What is J. P. Murtagh's strike rate?

J. P. Murtagh has won 249 of 2,281 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 10.9% (as at 20 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does J. P. Murtagh do best at?

Tipperary by strike rate: 10 wins from 43 runners (23.3%) 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. P. Murtagh?

Ben Coen, with 1,362 runners since 2022 — 60% of the total. That pairing has won 181 (13.3%).

Is J. P. Murtagh in form?

In the last 14 days: 51 runners, 9 winners, a strike rate of 17.6%. That is above the baseline of 10.9% since 2022.

What is J. P. Murtagh's Fair A/E?

0.96, from 2,277 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.

Trainer profile

J. P. Murtagh

2,281 runners in the last 5 seasons · 341 individual horses

As at 20 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Non-runners: 6.4% of 513 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 For context, a typical day across all racing ends with about 6.5% withdrawn (middle half 5.3–8.1% over 364 racing days).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 20 Oct 2026.

In form — 9 winners last 14 days Won yesterday Last runner yesterday 100% of runners on the flat

Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2013→)

from 1 Jan 2022

249–2,281

Wins / Runs

10.9%

Strike rate

n=2,281

750 (33%)

Placed

0.96

Fair A/E

n=2,277 · 0.79 incl. margin

−711.10

£1 level stake

n=2,281 at SP · −31.2%

£6.69m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

10.9%

KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 460 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 11% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.96). Horses in first-time headgear strike at 14% (188 runs, true-first definition). The yard is in form now — 9 winners in the last fortnight, above its own baseline.

Deterministic profile computed from 2,281 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 20 Oct 2026

KTB at a glance Fires Apr–May 30.7% when favourite Ben Coen: 13.3% from 1,362 New recruits: 12.1% Headgear returns: 14.3% Sends off the favourite in 12% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Fairyhouse (22.1%, n=68), Tipperary (23.3%, n=43) and Gowran Park (19.2%, n=193) — all clear of the yard's 10.9% baseline. A horse in first-time headgear has been a positive signal at 14.4% (n=188, Fair A/E 1.15), but debutants struggle at 4% (n=272, Fair A/E 0.72). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 8.9% strike, Fair A/E 0.83 and −146.17 to a £1 stake over 337 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Right now the yard is firing: 9 winners from 51 runners in the last 14 days (17.6%, 6.7pts above the 10.9% baseline). Ben Coen rides 60% of the entries and edges the yard's average (13.3% vs 10.9%, A/E 1.02) — the market has that partnership priced right. 52 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Sky Bet Ebor Handicap at York (Aug 2021, £300,000). The stable star of the record: Urban Beat (IRE) — 6 wins from 35 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Apr–May.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10.9% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

8.9%−2.0

n=337 · A/E 0.83 · £1 −146.17

New recruits · first run for the yard

12.1%+1.2

n=33 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −13.75

Debutants · first career start

4%−6.9

n=272 · A/E 0.72 · £1 −124.50

First-time headgear · true-first definition

14.4%+3.5

n=188 · A/E 1.15 · £1 −38.11

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

14.3%+3.4

n=84 · A/E 1.28 · £1 −8.80

When favourite

30.7%

n=283 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −38.22

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

9.6%−1.3

n=416 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −88.67

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

7.8%−3.1

n=306 · A/E 0.87 · £1 −88.23

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10.9% 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 Fairyhouse 22.1% vs 10.9% · n=68

