Skip to content
Trainer profile

James M Barcoe

845 runners in the lifetime window · 97 individual horses
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 3 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2013→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
42–845
Wins / Runs
5%
Strike rate
n=845
149 (18%)
Placed
0.98
Fair A/E
n=844 · 0.77 incl. margin
−411.92
£1 level stake
n=845 at SP · −48.7%
£563k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
3.5%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 40 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 5% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.98).

Deterministic profile computed from 845 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Oct–Dec Kieran Callaghan: 6.4% from 109 Claiming riders: 5.3%
The read

The record is strongest at Gowran Park (10.4%, n=48), clear of the yard's 5% baseline. It is weakest at Naas (0% over 46 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Debutants struggle at 0% (n=42, Fair A/E 0.00). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 1.7% strike, Fair A/E 0.57 and −96.00 to a £1 stake over 172 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Kieran Callaghan rides 13% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (6.4%, A/E 0.97) — the market has that partnership priced right. The yard also reads well at trips under 6f (10.3%, n=39). The stable star of the record: Influential Lady (IRE) — 7 wins from 64 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Oct–Dec.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
1.7%−3.3
n=172 · A/E 0.57 · £1 −96.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
1.8%−3.2
n=55 · A/E 0.66 · £1 −34.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−5.0
n=42 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −42.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−5.0
n=10 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −10.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
10%+5.0
n=20 · A/E 2.87 · £1 −4.50
When favourite
16.7%
n=24 · A/E 0.76 · £1 −9.25
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
5.3%+0.3
n=492 · A/E 1.09 · £1 −190.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−5.0
n=17 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −17.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5% 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
With Cathal Landers 12.5% vs 5% · n=88
At Gowran Park 10.4% vs 5% · n=48
At trips under 6f 10.3% vs 5% · n=39
On last-time-out winners 10.3% vs 5% · n=39
At Naas 0% vs 5% · n=46
With debutants 0% vs 5% · n=42
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 438 28 6.4% −153.25
Flat 256 8 3.1% −188.17
Chase 86 4 4.7% −17.50
NH Flat 65 2 3.1% −53.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 275 17 6.2% −102.42
Good 251 8 3.2% −193.50
Heavy 131 5 3.8% −19.50
Good to Soft 124 8 6.5% −69.00
Standard (AW) 39 1 2.6% −18.00
Good to Firm 25 3 12% −9.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Tramore 68 6 8.8% −29.00
Clonmel 67 5 7.5% +20.00
Punchestown 54 2 3.7% −43.50
Navan 54 3 5.6% −2.67
Limerick 53 1 1.9% −45.50
Cork 48 4 8.3% +4.50
Gowran Park 48 5 10.4% −6.50
Naas 46 0 0% −46.00
Fairyhouse 44 1 2.3% −38.50
Dundalk (AW) 39 1 2.6% −18.00
Wexford 38 0 0% −38.00
Leopardstown 28 0 0% −28.00
Curragh 28 2 7.1% −13.50
Downpatrick 26 2 7.7% +18.50
Kilbeggan 26 0 0% −26.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 17 0 0% −17.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 32 8 25% 1.20 +2.75
2nd–3rd fav 82 17 20.7% 1.61 +25.33
4th–6th fav 173 13 7.5% 1.05 +8.00
7th+ in betting 558 4 0.7% 0.30 −448.00
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
84.4% completed · 524 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 86 73.3% 2 6 15 0 0
Hurdle 438 86.5% 8 3 47 1 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
Influential Lady (IRE)from J P Dempsey 64 7 16 20 Aug 25
Courting Vickie (IRE) 42 2 9 10 Mar 24
Nouvel Espoir (IRE) 39 6 18 20 Oct 26
Allez Kal (IRE) 35 3 8 4 Apr 21
Early Arrival (IRE)from Liam Casey 29 3 11 22 Aug 25
Surviving Murmansk (IRE)from Mrs A M O'Shea 27 1 5 25 Sep 26
Windsor Diamond (IRE) 27 0 2 7 Oct 23
Frazel Express (IRE)from Aidan Anthony Howard 26 2 7 30 May 24
Jiving Jerry (IRE)from David A Kiely 24 4 11 5 Mar 23
Doyen Flyer (IRE)from W P Mullins 23 0 1 8 Sep 25
Hob's Angel (IRE)from Martin Gerard McGuane 21 1 7 13 Oct 26
Spellacy's Cross (IRE)from Thomas Mullins 21 2 8 9 Jun 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 97 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 3 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, 39 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Aidan Anthony Howard (3) and Martin Gerard McGuane (3); 21 had their first archived run for this yard.

