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Trainer profile

Eamon Courtney

136 runners in the last 5 seasons · 25 individual horses
As at 20 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 12 days ago 99% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2016→)
from 1 Jan 2022
4–136
Wins / Runs
2.9%
Strike rate
n=136
26 (19%)
Placed
0.56
Fair A/E
n=136 · 0.45 incl. margin
−99.38
£1 level stake
n=136 at SP · −73.1%
£68,342
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
3.6%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 3% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.56).

Deterministic profile computed from 136 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 20 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 3.4%
The read

The yard also reads well off a 31-60-day break (10%, n=30) and over 2m5f – 3m (7.3%, n=41). The market has consistently overbet the yard over 2m1f – 2m4f: Fair A/E 0.38 across 52 runners (1.9% strike, −43.00 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 2.9% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−2.9
n=43 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −43.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−2.9
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−2.9
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−2.9
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
9.1%+6.2
n=11 · A/E 1.55 · £1 −1.00
When favourite
25%
n=4 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −1.38
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
3.4%+0.5
n=59 · A/E 0.76 · £1 −46.38

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 2.9% 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
Off a 31-60-day break 10% vs 2.9% · n=30
Over 2m5f – 3m 7.3% vs 2.9% · n=41
Over 1m5f – 2m 0% vs 2.9% · n=40
On Heavy going 0% vs 2.9% · n=37
On Soft going 4.9% vs 2.9% · n=61
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 1.9% vs 2.9% · n=52 · A/E 0.38
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 73 2 2.7% −55.38
Chase 57 2 3.5% −38.00
NH Flat 4 0 0% −4.00
Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 61 3 4.9% −34.38
Heavy 37 0 0% −37.00
Good to Soft 20 0 0% −20.00
Good 18 1 5.6% −8.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Clonmel 27 0 0% −27.00
Limerick 23 0 0% −23.00
Thurles 21 1 4.8% −12.00
Cork 16 2 12.5% +1.62
Tramore 12 1 8.3% −2.00
Galway 6 0 0% −6.00
Punchestown 6 0 0% −6.00
Wexford 5 0 0% −5.00
Gowran Park 3 0 0% −3.00
Killarney 3 0 0% −3.00
Roscommon 3 0 0% −3.00
Tipperary 2 0 0% −2.00
Listowel 2 0 0% −2.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 4 1 25% 1.06 −1.38
2nd–3rd fav 17 0 0% 0.00 −17.00
4th–6th fav 33 3 9.1% 1.27 +1.00
7th+ in betting 82 0 0% 0.00 −82.00
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
80% completed · 130 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 57 71.9% 0 2 14 0 0
Hurdle 73 86.3% 2 0 8 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
Da Big Fella (IRE) 21 0 6 9 Jun 25
Willywampus (IRE)from Donal Commins 18 2 5 20 Dec 25
The Goose's Acre (IRE) 12 0 2 20 Apr 26
Is Charlie Around (IRE) 11 0 3 2 Apr 26
Old Kenmare (IRE) 8 0 3 14 Apr 26
Made In Muckross (IRE) 8 0 0 16 Mar 24
Oaks Soldier (IRE) 7 1 4 6 Apr 26
Arion Soldier (IRE) 7 1 2 6 Nov 25
Temptationinmilan (IRE)from C Byrnes 6 0 0 8 Aug 26
Sycamore Cove (IRE) 4 0 0 8 Oct 26
Tea In The Park (IRE) 4 0 0 29 Dec 25
Landue (GB)from R K Watson · then R K Watson 4 0 0 3 Aug 23
All 25 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 25 horses listed, 6 arrived from another yard in our archive; 19 had their first archived run for this yard.

1 has since run for another yard; 24 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, 5 seasons
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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
Go-to riderRicky Doyle
29% of all rides
2.5% SR · A/E 0.42
RiderRWSR£1
Ricky Doyle 40 1 2.5% −25.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2016→
5
Archived wins
£82,739
Prize money
2023
Best season · 2 wins
Willywampus (IRE) — Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Chase Thurles · Dec 2023
£10,030
Arion Soldier (IRE) — Hibernian Hotel Mallow Maiden Hurdle Cork · Apr 2024
£7,375
Oaks Soldier (IRE) — Leisure Dome Ltd. Marquee Hire Maiden Hurdle Cork · Apr 2026
£7,068
Notable horses
Willywampus (IRE) Da Big Fella (IRE) Oaks Soldier (IRE) Arion Soldier (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Imperial Monarch (IRE) 0% · 0–22
Progeny have won 8.3% of 1,584 runs since 2008 (172 horses).
Gold Well (GB) 0% · 0–21
Progeny have won 12.2% of 5,648 runs since 2008 (363 horses).
Milan (GB) 0% · 0–18
Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,843 runs since 2008 (1,463 horses).
Zoffany (IRE) 11.1% · 2–18
Progeny have won 9.9% of 10,761 runs since 2008 (799 horses).
Soldier of Fortune (IRE) 12.5% · 2–16
Progeny have won 11.3% of 5,811 runs since 2008 (678 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
Frozen Fire (GER) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 5.7% of 296 runs since 2008 (43 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 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 205 · newest first

