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Trainer profile

J Motherway

577 runners in the lifetime window · 65 individual horses
As at 14 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 114 days ago 92% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
41–577
Wins / Runs
7.1%
Strike rate
n=577
147 (26%)
Placed
1.00
Fair A/E
n=577 · 0.78 incl. margin
−162.02
£1 level stake
n=577 at SP · −28.1%
£837k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
7.7%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 7% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.00). In Group and Graded company the record reads 10% (42 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 577 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 14 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires May–Jul Fresh horses: 7.8% 17.6% when favourite Claiming riders: 7.3% Group/Graded: 9.5% Sends off the favourite in 6% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Limerick (14%, n=50), clear of the yard's 7.1% baseline. It is weakest at Naas (3.3% over 30 runners) — the widest gap in the record. The yard also reads well beyond 3m (12.9%, n=31) and in Class 1 (10.8%, n=37). The record reads poorly in Flat races — 2.2% over 45 runners, 4.9pts below the baseline. 4 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Powers Whiskey Irish Grand National Chase at Fairyhouse (Apr 2010, £141,000). The stable star of the record: Na Trachtalai Abu (IRE) — 5 wins from 46 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires May–Jul.

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
7.8%+0.7
n=141 · A/E 1.22 · £1 −28.50
New recruits · first run for the yard
10%+2.9
n=10 · A/E 2.20 · £1 +5.00
Debutants · first career start
8%+0.9
n=50 · A/E 1.75 · £1 +10.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
6.3%−0.8
n=32 · A/E 1.11 · £1 −8.50
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−7.1
n=13 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −13.00
When favourite
17.6%
n=34 · A/E 0.83 · £1 −13.52
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
7.3%+0.2
n=233 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −91.75
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
9.5%+2.4
n=42 · A/E 1.20 · £1 +12.23

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.1% 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
At Limerick 14% vs 7.1% · n=50
Beyond 3m 12.9% vs 7.1% · n=31
With Mark Walsh 12.2% vs 7.1% · n=49
In Flat races 2.2% vs 7.1% · n=45
In Class 1 10.8% vs 7.1% · n=37
At Naas 3.3% vs 7.1% · n=30
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 341 24 7% −86.75
Chase 149 13 8.7% −29.27
Flat 45 1 2.2% −38.00
NH Flat 42 3 7.1% −8.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 229 17 7.4% −31.00
Good 143 10 7% −56.00
Heavy 115 9 7.8% −24.02
Good to Soft 70 3 4.3% −42.00
Good to Firm 16 2 12.5% −5.00
Standard (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Punchestown 58 5 8.6% −17.75
Limerick 50 7 14% +1.73
Cork 44 4 9.1% −24.50
Killarney 44 2 4.5% −13.50
Fairyhouse 41 4 9.8% +4.00
Naas 30 1 3.3% −26.00
Clonmel 28 2 7.1% −7.00
Thurles 26 1 3.8% −19.50
Gowran Park 26 0 0% −26.00
Navan 25 0 0% −25.00
Tipperary 24 5 20.8% +68.50
Wexford 24 2 8.3% −1.50
Leopardstown 21 0 0% −21.00
Kilbeggan 20 2 10% +6.00
Roscommon 19 1 5.3% −13.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 37 4 10.8% +17.23
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 42 6 14.3% 0.72 −21.52
2nd–3rd fav 105 12 11.4% 0.91 −34.00
4th–6th fav 164 14 8.5% 1.21 −2.50
7th+ in betting 266 9 3.4% 1.16 −104.00
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
87.8% completed · 490 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 149 82.6% 6 7 13 0 0
Hurdle 341 90% 8 5 19 0 2
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
Goodnightngodbless (IRE) 58 4 24 23 Aug 24
Na Trachtalai Abu (IRE) 46 5 22 11 Jun 22
Define (IRE)from Kevin Prendergast 30 3 10 9 Sep 14
Time Marches On (IRE) 27 2 7 21 Aug 25
Dinny Lacey (IRE) 25 3 8 28 Apr 23
Munsaab (IRE)then Charlie Longsdon 22 2 8 27 May 13
Heroes Of Renown (IRE)then Turlough O'Connor 19 1 4 15 Jul 22
Bluesea Cracker (IRE) 19 3 9 9 Apr 11
Rebel Ivy (IRE) 17 2 8 27 Apr 23
Irish Soul (IRE)from Miss Margaret M O'Sullivan · then John Patrick Ryan 16 4 4 30 Aug 13
Amron Kali (IRE)then Paul Henderson 15 0 0 30 Oct 16
Merry Poppins (GER)then Donald McCain 14 1 4 20 Aug 22
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 65 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 1 time. 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, 10 arrived from another yard in our archive; 50 had their first archived run for this yard.

