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Trainer profile

Eamonn O'Connell

223 runners in the last 5 seasons · 25 individual horses
As at 19 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 11 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
12–223
Wins / Runs
5.4%
Strike rate
n=223
42 (19%)
Placed
0.92
Fair A/E
n=222 · 0.73 incl. margin
−88.50
£1 level stake
n=223 at SP · −39.7%
£150k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
2.6%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 40 runners a season, winning with 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.92).

Deterministic profile computed from 223 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 19 Oct 2026
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 2% (n=49, Fair A/E 0.55). The yard also reads well off a 8-14-day break (11.4%, n=35). The market has also underrated the yard over 1m – 1m1f: Fair A/E 1.39 across 57 runners (7% strike, +3.50 to a £1 stake). The record reads poorly over 1m2f – 1m4f — 1.8% over 56 runners, 3.6pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard on Good going: Fair A/E 0.63 across 51 runners (3.9% strike, −37.50 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Woodiesdiy.com Christmas Hurdle at Leopardstown (Dec 2009, £29,295). The stable star of the record: Sassaway (IRE) — 6 wins from 41 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 5.4% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
2%−3.4
n=49 · A/E 0.55 · £1 −39.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
13.3%+7.9
n=15 · A/E 2.97 · £1 −0.50
Debutants · first career start
0%−5.4
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−5.4
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
20%+14.6
n=10 · A/E 3.39 · £1 +7.50
When favourite
0%
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
4.6%−0.8
n=65 · A/E 0.78 · £1 −32.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−5.4
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.4% 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
Off a 8-14-day break 11.4% vs 5.4% · n=35
Over 1m2f – 1m4f 1.8% vs 5.4% · n=56
Off a 61-180-day break 2.8% vs 5.4% · n=36
Over 1m – 1m1f 7% vs 5.4% · n=57 · A/E 1.39
On Good going 3.9% vs 5.4% · n=51 · A/E 0.63
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 178 9 5.1% −70.00
Hurdle 43 3 7% −16.50
NH Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 69 3 4.3% −46.50
Soft 53 3 5.7% −28.00
Good 51 2 3.9% −37.50
Good to Soft 25 2 8% −4.50
Heavy 17 1 5.9% −5.00
Good to Firm 8 1 12.5% +33.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 67 3 4.5% −44.50
Gowran Park 22 0 0% −22.00
Cork 17 0 0% −17.00
Clonmel 14 2 14.3% −1.00
Tipperary 13 3 23.1% +48.50
Limerick 13 1 7.7% −7.50
Killarney 8 0 0% −8.00
Leopardstown 7 1 14.3% +6.00
Punchestown 7 1 14.3% +5.00
Curragh 7 0 0% −7.00
Naas 6 1 16.7% +1.00
Navan 6 0 0% −6.00
Tramore 6 0 0% −6.00
Wexford 5 0 0% −5.00
Kilbeggan 5 0 0% −5.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 7 1 14.3% 0.75 −2.50
2nd–3rd fav 27 4 14.8% 1.12 −1.50
4th–6th fav 58 5 8.6% 1.15 −7.50
7th+ in betting 131 2 1.5% 0.53 −77.00
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
Curious Bride (IRE)from Noel Meade 36 3 11 26 Aug 25
Chou Chou (IRE)from Noel Meade 23 2 4 8 Oct 26
The Niffler (IRE) 21 3 9 24 Apr 25
Captain Hanley (IRE)from Adrian McGuinness 18 0 4 16 Aug 26
Lohengrin (GB)from William Haggas · then E D Delany 14 0 4 11 Jun 25
Say You're Sorry (IRE) 13 0 0 21 Jun 25
Dragon Roll (IRE)from Mrs John Harrington 11 1 1 26 Apr 24
Shelly Banks (IRE) 11 1 1 11 Nov 22
Gold Dublooms (IRE) 10 0 1 12 Aug 26
Pegasus Of Harry (GB)from Marco Botti 10 0 1 11 Sep 25
Kings Prince (GB)from Charlie & Mark Johnston · then E Sheehy 8 0 2 18 Oct 23
Georg Zhukov (IRE)from Noel Meade · then Bernard Llewellyn 7 1 1 12 Aug 26
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, 17 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Noel Meade (3); 8 had their first archived run for this yard.

