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Trainer profile

James M Barrett

873 runners in the lifetime window · 153 individual horses
As at 7 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 3 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
48–873
Wins / Runs
5.5%
Strike rate
n=873
171 (20%)
Placed
0.87
Fair A/E
n=871 · 0.69 incl. margin
−372.22
£1 level stake
n=873 at SP · −42.6%
£656k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
3.8%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 50 runners a season, winning with 6% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.87).

Deterministic profile computed from 873 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 7 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Aug–Sep 30% when favourite Luke McAteer: 5.9% from 202 Sends off the favourite in 3% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Gowran Park (8.9%, n=90), clear of the yard's 5.5% baseline. Debutants struggle at 1.7% (n=116, Fair A/E 0.58). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 3.5% strike, Fair A/E 0.67 and −88.00 to a £1 stake over 141 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Luke McAteer rides 23% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (5.9%, A/E 0.89). The yard also reads well on Good to Firm going (12.3%, n=65) and off a 0-7-day break (10%, n=60). The record reads poorly in Hurdle races — 2% over 149 runners, 3.5pts below the baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Pierse Hurdle at Leopardstown (Jan 2008, £78,650). The stable star of the record: Lake George (IRE) — 7 wins from 69 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Aug–Sep.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.5% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
3.5%−2.0
n=141 · A/E 0.67 · £1 −88.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
3.1%−2.4
n=32 · A/E 0.85 · £1 −11.00
Debutants · first career start
1.7%−3.8
n=116 · A/E 0.58 · £1 −53.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
4.2%−1.3
n=48 · A/E 0.96 · £1 −18.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−5.5
n=18 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −18.00
When favourite
30%
n=30 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −5.22
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
4.9%−0.6
n=451 · A/E 0.83 · £1 −205.10
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
7.1%+1.6
n=14 · A/E 2.49 · £1 −3.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.5% 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
On Good to Firm going 12.3% vs 5.5% · n=65
With Stephen Gray 0% vs 5.5% · n=45
Off a 0-7-day break 10% vs 5.5% · n=60
With debutants 1.7% vs 5.5% · n=116
In Hurdle races 2% vs 5.5% · n=149
At Gowran Park 8.9% vs 5.5% · n=90
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 677 43 6.4% −242.29
Hurdle 149 3 2% −128.93
NH Flat 34 2 5.9% +12.00
Chase 13 0 0% −13.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 272 16 5.9% −49.75
Soft 214 13 6.1% −71.55
Standard (AW) 161 5 3.1% −134.17
Heavy 99 4 4% −67.25
Good to Firm 65 8 12.3% −1.50
Good to Soft 60 2 3.3% −46.00
Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 160 5 3.1% −133.17
Curragh 99 7 7.1% +12.50
Gowran Park 90 8 8.9% −14.25
Cork 52 2 3.8% −35.50
Leopardstown 48 2 4.2% −31.00
Navan 43 2 4.7% −26.00
Limerick 38 3 7.9% +30.00
Naas 38 3 7.9% −5.50
Fairyhouse 33 2 6.1% −16.50
Killarney 26 1 3.8% −21.00
Roscommon 25 1 4% −16.50
Listowel 25 1 4% −21.75
Punchestown 23 0 0% −23.00
Tipperary 22 2 9.1% −11.00
Galway 21 2 9.5% −2.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 14 1 7.1% −3.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 42 10 23.8% 1.02 −11.22
2nd–3rd fav 113 16 14.2% 1.04 −15.00
4th–6th fav 243 9 3.7% 0.54 −139.00
7th+ in betting 475 13 2.7% 1.01 −207.00
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
Lake George (IRE)from Ms Margaret Mullins 69 7 19 31 Aug 20
Corballis Flyer (IRE)then John Joseph Hanlon 30 2 5 29 Jul 23
Dame Rapide (IRE)from Barry J Fitzgerald · then Cian Hughes 21 3 9 16 Nov 24
Shes An Art (IRE) 21 1 6 16 Jul 18
Melanna (IRE)then Richard Ford 21 3 6 19 Oct 16
Timandi (IRE) 20 1 4 4 Nov 26
Speed Dream (IRE)from Mark Loughnane 17 2 5 28 Nov 14
Fendi (GB) 15 0 2 1 Jun 23
Lady Arwen (GB)then Conor O'Dwyer 15 1 5 17 May 23
Free Flow (USA)then Ross O'Sullivan 14 0 4 5 Aug 24
Devious Dreamer (IRE)then Denis Quinn 13 1 3 12 Jul 21
Not Simple (IRE) 12 1 2 9 Jul 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 153 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 5 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, 17 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Anthony Mullins (2) and Patrick Mooney (2); 43 had their first archived run for this yard.

