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Trainer profile

John O Clifford

325 runners in the lifetime window · 65 individual horses
As at 10 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Jan 2023 95% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
11–325
Wins / Runs
3.4%
Strike rate
n=325
42 (13%)
Placed
0.92
Fair A/E
n=325 · 0.71 incl. margin
−128.50
£1 level stake
n=325 at SP · −39.5%
£159k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 20 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 3% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.92).

Deterministic profile computed from 325 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 10 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 3.7%
The read

The record is strongest at Limerick (8.6%, n=35), clear of the yard's 3.4% baseline. It is weakest at Punchestown (0% over 30 runners) — the widest gap in the record. The record reads poorly off a break of 180+ days — 0% over 49 runners, 3.4pts below the baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Webster Cup Chase at Navan (Apr 2013, £24,375).

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 3.4% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
1.5%−1.9
n=68 · A/E 0.57 · £1 −34.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−3.4
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
Debutants · first career start
3.6%+0.2
n=56 · A/E 1.75 · £1 −7.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−3.4
n=26 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −26.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−3.4
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
When favourite
20%
n=5 · A/E 1.03 · £1 −0.50
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
3.7%+0.3
n=217 · A/E 1.05 · £1 −50.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
5.6%+2.2
n=18 · A/E 1.50 · £1 +1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 3.4% 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 Ben Dalton 13.3% vs 3.4% · n=30
At Limerick 8.6% vs 3.4% · n=35
Off a break of 180+ days 0% vs 3.4% · n=49
In Chase races 6.3% vs 3.4% · n=63
At Punchestown 0% vs 3.4% · n=30
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 173 4 2.3% −102.50
NH Flat 74 2 2.7% −25.00
Chase 63 4 6.3% −1.00
Flat 15 1 6.7% +0.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 119 4 3.4% −72.50
Heavy 111 4 3.6% −30.00
Good 62 2 3.2% −27.00
Good to Soft 19 1 5.3% +15.00
Good to Firm 13 0 0% −13.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Clonmel 36 1 2.8% −28.00
Limerick 35 3 8.6% +21.50
Cork 33 1 3% +1.00
Punchestown 30 0 0% −30.00
Thurles 26 1 3.8% −11.00
Tramore 23 1 4.3% +11.00
Gowran Park 22 0 0% −22.00
Wexford 18 1 5.6% −3.00
Fairyhouse 17 1 5.9% −11.00
Naas 17 0 0% −17.00
Navan 16 1 6.3% +3.00
Leopardstown 7 0 0% −7.00
Tipperary 7 0 0% −7.00
Down Royal 6 0 0% −6.00
Wexford 6 0 0% −6.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 14 1 7.1% +5.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 8 1 12.5% 0.70 −3.50
2nd–3rd fav 18 1 5.6% 0.47 −12.00
4th–6th fav 48 4 8.3% 1.40 +3.00
7th+ in betting 251 5 2% 0.91 −116.00
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
82.6% completed · 236 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 63 79.4% 0 1 12 0 0
Hurdle 173 83.8% 3 2 23 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
Sumkindasuprstar (IRE) 39 4 13 6 Dec 15
Kilcross Boy (IRE)then Eoin Doyle 25 1 5 20 Nov 14
The Shunter (IRE)then Emmet Mullins 18 0 4 10 Dec 19
Sandeel Bay (IRE) 17 0 2 19 Apr 13
Booley Bay (IRE) 13 2 3 3 Jan 11
Brazen Bay (IRE) 12 0 0 9 Jan 20
Bazarov (IRE)then Archie Watson 11 0 1 28 Dec 18
Tomcoole Lad (IRE)then L Byrne 11 0 1 1 Jun 12
Naomh Moling (IRE) 10 1 1 1 Jan 23
Gallic Boy (IRE) 10 0 1 1 Jan 23
Coole Arcade (IRE)then Henry De Bromhead 10 1 3 29 Apr 21
Gullivar (IRE) 10 0 2 28 Mar 16
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 65 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 1 time. Horses with fewer runs aren't listed; search finds any horse since 2005. 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 60 horses listed, 8 arrived from another yard in our archive; 52 had their first archived run for this yard.