7 have since run for another yard, most often for Bernard Llewellyn (2); 18 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
JFMAMJJASOND
71308501309500
A flat yard: the season runs Mar–Oct. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Killian Leonard 27 3 11.1% +28.50
Seamie Heffernan 22 1 4.5% −9.00
Colin Keane 20 1 5% −14.50
E O'Connell 15 1 6.7% −3.00
Chris Hayes 10 0 0% −10.00
Conor Cusack 10 1 10% +3.00
Nathan Crosse 9 0 0% −9.00
W J Lee 7 0 0% −7.00
Sam Ewing 7 0 0% −7.00
Leigh Roche 6 0 0% −6.00
Paddy Harnett 4 0 0% −4.00
Scott McCullagh 4 0 0% −4.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2008→
50
Archived wins
2
Pattern / graded wins
£694k
Prize money
2015
Best season · 7 wins
Powerstation (IRE) — Woodiesdiy.com Christmas Hurdle (grade 2) Leopardstown · Dec 2009 · Grade 2
£29,295
Shelly Banks (IRE) — Sky Bet Junefest Handicap Curragh · Jun 2021
£23,600
Powerstation (IRE) — Proudstown Handicap Hurdle (Grade C) Navan · Dec 2011 · Grade C
£17,875
Notable horses
Sassaway (IRE) Captainofthefleet (IRE) Powerstation (IRE) Admiral Brian (IRE) Curious Bride (IRE) Sunset Sadie (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Excelebration (IRE) 8.3% · 3–36
Progeny have won 9% of 3,605 runs since 2008 (244 horses).
Ocovango (GB) 8.8% · 3–34
Progeny have won 9.4% of 2,980 runs since 2008 (302 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 14.1% from 191.
Belardo (IRE) 8.7% · 2–23
Progeny have won 10.2% of 3,690 runs since 2008 (279 horses).
Camelot (GB) 0% · 0–18
Progeny have won 11.7% of 7,670 runs since 2008 (752 horses).
Ulysses (IRE) 0% · 0–14
Progeny have won 10.6% of 2,969 runs since 2008 (293 horses).
Ten Sovereigns (IRE) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 10.9% of 1,575 runs since 2008 (239 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.2% from 157. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.4% from 148.
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 19 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 856 · newest first

The latest 50 of 856 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 11 July 2008 to 8 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
08 Oct 26 Thurles (IRE) Chou Chou (IRE)J: Ben Coen BOYLE Sports Handicap (Div II)8.5f · Yielding · 14 ran 12th 12/1
16 Sep 26 Clonmel (IRE) Peace Walk (GB)J: Mr J Dunne John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap17f · Yielding · 7 ran 7th 11/1
16 Sep 26 Clonmel (IRE) Chou Chou (IRE)J: Conor Cusack Camida Winning Solution Handicap10f · Yielding · 14 ran 9th 9/2
02 Sep 26 Navan (IRE) Chou Chou (IRE)J: Colin Keane Navan Handicap (Div I)8f · Good · 16 ran 3rd 4/1F
30 Aug 26 Cork (IRE) Questionable (GB)J: Shane Foley Follow Us On Instagram Handicap12f · Yielding · 18 ran 17th 50/1
16 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Captain Hanley (IRE)J: Danny Mullins Tramore Directors Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 5th 10/1
12 Aug 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Chou Chou (IRE)J: Conor Cusack 1XBET IRISH SPIRIT Handicap (Div II)9.5f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 4th 25/1
12 Aug 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Gold Dublooms (IRE)J: Nathan Crosse 1XBET IRISH SPIRIT Handicap (Div I)9.5f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 11th 33/1
12 Aug 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Georg Zhukov (IRE)J: Conor Cusack 1XBET IRISH SPIRIT Handicap (Div I)9.5f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 9th 28/1
08 Aug 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Captain Hanley (IRE)J: Brian Hayes Well Of Moate Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 11 ran 4th 6/1
06 Aug 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Peace Walk (GB)J: Mr J C Barry Fegentri World Championship (Q.R.) Handicap15f · Good · 9 ran 8th 33/1
25 Jul 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Georg Zhukov (IRE)J: Conor Cusack Tote Apprentice Handicap9.5f · Good · 13 ran 5th 50/1
11 Jul 26 Navan Gold Dublooms (IRE)J: Leigh Roche Navan Racing Festival 14th & 15th November Handicap (0-60)10f · Good · 12 ran 12th 12/1
10 Jul 26 Kilbeggan Georg Zhukov (IRE)J: Keith Donoghue Kilbeggan Irish Whiskey Maiden Hurdle18.5f · Good · 8 ran PU 66/1
07 Jul 26 Tramore Captain Hanley (IRE)J: Colin Keane August Festival August 13th - 16th Handicap (0-60)16f · Good · 12 ran 4th 9/2
07 Jul 26 Tramore Questionable (GB)J: Hugo Tavares Oliveira Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Handicap12f · Good · 6 ran 6th 40/1
03 Jul 26 Wexford Captain Hanley (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Shamrock Enterprises Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 14 ran 6th 8/1
10 Jun 26 Limerick Peace Walk (GB)J: Hugo Tavares Oliveira Limerick Optional Claiming Race12f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran 7th 66/1
07 Jun 26 Punchestown Captain Hanley (IRE)J: Kieren Buckley John Dowling Memorial Maiden Hurdle23.5f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 2nd 7/1
01 Jun 26 Gowran Park Chou Chou (IRE)J: Adam Grant KCLR 96FM Apprentice Handicap (0-60)8f · Yielding · 16 ran 13th 18/1

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 Eamonn O'Connell's strike rate?
Eamonn O'Connell has won 12 of 223 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 5.4% (as at 19 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Eamonn O'Connell do best at?
Dundalk (AW) by strike rate: 3 wins from 67 runners (4.5%) 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.
Is Eamonn O'Connell 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 Eamonn O'Connell's Fair A/E?
0.92, from 222 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 19 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).