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John J Cullen

78 runners in the lifetime window · 15 individual horses
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 5 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
6–78
Wins / Runs
7.7%
Strike rate
n=78
14 (18%)
Placed
1.55
Fair A/E
n=78 · 1.22 incl. margin
−12.17
£1 level stake
n=78 at SP · −15.6%
£55,078
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
14.3%
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 10%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.7% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
8.7%+1.0
n=23 · A/E 2.76 · £1 +4.33
New recruits · first run for the yard
14.3%+6.6
n=7 · A/E 3.57 · £1 +16.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−7.7
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−7.7
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−7.7
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
When favourite
25%
n=4 · A/E 1.19 · £1 +0.33
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
10%+2.3
n=50 · A/E 1.68 · £1 +4.83

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.7% 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 a new jockey booking 4.1% vs 7.7% · n=49
With claiming riders up 10% vs 7.7% · n=50
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 48 4 8.3% −3.17
Flat 14 1 7.1% −3.00
Chase 11 1 9.1% −1.00
NH Flat 5 0 0% −5.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 28 2 7.1% −0.67
Good to Soft 15 2 13.3% +2.50
Soft 14 2 14.3% +7.00
Heavy 11 0 0% −11.00
Good to Firm 7 0 0% −7.00
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Sligo 22 4 18.2% +22.83
Ballinrobe 8 1 12.5% +2.00
Down Royal 6 0 0% −6.00
Limerick 5 0 0% −5.00
Kilbeggan 4 0 0% −4.00
Downpatrick 4 0 0% −4.00
Galway 4 0 0% −4.00
Gowran Park 3 0 0% −3.00
Roscommon 3 0 0% −3.00
Punchestown 3 0 0% −3.00
Cork 3 0 0% −3.00
Fairyhouse 3 0 0% −3.00
Leopardstown 2 0 0% −2.00
Listowel 2 0 0% −2.00
Dundalk (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 5 1 20% 1.03 −0.67
2nd–3rd fav 6 1 16.7% 0.99 +5.00
4th–6th fav 11 3 27.3% 3.48 +16.50
7th+ in betting 56 1 1.8% 0.96 −33.00
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
74.6% completed · 59 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 11 72.7% 0 0 3 0 0
Hurdle 48 75% 3 1 8 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
Karayaz (IRE) 15 0 1 1 Sep 23
Cornmarket (IRE)from M Flannery 14 4 6 16 Sep 26
Glen Orchy Lad (IRE)from Muredach Kelly 12 1 5 29 May 18
Phoenix Arizona (IRE)from John F O'Neill 6 1 2 30 Oct 26
True Companion (IRE)from H Beggs 4 0 0 31 Dec 23
Dani's Boy (IRE)from P A Fahy 4 0 0 1 Jun 23
Where's Me Jumper (IRE) 4 0 0 29 Jan 19
Almirante Brown (IRE) 4 0 0 19 Jul 11
Sligo Rover (IRE) 4 0 0 13 Sep 09
Ballydungmanor (IRE)from E Sheehy 3 0 0 26 Dec 11
Temple Run (IRE) 2 0 0 5 Aug 13
Bears Island (IRE) 2 0 0 8 Jul 12
All 15 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 15 horses listed, 7 arrived from another yard in our archive; 8 had their first archived run for this yard.

1 has 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 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
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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
Alan King 17 3 17.6% +16.83
Thomas O'Connor 7 1 14.3% +3.00
John Cullen 5 0 0% −5.00
Shane Shortall 4 1 25% +7.00
Mark Enright 3 0 0% −3.00
Kevin Brouder 3 0 0% −3.00
J J Slevin 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr S G Carey 2 0 0% −2.00
Stephen Gray 2 0 0% −2.00
Jordan Gainford 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr M A Rogan 2 0 0% −2.00
Siobhan Rutledge 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
6
Archived wins
£55,078
Prize money
2025
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.
Phoenix Arizona (IRE) — Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Steeplechase Ballinrobe (IRE) · Sep 2026
£8,400
Cornmarket (IRE) — John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap Clonmel (IRE) · Sep 2026
£7,200
Cornmarket (IRE) — Sligo Races Halloween Handicap Hurdle Sligo · Oct 2025
£7,080
Notable horses
Cornmarket (IRE) Glen Orchy Lad (IRE) Phoenix Arizona (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Iffraaj (GB) 0% · 0–15
Progeny have won 10.5% of 13,985 runs since 2010 (1,092 horses).
Elzaam (AUS) 28.6% · 4–14
Progeny have won 9.2% of 4,528 runs since 2016 (374 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.9% from 326.
Expelled (USA) 8.3% · 1–12
Progeny have won 4.9% of 142 runs since 2008 (14 horses).
Court Cave (IRE) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 10.1% of 7,953 runs since 2008 (553 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 6.8% from 937.
Shujan (USA) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 7.1% of 14 runs since 2008 (4 horses). A small sample.
Soldier Of Fortune (IRE) 16.7% · 1–6
Progeny have won 11.3% of 5,874 runs since 2013 (684 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.5% from 336. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.2% from 249.
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 90 · newest first

