II)21.5f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 1st 6/4F
17 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Friar Hogan (IRE)J: J J Slevin Greenpark Limerick Handicap Hurdle (Div I)21.5f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 8th 8/1
01 Oct 26 Clonmel (IRE) Friar Hogan (IRE)J: Alan O'Sullivan Ravens Rock Novice Handicap Hurdle20f · Good · 16 ran 9th 9/2
25 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Loi Des Jeux (FR)J: Danny Mullins Trant Goodwill Stakes Handicap Hurdle16f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 2nd 6/1
23 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Humble Brag (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh Devon Inn Dan Sheehan Memorial Handicap Hurdle24f · Good · 14 ran F 10/1
20 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Tribal Thunder (GB)J: J J Slevin Kinisla Dairygold Maiden Hurdle22f · Good · 16 ran 12th 66/1
07 Sep 26 Galway (IRE) Tribal Thunder (GB)J: J J Slevin Kenny Developments Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Yielding · 20 ran 5th 40/1
24 Aug 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Castle Garden (IRE)J: J J Slevin Paddy Smyth Memorial Mares Maiden Hurdle22.5f · Good · 12 ran 9th 66/1
24 Jul 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Friar Hogan (IRE)J: J J Slevin Massey Ferguson Johnston Farm Equipment Longford Handicap Hurdle (Div I)19f · Good · 16 ran 6th 7/2F
02 Jul 26 Limerick Friar Hogan (IRE)J: Sean O'Keeffe Joe Walsh Flooring Handicap Hurdle20f · Good · 14 ran 2nd 10/1
28 May 26 Limerick Friar Hogan (IRE)J: Sean O'Keeffe Irish Wire Products Ltd. Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2)20f · Soft · 15 ran CO 28/1
14 May 26 Clonmel Loi Des Jeux (FR)J: Danny Mullins Bet With Tote.ie On Racing & Sports Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2)19.5f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 1st 15/8F
12 May 26 Sligo Friar Hogan (IRE)J: Sean O'Keeffe Johnston Farm Equipment Handicap Hurdle (0-100)20f · Good · 16 ran 12th 28/1
10 May 26 Cork Humble Brag (IRE)J: J J Slevin Farm And Industrial Spares Mallow Handicap Hurdle (Div 2)19f · Good · 15 ran 1st 10/3J
16 Apr 26 Limerick Wise Man (IRE)J: Sean O'Keeffe Professor Maria Hinfelaar Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2)19.5f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran 3rd 8/1
16 Apr 26 Limerick Loi Des Jeux (FR)J: Danny Mullins Professor Maria Hinfelaar Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1)19.5f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran 3rd 7/2
10 Apr 26 Wexford Humble Brag (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Visitwexford.ie Handicap Hurdle20f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran UR 85/40F

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 Hassett's strike rate?
Donal Hassett has won 25 of 476 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 5.3% (as at 12 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Donal Hassett do best at?
Thurles by strike rate: 2 wins from 34 runners (5.9%) 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.
What is Donal Hassett's Fair A/E?
0.90, from 476 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 12 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).