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James Cousins

65 runners in the lifetime window · 14 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Aug 2015 100% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
No runners in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
4–65
Wins / Runs
6.2%
Strike rate
n=65
13 (20%)
Placed
1.39
Fair A/E
n=65 · 1.02 incl. margin
−28.00
£1 level stake
n=65 at SP · −43.1%
£43,712
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.2% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−6.2
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−6.2
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−6.2
n=12 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −12.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−6.2
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
5.4%−0.8
n=37 · A/E 1.22 · £1 −16.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−6.2
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.2% 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
Hurdle 25 3 12% +1.00
NH Flat 22 0 0% −22.00
Chase 18 1 5.6% −7.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good to Firm 19 4 21.1% +18.00
Good 17 0 0% −17.00
Soft 15 0 0% −15.00
Heavy 8 0 0% −8.00
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Tramore 11 1 9.1% −1.00
Clonmel 9 0 0% −9.00
Wexford 8 1 12.5% +0.00
Downpatrick 5 0 0% −5.00
Cork 5 0 0% −5.00
Kilbeggan 4 0 0% −4.00
Gowran Park 4 0 0% −4.00
Limerick 3 0 0% −3.00
Thurles 3 0 0% −3.00
Killarney 2 0 0% −2.00
Galway 1 1 100% +7.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
2nd–3rd fav 2 0 0% 0.00 −2.00
4th–6th fav 16 4 25% 3.62 +21.00
7th+ in betting 46 0 0% 0.00 −46.00
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
76.7% completed · 43 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 18 61.1% 0 1 5 1 0
Hurdle 25 88% 1 0 2 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
Never Bold (FR)from John A Codd 13 1 4 28 Jul 12
Persian Gayle (IRE)then John J Walsh 10 2 6 10 Oct 10
Joyfull Angel (IRE) 7 0 0 10 Nov 10
Present Promise (IRE) 5 0 1 1 Mar 12
Rashella Lady (IRE) 5 0 0 17 Dec 09
Artist's Return (IRE)then William Stone 5 1 2 5 Jun 08
Pocketfullapennies (IRE)then John J Walsh 4 0 0 5 Nov 10
Yashgan Prince (IRE) 4 0 0 11 Jun 10
Kate Mclaren (IRE) 3 0 0 23 Jun 13
Top Of The Ground (IRE) 3 0 0 13 Apr 09
Hi Lucy Lou (IRE) 2 0 0 13 Aug 15
Carrig Eden Fiddle (IRE) 2 0 0 29 Apr 11
All 14 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 14 horses listed, 1 arrived from another yard in our archive; 13 had their first archived run for this yard.

3 have since run for another yard, most often for John J Walsh (2); 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, lifetime
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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
RiderRWSR£1
Niall P Madden 13 2 15.4% +3.00
Mr R O'Sullivan 5 0 0% −5.00
Mr B O Walsh 5 0 0% −5.00
Patrick O'Sullivan 5 1 20% +5.00
Mr R P Quinlan 4 0 0% −4.00
Robbie Moran 4 0 0% −4.00
B J Cooper 3 0 0% −3.00
Matthew Bowes 2 0 0% −2.00
Ms K Walsh 2 0 0% −2.00
Brian O'Connell 2 0 0% −2.00
Sean Flanagan 2 1 50% +9.00
S J Hassett 2 0 0% −2.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
6
Archived wins
£66,465
Prize money
2010
Best season · 2 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.
Persian Gayle (IRE) — Signature Novice Hurdle Galway · Jul 2010
£16,250
Artist's Return (IRE) — John Harney Bookmaker Handicap Chase (0-102) Tipperary · Jun 2008
£7,601
Shanann Lady (IRE) — Gain Feeds Beginners Chase Clonmel · Jun 2006
£7,256
Notable horses
Persian Gayle (IRE) Never Bold (FR) Shanann Lady (IRE) Twiststickorbuy (IRE) Artist's Return (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Limnos (JPN) 7.7% · 1–13
Progeny have won 7.9% of 619 runs since 2008 (75 horses).
Rashar (USA) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 6.3% of 997 runs since 2008 (122 horses). Strongest on Good going: 10.4% from 251. Weakest on Heavy going: 2.7% from 219.
Lord Americo (IRE) 20% · 2–10
Progeny have won 7.8% of 2,189 runs since 2008 (237 horses).
Bob's Return (IRE) 20% · 1–5
Progeny have won 8.5% of 2,268 runs since 2008 (219 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 11.8% from 254.
Presenting (GB) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 11% of 20,049 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Oscar (IRE) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,542 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
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 22 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 105 · newest first

