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J F O'Shea

64 runners in the last 5 seasons · 16 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Jun 2025
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
0–64
Wins / Runs
0%
Strike rate
n=64
4 (6%)
Placed
0.00
Fair A/E
n=64 · 0.00 incl. margin
−64.00
£1 level stake
n=64 at SP · −100.0%
£6,620
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 0% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%+0.0
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00
Debutants · first career start
0%+0.0
n=13 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −13.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%+0.0
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
When favourite
0%
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%+0.0
n=34 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −34.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 0% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Flat 40 0 0% −40.00
Hurdle 19 0 0% −19.00
NH Flat 5 0 0% −5.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 21 0 0% −21.00
Soft 18 0 0% −18.00
Good to Soft 13 0 0% −13.00
Standard (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00
Heavy 5 0 0% −5.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Gowran Park 13 0 0% −13.00
Cork 7 0 0% −7.00
Dundalk (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00
Tramore 6 0 0% −6.00
Killarney 5 0 0% −5.00
Clonmel 4 0 0% −4.00
Fairyhouse 3 0 0% −3.00
Punchestown 3 0 0% −3.00
Naas 3 0 0% −3.00
Limerick 2 0 0% −2.00
Roscommon 2 0 0% −2.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Ballinrobe 2 0 0% −2.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
2nd–3rd fav 4 0 0% 0.00 −4.00
4th–6th fav 2 0 0% 0.00 −2.00
7th+ in betting 57 0 0% 0.00 −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
Darkest Dawn (IRE) 9 0 0 11 Jun 23
Pass The Sugar (IRE) 8 0 0 6 Nov 24
Melkorka (IRE) 6 0 0 21 Sep 24
Helens Delight (IRE) 5 0 0 29 Jul 23
Cassidys Girl (IRE) 5 0 1 2 Jun 23
The Insider (IRE)then Gordon Elliott 5 0 1 6 Jun 22
Red Shield (IRE)then Stuart Coltherd 4 0 0 19 Apr 23
Evenwood Sonofagun (IRE)then Richard John O'Brien 4 0 2 11 Apr 22
Barney Mcgee (IRE) 3 0 0 8 Jun 25
Prince Stevie (GER) 3 0 0 15 Jul 24
Captain Flint (IRE) 3 0 0 4 Jun 23
Just Godwin (IRE) 3 0 0 6 Jun 22
All 16 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 16 horses listed, none arrived from another yard in our archive — all 16 had their first archived run here.

5 have since run for another yard; 11 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, 5 seasons
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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
RiderRWSR£1
Killian Leonard 22 0 0% −22.00
Benjamin P Kennedy 18 0 0% −18.00
Robyn Donaghue-Leahy 3 0 0% −3.00
Alan Persse 3 0 0% −3.00
J J Slevin 2 0 0% −2.00
Evan Dwan 2 0 0% −2.00
Adam Caffrey 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr Finian Maguire 1 0 0% −1.00
John Kirwan 1 0 0% −1.00
Rory Mulligan 1 0 0% −1.00
Diarmuid Moloney 1 0 0% −1.00
James Ryan 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
50
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£585k
Prize money
2009
Best season · 9 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.
Santa's Son (IRE) — Profile Systems Novice Chase Punchestown (IRE) · Nov 2007 · Grade 3
£30,454
Moonlight Sapphire (GB) — Ghotel.ie & Hotelmeyrick.ie Novice Hurdle Galway · Jul 2009
£14,973
Novarov (GER) — Ucc Su Handicap Hurdle Cork · Mar 2012
£14,625
Notable horses
Gudnis Gracious Me (IRE) Santa's Son (IRE) Novarov (GER) Leblon (IRE) Moonlight Sapphire (GB) Harmani (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
The Gurkha (IRE) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 9.7% of 2,020 runs since 2008 (127 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 13.7% from 183. Weakest on Heavy going: 2.9% from 105. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.4% from 110.
Marcel (IRE) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 6.4% of 236 runs since 2008 (33 horses).
Pastoral Pursuits (GB) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 9.5% of 7,215 runs since 2008 (437 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 17.4% from 109. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 1.5% from 133.
Tough As Nails (IRE) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 7.4% of 731 runs since 2008 (40 horses).
Elzaam (AUS) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 9.2% of 4,508 runs since 2008 (371 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.7% from 322.
French Navy (GB) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 10.4% of 770 runs since 2008 (68 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 15 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 944 · newest first

