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Trainer profile

Eamonn O'Connell

857 runners in the lifetime window · 86 individual horses
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 2 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
50–857
Wins / Runs
5.8%
Strike rate
n=857
160 (19%)
Placed
1.00
Fair A/E
n=856 · 0.79 incl. margin
−290.63
£1 level stake
n=857 at SP · −33.9%
£694k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
2.5%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 50 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 6% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.00). Horses with headgear back on after a bare run strike at 11% (35 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 857 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Feb–Mar E O'Connell: 7.6% from 198 Headgear returns: 11.4%
The read

The record is strongest at Clonmel (13.6%, n=59), clear of the yard's 5.8% baseline. A horse having headgear put back on after a bare run has been a positive signal at 11.4% (n=35, Fair A/E 2.00), but debutants struggle at 0% (n=44, Fair A/E 0.00). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 3.4% strike, Fair A/E 0.77 and −119.50 to a £1 stake over 206 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. E O'Connell rides 23% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (7.6%, A/E 1.28) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well over 2m5f – 3m (9.6%, n=104). 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. Seasonally, the yard fires Feb–Mar.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.8% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
3.4%−2.4
n=206 · A/E 0.77 · £1 −119.50
New recruits · first run for the yard
4.1%−1.7
n=49 · A/E 0.69 · £1 −34.50
Debutants · first career start
0%−5.8
n=44 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −44.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
2.9%−2.9
n=34 · A/E 1.24 · £1 −25.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
11.4%+5.6
n=35 · A/E 2.00 · £1 +3.00
When favourite
26.9%
n=26 · A/E 1.23 · £1 +0.37
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
4.8%−1.0
n=378 · A/E 0.87 · £1 −163.38
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
6.5%+0.7
n=31 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −6.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.8% 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
With Declan McDonogh 22.7% vs 5.8% · n=44
At Clonmel 13.6% vs 5.8% · n=59
With debutants 0% vs 5.8% · n=44
With headgear back on 11.4% vs 5.8% · n=35
Over 2m5f – 3m 9.6% vs 5.8% · n=104
With a new jockey booking 3.2% vs 5.8% · n=404
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 449 27 6% −103.25
Hurdle 342 20 5.8% −134.88
Chase 39 2 5.1% −30.50
NH Flat 27 1 3.7% −22.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 260 12 4.6% −139.75
Good 183 10 5.5% −109.00
Heavy 166 14 8.4% +0.12
Standard (AW) 139 8 5.8% −7.50
Good to Soft 67 3 4.5% −43.00
Good to Firm 41 3 7.3% +9.50
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 137 8 5.8% −5.50
Tipperary 81 6 7.4% −2.50
Cork 79 2 2.5% −63.00
Limerick 64 4 6.3% −36.50
Clonmel 59 8 13.6% +55.00
Gowran Park 49 1 2% −41.00
Navan 43 3 7% −1.00
Curragh 39 3 7.7% −17.75
Punchestown 39 1 2.6% −27.00
Naas 29 2 6.9% −1.00
Ballinrobe 26 2 7.7% −19.88
Thurles 26 2 7.7% −11.50
Fairyhouse 25 0 0% −25.00
Leopardstown 23 2 8.7% +0.00
Killarney 21 1 4.8% −17.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 31 2 6.5% −6.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 34 8 23.5% 1.11 −3.13
2nd–3rd fav 100 11 11% 0.84 −31.50
4th–6th fav 223 22 9.9% 1.41 +11.00
7th+ in betting 500 9 1.8% 0.64 −267.00
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
Captainofthefleet (IRE)from Kevin Prendergast 52 5 13 11 Apr 19
Sassaway (IRE)from T J O'Mara 41 6 16 2 Aug 16
Admiral Brian (IRE) 40 3 11 27 Apr 19
Powerstation (IRE)from M J Phillips 40 5 12 12 May 14
Curious Bride (IRE)from Noel Meade 36 3 11 26 Aug 25
Sunset Sadie (IRE) 29 3 6 20 Mar 21
Shelly Banks (IRE) 26 2 6 11 Nov 22
The Niffler (IRE) 25 3 9 24 Apr 25
Chou Chou (IRE)from Noel Meade 24 2 4 19 Oct 26
Battleroftheboyne (IRE)from Michael Mulvany 23 0 7 14 Oct 18
Roter Baron (IRE)from Denis W Cullen 20 2 3 17 Nov 17
Noverre Princess (IRE)from Ms Joanna Morgan 19 1 3 11 Mar 16
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 86 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 3 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, 32 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Noel Meade (3) and David Marnane (2); 28 had their first archived run for this yard.

13 have since run for another yard, most often for Bernard Llewellyn (2); 47 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, lifetime
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Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderE O'Connell
23% of all rides
7.6% SR · A/E 1.28
RiderRWSR£1
E O'Connell 198 15 7.6% −19.38
Declan McDonogh 44 10 22.7% +43.25
Killian Leonard 40 3 7.5% +15.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

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
Brian Boru (GB) 8.7% · 6–69
Progeny have won 11% of 4,122 runs since 2008 (285 horses).
Refuse To Bend (IRE) 9.6% · 5–52
Progeny have won 9.8% of 4,868 runs since 2008 (320 horses).
Fast Company (IRE) 6.8% · 3–44
Progeny have won 9.4% of 7,590 runs since 2008 (492 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 12.7% from 557. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.8% from 109.
Anshan (GB) 12.2% · 5–41
Progeny have won 9.6% of 4,216 runs since 2008 (387 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.2% from 520.
Bertolini (USA) 14.6% · 6–41
Progeny have won 8% of 7,851 runs since 2008 (518 horses).
Ocovango (GB) 7.9% · 3–38
Progeny have won 9.4% of 2,981 runs since 2008 (302 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 14.1% from 191.
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 21 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 857 · newest first

The latest 50 of 857 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 11 July 2008 to 19 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
19 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Chou Chou (IRE)J: Jack Cleary Racing Club Membership Handicap (Div II)8.5f · Soft · 15 ran 8th 33/1
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

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 50 of 857 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 5.8% (as at 21 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Eamonn O'Connell do best at?
Clonmel by strike rate: 8 wins from 59 runners (13.6%) 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 Eamonn O'Connell?
E O'Connell, with 198 runners since 2008 — 23% of the total. That pairing has won 15 (7.6%).
Is Eamonn O'Connell 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 Eamonn O'Connell's Fair A/E?
1.00, from 856 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 21 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).