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John J Walsh

91 runners in the last 5 seasons · 25 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Nov 2022 96% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
2–91
Wins / Runs
2.2%
Strike rate
n=91
6 (7%)
Placed
0.45
Fair A/E
n=91 · 0.35 incl. margin
−81.50
£1 level stake
n=91 at SP · −89.6%
£24,679
Prize money (window)
KTB at a glance Ambrose McCurtin: 1.7% from 59 Claiming riders: 2.7%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 2.2% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−2.2
n=29 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −29.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−2.2
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−2.2
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
When favourite
100%
n=1 · A/E 5.97 · £1 +3.50
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
2.7%+0.5
n=74 · A/E 0.54 · £1 −64.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 2.2% 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
With claiming riders up 2.7% vs 2.2% · n=74 · A/E 0.54
With Ambrose McCurtin 1.7% vs 2.2% · n=59 · A/E 0.36
In Hurdle races 2.6% vs 2.2% · n=76 · A/E 0.54
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 76 2 2.6% −66.50
NH Flat 7 0 0% −7.00
Chase 4 0 0% −4.00
Flat 4 0 0% −4.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 28 0 0% −28.00
Soft 24 1 4.2% −19.50
Heavy 23 0 0% −23.00
Good to Soft 16 1 6.3% −11.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Clonmel 15 0 0% −15.00
Ballinrobe 12 1 8.3% −7.00
Cork 9 0 0% −9.00
Limerick 9 0 0% −9.00
Thurles 6 0 0% −6.00
Killarney 6 0 0% −6.00
Tipperary 5 1 20% −0.50
Punchestown 5 0 0% −5.00
Galway 4 0 0% −4.00
Gowran Park 4 0 0% −4.00
Listowel 4 0 0% −4.00
Kilbeggan 3 0 0% −3.00
Fairyhouse 2 0 0% −2.00
Wexford 2 0 0% −2.00
Naas 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 1 1 100% 5.97 +3.50
2nd–3rd fav 8 1 12.5% 0.86 −3.00
4th–6th fav 26 0 0% 0.00 −26.00
7th+ in betting 56 0 0% 0.00 −56.00
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
85% completed · 80 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 4 100% 0 0 0 0 0
Hurdle 76 84.2% 1 1 10 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
Delightfantastic (IRE) 8 1 2 11 Oct 22
Johanna Yeats (IRE)then Brendan Maurice Walsh 7 1 3 27 Oct 22
Added Bonus (IRE)then Brendan Maurice Walsh 7 0 1 20 Aug 22
Betterask Jj (IRE) 6 0 0 8 Nov 22
Galmar (IRE)then Brendan Maurice Walsh 6 0 0 8 Nov 22
Romella (IRE)then Brendan Maurice Walsh 6 0 0 3 Nov 22
Golden Glen (IRE)then Brendan Maurice Walsh 6 0 0 13 Oct 22
Miss Laura (IRE)then Brendan Maurice Walsh 5 0 0 24 Sep 22
Toon Town (IRE)then Brendan Maurice Walsh 4 0 0 6 Nov 22
Ricky Bobby (IRE)then Brendan Maurice Walsh 4 0 0 31 Oct 22
Castlehill Boy (IRE)then Brendan Maurice Walsh 3 0 0 29 Oct 22
Mustafa (IRE) 3 0 0 29 Oct 22
All 25 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 25 horses listed, 1 arrived from another yard in our archive; 24 had their first archived run for this yard.

