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Trainer profile

John F O'Neill

169 runners in the last 5 seasons · 22 individual horses
As at 28 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 3 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
3–169
Wins / Runs
1.8%
Strike rate
n=169
22 (13%)
Placed
0.56
Fair A/E
n=169 · 0.44 incl. margin
−128.80
£1 level stake
n=169 at SP · −76.2%
£68,933
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
3.6%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, winning with 2% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.56).

Deterministic profile computed from 169 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 28 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Mr P J O'Neill: 1.5% from 66
The read

Mr P J O'Neill rides 39% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (1.5%, A/E 0.38). The market has consistently overbet the yard on Soft going: Fair A/E 0.00 across 53 runners (0% strike, −53.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 1.8% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−1.8
n=21 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −21.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−1.8
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−1.8
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−1.8
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−1.8
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
When favourite
20%
n=5 · A/E 1.26 · £1 −0.80
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
1.1%−0.7
n=88 · A/E 0.30 · £1 −75.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−1.8
n=13 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −13.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 1.8% 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
Off a 15-30-day break 4.5% vs 1.8% · n=67
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 3.9% vs 1.8% · n=51
On Soft going 0% vs 1.8% · n=53 · A/E 0.00
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 93 2 2.2% −57.00
Flat 37 0 0% −37.00
Chase 30 1 3.3% −25.80
NH Flat 9 0 0% −9.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 73 2 2.7% −37.00
Soft 53 0 0% −53.00
Good to Soft 31 1 3.2% −26.80
Heavy 12 0 0% −12.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Limerick 19 0 0% −19.00
Ballinrobe 15 0 0% −15.00
Kilbeggan 13 0 0% −13.00
Killarney 13 0 0% −13.00
Galway 13 0 0% −13.00
Roscommon 12 0 0% −12.00
Sligo 11 1 9.1% +12.00
Listowel 11 1 9.1% +2.00
Punchestown 9 0 0% −9.00
Cork 8 0 0% −8.00
Tipperary 8 1 12.5% −3.80
Fairyhouse 5 0 0% −5.00
Navan 5 0 0% −5.00
Thurles 5 0 0% −5.00
Leopardstown 4 0 0% −4.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 14 0 0% −14.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 5 1 20% 1.26 −0.80
2nd–3rd fav 9 0 0% 0.00 −9.00
4th–6th fav 35 0 0% 0.00 −35.00
7th+ in betting 120 2 1.7% 1.13 −84.00
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
89.4% completed · 123 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 30 83.3% 0 2 3 0 0
Hurdle 93 91.4% 3 2 2 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
Tullyhogue Fort (IRE) 46 2 13 8 Sep 25
Faire La Nouba (IRE) 14 0 2 16 Nov 25
Move It On Over (IRE) 12 1 1 6 Oct 26
Pink Fire Lilly (IRE) 11 0 0 20 Apr 23
Phoenix Arizona (IRE)then John J Cullen 10 0 1 12 Jul 26
Balkito (FR)from G Ahern 10 0 0 20 Aug 25
Dreamings Free (IRE)then Maurice Barnes 10 0 0 19 Oct 24
Simpletwistoffaith (IRE)from Patrick J F Hassett 8 0 0 8 Oct 26
Suresuresure (IRE)from Richard John O'Brien 7 0 0 25 Oct 26
Khewilltu (IRE) 7 0 1 26 Jul 24
And Still I Rise (IRE)then Max Comley 6 0 0 23 Jul 24
Custers Mistake (IRE)from Mark Michael McNiff · then R J Tumilty 6 0 2 10 Jul 23
All 22 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 22 horses listed, 4 arrived from another yard in our archive; 18 had their first archived run for this yard.

8 have since run for another yard; 14 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 2
Only 2 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, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
000000469000
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 riderMr P J O'Neill
39% of all rides
1.5% SR · A/E 0.38
RiderRWSR£1
Mr P J O'Neill 66 1 1.5% −53.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
4
Archived wins
£88,095
Prize money
2026
Best season · 1 win
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.
Tullyhogue Fort (IRE) — Guinness Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1) Listowel · Sep 2022
£6,490
Tullyhogue Fort (IRE) — Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Handicap Chase (0-102) (Div 2) Tipperary · Jul 2023
£6,195
Move It On Over (IRE) — McDermott Farm Machinery Handicap Hurdle Sligo (IRE) · Aug 2026
£6,000
Notable horses
Tullyhogue Fort (IRE) Move It On Over (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Sholokhov (IRE) 4.3% · 2–46
Progeny have won 12.5% of 4,261 runs since 2008 (421 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.9% from 157.
Portage (IRE) 6.7% · 1–15
Progeny have won 2.9% of 68 runs since 2008 (14 horses).
River Boyne (IRE) 0% · 0–14
Progeny have won 2.2% of 230 runs since 2008 (24 horses).
Elusive Pimpernel (USA) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 7.7% of 3,136 runs since 2008 (317 horses).
French Navy (GB) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 10.4% of 771 runs since 2008 (68 horses).
Balko (FR) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 12.7% of 2,653 runs since 2008 (296 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 28 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 331 · newest first

