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Trainer profile

J A Berry

111 runners in the last 5 seasons · 17 individual horses
As at 23 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner yesterday 94% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
3–111
Wins / Runs
2.7%
Strike rate
n=111
12 (11%)
Placed
0.84
Fair A/E
n=111 · 0.68 incl. margin
−93.50
£1 level stake
n=111 at SP · −84.2%
£47,479
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 20 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 3% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.84).

Deterministic profile computed from 111 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 23 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Mr J P Berry: 4.8% from 63 Claiming riders: 2.9%
The read

The record is strongest at Tramore (6.7%, n=30), clear of the yard's 2.7% baseline. The market has consistently overbet runners with a claiming rider up: 2.9% strike, Fair A/E 0.85 and −87.50 to a £1 stake over 105 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Mr J P Berry rides 57% of the entries and edges the yard's average (4.8% vs 2.7%, A/E 1.06) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Ladbrokes Troytown Handicap Chase at Navan (Nov 2013, £60,000). The stable star of the record: Cara Mara (IRE) — 6 wins from 33 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 2.7% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−2.7
n=31 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −31.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−2.7
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−2.7
n=13 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −13.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−2.7
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−2.7
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
When favourite
100%
n=1 · A/E 6.33 · £1 +4.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
2.9%+0.2
n=105 · A/E 0.85 · £1 −87.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−2.7
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 2.7% 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 Tramore 6.7% vs 2.7% · n=30
On Good going 5.6% vs 2.7% · n=36
On Soft going 0% vs 2.7% · n=40
Over 1m5f – 2m 0% vs 2.7% · n=39
With a new jockey booking 0% vs 2.7% · n=34
With Mr J P Berry 4.8% vs 2.7% · n=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
Hurdle 75 3 4% −57.50
NH Flat 16 0 0% −16.00
Chase 13 0 0% −13.00
Flat 7 0 0% −7.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 40 0 0% −40.00
Good 36 2 5.6% −23.50
Heavy 19 0 0% −19.00
Good to Soft 16 1 6.3% −11.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Tramore 30 2 6.7% −18.50
Wexford 28 1 3.6% −22.00
Clonmel 11 0 0% −11.00
Fairyhouse 11 0 0% −11.00
Naas 8 0 0% −8.00
Gowran Park 5 0 0% −5.00
Punchestown 3 0 0% −3.00
Kilbeggan 3 0 0% −3.00
Bellewstown 2 0 0% −2.00
Limerick 2 0 0% −2.00
Roscommon 2 0 0% −2.00
Tipperary 2 0 0% −2.00
Cork 1 0 0% −1.00
Curragh 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 4 0 0% −4.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 1 100% 6.33 +4.00
2nd–3rd fav 10 2 20% 1.53 +2.50
4th–6th fav 20 0 0% 0.00 −20.00
7th+ in betting 80 0 0% 0.00 −80.00
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
78.4% completed · 88 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 13 76.9% 2 0 1 0 0
Hurdle 75 78.7% 0 2 14 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
Cruisin Susan (IRE) 40 3 7 8 Oct 26
Fervida (IRE) 12 0 0 17 Oct 26
Caddy Shack (IRE) 9 0 0 3 Jun 23
Francin (FR)from W P Mullins 8 0 1 12 Mar 23
Ballyteigue Bay (IRE) 6 0 1 22 Oct 26
Venerated (IRE) 5 0 0 30 Sep 26
Texas Flame (IRE) 5 0 0 3 Jun 23
Redondo Beach (IRE) 4 0 0 4 Jul 25
A Okay (IRE) 4 0 0 13 Jul 24
Tick Tick Boom (IRE) 4 0 0 18 Aug 23
Sholo Star (IRE) 4 0 0 11 Feb 23
Jalfrezi (IRE) 2 0 0 14 May 26
All 17 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 17 horses listed, 2 arrived from another yard in our archive; 15 had their first archived run for this yard.