At Tipperary 23.3% vs 10.9% · n=43

At Gowran Park 19.2% vs 10.9% · n=193

With N G McCullagh 0% vs 10.9% · n=39

With debutants 4% vs 10.9% · n=272

With Seamie Heffernan 2.9% vs 10.9% · n=70

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 2,280 249 10.9% −710.10

NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Good 856 91 10.6% −266.64

Soft 632 79 12.5% −129.74

Standard (AW) 302 29 9.6% −139.49

Good to Soft 216 23 10.6% −67.61

Heavy 176 18 10.2% −50.70

Good to Firm 99 9 9.1% −56.92

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Curragh 483 45 9.3% −164.38

Dundalk (AW) 287 28 9.8% −130.99

Leopardstown 247 23 9.3% −83.51

Naas 203 21 10.3% −19.62

Gowran Park 193 37 19.2% +27.24

Cork 149 12 8.1% −73.34

Navan 120 15 12.5% −28.17

Roscommon 68 10 14.7% −22.83

Fairyhouse 68 15 22.1% +12.44

Galway 60 4 6.7% −33.00

Down Royal 53 6 11.3% −27.75

Limerick 47 5 10.6% −5.96

Tipperary 43 10 23.3% +4.02

Bellewstown 42 7 16.7% −6.00

Killarney 39 2 5.1% −34.15

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 1 306 24 7.8% −88.23

Class 2 34 1 2.9% −26.00

Class 3 4 1 25% +2.50

Class 6 2 1 50% +1.00

Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 327 97 29.7% 1.06 −42.85

2nd–3rd fav 570 82 14.4% 0.88 −117.65

4th–6th fav 680 56 8.2% 1.05 −135.60

7th+ in betting 704 14 2% 0.62 −415.00

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

Final Voyage (IRE)from James Tate 47 3 17 16 Oct 26

Daamberdiplomat (IRE) 32 6 10 17 Oct 25

Blues Emperor (IRE)then William Harvey 28 5 9 17 Oct 25

Rahmi (IRE)from F-H Graffard 25 3 8 26 Sep 26

Pandion Power (IRE) 23 2 6 19 Oct 25

Emerald Harmony (IRE)then Paul Midgley 23 2 10 1 Oct 25

Ob La Di (IRE) 21 2 4 23 Aug 26

Brigid's Cloak (GB) 21 2 6 11 Oct 25

Chicago Fireball (IRE) 20 3 7 11 Oct 25

Mashhoor (GB)from Sir Michael Stoute 20 4 5 14 Sep 25

Pascalia (IRE)then Noel Meade 18 2 6 25 Oct 24

Safecracker (GB)from John M Oxx 18 2 10 8 Aug 24

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 341 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 10 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, 8 arrived from another yard in our archive; 52 had their first archived run for this yard.

18 have since run for another yard; 42 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

In form

9 from 51 17.6% · +6.7pts vs baseline

Last 14 days17.6%

5-season base10.9%

Shown only when the 14-day window is large enough to mean anything (n≥15). A cold run renders the same card with a quiet badge — never hidden.

When the yard fires

strike by month, 5 seasons

JFMAMJJASOND

101831413911101211126

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 Coen

60% of all rides
13.3% SR · A/E 1.02

RiderRWSR£1

Ben Coen 1,362 181 13.3% −339.79

Shane B Kelly 224 11 4.9% −114.25

Rory Mulligan 110 16 14.5% +9.50

Jamie Powell 102 5 4.9% −44.00

Patrick McGettigan 79 9 11.4% −24.83

Danny Sheehy 73 8 11% −9.85

Seamie Heffernan 70 2 2.9% −55.50

Yudish Geerdharry 60 3 5% −27.00

N G McCullagh 39 0 0% −39.00

Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2013→

511

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£13.1m

Prize money

2025

Best season · 57 wins

Sonnyboyliston (IRE) — Sky Bet Ebor Handicap (Heritage Handicap) York · Aug 2021 · Class 2

£300,000

Sonnyboyliston (IRE) — Comer Group International Irish St. Leger (Group 1) Curragh · Sep 2021 · Group 1

£285,000

Mutual Regard (IRE) — Betfred Ebor (Heritage Handicap) York · Aug 2014 · Class 2

£164,963

Notable horses

Urban Beat (IRE) Daamberdiplomat (IRE) Sonnyboyliston (IRE) Trueba (IRE) Lord Rapscallion (IRE) Blues Emperor (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Night Of Thunder (IRE) 15.4% · 14–91

Progeny have won 16.3% of 5,064 runs since 2008 (561 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7% from 157.

Siyouni (FR) 11.1% · 9–81

Progeny have won 13% of 8,320 runs since 2008 (975 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 9.1% from 453.

Dark Angel (IRE) 13.2% · 10–76

Progeny have won 11.3% of 21,876 runs since 2008 (1,594 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15% from 107.

Lope De Vega (IRE) 4.1% · 3–74

Progeny have won 13.8% of 12,150 runs since 2008 (1,099 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.3% from 953.

