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James Morrissey

96 runners in the lifetime window · 8 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Jun 2013
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.
6–96
Wins / Runs
6.3%
Strike rate
n=96
16 (17%)
Placed
1.10
Fair A/E
n=96 · 0.85 incl. margin
−20.00
£1 level stake
n=96 at SP · −20.8%
£98,395
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 7.7%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.3% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
7.7%+1.4
n=13 · A/E 1.62 · £1 +8.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−6.3
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−6.3
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−6.3
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
When favourite
0%
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
7.7%+1.4
n=52 · A/E 1.93 · £1 +12.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−6.3
n=18 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −18.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.3% 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
In Hurdle races 0% vs 6.3% · n=36
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 10.8% vs 6.3% · n=37
On Soft going 10.3% vs 6.3% · n=39
Over 1m5f – 2m 2.6% vs 6.3% · n=38
Off a 15-30-day break 8.6% vs 6.3% · n=35
With claiming riders up 7.7% vs 6.3% · n=52 · A/E 1.93
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 36 0 0% −36.00
Chase 27 4 14.8% +15.00
NH Flat 19 2 10.5% +15.00
Flat 14 0 0% −14.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 39 4 10.3% +18.50
Heavy 27 2 7.4% −8.50
Good 12 0 0% −12.00
Good to Firm 9 0 0% −9.00
Good to Soft 8 0 0% −8.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Clonmel 14 1 7.1% −1.00
Punchestown 12 0 0% −12.00
Gowran Park 11 1 9.1% +10.00
Leopardstown 9 0 0% −9.00
Fairyhouse 6 0 0% −6.00
Naas 5 0 0% −5.00
Tipperary 4 0 0% −4.00
Curragh 4 0 0% −4.00
Navan 4 0 0% −4.00
Listowel 4 1 25% +1.50
Cork 3 1 33.3% +3.50
Ballinrobe 3 1 33.3% +6.00
Down Royal 3 1 33.3% +18.00
Killarney 3 0 0% −3.00
Wexford 2 0 0% −2.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 18 0 0% −18.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
2nd–3rd fav 11 2 18.2% 1.08 +1.00
4th–6th fav 26 2 7.7% 1.05 −4.00
7th+ in betting 58 2 3.4% 1.40 −16.00
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
81% completed · 63 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 27 63% 1 2 6 0 1
Hurdle 36 94.4% 1 0 1 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
De Valira (IRE)from M J P O'Brien 27 2 8 24 Apr 13
Lasse Viern (IRE) 22 3 5 13 Nov 10
If I Had Him (IRE)then George Baker 20 0 2 3 Feb 10
Ournativecity (IRE) 10 0 0 2 Jun 13
Buachaill Beo (IRE) 6 0 0 18 Aug 10
Melanjo (IRE) 5 1 1 1 Jan 13
Rock Angelico (IRE) 4 0 0 7 May 08
Castlekelly (IRE) 2 0 0 20 Jul 08
All 8 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 8 horses listed, 1 arrived from another yard in our archive; 7 had their first archived run for this yard.

1 has since run for another yard; 7 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
Emmet Mullins 13 0 0% −13.00
Paul Townend 9 1 11.1% −3.50
Mr W J Morrissey 7 0 0% −7.00
Robbie Moran 7 2 28.6% +23.00
Mark Enright 5 0 0% −5.00
Mr D G Lavery 5 1 20% +16.00
Mr J M Barcoe 4 0 0% −4.00
A E Lynch 4 0 0% −4.00
Declan McDonogh 4 0 0% −4.00
Sean Flanagan 4 0 0% −4.00
Barry Geraghty 3 0 0% −3.00
Peter Carberry 3 0 0% −3.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
6
Archived wins
£99,440
Prize money
2011
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.
De Valira (IRE) — Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Novice Chase Cork · Oct 2011
£14,300
Lasse Viern (IRE) — Daily Mirror Handicap Chase (0-135) Down Royal · May 2009
£13,020
De Valira (IRE) — Cheestrings Beginners Chase Listowel · Sep 2011
£9,660
Notable horses
Lasse Viern (IRE) De Valira (IRE) Melanjo (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
City Honours (USA) 0% · 0–30
Progeny have won 8% of 1,050 runs since 2008 (125 horses).
Shantou (USA) 7.4% · 2–27
Progeny have won 13.6% of 7,820 runs since 2008 (539 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 20.3% from 158.
Accordion (IRE) 13.6% · 3–22
Progeny have won 10.8% of 3,309 runs since 2008 (327 horses).
Bob Back (USA) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 11.8% of 3,724 runs since 2008 (338 horses).
Saddlers' Hall (IRE) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 7.7% of 4,861 runs since 2008 (460 horses).
Flemensfirth (USA) 20% · 1–5
Progeny have won 11.9% of 17,274 runs since 2008 (1,594 horses).
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 118 · newest first

