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Trainer profile

E Sheehy

1,372 runners in the lifetime window · 214 individual horses
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 6 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
48–1,372
Wins / Runs
3.5%
Strike rate
n=1,372
171 (13%)
Placed
0.72
Fair A/E
n=1,371 · 0.56 incl. margin
−802.36
£1 level stake
n=1,372 at SP · −58.5%
£783k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 70 runners a season, winning with 4% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.72). In Group and Graded company the record reads 7% (61 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,372 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 1 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Sep–Nov 21.6% when favourite Sean Flanagan: 4.8% from 147 Group/Graded: 6.6% Sends off the favourite in 3% of races
The read

In Group and Graded company the record reads well at 6.6% (n=61, Fair A/E 0.61), but debutants struggle at 0% (n=128, Fair A/E 0.00). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 1.8% strike, Fair A/E 0.48 and −165.60 to a £1 stake over 278 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Sean Flanagan rides 11% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (4.8%, A/E 0.83). The yard also reads well beyond 3m (11.6%, n=43). The record reads poorly in Flat races — 0.5% over 212 runners, 3pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard in Chase races: Fair A/E 0.82 across 321 runners (6.2% strike, −183.57 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. 17 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Kerrygold Champion Chase at Punchestown (Apr 2005, £111,600). The stable star of the record: Justified (IRE) — 8 wins from 24 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Sep–Nov.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 3.5% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
1.8%−1.7
n=278 · A/E 0.48 · £1 −165.60
New recruits · first run for the yard
3.1%−0.4
n=65 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −37.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−3.5
n=128 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −128.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
1.1%−2.4
n=88 · A/E 0.37 · £1 −81.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−3.5
n=64 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −64.00
When favourite
21.6%
n=37 · A/E 0.88 · £1 −10.69
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
2.4%−1.1
n=820 · A/E 0.58 · £1 −588.75
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
6.6%+3.1
n=61 · A/E 0.61 · £1 −50.45

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 3.5% 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 last-time-out winners 11.5% vs 3.5% · n=52
Beyond 3m 11.6% vs 3.5% · n=43
With Kevin Sexton 7.8% vs 3.5% · n=64
With debutants 0% vs 3.5% · n=128
In Flat races 0.5% vs 3.5% · n=212
In Chase races 6.2% vs 3.5% · n=321
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 735 25 3.4% −349.12
Chase 321 20 6.2% −183.57
Flat 212 1 0.5% −183.00
NH Flat 104 2 1.9% −86.67

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 454 22 4.8% −119.37
Good 359 11 3.1% −265.75
Heavy 283 12 4.2% −198.24
Good to Soft 139 2 1.4% −97.00
Standard (AW) 72 0 0% −72.00
Good to Firm 47 0 0% −47.00
Firm 18 1 5.6% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Limerick 118 4 3.4% −69.25
Tramore 99 1 1% −95.50
Clonmel 95 5 5.3% −46.17
Wexford 86 3 3.5% −50.00
Punchestown 81 5 6.2% +17.15
Downpatrick 80 2 2.5% −64.00
Gowran Park 78 0 0% −78.00
Kilbeggan 70 4 5.7% +50.75
Dundalk (AW) 69 0 0% −69.00
Fairyhouse 64 3 4.7% −37.50
Cork 61 1 1.6% −54.00
Thurles 55 4 7.3% −1.00
Tipperary 45 2 4.4% −37.50
Listowel 41 3 7.3% −26.25
Ballinrobe 36 2 5.6% −17.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 65 4 6.2% −54.45
Class 4 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 5 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 6 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 52 12 23.1% 1.02 −7.94
2nd–3rd fav 120 15 12.5% 0.94 −41.42
4th–6th fav 249 11 4.4% 0.71 −121.00
7th+ in betting 951 10 1.1% 0.43 −632.00
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
75.1% completed · 1,056 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 321 68.2% 37 17 43 2 3
Hurdle 735 78.1% 25 11 115 2 8
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
Rudy Catrail (IRE) 63 5 14 15 Nov 24
Joeswayornoway (IRE) 47 2 9 22 Nov 24
Holly Tree (IRE)then Philip M Byrne 45 4 12 13 Nov 10
Ardaghs Choice (IRE) 36 3 6 22 Jul 26
Captain Cobajay (IRE)from Paul Nolan · then Justin Landy 32 2 5 2 Jun 21
Garrai Ard (IRE)then Laurence James Butler 26 2 8 15 Aug 09
Dr Val (IRE) 24 1 5 6 Aug 24
Kusadasi (IRE)then David Pipe 23 2 7 28 Sep 11
Captain Conby (IRE) 21 3 7 7 Jun 26
I'vedoneitall (IRE) 21 0 1 13 Dec 24
Grey Mountain Mist (IRE)from M M Lynch 21 3 7 29 Nov 18
Corrigaleen (IRE) 20 0 2 1 Sep 23
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 214 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 7 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, 11 arrived from another yard in our archive; 49 had their first archived run for this yard.