9 have since run for another yard; 51 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 1
Only 1 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, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
204647151987
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 riderKieran Callaghan
13% of all rides
6.4% SR · A/E 0.97
RiderRWSR£1
Kieran Callaghan 109 7 6.4% −25.50
Cathal Landers 88 11 12.5% +40.25
Donagh Meyler 44 3 6.8% −30.00
J J Slevin 35 0 0% −35.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2013→
42
Archived wins
£563k
Prize money
2025
Best season · 7 wins
Allez Kal (IRE) — Kevin McManus Bookmaker Handicap Hurdle (0-140) Cork · Nov 2018
£16,605
Nouvel Espoir (IRE) — Autumn Racing With 1xBet.ie At The Curragh Handicap Curragh (IRE) · Oct 2026
£12,600
Nouvel Espoir (IRE) — Business Plus Handicap Curragh (IRE) · Oct 2026
£12,600
Notable horses
Influential Lady (IRE) Nouvel Espoir (IRE) Jiving Jerry (IRE) Allez Kal (IRE) Early Arrival (IRE) Allez Vic (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Doyen (IRE) 8.3% · 10–121
Progeny have won 11.5% of 7,374 runs since 2009 (605 horses).
Kalanisi (IRE) 6.8% · 3–44
Progeny have won 10.5% of 6,749 runs since 2008 (648 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 16.1% from 355.
Court Cave (IRE) 4.8% · 2–42
Progeny have won 10.1% of 7,953 runs since 2008 (553 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 6.8% from 937.
Harry Angel (IRE) 15.4% · 6–39
Progeny have won 12.6% of 2,789 runs since 2022 (265 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.3% from 339.
Mahler (GB) 6.3% · 2–32
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,871 runs since 2014 (786 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.
Jeremy (USA) 13.8% · 4–29
Progeny have won 11.2% of 6,725 runs since 2011 (425 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 7.5% from 664. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 16.3% from 147. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.8% from 743.
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 4 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 845 · newest first

The latest 50 of 845 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 20 June 2013 to 1 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Nov 26 Cork (IRE) Theanniversary Man (IRE)J: Daniel King Ballymaloe Foods Handicap Hurdle16f · Good To Yielding · 21 ran 7th 10/1
20 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Nouvel Espoir (IRE)J: Colin Keane Autumn Racing With 1xBet.ie At The Curragh Handicap6f · Yielding · 17 ran 1st 6/1
19 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Mr Rango (IRE)J: Siobhan Rutledge Racing Again November 7th Handicap12f · Soft · 14 ran 4th 50/1
15 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Nouvel Espoir (IRE)J: Julian Pietropaolo DNG Nationwide Handicap6f · Soft · 13 ran 5th 7/1
13 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Hob's Angel (IRE)J: Daniel King William Hill Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle (Div I)20f · Good · 15 ran 9th 10/1
09 Oct 26 Downpatrick (IRE) Hob's Angel (IRE)J: Josh Williamson Tennent's NI Handicap Hurdle22f · Good · 14 ran UR 17/2
08 Oct 26 Thurles (IRE) Mr Rango (IRE)J: Siobhan Rutledge Racing Here On The 12th November Handicap16.5f · Yielding To Soft · 13 ran 10th 40/1
04 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Nouvel Espoir (IRE)J: Julian Pietropaolo Business Plus Handicap6f · Soft · 22 ran 1st 13/2
02 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Carrigeen Ardisia (IRE)J: Donagh Meyler Cantor Fitzgerald Ireland Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Good To Yielding · 20 ran 15th 125/1
30 Sep 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Nouvel Espoir (IRE)J: Colin Keane Gannon City Recovery & Recycling Handicap5f · Soft To Heavy · 6 ran 2nd 15/8F
28 Sep 26 Roscommon (IRE) Amron Diamond (IRE)J: Daniel King Railway Bar Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 11th 28/1
25 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Surviving Murmansk (IRE)J: Michael Kenneally Trant Goodwill Stakes Handicap Hurdle16f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 9th 18/1
21 Sep 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Nouvel Espoir (IRE)J: Colin Keane Fairyhouse Return Of The Jumps On October 10th Handicap6f · Good · 17 ran 2nd 6/1
09 Sep 26 Cork (IRE) Nouvel Espoir (IRE)J: Shay Wallace Follow Us On Instagram Handicap6f · Good · 22 ran 2nd 16/1
26 Aug 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Surviving Murmansk (IRE)J: Harry Sexton John Purfield Memorial Handicap Hurdle (Div I)17f · Good · 15 ran 3rd 18/1
19 Aug 26 Sligo (IRE) Glaoinn An Airgead (IRE)J: Daniel King McDermott Farm Machinery Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Good · 16 ran PU 33/1
19 Aug 26 Sligo (IRE) Hob's Angel (IRE)J: Donagh Meyler McDermott Farm Machinery Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Good · 16 ran 4th 18/1
16 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Surviving Murmansk (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh Frank Gillane Memorial Handicap Hurdle16.5f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 10th 5/1
10 Aug 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Theanniversary Man (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh Cummins Homevalue Hardware Handicap Hurdle16.5f · Good · 14 ran 6th 7/1
09 Aug 26 Curragh (IRE) Nouvel Espoir (IRE)J: Dylan Browne McMonagle Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Handicap6f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 3rd 14/1

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 20 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 2 runs (won 1) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 1 run (won 1) · fastest on KTB Speed in 1 run (won 1) · to 1 Nov 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 James M Barcoe's strike rate?
James M Barcoe has won 42 of 845 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 5% (as at 4 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does James M Barcoe do best at?
Gowran Park by strike rate: 5 wins from 48 runners (10.4%) 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.
Who rides most for James M Barcoe?
Kieran Callaghan, with 109 runners since 2008 — 13% of the total. That pairing has won 7 (6.4%).
Is James M Barcoe in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 1 runner, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is James M Barcoe's Fair A/E?
0.98, from 844 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 4 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).