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Trainer profile

Edward Buckley

162 runners in the lifetime window · 28 individual horses
As at 5 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 2 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2024→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
10–162
Wins / Runs
6.2%
Strike rate
n=162
25 (15%)
Placed
1.19
Fair A/E
n=162 · 0.93 incl. margin
−61.81
£1 level stake
n=162 at SP · −38.2%
£104k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
4.2%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 10 runners a season, winning with 6% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.19). The edge shows sharpest with horses returning fresh: 12% off breaks of two months or more (33 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 162 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 5 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 12.1% Kieren Buckley: 10% from 90
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a positive signal at 12.1% (n=33, Fair A/E 2.77), but runners with a claiming rider up have been a poor signal at 2.6% (n=39, Fair A/E 0.73). Kieren Buckley rides 56% of the entries and edges the yard's average (10% vs 6.2%, A/E 1.44) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly in Flat races — 2.9% over 34 runners, 3.3pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard over 2m1f – 2m4f: Fair A/E 0.54 across 56 runners (3.6% strike, −37.43 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 6.2% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
12.1%+5.9
n=33 · A/E 2.77 · £1 +42.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
44.4%+38.2
n=9 · A/E 6.29 · £1 +66.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−6.2
n=19 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −19.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−6.2
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
10%+3.8
n=10 · A/E 1.49 · £1 −6.00
When favourite
33.3%
n=6 · A/E 1.16 · £1 −1.81
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
2.6%−3.6
n=39 · A/E 0.73 · £1 −26.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−6.2
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.2% 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
With Kieren Buckley 10% vs 6.2% · n=90
With claiming riders up 2.6% vs 6.2% · n=39
With horses switching code 2.6% vs 6.2% · n=38
In Flat races 2.9% vs 6.2% · n=34
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 3.6% vs 6.2% · n=56
Off a 31-60-day break 8.2% vs 6.2% · n=49
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 109 7 6.4% −58.43
Flat 34 1 2.9% −21.00
Chase 10 2 20% +26.62
NH Flat 9 0 0% −9.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 64 5 7.8% −33.43
Soft 36 2 5.6% +0.62
Heavy 27 1 3.7% −22.00
Good to Soft 26 2 7.7% +2.00
Standard (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Fairyhouse 20 2 10% −6.38
Punchestown 16 2 12.5% +35.00
Navan 13 1 7.7% −6.50
Kilbeggan 10 1 10% −4.50
Down Royal 9 0 0% −9.00
Gowran Park 9 0 0% −9.00
Dundalk (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00
Ballinrobe 8 1 12.5% −6.43
Leopardstown 8 1 12.5% +5.00
Limerick 8 1 12.5% −3.00
Bellewstown 6 0 0% −6.00
Wexford 6 0 0% −6.00
Cork 6 0 0% −6.00
Galway 4 0 0% −4.00
Thurles 4 0 0% −4.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 5 0 0% −5.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 6 2 33.3% 1.16 −1.81
2nd–3rd fav 16 3 18.8% 1.28 −1.50
4th–6th fav 34 3 8.8% 1.39 −3.50
7th+ in betting 106 2 1.9% 0.92 −55.00
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
83.2% completed · 119 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 10 100% 0 0 0 0 0
Hurdle 109 81.7% 6 1 13 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
Noble Hilltop (IRE)from John C McConnell 14 1 2 11 Oct 25
Las Brisas Boy (IRE) 13 0 2 13 Oct 26
Malbas (GB)from John C McConnell 12 2 4 26 Aug 26
Certamen (IRE) 10 0 0 10 Oct 26
Medadthebookie (GB) 9 0 0 15 Oct 26
Ceol Draiochta (IRE)then Adam Nicol 8 0 1 30 Jul 25
Le Roi Arthur (IRE) 7 0 1 3 Nov 26
Banner Beauty (IRE)from M Halford & T Collins 7 1 1 8 Aug 26
Tellmemamema (IRE) 7 0 1 7 Aug 26
Migdam (FR)from Adrian McGuinness · then James Andrew Fahey 7 1 2 8 May 26
Diamond Island (IRE) 7 0 1 16 Apr 26
Ney (IRE)from Danny Brooke 7 2 3 15 Feb 26
All 28 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 28 horses listed, 9 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from John C McConnell (4); 19 had their first archived run for this yard.

