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Trainer profile

E D Delany

267 runners in the last 5 seasons · 26 individual horses
As at 20 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 7 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
17–267
Wins / Runs
6.4%
Strike rate
n=267
52 (20%)
Placed
1.17
Fair A/E
n=267 · 0.93 incl. margin
−92.25
£1 level stake
n=267 at SP · −34.6%
£216k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
5.7%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 50 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 6% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.17).

Deterministic profile computed from 267 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 20 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 6.5% Jordan Gainford: 14.9% from 67
The read

The record is strongest at Bellewstown (16.3%, n=49), clear of the yard's 6.4% baseline. Runners with a claiming rider up have been a poor signal at 0% (n=70, Fair A/E 0.00). Jordan Gainford rides 25% of the entries and beats the yard's average (14.9% vs 6.4%, A/E 2.08) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well on Good going (10.2%, n=88). The record reads poorly off a 31-60-day break — 1.8% over 55 runners, 4.6pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard over 2m1f – 2m4f: Fair A/E 0.50 across 77 runners (2.6% strike, −68.25 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.4% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
6.5%+0.1
n=46 · A/E 1.65 · £1 −28.50
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−6.4
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−6.4
n=11 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −11.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−6.4
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
8.3%+1.9
n=12 · A/E 2.40 · £1 −6.50
When favourite
40%
n=15 · A/E 2.10 · £1 +12.25
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%−6.4
n=70 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −70.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−6.4
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.4% 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
At Bellewstown 16.3% vs 6.4% · n=49
With Jordan Gainford 14.9% vs 6.4% · n=67
With claiming riders up 0% vs 6.4% · n=70
Off a 31-60-day break 1.8% vs 6.4% · n=55
On Good going 10.2% vs 6.4% · n=88
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 2.6% vs 6.4% · n=77
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 127 7 5.5% −47.00
Hurdle 122 8 6.6% −50.75
Chase 17 2 11.8% +6.50
NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 88 9 10.2% −11.50
Soft 70 5 7.1% +7.75
Good to Soft 48 2 4.2% −34.50
Standard (AW) 32 1 3.1% −25.00
Heavy 26 0 0% −26.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Bellewstown 49 8 16.3% +34.00
Punchestown 30 1 3.3% −26.75
Dundalk (AW) 26 0 0% −26.00
Down Royal 23 0 0% −23.00
Tramore 16 4 25% +34.50
Navan 16 0 0% −16.00
Fairyhouse 14 0 0% −14.00
Naas 14 0 0% −14.00
Leopardstown 12 1 8.3% +3.00
Roscommon 11 2 18.2% +5.00
Gowran Park 10 0 0% −10.00
Wexford 7 0 0% −7.00
Thurles 7 0 0% −7.00
Laytown (AW) 6 1 16.7% +1.00
Curragh 6 0 0% −6.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 4 0 0% −4.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 17 6 35.3% 1.90 +10.25
2nd–3rd fav 29 2 6.9% 0.51 −20.00
4th–6th fav 48 6 12.5% 2.06 +15.50
7th+ in betting 173 3 1.7% 0.67 −98.00
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
Mater Matuta (IRE)from J S Bolger 26 4 8 12 Apr 25
Zero Fighter (IRE)from Noel Meade 25 1 4 4 Sep 25
Lohengrin (GB)from Eamonn O'Connell 19 1 3 15 Sep 26
Serpolette (IRE) 18 1 4 2 Dec 23
Escaping Thejungle (IRE) 17 3 8 11 Oct 25
Accustomed (IRE) 16 1 4 13 Oct 26
Birmingham Alabama (IRE) 16 3 8 26 Dec 25
Loudest Whisper (IRE)from John M Oxx 16 0 5 30 Oct 23
Laurie Blue (IRE) 15 1 2 3 Sep 26
Queen Nel (IRE)from R P Cody 14 0 2 12 Apr 26
Dream Legend (IRE) 12 2 3 30 Sep 26
Written In My Soul (IRE) 11 0 0 4 Aug 26
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, 13 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Noel Meade (2); 13 had their first archived run for this yard.

4 have since run for another yard; 22 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample
0 from 2
Only 2 runners in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