24 have since run for another yard, most often for M D O'Callaghan (2); 36 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
1440469697223
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 riderLuke McAteer
23% of all rides
5.9% SR · A/E 0.89
RiderRWSR£1
Luke McAteer 202 12 5.9% −65.75
Rory Cleary 143 11 7.7% −31.25
Gavin Ryan 49 3 6.1% +5.25
Dylan Robinson 48 3 6.3% −17.00
Stephen Gray 45 0 0% −45.00
Ronan Whelan 45 3 6.7% −30.25
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2007→
52
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£691k
Prize money
2020
Best season · 8 wins
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.
Barker (IRE) — Pierse Hurdle (Extended Handicap) Leopardstown · Jan 2008 · Grade B
£78,650
Dolly May (IRE) — Irish EBF Median Sires Series Maiden Limerick · Jun 2021
£14,750
Dame Rapide (IRE) — Download The App At Novibet Handicap Curragh · May 2023
£11,800
Notable horses
Lake George (IRE) Melanna (IRE) Dame Rapide (IRE) Barker (IRE) Corballis Flyer (IRE) Speed Dream (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Alkaadhem (GB) 9% · 7–78
Progeny have won 10% of 790 runs since 2010 (75 horses). Strongest on Good going: 13.7% from 307. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 16.1% from 161.
Camacho (GB) 10.3% · 7–68
Progeny have won 8.1% of 9,325 runs since 2009 (596 horses).
Footstepsinthesand (GB) 11.4% · 4–35
Progeny have won 10.2% of 12,811 runs since 2009 (938 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 320.
War Command (USA) 6.7% · 2–30
Progeny have won 9.6% of 2,280 runs since 2018 (200 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 4.6% from 285.
Excellent Art (GB) 7.7% · 2–26
Progeny have won 9.9% of 4,555 runs since 2011 (298 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.8% from 451.
Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) 0% · 0–23
Progeny have won 10.3% of 11,885 runs since 2010 (949 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.
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 7 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 901 · newest first

The latest 50 of 901 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 22 April 2007 to 4 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
04 Nov 26 Wexford (IRE) Timandi (IRE)J: Dylan O'Connor Racing Tv Free Trial For A Month Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Yielding · 14 ran 3rd 66/1
09 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Timandi (IRE)J: Rory Mulligan View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Apprentice Handicap10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 11th 7/1
27 Sep 26 Curragh (IRE) Timandi (IRE)J: Mr B T Stone Kwiff Supercharged Betting (Q.R.) Handicap10f · Heavy · 18 ran 3rd 12/1
15 Sep 26 Punchestown (IRE) Mother's Call (IRE)J: Luke McAteer Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden8f · Good · 14 ran 10th 300/1
01 Sep 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Mother's Call (IRE)J: Luke McAteer Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden7f · Yielding · 16 ran 10th 80/1
21 Aug 26 Killarney (IRE) Old Joanie (IRE)J: Rory Mulligan Irish Stallion Farms EBF Nursery Handicap8f · Good · 6 ran 3rd 11/1
14 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Champ Young (IRE)J: Daniel King Majestic Hotel Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Good · 11 ran 6th 50/1
05 Aug 26 Sligo (IRE) Timandi (IRE)J: Luke McAteer Carlsberg Optional Claiming Race10.5f · Yielding · 14 ran 7th 100/30
25 Jul 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Old Joanie (IRE)J: Rory Mulligan Irish EBF Auction Series Fillies Maiden7f · Good · 10 ran 5th 20/1
24 Jul 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Champ Young (IRE)J: Alan O'Sullivan Tote Maiden Hurdle19f · Good · 15 ran 7th 25/1
16 Jul 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Old Joanie (IRE)J: Ben Coen Irish EBF Auction Series Maiden7f · Good · 12 ran 8th 14/1
15 Jul 26 Killarney (IRE) Timandi (IRE)J: Luke McAteer O'Donoghue Ring Collection Optional Claiming Race8f · Good · 14 ran 2nd 10/1
09 Jul 26 Leopardstown Not Simple (IRE)J: Gavin Ryan Mervue Equine Handicap (0-60)9f · Good · 22 ran 16th 14/1
07 Jul 26 Tramore Timandi (IRE)J: Luke McAteer Follow Tote On X Claiming Race12f · Good · 6 ran 1st 5/2
28 Jun 26 Curragh Old Joanie (IRE)J: Luke McAteer GAIN Equine Nutrition Irish European Breeders Fund Fillies Maiden7f · Good · 13 ran 7th 200/1
10 Jun 26 Limerick Timandi (IRE)J: Luke McAteer Limerick Optional Claiming Race12f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran 4th 25/1
29 May 26 Down Royal Timandi (IRE)J: Luke McAteer BOYLE Sports Handicap (0-60)16f · Good · 14 ran 9th 40/1
19 May 26 Cork Not Simple (IRE)J: Luke McAteer Racing Again June 14th Handicap (0-60)10.5f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran 9th 7/1
12 May 26 Killarney Can I Kiss You (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Velo Coffee Roasters Handicap (0-60)8f · Good · 15 ran 8th 11/2
05 May 26 Gowran Park Can I Kiss You (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Save 33% Buying Tickets Online Handicap (0-60)8f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 2nd 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 9 Oct 2026: top-rated on KTB Rating in 1 run (won 0) · fastest on KTB Speed in 2 runs (won 0) · to 4 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 Barrett's strike rate?
James M Barrett has won 48 of 873 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 5.5% (as at 7 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does James M Barrett do best at?
Gowran Park by strike rate: 8 wins from 90 runners (8.9%) 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 Barrett?
Luke McAteer, with 202 runners since 2008 — 23% of the total. That pairing has won 12 (5.9%).
Is James M Barrett 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 Barrett's Fair A/E?
0.87, from 871 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 7 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).