The latest 50 of 105 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 6 March 2005 to 13 August 2015.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
13 Aug 15 Tramore Hi Lucy Lou (IRE)J: Andrew Ring Follow Us On Twitter At TramoreRaces Mares Beginners Chase22f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 6th 33/1
24 Jul 15 Wexford Hi Lucy Lou (IRE)J: J J Slevin Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Mares Flat Race16f · Yielding · 13 ran 8th 33/1
23 Jun 13 Gowran Park Kate Mclaren (IRE)J: Niall P Madden Follow Gowran Park On Facebook Maiden Hurdle16f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 14th 100/1
18 May 13 Wexford Kate Mclaren (IRE)J: Mr B O Walsh Borro Mares Flat Race (Div 2)16f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 13th 33/1
13 Apr 13 Tramore Kate Mclaren (IRE)J: Mr P A O'Sullivan Waterford & Tramore Directors (Mares) (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Yielding · 15 ran 15th 40/1
28 Jul 12 Wexford Never Bold (FR)J: Patrick O'Sullivan Maura Derrane Judges Littlewoods Ireland Ladies Day Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)16f · Good To Firm · 16 ran PU 9/1
31 May 12 Clonmel Never Bold (FR)J: Patrick O'Sullivan Powerstown Park Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16.5f · Good · 18 ran 2nd 20/1
15 Apr 12 Tramore Never Bold (FR)J: Brian O'Connell Graun Hill Suite Beginners Chase16f · Good · 15 ran 13th 20/1
01 Mar 12 Thurles Present Promise (IRE)J: B J Cooper Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Mares Beginners Chase18f · Soft To Heavy · 11 ran 5th 20/1
06 Oct 11 Tramore Never Bold (FR)J: Patrick O'Sullivan Graun Hill Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Yielding · 16 ran 11th 10/1
02 Sep 11 Kilbeggan Never Bold (FR)J: Patrick O'Sullivan Moate Handicap Hurdle (80-102)19f · Good · 16 ran 8th 7/1
11 Aug 11 Tramore Never Bold (FR)J: Patrick O'Sullivan Exchange Bar Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 1st 9/1
07 Aug 11 Downpatrick Never Bold (FR)J: M P Butler Nashville Handicap Hurdle (80-102)18f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 4th 12/1
13 Jul 11 Downpatrick Never Bold (FR)J: M P Butler First Past The Post Handicap Hurdle (80-95)18f · Good · 15 ran 5th 11/1
15 May 11 Killarney Never Bold (FR)J: Niall P Madden Ross Golf Club Maiden Hurdle17f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 16th 33/1
14 May 11 Kilbeggan Present Promise (IRE)J: B J Cooper IFA Members' Services Beginners Chase20f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 4th 12/1
29 Apr 11 Kilbeggan Carrig Eden Fiddle (IRE)J: Mr John J Sheridan Loughnagore Flat Race16f · Good To Firm · 13 ran PU 33/1
29 Apr 11 Kilbeggan Present Promise (IRE)J: Brian O'Connell Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Mares Beginners Chase20f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 3rd 50/1
06 Jan 11 Thurles Allusive Romper (IRE)J: Ms K Walsh Holycross Flat Race16f · Yielding · 9 ran 8th 14/1
06 Jan 11 Thurles Present Promise (IRE)J: Niall P Madden Devil's Bit Beginners Chase24f · Soft · 15 ran PU 50/1

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 James Cousins's strike rate?
James Cousins has won 4 of 65 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 6.2% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is James Cousins's Fair A/E?
1.39, from 65 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).