When the yard fires

strike by month, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
80847511166400
Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderJordan Gainford
25% of all rides
14.9% SR · A/E 2.08
RiderRWSR£1
Jordan Gainford 67 10 14.9% +29.25
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
33
Archived wins
£413k
Prize money
2025
Best season · 7 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.
Yaha Fizz (IRE) — Festival Ticket Deal Ends Soon Rated Novice Chase Punchestown · Feb 2020
£14,750
Birmingham Alabama (IRE) — Bective Stud Tea Rooms & Apartments Mullacurry Cup Handicap Hurdle Bellewstown · Aug 2025
£14,750
Escaping Thejungle (IRE) — Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden Bellewstown · Sep 2022
£11,800
Notable horses
Mater Matuta (IRE) Yaha Fizz (IRE) Loudest Whisper (IRE) Scooping (IRE) Escaping Thejungle (IRE) Birmingham Alabama (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Muhaarar (GB) 3.7% · 1–27
Progeny have won 11.6% of 4,781 runs since 2008 (411 horses).
Dawn Approach (IRE) 15.4% · 4–26
Progeny have won 8% of 3,566 runs since 2008 (358 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 179.
Ulysses (IRE) 5.3% · 1–19
Progeny have won 10.6% of 2,969 runs since 2008 (293 horses).
Dylan Thomas (IRE) 5.6% · 1–18
Progeny have won 10.5% of 7,487 runs since 2008 (533 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.
Bungle Inthejungle (GB) 17.6% · 3–17
Progeny have won 8.8% of 4,223 runs since 2008 (353 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 2.5% from 121. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 2.4% from 124.
Maxios (GB) 0% · 0–16
Progeny have won 11.7% of 2,121 runs since 2008 (265 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 8.5% from 316. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 7.9% from 190.
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 20 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 600 · newest first

The latest 50 of 600 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 11 May 2005 to 13 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
13 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Mirrorbelle (IRE)J: Jordan Gainford William Hill Challenge Series Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 13 ran PU 100/1
13 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Accustomed (IRE)J: Jordan Gainford William Hill Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle23.5f · Good · 18 ran 9th 9/1
30 Sep 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Dream Legend (IRE)J: Colin Keane Rathbarry & Glenview Studs Handicap8f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran 5th 7/2F
19 Sep 26 Navan (IRE) Accustomed (IRE)J: Eoghan Finegan SIS, Supporting Irish Racing Handicap Hurdle16f · Good · 13 ran 7th 11/1
15 Sep 26 Punchestown (IRE) Lohengrin (GB)J: Jack Cleary Festival 2027 On Sale Soon Handicap (Div I)9f · Good · 14 ran 11th 11/2
10 Sep 26 Laytown (IRE) Lohengrin (GB)J: Colin Keane O'NEILLS.COM Handicap7f · Standard · 10 ran 2nd 100/30F
10 Sep 26 Laytown (IRE) Volendam (GB)J: Jordan Gainford Gilna's Of Laytown Handicap6f · Standard · 9 ran 9th 22/1
03 Sep 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Laurie Blue (IRE)J: Jordan Gainford Midland Breeders Mares Handicap Hurdle19f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran PU 33/1
02 Sep 26 Navan (IRE) Dream Legend (IRE)J: Terry Casey Navan Racing Festival 14th & 15th November Handicap8f · Good · 15 ran 10th 12/1
27 Aug 26 Navan (IRE) Lohengrin (GB)J: Siobhan Rutledge Curragh To Curragh Charity Cycle This Saturday Handicap (Div I)8f · Good · 13 ran 3rd 16/1
25 Aug 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Lohengrin (GB)J: Siobhan Rutledge Ploughman Bar & Grill Handicap (Div I)8f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 7th 16/1
12 Aug 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Lohengrin (GB)J: Siobhan Rutledge 1XBET IRISH SPIRIT Handicap (Div I)9.5f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 8th 28/1
04 Aug 26 Roscommon (IRE) Written In My Soul (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Campbell's Bar Ballinlough Handicap Steeplechase25f · Soft · 16 ran PU 33/1
03 Aug 26 Naas (IRE) Volendam (GB)J: J M Sheridan Bet 20 Get 40 With Matchbook Handicap7f · Good · 16 ran 16th 16/1
22 Jul 26 Naas (IRE) Lohengrin (GB)J: Yudish Geerdharry O'Neill & Co. Apprentice Handicap8f · Good · 18 ran 13th 33/1
14 Jul 26 Downpatrick (IRE) Written In My Soul (IRE)J: Ben Harvey Go fibrefast With Fibrus Broadband Rated Novice Hurdle22f · Good · 6 ran 6th 125/1
10 Jul 26 Cork Laurie Blue (IRE)J: Jack Kennedy Kelkab Ltd. Handicap Hurdle (0-100)17f · Good · 23 ran PU 20/1
06 Jul 26 Roscommon Written In My Soul (IRE)J: Ben Harvey Roscommon Herald Handicap Hurdle (0-100)24f · Good · 16 ran PU 50/1
04 Jul 26 Bellewstown Accustomed (IRE)J: Daniel King QuinnBet Bellewstown Handicap Hurdle24.5f · Good · 15 ran 1st 9/2F
03 Jul 26 Bellewstown Apache Star (IRE)J: Jack Cleary Eco Bullet Handicap (0-60)5f · Good · 13 ran 12th 12/1

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 E D Delany's strike rate?
E D Delany has won 17 of 267 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 6.4% (as at 20 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does E D Delany do best at?
Bellewstown by strike rate: 8 wins from 49 runners (16.3%) since 2022. 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 E D Delany?
Jordan Gainford, with 67 runners since 2022 — 25% of the total. That pairing has won 10 (14.9%).
Is E D Delany in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 2 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is E D Delany's Fair A/E?
1.17, from 267 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 20 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).