19 have since run for another yard, most often for Brendan Maurice Walsh (17); 6 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, 5 seasons
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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
Go-to riderAmbrose McCurtin
65% of all rides
1.7% SR · A/E 0.36
RiderRWSR£1
Ambrose McCurtin 59 1 1.7% −54.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
177
Archived wins
6
Pattern / graded wins
£2.36m
Prize money
2015
Best season · 26 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.
Ballyegan Hero (IRE) — Galway Shopping Centre Handicap Hurdle Galway (IRE) · Aug 2017 · Grade B
£59,000
Davids Charm (IRE) — Ladbrokes Ireland Listowel Handicap Hurdle (Grade B) Listowel · Sep 2019 · Grade B
£59,000
Davids Charm (IRE) — Bar One Racing Handicap Hurdle (Grade A) Fairyhouse · Dec 2017 · Grade A
£59,000
Notable horses
Davids Charm (IRE) Jack Absolute (IRE) Hard Bought (IRE) Apache Gold (IRE) Rory Anna (IRE) Cliff House (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Yeats (IRE) 13.3% · 2–15
Progeny have won 11.9% of 9,804 runs since 2008 (704 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.9% from 203. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 816.
Mahler (GB) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,825 runs since 2008 (782 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.
Jeremy (USA) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 11.2% of 6,724 runs since 2008 (425 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 7.5% from 664. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 16.3% from 147. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.8% from 743.
Ask (GB) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 10.6% of 3,214 runs since 2008 (283 horses).
Gold Well (GB) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 12.2% of 5,647 runs since 2008 (363 horses).
Milan (GB) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,840 runs since 2008 (1,463 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 15 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 2,811 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,811 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 3 January 2005 to 8 November 2022.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
08 Nov 22 Fairyhouse Betterask Jj (IRE)J: Ambrose McCurtin BARONERACING.COM Winter Festival Handicap Hurdle (80-95)23f · Soft · 16 ran PU 20/1
08 Nov 22 Fairyhouse Galmar (IRE)J: Ambrose McCurtin Winter Festival 3rd & 4th December Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft · 16 ran 13th 125/1
06 Nov 22 Cork Toon Town (IRE)J: Richard Deegan Paddy Power Play Paddy's Pick 5 For Free Handicap Hurdle (80-116)16f · Heavy · 12 ran 11th 25/1
06 Nov 22 Cork Knockraha Lass (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Paddy Power Dear Lord I've Left The Immersion On Mares Maiden Hurdle20f · Heavy · 16 ran PU 50/1
03 Nov 22 Thurles Romella (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Ballagh Mares Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Yielding To Soft · 10 ran PU 20/1
31 Oct 22 Wexford Ricky Bobby (IRE)J: Ambrose McCurtin Thank You Val O'connell From All At Wexford Racecourse Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-109)16.5f · Heavy · 13 ran PU 11/1
29 Oct 22 Galway Mustafa (IRE)J: Ambrose McCurtin COLM QUINN BMW Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)24f · Soft To Heavy · 18 ran PU 66/1
29 Oct 22 Galway Castlehill Boy (IRE)J: Ambrose McCurtin Corrib Oil Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Soft To Heavy · 20 ran 4th 100/1
27 Oct 22 Clonmel Johanna Yeats (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Clonmel Oil Chase Day November 17th Handicap Chase16.5f · Soft To Heavy · 9 ran 4th 15/2
27 Oct 22 Clonmel Galmar (IRE)J: Ambrose McCurtin Cashel Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran 6th 20/1
23 Oct 22 Limerick Le Fanu (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Limerick Post Newspaper Flat Race16f · Soft · 10 ran 5th 14/1
23 Oct 22 Curragh Ricky Bobby (IRE)J: Mr D Doyle Tote Always Sp Or Better At The Curragh Amateur Riders Derby (Q.R.) Race12f · Soft To Heavy · 9 ran 6th 66/1
13 Oct 22 Tramore Golden Glen (IRE)J: Ambrose McCurtin Waterford Greenway Beginners Chase21.5f · Yielding · 11 ran 6th 25/1
11 Oct 22 Punchestown Delightfantastic (IRE)J: Ambrose McCurtin Paddy Power 'Is It Cold Enough To Have The Heating On' Handicap Hurdle (80-109)16.5f · Good · 20 ran 14th 9/1
11 Oct 22 Punchestown Romella (IRE)J: Michael O'Sullivan Paddy Power 'Is It Cold Enough To Have The Heating On' Handicap Hurdle (80-109)16.5f · Good · 20 ran 8th 25/1
24 Sep 22 Listowel Galmar (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Brendan Daly Memorial Slan Abhaile (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 6th 7/1
24 Sep 22 Listowel Miss Laura (IRE)J: Ambrose McCurtin Kathleen Walsh Memorial Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 1)20f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran PU 66/1
24 Sep 22 Listowel Erin's Storm (IRE)J: Mr S Cavanagh John Lynch Memorial Maiden Hurdle16f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 16th 80/1
23 Sep 22 Listowel Betterask Jj (IRE)J: Ambrose McCurtin Guinness Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)24f · Good · 17 ran F 18/1
09 Sep 22 Ballinrobe Romella (IRE)J: Ambrose McCurtin Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Chase (0-109)17f · Good · 12 ran 11th 16/1

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 Walsh's strike rate?
John J Walsh has won 2 of 91 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 2.2% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Who rides most for John J Walsh?
Ambrose McCurtin, with 59 runners since 2022 — 65% of the total. That pairing has won 1 (1.7%).
What is John J Walsh's Fair A/E?
0.45, from 91 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 15 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).