The latest 50 of 944 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 15 January 2005 to 8 June 2025.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
08 Jun 25 Punchestown Barney Mcgee (IRE)J: Benjamin P Kennedy Bermingham Cameras Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran PU 200/1
21 Feb 25 Dundalk (AW) Barney Mcgee (IRE)J: Robyn Donaghue-Leahy View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Maiden7f · Standard · 13 ran 12th 150/1
20 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Barney Mcgee (IRE)J: Robyn Donaghue-Leahy Irishinjuredjockeys.com Maiden8f · Standard · 14 ran 13th 150/1
06 Nov 24 Dundalk (AW) Pass The Sugar (IRE)J: Robyn Donaghue-Leahy Bet On The Best Night Out At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65)7f · Standard · 14 ran 14th 125/1
18 Oct 24 Dundalk (AW) Pass The Sugar (IRE)J: Adam Caffrey William Hill Top Price Guarantee Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)7f · Standard · 14 ran 13th 150/1
23 Sep 24 Fairyhouse Pass The Sugar (IRE)J: Leigh Roche Treo Eile Handicap (47-75)7f · Good · 11 ran 11th 125/1
21 Sep 24 Gowran Park Melkorka (IRE)J: Rory Mulligan Join The Gowran Park Racing Club Handicap (47-65)8f · Good · 14 ran 12th 150/1
11 Sep 24 Cork Pass The Sugar (IRE)J: Killian Leonard Mallow Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)7f · Good To Firm · 17 ran 16th 80/1
10 Sep 24 Galway Melkorka (IRE)J: Killian Leonard James P. Cunningham Electrical Handicap (47-75)8.5f · Yielding · 12 ran 9th 66/1
26 Jul 24 Cork Pass The Sugar (IRE)J: Killian Leonard Sign Up To Our Newsletter Maiden6f · Good · 15 ran 11th 150/1
15 Jul 24 Killarney Melkorka (IRE)J: Killian Leonard Ross Castle Handicap (47-65)11.5f · Good · 12 ran 11th 125/1
15 Jul 24 Killarney Prince Stevie (GER)J: Killian Leonard Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden11.5f · Good · 11 ran 11th 125/1
10 Jul 24 Fairyhouse Pass The Sugar (IRE)J: Killian Leonard Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden7f · Good · 16 ran 13th 150/1
05 Jul 24 Cork Saigon Steel (IRE)J: Mr J C Barry Declan Nerney Plays Live After Racing Flat Race17f · Good · 14 ran 14th 50/1
24 Jun 24 Ballinrobe Prince Stevie (GER)J: Killian Leonard Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden9.5f · Good · 12 ran 12th 250/1
22 Jun 24 Limerick Pass The Sugar (IRE)J: Adam Caffrey Regeneron 'Celebrating 10 Years In The Mid-West' Maiden7f · Good · 15 ran 14th 250/1
17 Jun 24 Gowran Park Prince Stevie (GER)J: Killian Leonard GowranPark.ie Maiden8f · Good · 14 ran 14th 200/1
16 Jun 24 Gowran Park Melkorka (IRE)J: Killian Leonard Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden9.5f · Good · 16 ran 13th 200/1
07 Jun 24 Fairyhouse Pass The Sugar (IRE)J: Killian Leonard CPAC Modular Maiden7f · Good · 15 ran 15th 150/1
19 May 24 Naas Melkorka (IRE)J: Killian Leonard Twydil/Clovelly Irish EBF Fillies Maiden8f · Good · 11 ran 8th 200/1

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 F O'Shea's strike rate?
J F O'Shea has won 0 of 64 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 0% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is J F O'Shea's Fair A/E?
0.00, from 64 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 15 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).