21 have since run for another yard, most often for Donald McCain (2) and Paul Henderson (2); 39 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
JFMAMJJASOND
382617109201357
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 riderMark Walsh
8% of all rides
12.2% SR · A/E 1.39
RiderRWSR£1
Mark Walsh 49 6 12.2% +3.73
Denis O'Regan 45 2 4.4% −27.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
48
Archived wins
4
Pattern / graded wins
£913k
Prize money
2011
Best season · 4 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.
Bluesea Cracker (IRE) — Powers Whiskey Irish Grand National Chase (Grade A Handicap Chase) Fairyhouse · Apr 2010 · Grade A
£141,000
Na Trachtalai Abu (IRE) — AXA Smart Farm Insurance Midlands National Handicap Chase Kilbeggan · Jul 2019
£59,000
Bluesea Cracker (IRE) — Hugh Mcmahon Memorial Novice Chase (grade 2) Limerick · Apr 2009 · Grade 2
£28,319
Notable horses
Na Trachtalai Abu (IRE) Goodnightngodbless (IRE) Bluesea Cracker (IRE) Irish Soul (IRE) Define (IRE) Dinny Lacey (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Beneficial (GB) 8.9% · 8–90
Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,047 runs since 2008 (1,155 horses).
Yeats (IRE) 6.6% · 4–61
Progeny have won 11.9% of 9,858 runs since 2013 (709 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.2% from 820.
Presenting (GB) 9.3% · 4–43
Progeny have won 11% of 20,053 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Definite Article (GB) 10% · 3–30
Progeny have won 10.5% of 5,617 runs since 2008 (527 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 5.1% from 138. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.3% from 211.
Walk In The Park (IRE) 10% · 3–30
Progeny have won 13.4% of 7,102 runs since 2011 (712 horses).
Scorpion (IRE) 7.4% · 2–27
Progeny have won 9.1% of 6,329 runs since 2011 (609 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.1% from 142.
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 14 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 654 · newest first

The latest 50 of 654 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 27 January 2005 to 23 July 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
23 Jul 26 Wexford (IRE) Empire Walk (IRE)J: Miss J Townend Wexford Racecourse Ladies Handicap Hurdle20f · Good · 14 ran 4th 3/1F
12 Jun 26 Fairyhouse Spa Rose (IRE)J: Wesley Joyce Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden12f · Good · 17 ran 16th 200/1
26 May 26 Ballinrobe Empire Walk (IRE)J: Patrick M O'Brien FBD Handicap Hurdle22f · Good · 15 ran 4th 5/1F
10 May 26 Cork Empire Walk (IRE)J: Michael Kenneally Bet With Tote.ie On Racing & Sports Handicap Hurdle (0-100)24.5f · Good · 21 ran 3rd 8/1
03 May 26 Cork Spa Rose (IRE)J: Abbie Murphy Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Fillies Maiden (Smullen Series)10.5f · Soft · 10 ran 10th 150/1
02 May 26 Punchestown Uhavemeinstitches (IRE)J: Mark Walsh Palmerstown House Estate Pat Taaffe Handicap Chase (0-150) (Listed)24.5f · Yielding · 21 ran PU 9/1
22 Mar 26 Limerick Uhavemeinstitches (IRE)J: Mark Walsh Hugh McMahon Memorial Novice Chase (Grade 3)24.5f · Soft To Heavy · 4 ran 1st 8/11F
12 Mar 26 Limerick Walkmethroughit (IRE)J: Abbie Murphy William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle (0-100)23f · Heavy · 15 ran PU 50/1
08 Mar 26 Naas Uhavemeinstitches (IRE)J: Simon Torrens BAR 1 Betting Leinster National Handicap Chase (Listed)25f · Soft To Heavy · 15 ran UR 11/2
18 Feb 26 Punchestown Walkmethroughit (IRE)J: Abbie Murphy Matchbook Betting Exchange Handicap Hurdle (0-100)20f · Soft · 16 ran PU 33/1
07 Feb 26 Naas Uhavemeinstitches (IRE)J: Simon Torrens BBA Ireland Limited Opera Hat Mares Chase (Listed)16f · Heavy · 4 ran 3rd 10/1
05 Feb 26 Thurles Empire Walk (IRE)J: Eoin Staples William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle (0-100)23f · Soft · 17 ran PU 7/1
05 Feb 26 Thurles Walkmethroughit (IRE)J: Abbie Murphy William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle (0-100)23f · Soft · 17 ran 7th 40/1
29 Dec 25 Limerick Walkmethroughit (IRE)J: Abbie Murphy Limerick Racecourse Vets Maiden Hurdle (In Memory Of Andrew McNamara)19f · Soft To Heavy · 15 ran 7th 33/1
27 Dec 25 Limerick Uhavemeinstitches (IRE)J: Simon Torrens McMahons Builders Providers Irish EBF Dawn Run Mares Novice Chase (Grade 2)22.5f · Soft To Heavy · 7 ran 3rd 12/1
15 Dec 25 Naas Empire Walk (IRE)J: Eoin Staples BAR 1 Casino Maiden Hurdle19f · Soft To Heavy · 16 ran 2nd 7/1
29 Nov 25 Fairyhouse Uhavemeinstitches (IRE)J: Simon Torrens Race And Stay Irish EBF Mares Handicap Chase20.5f · Yielding To Soft · 10 ran 2nd 7/1
23 Nov 25 Cork Walkmethroughit (IRE)J: Abbie Murphy Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Hurdle16f · Yielding To Soft · 15 ran 8th 200/1
20 Nov 25 Thurles Empire Walk (IRE)J: Mr E P O'Brien Sign Up To GavinLynchRacing.com (Q.R.) Maiden Hurdle16f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 5th 66/1
26 Oct 25 Wexford Empire Walk (IRE)J: Shane Fitzgerald William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Maiden Hurdle20f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 7th 20/1

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 18 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 1 run (won 0, 1 did not run) · to 18 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 J Motherway's strike rate?
J Motherway has won 41 of 577 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 7.1% (as at 14 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does J Motherway do best at?
Limerick by strike rate: 7 wins from 50 runners (14%) 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.
What is J Motherway's Fair A/E?
1.00, from 577 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 14 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).