1 has since run for another yard; 16 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, 5 seasons
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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 riderMr J P Berry
57% of all rides
4.8% SR · A/E 1.06
RiderRWSR£1
Mr J P Berry 63 3 4.8% −45.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
41
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£728k
Prize money
2009
Best season · 8 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.
Cootamundra (IRE) — Ladbrokes Troytown Handicap Chase (0-150) (grade B) Navan · Nov 2013 · Grade B
£60,000
Cara Mara (IRE) — John Fowler Memorial E.B.F. Mares Chase Fairyhouse · Dec 2009
£22,785
Cootamundra (IRE) — Pertemps Handicap Hurdle (qualifier) Punchestown · Feb 2012
£15,600
Notable horses
Cara Mara (IRE) Cootamundra (IRE) Cruisin Susan (IRE) Acriveen (IRE) Civena (IRE) Pretty Happy (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Walk In The Park (IRE) 7.5% · 3–40
Progeny have won 13.3% of 6,949 runs since 2008 (691 horses).
Frammassone (IRE) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 11.3% of 451 runs since 2008 (34 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 6.8% from 117.
Arcadio (GER) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 9.2% of 3,977 runs since 2008 (375 horses).
Sageburg (IRE) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 10% of 3,475 runs since 2008 (414 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 13.4% from 389. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 2.4% from 293. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13.2% from 355.
Air Chief Marshal (IRE) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 8.6% of 1,983 runs since 2008 (190 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 5.2% from 672. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 14.3% from 266. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 5.3% from 565.
Order Of St George (IRE) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 9.7% of 1,147 runs since 2008 (198 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 23 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 1,133 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,133 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 16 January 2005 to 22 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
22 Oct 26 Clonmel (IRE) Ballyteigue Bay (IRE)J: Ross Berry Crottys Lake Maiden Hurdle17f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 6th 40/1
17 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Fervida (IRE)J: Ross Berry Greenpark Limerick Handicap Hurdle (Div I)21.5f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 10th 50/1
08 Oct 26 Tramore (IRE) Cruisin Susan (IRE)J: Ross Berry Waterford Greenway Beginners Steeplechase20.5f · Yielding · 12 ran 10th 125/1
05 Oct 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Fervida (IRE)J: Ross Berry Fairyhouse Racecourse Handicap Hurdle24f · Good · 14 ran 10th 33/1
02 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Ballyteigue Bay (IRE)J: Ross Berry Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Good To Yielding · 20 ran 5th 125/1
30 Sep 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Venerated (IRE)J: Terry Casey Johnny Sullivan Memorial Maiden5f · Soft To Heavy · 7 ran 7th 300/1
21 Sep 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Venerated (IRE)J: Terry Casey Kilminfoyle House Stud Fillies Maiden7f · Good · 17 ran 14th 300/1
28 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Cruisin Susan (IRE)J: Mr J P Berry Treo Eile Handicap Hurdle (Div II)20.5f · Good · 14 ran 12th 16/1
14 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Fervida (IRE)J: Ross Berry Walsh Butler Electrical Mares Maiden Hurdle21f · Good · 15 ran 4th 12/1
07 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Cruisin Susan (IRE)J: Mr J P Berry SIS Handicap Hurdle24f · Good · 13 ran 8th 13/2
07 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Fervida (IRE)J: Ross Berry SIS Handicap Hurdle24f · Good · 13 ran 7th 125/1
23 Jul 26 Wexford (IRE) Cruisin Susan (IRE)J: Mr J P Berry Cottage Autism Network Handicap Hurdle (Div II)24f · Good · 14 ran 3rd 14/1
23 Jul 26 Wexford (IRE) Fervida (IRE)J: Ross Berry Cottage Autism Network Handicap Hurdle (Div I)24f · Good · 13 ran UR 66/1
04 Jul 26 Bellewstown Fervida (IRE)J: Ross Berry Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (0-100)20.5f · Good · 15 ran 9th 100/1
31 May 26 Kilbeggan Ballyteigue Bay (IRE)J: Mr J P Berry Follow Kilbeggan On Instagram (Pro/Am) Flat Race15.5f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran 8th 28/1
29 May 26 Tramore Cruisin Susan (IRE)J: Mr J P Berry Tramore Handicap Hurdle (0-100)21.5f · Good · 16 ran 8th 14/1
14 May 26 Clonmel Cruisin Susan (IRE)J: Mr J P Berry Bet With Tote.ie On Racing & Sports Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1)19.5f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 6th 40/1
14 May 26 Clonmel Jalfrezi (IRE)J: Ross Berry Tote Guarantee Never Beaten By SP (C & G) Maiden Hurdle19.5f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran PU 200/1
03 Feb 26 Fairyhouse Fervida (IRE)J: Ross Berry Easter Festival 4th - 6th April Maiden Hurdle20f · Heavy · 14 ran PU 200/1
15 Jan 26 Fairyhouse Fervida (IRE)J: Ross Berry William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Maiden Hurdle20f · Soft · 15 ran 9th 150/1

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 J A Berry's strike rate?
J A Berry has won 3 of 111 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 2.7% (as at 23 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does J A Berry do best at?
Tramore by strike rate: 2 wins from 30 runners (6.7%) 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.
Who rides most for J A Berry?
Mr J P Berry, with 63 runners since 2022 — 57% of the total. That pairing has won 3 (4.8%).
Is J A Berry 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 J A Berry's Fair A/E?
0.84, from 111 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 23 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).