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John Bleahen

42 runners in the lifetime window · 8 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Aug 2018
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.
5–42
Wins / Runs
11.9%
Strike rate
n=42
19 (45%)
Placed
1.03
Fair A/E
n=42 · 0.80 incl. margin
−18.00
£1 level stake
n=42 at SP · −42.9%
£61,514
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 11.9% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−11.9
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−11.9
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−11.9
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−11.9
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−11.9
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
When favourite
20%
n=5 · A/E 0.86 · £1 −3.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
10.5%−1.4
n=19 · A/E 0.89 · £1 −12.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−11.9
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 11.9% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Flat 24 3 12.5% −7.00
NH Flat 13 2 15.4% −6.00
Hurdle 4 0 0% −4.00
Chase 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 15 2 13.3% −6.00
Good 13 3 23.1% +2.00
Heavy 7 0 0% −7.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Ballinrobe 5 2 40% +4.00
Galway 5 0 0% −5.00
Roscommon 4 0 0% −4.00
Leopardstown 4 0 0% −4.00
Dundalk (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00
Down Royal 3 2 66.7% +7.00
Sligo 3 0 0% −3.00
Cork 2 0 0% −2.00
Fairyhouse 2 0 0% −2.00
Listowel 2 1 50% +3.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00
Punchestown 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Limerick 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 5 1 20% 0.86 −3.00
2nd–3rd fav 15 3 20% 1.29 −1.00
4th–6th fav 14 1 7.1% 0.94 −6.00
7th+ in betting 8 0 0% 0.00 −8.00
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
Fleur De Nuit (IRE) 17 3 10 30 Mar 14
Galileos Daughter (IRE) 6 1 1 7 Oct 11
Tistobesure (IRE)then Shane Ryder 6 0 3 31 Oct 10
Tigerlion (IRE) 4 0 2 21 Apr 10
Born By The Sea (IRE)from J P Murtagh · then Paul John Gilligan 3 0 1 8 Aug 18
Avida Star (IRE) 3 1 2 24 Apr 11
Kicka Vic (IRE) 2 0 0 20 Jul 12
Royal Presenting (IRE)then Shane Ryder 1 0 0 14 Aug 17
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.

3 have since run for another yard, most often for Shane Ryder (2); 5 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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Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Declan McDonogh 12 3 25% +5.00
M P Fogarty 6 2 33.3% +1.00
Robbie McNamara 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr K E Power 2 0 0% −2.00
Michael Darcy 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr J J King 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr L Bleahen 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr D J Benson 2 0 0% −2.00
L P Dempsey 2 0 0% −2.00
Connor King 2 0 0% −2.00
Johnny Murtagh 1 0 0% −1.00
Seamie Heffernan 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
9
Archived wins
£110k
Prize money
2011
Best season · 3 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.
Tigerlion (IRE) — Avon RI Resort Novice Chase Punchestown · Apr 2006
£17,903
Lord Of The Turf (IRE) — Raymond Smith Memorial Hunters Chase Leopardstown · Feb 2005
£11,747
Tigerlion (IRE) — Kevin Flanigan Estates Beginners Chase Fairyhouse · Dec 2005
£11,747
Notable horses
Fleur De Nuit (IRE) Tigerlion (IRE) Galileos Daughter (IRE) Lord Of The Turf (IRE) Avida Star (IRE) Lakil House (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Montjeu (IRE) 20% · 4–20
Progeny have won 12.3% of 7,971 runs since 2008 (665 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.3% from 686.
Galileo (IRE) 16.7% · 1–6
Progeny have won 14.5% of 18,192 runs since 2008 (1,776 horses). Strongest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 18.2% from 1,383. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 9.3% from 889.
Oscar (IRE) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,542 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Supreme Leader (GB) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 9.2% of 2,984 runs since 2008 (349 horses).
Born To Sea (IRE) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 9.1% of 4,277 runs since 2008 (311 horses). Strongest on Soft going: 12.1% from 965. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.4% from 864. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 5.8% from 724.
Old Vic (GB) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 11.7% of 6,916 runs since 2008 (630 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 56 · newest first