20 have since run for another yard, most often for Laurence James Butler (4); 40 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 1
Only 1 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, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
245032147651
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 riderSean Flanagan
11% of all rides
4.8% SR · A/E 0.83
RiderRWSR£1
Sean Flanagan 147 7 4.8% −81.00
Michael Darcy 100 3 3% −77.12
Shane Fenelon 89 5 5.6% −63.75
Kevin Sexton 64 5 7.8% +129.00
Mikey Sheehy 59 1 1.7% −30.00
J M Sheehy 44 1 2.3% −18.00
Harry Sexton 40 0 0% −40.00
Philip Donovan 38 1 2.6% −28.00
Mr C L Murphy 32 1 3.1% −20.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
116
Archived wins
17
Pattern / graded wins
£2.36m
Prize money
2005
Best season · 26 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.
Rathgar Beau (IRE) — Kerrygold Champion Chase (Grade 1) Punchestown · Apr 2005 · Grade 1
£111,600
Justified (IRE) — Powers Gold Cup (Grade 1) Fairyhouse · Apr 2006 · Grade 1
£66,000
Trafford Lad (GB) — Barry & Sandra Kelly Memorial Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) Navan · Dec 2007 · Grade 1
£65,000
Notable horses
Justified (IRE) Holly Tree (IRE) Merry Cowboy (IRE) Trafford Lad (GB) Rudy Catrail (IRE) Kahuna (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Arcadio (GER) 4.3% · 3–69
Progeny have won 9.2% of 3,979 runs since 2008 (375 horses).
Getaway (GER) 3% · 2–66
Progeny have won 11.3% of 10,962 runs since 2008 (1,029 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Nazar (IRE) 7.9% · 5–63
Progeny have won 6% of 117 runs since 2008 (7 horses).
Conduit (IRE) 6.3% · 3–48
Progeny have won 6.2% of 404 runs since 2008 (57 horses).
Accordion (IRE) 8.9% · 4–45
Progeny have won 10.8% of 3,309 runs since 2008 (327 horses).
Fame And Glory (GB) 0% · 0–40
Progeny have won 12.5% of 6,209 runs since 2008 (504 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 1 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 2,210 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,210 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 3 January 2005 to 26 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
26 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Imbolc (IRE)J: Harry Sexton COLM QUINN BMW Handicap Hurdle24f · Heavy · 19 ran PU 50/1
09 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Zitkala Sa (IRE)J: Nicola Burns View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Apprentice Handicap10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 8th 20/1
01 Oct 26 Clonmel (IRE) South Of Killerig (IRE)J: Mr R Sugrue Ravens Rock Novice Handicap Hurdle20f · Good · 16 ran PU 66/1
25 Sep 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Zitkala Sa (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Celebrate Your Special Occasion At Dundalk Stadium Handicap12f · Standard · 14 ran 4th 100/1
16 Sep 26 Clonmel (IRE) Zitkala Sa (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Suir Blueway Handicap10f · Yielding · 14 ran 12th 40/1
04 Sep 26 Down Royal (IRE) Zitkala Sa (IRE)J: Chris Hayes Grant Thornton Handicap (Div II)13f · Good · 12 ran 9th 66/1
31 Aug 26 Downpatrick (IRE) South Of Killerig (IRE)J: Donagh Meyler WillWeGo.com Handicap Hurdle18f · Good · 11 ran 9th 66/1
28 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Where Eagles Fly (IRE)J: Sean Cleary-Farrell Traynors Of Wexford Mares Maiden Hurdle24f · Good · 12 ran PU 200/1
21 Aug 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Blackwood Joe (IRE)J: Mr J Dunne John Thomas McNamara Series Flat Race16f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 9th 150/1
16 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) South Of Killerig (IRE)J: Harry Sexton Frank King Memorial Maiden Hurdle21.5f · Good To Yielding · 9 ran 6th 40/1
14 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Queenofqueenstreet (IRE)J: Ian Power Walsh Butler Electrical Mares Maiden Hurdle21f · Good · 15 ran 9th 150/1
12 Aug 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Zitkala Sa (IRE)J: Shane Foley Gowran Park Golf Optional Claiming Race8f · Good · 15 ran 8th 66/1
04 Aug 26 Roscommon (IRE) Captain Kate (IRE)J: Sean Cleary-Farrell Campbell's Bar Ballinlough Handicap Steeplechase25f · Soft · 16 ran UR 20/1
03 Aug 26 Cork (IRE) Blackwood Joe (IRE)J: Mr A P Kennedy Curragh To Curragh Charity Cycle On Saturday August 29th Flat Race18f · Good · 17 ran 17th 150/1
03 Aug 26 Cork (IRE) Queenofqueenstreet (IRE)J: Ian Power www.mourneabbeyoil.ie Mares Maiden Hurdle17f · Good · 18 ran 12th 250/1
23 Jul 26 Wexford (IRE) Chasing Crowns (IRE)J: Harry Sexton Cottage Autism Network Handicap Hurdle (Div II)24f · Good · 14 ran 4th 16/1
22 Jul 26 Wexford (IRE) Ardaghs Choice (IRE)J: Harry Sexton Racing Again Tomorrow 23rd July Family Day Handicap Steeplechase24.5f · Good · 15 ran PU 33/1
22 Jul 26 Wexford (IRE) Captain Kate (IRE)J: Patrick M O'Brien Racing Again Tomorrow 23rd July Family Day Handicap Steeplechase24.5f · Good · 15 ran 9th 33/1
06 Jul 26 Roscommon Chasing Crowns (IRE)J: Mr D M Moylan Roscommon Herald Handicap Hurdle (0-100)24f · Good · 16 ran PU 20/1
02 Jul 26 Limerick Captain Kate (IRE)J: Patrick M O'Brien Munster Suite At Limerick Races Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2)22.5f · Good · 18 ran PU 28/1

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 Sheehy's strike rate?
E Sheehy has won 48 of 1,372 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 3.5% (as at 1 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does E Sheehy do best at?
Thurles by strike rate: 4 wins from 55 runners (7.3%) 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 E Sheehy?
Sean Flanagan, with 147 runners since 2008 — 11% of the total. That pairing has won 7 (4.8%).
Is E Sheehy in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 1 runner, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is E Sheehy's Fair A/E?
0.72, from 1,371 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 1 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).