The latest 50 of 331 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 10 February 2005 to 25 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
25 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Suresuresure (IRE)J: Philip Byrnes Glenlo Abbey Hotel & Estate Maiden Hurdle21.5f · Soft · 12 ran 6th 10/1
23 Oct 26 Sligo (IRE) Look At You (IRE)J: Philip Byrnes Sligo Fillies Maiden Hurdle17.5f · Yielding · 13 ran 2nd 20/1
08 Oct 26 Thurles (IRE) Simpletwistoffaith (IRE)J: Robbie Colgan Welcome Back To Thurles Handicap12.5f · Yielding · 14 ran 13th 125/1
06 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Move It On Over (IRE)J: J J Slevin Ryans Cleaning Handicap Steeplechase18f · Yielding To Soft · 10 ran PU 8/1
06 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Suresuresure (IRE)J: J J Slevin Tote Always SP Or Better At Galway Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Yielding · 20 ran 4th 66/1
28 Sep 26 Roscommon (IRE) Move It On Over (IRE)J: J J Slevin Railway Bar Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 5th 10/1
20 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Suresuresure (IRE)J: Mr K O'Neill Kinisla Farm & Home Store (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Good · 13 ran 10th 150/1
19 Sep 26 Navan (IRE) Simpletwistoffaith (IRE)J: Danny Mullins Millbrook Food Group 100 Years Celebration Handicap Hurdle (Div II)19f · Good · 16 ran 14th 33/1
21 Aug 26 Killarney (IRE) Simpletwistoffaith (IRE)J: Mr K O'Neill HR Buddy (Q.R.) Race17f · Good · 8 ran 7th 300/1
19 Aug 26 Sligo (IRE) Move It On Over (IRE)J: Philip Byrnes McDermott Farm Machinery Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Good · 16 ran 1st 22/1
21 Jul 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Move It On Over (IRE)J: J J Slevin RBC Brewin Dolphin Rated Novice Hurdle17.5f · Good · 5 ran 4th 200/1
12 Jul 26 Sligo Phoenix Arizona (IRE)J: Thomas O'Connor Foley's Bar & Off Licence Handicap Hurdle17.5f · Good · 12 ran 3rd 5/1
06 Jul 26 Roscommon Move It On Over (IRE)J: Cian Quirke SuperValu Co. Roscommon Ladies Day Novice Hurdle16f · Good · 6 ran UR 100/1
06 Jul 26 Roscommon Suresuresure (IRE)J: Jack G Gilligan SuperValu Co. Roscommon Ladies Day Novice Hurdle16f · Good · 6 ran 5th 50/1
15 Jun 26 Kilbeggan Move It On Over (IRE)J: Gavin Brouder Follow Kilbeggan On Instagram Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1)24.5f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 12th 25/1
14 Jun 26 Cork Little Roy (IRE)J: Donagh O'Connor Follow Cork Racecourse On Social Media Maiden5f · Good · 13 ran 9th 250/1
09 Jun 26 Sligo Phoenix Arizona (IRE)J: Gavin Brouder Yeats Irish Whiskey Claiming Hurdle18f · Good · 10 ran 4th 40/1
03 Jun 26 Curragh Little Roy (IRE)J: G B Noonan TRI Equestrian Maiden6.5f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 13th 200/1
30 May 26 Listowel Move It On Over (IRE)J: Gavin Brouder John Thomas McNamara Handicap Hurdle (0-100)20.5f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 8th 50/1
30 May 26 Listowel Phoenix Arizona (IRE)J: Mr P J O'Neill Join The Listowel Races Supporters Club Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Good · 17 ran 11th 200/1

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 F O'Neill's strike rate?
John F O'Neill has won 3 of 169 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 1.8% (as at 28 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Who rides most for John F O'Neill?
Mr P J O'Neill, with 66 runners since 2022 — 39% of the total. That pairing has won 1 (1.5%).
Is John F O'Neill in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 2 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is John F O'Neill's Fair A/E?
0.56, from 169 runners with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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 28 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).