3 have since run for another yard; 25 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 3
Only 3 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
14180101210757000
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 riderKieren Buckley
56% of all rides
10% SR · A/E 1.44
RiderRWSR£1
Kieren Buckley 90 9 10% −2.81
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2024→
10
Archived wins
£104k
Prize money
2025
Best season · 6 wins
Ney (IRE) — Tote Guarantee Available On Course & Tote.ie Rated Novice Chase Fairyhouse · Feb 2025
£9,440
Banner Beauty (IRE) — Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden Leopardstown · May 2025
£9,440
Bells Grove (IRE) — SIS, Supporting Irish Racing Handicap Hurdle Navan (IRE) · Sep 2026
£9,000
Notable horses
Malbas (GB) Ney (IRE) Bells Grove (IRE) Noble Hilltop (IRE) Migdam (FR) Banner Beauty (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Jet Away (GB) 0% · 0–18
Progeny have won 11.2% of 2,541 runs since 2018 (273 horses).
Teofilo (IRE) 0% · 0–18
Progeny have won 12.5% of 10,083 runs since 2011 (908 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7% from 625.
Churchill (IRE) 7.1% · 1–14
Progeny have won 11% of 4,841 runs since 2021 (462 horses).
Mukhadram (GB) 16.7% · 2–12
Progeny have won 10.7% of 2,444 runs since 2018 (199 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.2% from 302.
Mondialiste (IRE) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 6.4% of 916 runs since 2021 (108 horses). Strongest on Soft going: 11.3% from 133. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 3.2% from 285.
Crystal Ocean (GB) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 12.9% of 451 runs since 2023 (127 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 5 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 162 · newest first

The latest 50 of 162 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 7 February 2024 to 3 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
03 Nov 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Le Roi Arthur (IRE)J: Kieren Buckley William Hill Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle (Div II)20f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran PU 28/1
03 Nov 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Mossy Way (IRE)J: Kieren Buckley Irish Stallion Farms EBF Beginners Steeplechase24.5f · Good To Yielding · 7 ran 6th 22/1
23 Oct 26 Cheltenham Bells Grove (IRE)J: Kieren Buckley Oddschecker Novices' Hurdle Race(grade 2) (registered As The Sharp Novices' Hurdle Race) (gbb Race)Class 1 · 16.5f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 5th 9/2
15 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Medadthebookie (GB)J: Tom Buckley Isuzu Ireland Handicap14f · Yielding To Soft · 21 ran 16th 80/1
13 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Las Brisas Boy (IRE)J: Mr Finn Buckley William Hill Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle (Div II)20f · Good · 17 ran 13th 13/2
13 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Le Roi Arthur (IRE)J: Kieren Buckley William Hill Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle (Div I)20f · Good · 15 ran 10th 33/1
13 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Kalico Leader (IRE)J: Kieren Buckley William Hill Challenge Series Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 13 ran 4th 25/1
10 Oct 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Certamen (IRE)J: Kieren Buckley Protection & Prosperity Financial Services Supporting Louth GAA Handicap Hurdle16f · Good · 15 ran 9th 14/1
05 Oct 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Las Brisas Boy (IRE)J: Mr Finn Buckley Fairyhouse Racecourse Handicap Hurdle24f · Good · 14 ran 6th 5/1
02 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Le Roi Arthur (IRE)J: Kieren Buckley Racing TV Handicap Hurdle (Div II)20f · Good · 13 ran 11th 14/1
02 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Mossy Way (IRE)J: Kieren Buckley 1xBet.ie Supports Safer Gambling Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 17 ran 9th 1/1F
01 Oct 26 Clonmel (IRE) Kalico Leader (IRE)J: Kieren Buckley Kilmore Maiden Hurdle19.5f · Good · 11 ran 3rd 13/2
21 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Medadthebookie (GB)J: Tom Buckley Gerard Lynch Memorial Handicap14f · Yielding · 15 ran 6th 125/1
19 Sep 26 Navan (IRE) Kalico Leader (IRE)J: Tom Buckley Meath Farm Machinery Maiden Hurdle21f · Good · 15 ran F 40/1
19 Sep 26 Navan (IRE) Bells Grove (IRE)J: Kieren Buckley SIS, Supporting Irish Racing Handicap Hurdle16f · Good · 13 ran 1st 11/2
11 Sep 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Las Brisas Boy (IRE)J: Kieren Buckley Lodge At Ashford Castle Handicap Steeplechase23f · Yielding · 16 ran 6th 6/1
05 Sep 26 Navan (IRE) Medadthebookie (GB)J: Robert Whearty Lynn Lodge Stud Maiden10f · Good · 21 ran 15th 300/1
28 Aug 26 Down Royal (IRE) Certamen (IRE)J: Kieren Buckley Golden Cow Handicap Hurdle17.5f · Good · 14 ran 7th 25/1
26 Aug 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Alfinthesea (IRE)J: Tom Buckley Bet With Tote On Racing & Sports Maiden Hurdle20.5f · Good · 14 ran 10th 300/1
26 Aug 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Kalico Leader (IRE)J: Kieren Buckley Bet With Tote On Racing & Sports Maiden Hurdle20.5f · Good · 14 ran 5th 33/1

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this yard’s runners since 10 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 4 runs (won 0) · to 23 Oct 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is Edward Buckley's strike rate?
Edward Buckley has won 10 of 162 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 6.2% (as at 5 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Who rides most for Edward Buckley?
Kieren Buckley, with 90 runners since 2008 — 56% of the total. That pairing has won 9 (10%).
Is Edward Buckley in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 3 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Edward Buckley's Fair A/E?
1.19, from 162 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 5 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).