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Trainer profile

Francis Ennis

309 runners in the lifetime window · 51 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Jul 2012 91% of runners on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
No runners in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
22–309
Wins / Runs
7.1%
Strike rate
n=309
75 (24%)
Placed
0.98
Fair A/E
n=309 · 0.75 incl. margin
−95.33
£1 level stake
n=309 at SP · −30.9%
£439k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
11.1%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 60 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 7% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.98).

Deterministic profile computed from 309 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Jun–Aug Ben Curtis: 7.7% from 65 Claiming riders: 7.7%
The read

It is weakest at Dundalk (AW) (0% over 37 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Debutants struggle at 0% (n=31, Fair A/E 0.00). Ben Curtis rode 21% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (7.7%, A/E 1.31) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also read well off a 8-14-day break (12%, n=50) and over 1m2f – 1m4f (11.3%, n=71). The record read poorly on Standard (AW) going — 0% over 39 runners, 7.1pts below the baseline. 4 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Killavullan Stakes at Leopardstown (Oct 2006, £45,570). Seasonally, the yard fired Jun–Aug.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.1% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
4.9%−2.2
n=81 · A/E 0.83 · £1 −27.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
14.3%+7.2
n=7 · A/E 5.10 · £1 +19.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−7.1
n=31 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −31.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−7.1
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−7.1
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
When favourite
33.3%
n=15 · A/E 1.29 · £1 −1.33
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
7.7%+0.6
n=156 · A/E 1.11 · £1 −22.08
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
5.7%−1.4
n=35 · A/E 0.72 · £1 −13.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.1% 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
On Standard (AW) going 0% vs 7.1% · n=39
At Dundalk (AW) 0% vs 7.1% · n=37
With debutants 0% vs 7.1% · n=31
Off a 8-14-day break 12% vs 7.1% · n=50
Over 1m2f – 1m4f 11.3% vs 7.1% · n=71
With a new jockey booking 3.5% vs 7.1% · n=142
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 282 21 7.4% −94.33
Hurdle 20 1 5% +6.00
NH Flat 7 0 0% −7.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 83 4 4.8% −40.25
Good 72 8 11.1% +7.17
Good to Firm 66 6 9.1% −24.00
Standard (AW) 39 0 0% −39.00
Heavy 28 2 7.1% +7.00
Good to Soft 17 2 11.8% −2.25
Firm 4 0 0% −4.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Curragh 51 3 5.9% −18.25
Leopardstown 38 3 7.9% +1.00
Gowran Park 38 3 7.9% +5.50
Dundalk (AW) 37 0 0% −37.00
Naas 30 1 3.3% −25.00
Roscommon 13 3 23.1% +5.67
Navan 13 2 15.4% +13.00
Cork 8 1 12.5% +3.00
Tipperary 8 1 12.5% −1.00
Tramore 8 1 12.5% −1.50
Listowel 8 0 0% −8.00
Killarney 8 0 0% −8.00
Galway 8 0 0% −8.00
Fairyhouse 6 0 0% −6.00
Bellewstown 6 0 0% −6.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 35 2 5.7% −13.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 16 5 31.3% 1.25 −2.33
2nd–3rd fav 46 5 10.9% 0.83 −11.50
4th–6th fav 91 7 7.7% 1.02 −24.50
7th+ in betting 156 5 3.2% 0.91 −57.00
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
Barack (IRE)then W McCreery 33 4 13 30 Jun 12
Salazaar (IRE)from David Wachman · then Michael Kiernan 20 2 5 4 Dec 10
Kokoro (IRE) 20 1 5 10 Oct 10
Intapeace (IRE) 19 3 6 10 Jul 11
Forest Minx (IRE)then Liam P Cusack 16 1 6 2 Jun 12
Apt Son (USA) 14 1 6 20 Oct 10
Todd's Forge (IRE) 13 1 4 18 Aug 10
Beatrix Potter (IRE) 12 0 3 18 Nov 09
Noinformation (IRE)then Mark Michael McNiff 9 0 0 17 Aug 11
Daisy Buchanan (IRE) 9 1 2 25 Oct 10
Peacock's Pride (GB)then John E Kiely 9 2 5 26 Oct 09
Bea Remembered (GB)then Brian Meehan 8 1 3 17 Oct 10
All 51 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 51 horses listed, 8 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from David Wachman (2); 43 had their first archived run for this yard.