The latest 50 of 90 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 13 February 2005 to 30 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
30 Oct 26 Down Royal (IRE) Phoenix Arizona (IRE)J: Thomas O'Connor Metcollect Handicap Steeplechase16.5f · Good To Yielding · 9 ran 5th 12/1
11 Oct 26 Cork (IRE) Phoenix Arizona (IRE)J: Thomas O'Connor Friends Of Castlemagner LGFA Rated Novice Steeplechase17.5f · Good · 7 ran 5th 7/1
30 Sep 26 Sligo (IRE) Phoenix Arizona (IRE)J: Thomas O'Connor Eddie McAllister Memorial Novice Handicap Steeplechase17.5f · Good · 7 ran 3rd 5/2
16 Sep 26 Clonmel (IRE) Cornmarket (IRE)J: Mr L P Shanahan John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap17f · Yielding · 7 ran 1st 10/1
11 Sep 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Phoenix Arizona (IRE)J: Thomas O'Connor Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Steeplechase17f · Yielding · 16 ran 1st 9/1
04 Sep 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Cornmarket (IRE)J: Alan King Séan Hughes Memorial 110 Series Final Handicap Hurdle25f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran F 16/1
19 Aug 26 Sligo (IRE) Cornmarket (IRE)J: Alan King Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle25.5f · Good · 11 ran 3rd 7/1
19 Aug 26 Sligo (IRE) Phoenix Arizona (IRE)J: Thomas O'Connor McDermott Farm Machinery Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Good · 16 ran 8th 7/2F
06 Aug 26 Sligo (IRE) Cornmarket (IRE)J: Thomas O'Connor Lighthouse At Clifford Electrical Handicap Hurdle21f · Good · 8 ran 5th 4/1
06 Aug 26 Sligo (IRE) Phoenix Arizona (IRE)J: Thomas O'Connor SIS Handicap Hurdle18f · Good · 16 ran 2nd 4/1F
29 Jul 26 Galway (IRE) Cornmarket (IRE)J: Alan King Tote.ie Money-Back 2nd Every Race Handicap Hurdle22f · Good · 19 ran 14th 9/1
12 Jul 26 Sligo Cornmarket (IRE)J: Alan King Sligo Park Hotel Handicap Hurdle25.5f · Good · 15 ran 2nd 12/1
03 May 26 Sligo Cornmarket (IRE)J: Adam Browne-Souza Tote.ie Apprentice Handicap (0-60)14f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran 7th 5/1
12 Jan 26 Punchestown Cornmarket (IRE)J: Alan King Matchbook Betting Exchange Handicap Hurdle22f · Soft To Heavy · 16 ran 8th 40/1
28 Dec 25 Leopardstown Cornmarket (IRE)J: Alan King Mercedes Benz South Dublin Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Good To Yielding · 23 ran F 33/1
24 Oct 25 Sligo Cornmarket (IRE)J: Alan King Sligo Races Halloween Handicap Hurdle25.5f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 1st 11/2
01 Oct 25 Sligo Cornmarket (IRE)J: Alan King Frank O'Beirne Memorial Handicap Chase (0-100)21f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 4th 5/1
07 Aug 25 Sligo Cornmarket (IRE)J: Alan King Lighthouse At Clifford Electrical Handicap Hurdle21f · Good · 6 ran 4th 2/1
13 Jul 25 Sligo Cornmarket (IRE)J: Alan King Kilcawley Construction Handicap Hurdle (0-100)20f · Good · 16 ran 1st 10/3F
13 May 25 Sligo Cornmarket (IRE)J: Alan King Johnston Farm Equipment Handicap Hurdle (0-100)20f · Good · 15 ran 1st 22/1

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 J Cullen's strike rate?
John J Cullen has won 6 of 78 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 7.7% (as at 4 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Is John J Cullen 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 John J Cullen's Fair A/E?
1.55, from 78 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).