The latest 50 of 205 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 31 October 2016 to 8 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
08 Oct 26 Tramore (IRE) Sycamore Cove (IRE)J: Ricky Doyle www.tramoreraces.ie Maiden Hurdle16f · Yielding · 8 ran 8th 80/1
07 Sep 26 Galway (IRE) Mozart's Song (IRE)J: Ms A T O'Reilly Kenny Developments Irish EBF Mares Flat Race16.5f · Soft · 18 ran 3rd 250/1
08 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Temptationinmilan (IRE)J: Ricky Doyle Wexfordraces.ie Handicap Steeplechase19f · Good · 8 ran PU 18/1
17 Jul 26 Killarney (IRE) Temptationinmilan (IRE)J: Ms A T O'Reilly Europe Hotel And Resort Handicap Steeplechase (Div II)23f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran PU 33/1
21 May 26 Limerick Temptationinmilan (IRE)J: Ms A T O'Reilly Maloney's Bus Hire & Martin's Coaches Handicap Chase20f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 7th 40/1
14 May 26 Clonmel Sycamore Cove (IRE)J: Ms A T O'Reilly Tote Guarantee Never Beaten By SP (C & G) Maiden Hurdle19.5f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran 15th 150/1
01 May 26 Punchestown Temptationinmilan (IRE)J: Ms A T O'Reilly Uniquely Champion Hunters Chase24.5f · Yielding · 14 ran 12th 250/1
20 Apr 26 Tramore The Goose's Acre (IRE)J: Ms A T O'Reilly O'Driscolls Irish Whiskey Beginners Chase21.5f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran PU 50/1
14 Apr 26 Clonmel The Goose's Acre (IRE)J: Ricky Doyle Fethard Beginners Chase15.5f · Yielding To Soft · 9 ran 9th 33/1
14 Apr 26 Clonmel Old Kenmare (IRE)J: Ricky Doyle Botanica International Handicap Hurdle (0-100)17f · Yielding · 16 ran 4th 8/1
06 Apr 26 Cork Temptationinmilan (IRE)J: Ms A T O'Reilly Jack Tyner Memorial Hunters Chase20f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 5th 100/1
06 Apr 26 Cork Oaks Soldier (IRE)J: Carl Millar Leisure Dome Ltd. Marquee Hire Maiden Hurdle23f · Yielding · 13 ran 1st 13/8F
02 Apr 26 Clonmel Old Kenmare (IRE)J: Calum Hogan KEP Italia Handicap Hurdle16f · Soft · 13 ran 8th 9/1
02 Apr 26 Clonmel Haydens Star (IRE)J: Ricky Doyle KEP Italia Superior Helmets Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft · 7 ran 6th 33/1
02 Apr 26 Clonmel Mac Dara (IRE)J: Ms A T O'Reilly KEP Italia Superior Helmets Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft · 7 ran 3rd 50/1
02 Apr 26 Clonmel Is Charlie Around (IRE)J: Ricky Doyle KEP Italia Handicap Chase23f · Soft · 14 ran 6th 13/2
26 Mar 26 Clonmel Is Charlie Around (IRE)J: Ricky Doyle Kilmanahan Beginners Chase16f · Soft · 8 ran 2nd 3/1
19 Mar 26 Cork Old Kenmare (IRE)J: Ricky Doyle William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle (0-100)17f · Yielding · 22 ran F 28/1
05 Mar 26 Thurles Oaks Soldier (IRE)J: Carl Millar EASYFIX Equine Handicap Hurdle23f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran 2nd 9/1
02 Mar 26 Leopardstown The Goose's Acre (IRE)J: Ricky Doyle Trackman Range At Leopardstown Golf Centre Novice Handicap Hurdle18.5f · Soft To Heavy · 18 ran 10th 15/2

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 Eamon Courtney's strike rate?
Eamon Courtney has won 4 of 136 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 2.9% (as at 20 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Is Eamon Courtney 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 Eamon Courtney's Fair A/E?
0.56, from 136 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).