The latest 50 of 118 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 26 August 2005 to 2 June 2013.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
02 Jun 13 Kilbeggan Ournativecity (IRE)J: Mark Enright Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102)24f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 8th 16/1
23 May 13 Clonmel Ournativecity (IRE)J: Mark Enright Powerstown Park Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16.5f · Good To Firm · 18 ran 10th 20/1
09 May 13 Clonmel Ournativecity (IRE)J: Mr D G Lavery Nire Valley Handicap Hurdle (80-109)16.5f · Yielding · 15 ran 8th 12/1
24 Apr 13 Punchestown De Valira (IRE)J: Mark Enright Guinness Handicap Chase (Grade A)20f · Soft · 15 ran RR 25/1
09 Apr 13 Gowran Park Ournativecity (IRE)J: Mr D G Lavery Tommy Walsh & Netwatch Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 16 ran 7th 33/1
02 Apr 13 Fairyhouse De Valira (IRE)J: Mark Enright www.thetote.com Handicap Hurdle (Grade B)16f · Yielding · 22 ran 9th 33/1
28 Mar 13 Clonmel Ournativecity (IRE)J: Mr D G Lavery Easter Holiday Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Soft To Heavy · 15 ran 6th 100/1
09 Mar 13 Gowran Park Ournativecity (IRE)J: Emmet Mullins Support Kilkenny G.A.A. Raceday On 23rd March At Gowran Park Beginners Chase20f · Heavy · 16 ran PU 66/1
20 Feb 13 Punchestown De Valira (IRE)J: Paul Townend Festival Any Day Flexi-ticket Hurdle20f · Soft To Heavy · 5 ran 4th 13/2
07 Feb 13 Clonmel Ournativecity (IRE)J: Emmet Mullins Kilmolash Beginners Chase16f · Heavy · 13 ran 11th 66/1
26 Jan 13 Leopardstown De Valira (IRE)J: Mark Enright Boylesports.com Hurdle (0-145) (Grade B)16f · Heavy · 28 ran 16th 33/1
19 Jan 13 Naas Ournativecity (IRE)J: Brian O'Connell I.n.h. Stallion Owners E.B.F. Maiden Hurdle19f · Heavy · 22 ran 22nd 66/1
13 Jan 13 Navan Ournativecity (IRE)J: Emmet Mullins Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Beginners Chase17f · Heavy · 10 ran UR 66/1
01 Jan 13 Fairyhouse Melanjo (IRE)J: Paul Carberry Bobbyjo Bistro Mares Maiden Hurdle20f · Heavy · 13 ran 6th 12/1
27 Dec 12 Leopardstown Ournativecity (IRE)J: Mr P G Murphy Paddy Power On Your Mobile Flat Race20f · Soft · 15 ran 12th 33/1
24 Jun 12 Gowran Park Melanjo (IRE)J: Paul Townend Paulstown Maiden Hurdle20f · Soft · 19 ran 11th 3/1
04 Jun 12 Listowel Melanjo (IRE)J: Mr D G Lavery Nun-day 30th June Flat Race20f · Yielding · 15 ran 5th 6/1
06 May 12 Gowran Park Melanjo (IRE)J: Mr D G Lavery Kilkenny (Pro/Am) Flat Race20f · Yielding · 14 ran 1st 20/1
21 Dec 11 Downpatrick Melanjo (IRE)J: Brian O'Connell Bet With The Bookies Mares Maiden Hurdle21.5f · Soft To Heavy · 11 ran PU 28/1
06 Nov 11 Cork De Valira (IRE)J: Paul Townend Dial-a-bet 1800 721 821 E.B.F. Novice Chase (grade 3)20f · Soft · 5 ran 5th 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 James Morrissey's strike rate?
James Morrissey has won 6 of 96 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 6.3% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is James Morrissey's Fair A/E?
1.10, from 96 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).