23 have since run for another yard, most often for J G Coogan (2) and Liam P Cusack (2); 28 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.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime
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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
Go-to riderBen Curtis
21% of all rides
7.7% SR · A/E 1.31
RiderRWSR£1
Ben Curtis 65 5 7.7% −25.50
Willie Supple 41 4 9.8% −2.00
Rory Cleary 33 2 6.1% −27.75
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
45
Archived wins
4
Pattern / graded wins
£927k
Prize money
2007
Best season · 10 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.
Confuchias (IRE) — Killavullan Stakes (group 3) Leopardstown · Oct 2006 · Group 3
£45,570
Ferneley (IRE) — Amethyst Stakes (group 3) Leopardstown · May 2008 · Group 3
£45,500
Confuchias (IRE) — Newcastle Brown Ale 80th Birthday Chipchase Stakes (Group 3) Newcastle · Jun 2007 · Group 3
£28,390
Notable horses
Barack (IRE) Dal Cais (IRE) Intapeace (IRE) Oxford City (IRE) Ferneley (IRE) Confuchias (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Pyrus (USA) 12.1% · 4–33
Progeny have won 9.1% of 1,446 runs since 2008 (89 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.2% from 119. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.8% from 208.
Fath (USA) 4.2% · 1–24
Progeny have won 8.9% of 2,349 runs since 2008 (98 horses). Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 14.3% from 112. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.2% from 167.
Daggers Drawn (USA) 4.8% · 1–21
Progeny have won 8.3% of 1,030 runs since 2008 (97 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 2.3% from 132.
Xaar (GB) 10% · 2–20
Progeny have won 6.1% of 2,429 runs since 2008 (218 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 10.7% from 122.
Intikhab (USA) 15.8% · 3–19
Progeny have won 10.6% of 4,951 runs since 2008 (362 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 7.6% from 277. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.8% from 266.
Bishop of Cashel (GB) 6.3% · 1–16
Progeny have won 7.7% of 701 runs since 2008 (69 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 3.8% from 105.
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 22 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 627 · newest first

The latest 50 of 627 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 13 March 2005 to 11 July 2012.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
11 Jul 12 Wexford Ardo Boy (IRE)J: Mr P Roche Campile Flat Race18f · Soft · 14 ran 6th 25/1
30 Jun 12 Curragh Barack (IRE)J: Ben Curtis Dubai Duty Free Finest Surprise Handicap8f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran 10th 9/1
14 Jun 12 Leopardstown Barack (IRE)J: Ben Curtis Bibby Financial Services Handicap10f · Soft · 11 ran 2nd 14/1
04 Jun 12 Naas Barack (IRE)J: Ben Curtis Owenstown Stud Stakes (listed)7f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran 8th 12/1
02 Jun 12 Tramore Forest Minx (IRE)J: Ben Curtis Book Online At tramore-racecourse.com Handicap (47-65)12f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 1st 11/2
13 May 12 Leopardstown Barack (IRE)J: Ben Curtis Amethyst Stakes (Group 3)8f · Good To Soft · 5 ran 3rd 12/1
15 Apr 12 Leopardstown Barack (IRE)J: Ben Curtis Heritage Stakes (listed)8f · Good · 11 ran 9th 20/1
12 Apr 12 Gowran Park Forest Minx (IRE)J: Ben Curtis Goresbridge Handicap (50-75)12f · Soft · 16 ran 5th 20/1
25 Jan 12 Limerick Forest Minx (IRE)J: Ian McCarthy www.limerickraces.com Handicap Hurdle (80-109)19f · Heavy · 11 ran PU 14/1
31 Dec 11 Tramore Forest Minx (IRE)J: Ian McCarthy Graun Hill Mares Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft · 14 ran 3rd 33/1
28 Oct 11 Dundalk (AW) Kodaly (IRE)J: Ben Curtis Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Maiden5f · Standard · 14 ran 11th 12/1
16 Oct 11 Naas Kodaly (IRE)J: Ben Curtis Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Fillies Maiden6f · Yielding To Soft · 20 ran 7th 16/1
10 Sep 11 Curragh Kodaly (IRE)J: Ben Curtis Foleys Antiques Naas European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden7f · Yielding To Soft · 20 ran 7th 25/1
03 Sep 11 Leopardstown Barack (IRE)J: Ben Curtis www.thetote.com September Handicap7f · Good · 18 ran 7th 14/1
23 Aug 11 Killarney Barack (IRE)J: Ben Curtis Vincent O'Brien Ruby Stakes (Listed)8.5f · Good · 11 ran 2nd 16/1
20 Aug 11 Curragh Wandering Heart (IRE)J: Ben Curtis Tote Jackpot Races 3-6 Handicap (50-85)6f · Good To Yielding · 26 ran 25th 12/1
17 Aug 11 Bellewstown Noinformation (IRE)J: Mr D J Benson jogforjockeys.ie Handicap (47-60) (Div 1)8f · Good · 14 ran 12th 12/1
17 Aug 11 Bellewstown Barkins Hill (IRE)J: Ben Curtis Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Maiden8f · Good · 10 ran 9th 25/1
12 Aug 11 Tramore Forest Minx (IRE)J: Ben Curtis W & T Supporters Club Handicap (50-75)12f · Good To Firm · 9 ran 4th 8/1
01 Aug 11 Naas Cinarosa (IRE)J: Mr D J Benson Naas Handicap (47-65)6f · Good · 20 ran 7th 16/1

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 Francis Ennis's strike rate?
Francis Ennis has won 22 of 309 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 7.1% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Francis Ennis do best at?
Leopardstown by strike rate: 3 wins from 38 runners (7.9%) 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 Francis Ennis?
Ben Curtis, with 65 runners since 2008 — 21% of the total. That pairing has won 5 (7.7%).
What is Francis Ennis's Fair A/E?
0.98, from 309 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).