15 have since run for another yard; 45 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
JFMAMJJASOND
073880000035
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 riderBen Dalton
9% of all rides
13.3% SR · A/E 2.32
RiderRWSR£1
Ben Dalton 30 4 13.3% +32.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2008→
11
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£159k
Prize money
2013
Best season · 3 wins
Sumkindasuprstar (IRE) — Webster Cup Chase (Grade 2) Navan · Apr 2013 · Grade 2
£24,375
Booley Bay (IRE) — Irish Foal Levy (Mares) (Pro-Am) Flat Race Cork · Nov 2008
£16,275
Sumkindasuprstar (IRE) — Frank Hannon Memorial Handicap Chase (0-123) Roscommon · May 2012
£10,695
Notable horses
Sumkindasuprstar (IRE) Booley Bay (IRE) Kilcross Boy (IRE) Naomh Moling (IRE) Coole Arcade (IRE) Young Ambition (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Gulland (GB) 6.7% · 6–89
Progeny have won 5.8% of 226 runs since 2008 (15 horses).
Stowaway (GB) 0% · 0–41
Progeny have won 11.3% of 7,190 runs since 2008 (561 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 16.1% from 124.
Beneficial (GB) 0% · 0–29
Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,047 runs since 2008 (1,155 horses).
Snurge (IRE) 4% · 1–25
Progeny have won 8.8% of 1,506 runs since 2008 (135 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 12.5% from 176. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.8% from 520.
Flemensfirth (USA) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 11.8% of 17,293 runs since 2008 (1,595 horses).
Arcadio (GER) 9.1% · 1–11
Progeny have won 9.2% of 3,981 runs since 2011 (375 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 10 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 325 · newest first

The latest 50 of 325 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 30 April 2008 to 1 January 2023.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Jan 23 Tramore Gallic Boy (IRE)J: Sean O'Keeffe Ryan's Cleaning Services Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16f · Heavy · 14 ran PU 40/1
01 Jan 23 Tramore Naomh Moling (IRE)J: Richard Deegan Ryan's Cleaning Services Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16f · Heavy · 14 ran PU 40/1
29 Nov 22 Punchestown Quest With Speed (IRE)J: Danny Mullins William Hill Play Responsibly Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)16.5f · Yielding To Soft · 21 ran 15th 100/1
08 Jul 22 Cork Cloran Rose (IRE)J: Declan Queally Follow Us On Twitter Maiden Hurdle24f · Good · 18 ran 10th 125/1
08 Jul 22 Kilbeggan War God (IRE)J: Conor Brassil Follow Kilbeggan On Twitter Handicap Hurdle (80-102)19f · Good · 15 ran 14th 40/1
08 Jul 22 Kilbeggan Naomh Moling (IRE)J: Richard Deegan Follow Kilbeggan On Twitter Handicap Hurdle (80-102)19f · Good · 15 ran 11th 50/1
04 Jul 22 Roscommon Gallic Boy (IRE)J: Danny Mullins Re/Max Team Earley Handicap Hurdle (80-102)15.5f · Good · 13 ran PU 33/1
04 Jun 22 Tramore Gallic Boy (IRE)J: Sean O'Keeffe Visit West Waterford Maiden Hurdle17f · Yielding · 11 ran 6th 33/1
26 May 22 Limerick Cloran Rose (IRE)J: Sean O'Keeffe Tote Guarantee On All Win Bets Mares Maiden Hurdle19f · Good · 18 ran 9th 150/1
24 May 22 Punchestown Gallic Boy (IRE)J: Jack Foley Bar One Racing Bet On Mobile Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Good · 20 ran PU 10/1
12 May 22 Clonmel Naomh Moling (IRE)J: Richard Deegan Talbot Hotel Clonmel Handicap Hurdle (80-109)16.5f · Good · 14 ran 11th 8/1
11 May 22 Gowran Park Bella Bear (IRE)J: Donagh O'Connor Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden8f · Good · 16 ran 9th 250/1
11 Apr 22 Tramore Gallic Boy (IRE)J: Danny Mullins Copper Coast Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 9th 13/2
11 Apr 22 Tramore Naomh Moling (IRE)J: Richard Deegan Copper Coast Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 1st 33/1
10 Apr 22 Tramore Bella Bear (IRE)J: Daniel Holden Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 11th 80/1
31 Jan 22 Punchestown Coole Joe See (IRE)J: Danny Mullins Punchestown.com Maiden Hurdle16f · Yielding · 20 ran PU 250/1
17 Jan 22 Punchestown Gallic Saafend (IRE)J: Richard Deegan Hollywoodbets Money Back 2nd To SP Favourite Mares Maiden Hurdle20.5f · Soft · 15 ran PU 150/1
01 Jan 22 Tramore Rathbourne Banks (IRE)J: P J O'Hanlon Velvet Cap Whiskey Maiden Hurdle21.5f · Heavy · 8 ran PU 150/1
16 Dec 21 Naas Rathbourne Banks (IRE)J: Mr J J Clifford John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Yielding · 24 ran 19th 66/1
16 Dec 21 Naas Kilcross Chap (IRE)J: J J Slevin BetVictor Loyalty Club Maiden Hurdle19f · Yielding · 23 ran PU 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 O Clifford's strike rate?
John O Clifford has won 11 of 325 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 3.4% (as at 10 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does John O Clifford do best at?
Limerick by strike rate: 3 wins from 35 runners (8.6%) since 2008. Read from the 15 courses with the most runners on the same basis, and only those with at least 30 — a small sample cannot top the list, and a rarely-visited course is not in the comparison.
What is John O Clifford's Fair A/E?
0.92, from 325 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 10 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).