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Trainer profile

G. M. Lyons

6,946 runners in the lifetime window · 1,003 individual horses
As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Non-runners: 5.2% of 308 declared in the last 365 days, counting all recorded withdrawals, including reserves. For context, a typical day across all racing ends with about 6.5% withdrawn (middle half 5.3–8.1% over 364 racing days). As at 29 Oct 2026.
Won yesterday Last runner yesterday 100% of runners on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
1,072–6,946
Wins / Runs
15.4%
Strike rate
n=6,946
2,633 (38%)
Placed
1.10
Fair A/E
n=6,936 · 0.90 incl. margin
−1,112.76
£1 level stake
n=6,946 at SP · −16.0%
£25.9m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
16%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 370 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 15% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.10). New recruits from other yards win at 26% first time out (85 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 6,946 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 29 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Oct–Nov 35.7% when favourite Colin Keane: 19.7% from 3,554 New recruits: 25.9% Sends off the favourite in 17% of races
The read

It is weakest at Ascot (0% over 37 runners) — the widest gap in the record. New recruits from other stables on their first run win at 25.9% (n=85, Fair A/E 1.79), but a horse having headgear put back on after a bare run has been a poor signal at 7.2% (n=153, Fair A/E 0.79). Debutants are the standout value angle: 14.2% strikes only just below baseline, but Fair A/E 1.20 and +75.55 to a £1 stake over 892 runners — a record the market has persistently underpriced. Colin Keane rides 51% of the entries and edges the yard's average (19.7% vs 15.4%, A/E 1.11) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly in Class 2 — 2.1% over 48 runners, 13.3pts below the baseline. 161 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap at York (Aug 2019, £600,000). The stable star of the record: Brendan Brackan (IRE) — 10 wins from 50 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Oct–Nov.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 15.4% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
14.1%−1.3
n=1,085 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −136.72
New recruits · first run for the yard
25.9%+10.5
n=85 · A/E 1.79 · £1 +34.90
Debutants · first career start
14.2%−1.2
n=892 · A/E 1.20 · £1 +75.55
First-time headgear · true-first definition
14.6%−0.8
n=411 · A/E 1.16 · £1 −88.97
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
7.2%−8.2
n=153 · A/E 0.79 · £1 −73.32
When favourite
35.7%
n=1,178 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −76.33
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
10.9%−4.5
n=1,093 · A/E 1.14 · £1 −261.27
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
14.7%−0.7
n=1,068 · A/E 1.04 · £1 −205.95

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 15.4% 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
At Ascot 0% vs 15.4% · n=37
In Class 2 2.1% vs 15.4% · n=48
With Sean Davis 2.1% vs 15.4% · n=48
With Gary Phillips 3.8% vs 15.4% · n=79
With new recruits 25.9% vs 15.4% · n=85
With Mark Enright 2.8% vs 15.4% · n=36
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

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 2,052 315 15.4% −303.44
Standard (AW) 1,563 271 17.3% −185.26
Soft 1,372 195 14.2% −331.04
Good to Firm 939 154 16.4% −122.38
Good to Soft 562 72 12.8% −111.16
Heavy 426 58 13.6% −59.98
Firm 32 7 21.9% +0.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk 1,540 262 17% −206.45
Curragh 1,088 122 11.2% −290.31
Leopardstown 894 113 12.6% −222.11
Naas 730 120 16.4% −38.54
Navan 438 70 16% −46.12
Gowran Park 411 76 18.5% −5.55
Fairyhouse 305 52 17% +0.74
Cork 263 51 19.4% −30.29
Roscommon 179 37 20.7% +11.49
Down Royal 169 30 17.8% −7.43
Bellewstown 153 37 24.2% −7.01
Tipperary 137 26 19% −7.28
Killarney 122 21 17.2% −33.40
Galway 121 10 8.3% −55.25
Limerick 103 16 15.5% −39.32

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 1,068 157 14.7% −205.95
Class 2 48 1 2.1% −31.00
Class 3 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 4 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 6 2 1 50% +8.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1,356 465 34.3% 1.14 −68.75
2nd–3rd fav 2,158 379 17.6% 1.09 −271.51
4th–6th fav 1,990 169 8.5% 1.05 −354.50
7th+ in betting 1,442 59 4.1% 1.03 −418.00
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
Toccata Blue (IRE)then J Larkin 51 6 25 13 Jan 17
Brendan Brackan (IRE) 50 10 18 1 Aug 19
Ardhoomey (IRE) 49 7 24 27 Sep 20
Tennessee Wildcat (IRE)then Adrian McGuinness 49 7 18 14 Aug 19
Joe Eile (IRE) 48 7 23 13 Oct 15
Solent Ridge (IRE)from J S Moore 44 4 13 27 Oct 12
Romeo's On Fire (IRE)then Lee Smyth 43 3 12 11 Nov 11
Tony The Gent (IRE)then Denis Gerard Hogan 39 5 15 15 Aug 19
Bucky Larson (IRE)then R Donohoe 36 7 13 2 Nov 22
Cosmic Breeze (IRE) 35 3 6 22 May 11
Greek Canyon (IRE) 34 8 12 10 Jul 16
Rockazar (GB)then Mrs Denise Foster 32 3 9 25 Nov 09
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 1,003 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 16 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, 4 arrived from another yard in our archive; 56 had their first archived run for this yard.