The latest 50 of 56 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 6 January 2005 to 8 August 2018.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
08 Aug 18 Sligo Born By The Sea (IRE)J: W J Lee Student Day At Sligo Races Thursday 27th September Handicap (50-70)12.5f · Good · 13 ran 7th 9/2F
01 Aug 18 Galway Born By The Sea (IRE)J: Mr L Bleahen Win Big With Tote (Q.R.) Maiden12f · Soft · 17 ran 4th 14/1
23 Jul 18 Ballinrobe Born By The Sea (IRE)J: Danny Sheehy Tote Apprentice Handicap (45-65)13.5f · Yielding · 14 ran 3rd 16/1
14 Aug 17 Ballinrobe Royal Presenting (IRE)J: Mr L Bleahen Cummins Homevalue Hardware Flat Race17.5f · Yielding · 8 ran 5th 12/1
30 Mar 14 Leopardstown Fleur De Nuit (IRE)J: Connor King Leopardstown Club 25 Membership Handicap14f · Soft To Heavy · 11 ran 10th 9/1
07 Aug 13 Sligo Fleur De Nuit (IRE)J: Johnny Murtagh Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Connacht Oaks Fillies Handicap12f · Yielding · 11 ran 5th 5/2F
02 Aug 13 Galway Fleur De Nuit (IRE)J: Declan McDonogh Guinness Race14f · Heavy · 8 ran 2nd 6/1
07 Jun 13 Leopardstown Fleur De Nuit (IRE)J: Declan McDonogh Seamus & Rosemary Mcgrath Memorial Saval Beg Stakes (listed)14f · Good To Firm · 7 ran 5th 8/1
02 Jun 13 Listowel Fleur De Nuit (IRE)J: Declan McDonogh Croome House Stud Handicap (60-90)14f · Soft · 5 ran 1st 4/1
09 May 13 Clonmel Fleur De Nuit (IRE)J: Declan McDonogh Tipperary Perpetual Cup Handicap (60-90)16.5f · Soft · 14 ran 2nd 9/2
15 Apr 13 Leopardstown Fleur De Nuit (IRE)J: L P Dempsey Leopardstown Intervarsity Colours Challenge Cup Handicap (47-75)14f · Soft · 15 ran 3rd 10/1
15 Feb 13 Dundalk (AW) Fleur De Nuit (IRE)J: Connor King Irish Stablestaff Association Awards 23rd February Apprentice Handicap12f · Standard · 14 ran 8th 12/1
25 Jan 13 Dundalk (AW) Fleur De Nuit (IRE)J: L P Dempsey Winter Racing At Dundalk Handicap12f · Standard · 13 ran 11th 20/1
20 Jul 12 Kilbeggan Kicka Vic (IRE)J: Mr K E Power Mullingar Flat Race19f · Yielding · 16 ran 10th 25/1
21 May 12 Roscommon Kicka Vic (IRE)J: Mr K E Power Kepak Flat Race (Div 1)20f · Good · 17 ran 13th 10/1
07 Oct 11 Dundalk (AW) Galileos Daughter (IRE)J: Declan McDonogh Group Discounts At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (60-85)12f · Standard · 14 ran 13th 20/1
10 Sep 11 Curragh Fleur De Nuit (IRE)J: Mr D J Benson Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund September Handicap14f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran 7th 7/1
03 Sep 11 Leopardstown Fleur De Nuit (IRE)J: Mr D J Benson Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Autumn Fillies Handicap12f · Good · 20 ran 3rd 11/2
24 Aug 11 Killarney Fleur De Nuit (IRE)J: Declan McDonogh www.thetote.com Kingdom Gold Cup Handicap14f · Good To Firm · 14 ran 6th 4/1F
15 Aug 11 Roscommon Galileos Daughter (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Fillies Handicap (60-90)10f · Soft · 9 ran 8th 6/1

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 John Bleahen's strike rate?
John Bleahen has won 5 of 42 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 11.9% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is John Bleahen's Fair A/E?
1.03, from 42 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).