Acclamation (GB) 6.2% · 4–65

Progeny have won 10% of 19,685 runs since 2008 (1,326 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 15.2% from 151. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.7% from 194.

Kodi Bear (IRE) 11.9% · 7–59

Progeny have won 10.3% of 3,926 runs since 2008 (386 horses). Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7% from 256.

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 20 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 4,587 · newest first

The latest 50 of 4,587 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 25 May 2013 to 19 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

19 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Lord Aus (IRE)J: Ben Coen Racing Again November 7th Handicap12f · Soft · 14 ran 1st 13/8F

19 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Shanala (IRE)J: Ben Coen Gowran Park Racing Club Fillies Maiden9.5f · Soft · 9 ran 1st 11/8F

19 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Catherine D Medici (IRE)J: Ben Coen Irish EBF Median Sires Series Fillies Maiden (Smullen Series)8.5f · Soft · 15 ran 4th 8/1

19 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Paythebelievers (IRE)J: Ben Coen Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden8.5f · Soft · 14 ran 9th 50/1

19 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Nazario (IRE)J: Ben Coen Dine At Gowran Park Handicap7f · Yielding · 13 ran 8th 6/1

19 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Littlepacer (IRE)J: Ben Coen Golf At Gowran Park Nursery Handicap7f · Yielding · 12 ran 1st 5/4F

18 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Latin America (IRE)J: Ben Coen Bahrain Turf Club October Handicap11.5f · Good · 15 ran 3rd 7/1

18 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Darius Dark (IRE)J: Ben Coen Christmas Festival Tickets On Sale Now Handicap10f · Good · 15 ran 6th 9/1

18 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Morehampton (IRE)J: Rory Mulligan Nord Anglia International School Dublin Foxrock Cup Handicap8.5f · Good · 16 ran 10th 8/1

18 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Zodiac Bear (IRE)J: Ben Coen Bahrain Turf Club Knockaire Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 8.5f · Good · 7 ran 4th 12/1

17 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Romayan (IRE)J: Ben Coen Irish Stallion Farms EBF Nursery Handicap8.5f · Good · 7 ran 7th 13/2

17 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Sinanli (IRE)J: Ben Coen Irish Stallion Farms EBF (C & G) Maiden7f · Good · 12 ran 7th 16/1

17 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Fahrana (FR)J: Ben Coen Irish Stallion Farms EBF Laidlaw Cup Fillies Maiden7f · Good · 13 ran 13th 150/1

17 Oct 26 Ascot Believed (IRE)J: Oisin Murphy Qatar Racing British Champions Fillies & Mares Stakes (Group 1)Class 1 · 12f · Good · 12 ran 2nd 16/1

17 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Etawann (IRE)J: Jamie Powell Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden (Smullen Series)8.5f · Good · 15 ran 8th 50/1

17 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Mashad (IRE)J: Ben Coen Irish EBF (C & G) Maiden (Smullen Series)8.5f · Good · 15 ran 4th 20/1

17 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Hanawa (FR)J: Ben Coen Irish EBF Fillies Maiden (Smullen Series)8.5f · Good · 10 ran 5th 12/1

16 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Final Voyage (IRE)J: Ross Fagan Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Book Now Handicap10.5f · Standard · 11 ran 7th 17/2

16 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Retracement (IRE)J: Jessica Maye Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Book Now Handicap10.5f · Standard · 11 ran 4th 22/1

16 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Yellow Sky (IRE)J: Ben Coen James Crowe 1 Year Memorial Nursery Handicap7f · Standard · 13 ran 3rd 7/2

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. P. Murtagh's strike rate?: J. P. Murtagh has won 249 of 2,281 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 10.9% (as at 20 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does J. P. Murtagh do best at?: Tipperary by strike rate: 10 wins from 43 runners (23.3%) 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. P. Murtagh?: Ben Coen, with 1,362 runners since 2022 — 60% of the total. That pairing has won 181 (13.3%).
Is J. P. Murtagh in form?: In the last 14 days: 51 runners, 9 winners, a strike rate of 17.6%. That is above the baseline of 10.9% since 2022.
What is J. P. Murtagh's Fair A/E?: 0.96, from 2,277 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.