27 have since run for another yard, most often for J Larkin (2) and John C McConnell (2); 33 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
4 from 12
Only 12 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
191512141715171413171814
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 riderColin Keane
51% of all rides
19.7% SR · A/E 1.11
RiderRWSR£1
Colin Keane 3,554 699 19.7% −250.36
G. F. Carroll 919 104 11.3% −163.92
Keagan Latham 666 83 12.5% −89.44
Emmet McNamara 470 56 11.9% −81.68
Johnny Murtagh 246 51 20.7% −9.36
James Ryan 100 9 9% −46.12
Jack Kearney 89 8 9% −36.29
Gary Phillips 79 3 3.8% −55.50
Sam Ewing 77 11 14.3% −3.27
N G McCullagh 73 4 5.5% −51.67
Mr D J Benson 56 3 5.4% −20.00
Nicola Burns 50 4 8% −29.63
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
1,167
Archived wins
161
Pattern / graded wins
£27.8m
Prize money
2021
Best season · 93 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.
Mustajeer (GB) — Sky Bet Ebor Handicap York · Aug 2019 · Class 2
£600,000
Babouche (GB) — Keeneland Phoenix Stakes (Group 1) Curragh · Aug 2024 · Group 1
£206,500
Siskin (USA) — Keeneland Phoenix Stakes (Group 1) Curragh · Aug 2019 · Group 1
£171,000
Notable horses
Brendan Brackan (IRE) Mutasarref (GB) Greek Canyon (IRE) Rockazar (GB) Tennessee Wildcat (IRE) Ardhoomey (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Dark Angel (IRE) 18.2% · 62–340
Progeny have won 11.3% of 21,907 runs since 2008 (1,595 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15% from 107.
Kodiac (GB) 17.4% · 58–333
Progeny have won 10.4% of 23,573 runs since 2008 (1,665 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 254.
Big Bad Bob (IRE) 17.9% · 42–234
Progeny have won 8.8% of 4,568 runs since 2008 (314 horses).
Zoffany (IRE) 18.4% · 33–179
Progeny have won 9.9% of 10,769 runs since 2008 (799 horses).
Footstepsinthesand (GB) 14.6% · 23–157
Progeny have won 10.2% of 12,801 runs since 2008 (937 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 320.
Dandy Man (IRE) 10.2% · 12–118
Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,952 runs since 2008 (930 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
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 29 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 7,853 · newest first

The latest 50 of 7,853 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 29 January 2005 to 28 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
28 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Sonoran (IRE)J: G. F. Carroll Dundalk Stadium Optional Claiming Race8f · Standard · 11 ran 1st 11/8F
23 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) April Mist (IRE)J: G. F. Carroll Fastfix Quay Celtic 60th Anniversary Nursery Handicap5f · Standard · 10 ran 1st 7/2
21 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) Jenny Spider (IRE)J: Colin Keane Kilberry Fillies Maiden7f · Yielding · 13 ran 8th 8/1
21 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) Villaray (IRE)J: Colin Keane Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden6f · Yielding · 14 ran 1st 4/1
20 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Maire Rua (GB)J: Colin Keane Staffordstown Stud Stakes (Group 3)Class 1 · 8f · Yielding · 11 ran 10th 1/1F
20 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Hey Stella (IRE)J: Colin Keane Bill Hanlon Memorial Fillies Maiden12f · Yielding · 7 ran 4th 20/1
18 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Diego El Queso (IRE)J: Colin Keane Trigo Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 10f · Good · 9 ran 2nd 17/2
18 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Faiyum (GB)J: Colin Keane Bahrain Turf Club Knockaire Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 8.5f · Good · 7 ran 5th 13/8F
17 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Critical Reason (IRE)J: James Ryan Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden7f · Good · 12 ran 8th 4/1
16 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Howd'yadoit (IRE)J: Robert Whearty BAR 1 Betting 'Supporting Irish Racing' Handicap7f · Standard · 12 ran 8th 20/1
16 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Ocean's Breath (IRE)J: Colin Keane BAR 1 Betting 'Supporting Irish Racing' Handicap7f · Standard · 12 ran 1st 2/1F
16 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) This That (GB)J: Colin Keane James Crowe 1 Year Memorial Nursery Handicap7f · Standard · 13 ran 10th 3/1F
15 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Amiata (IRE)J: Colin Keane DNG Nationwide Handicap6f · Soft · 13 ran 4th 14/1
14 Oct 26 Nottingham Neptunes Staircase (IRE)J: G. F. Carroll Colwick Cup Handicap Stakes (GBBPlus Race)Class 4 · 16f · Good To Soft · 10 ran 5th 12/1
11 Oct 26 Naas (IRE) Faiyum (GB)J: Colin Keane Irish Stallion Farms EBF Garnet Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 8f · Soft · 16 ran 2nd 9/4F
10 Oct 26 Naas (IRE) Justiciar (IRE)J: Jack Kearney WTW Willis Fillies Maiden7f · Soft · 11 ran 2nd 9/2
10 Oct 26 Naas (IRE) La Tache (IRE)J: Jack Kearney Irish Stallion Farms EBF Birdcatcher Premier Nursery Handicap6f · Soft · 7 ran 4th 11/1
10 Oct 26 Naas (IRE) Naval Gazer (IRE)J: James Ryan Irish EBF Maiden (Smullen Series)8f · Soft · 18 ran 6th 20/1
09 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Poetic Sound (IRE)J: Nicola Burns Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Handicap12f · Standard · 5 ran 3rd 13/2
09 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Camino Lad (IRE)J: Jack Kearney Halloween Mid-Term Racing At Dundalk Handicap12f · Standard · 7 ran 7th 7/4F

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 G. M. Lyons's strike rate?
G. M. Lyons has won 1,072 of 6,946 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 15.4% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does G. M. Lyons do best at?
Bellewstown by strike rate: 37 wins from 153 runners (24.2%) 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 G. M. Lyons?
Colin Keane, with 3,554 runners since 2008 — 51% of the total. That pairing has won 699 (19.7%).
Is G. M. Lyons in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 12 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is G. M. Lyons's Fair A/E?
1.10, from 6,936 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 29 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).