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Trainer profile

Kevin McDonagh

112 runners in the lifetime window · 25 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Dec 2019
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2014→)
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.
0–112
Wins / Runs
0%
Strike rate
n=112
0 (0%)
Placed
0.00
Fair A/E
n=112 · 0.00 incl. margin
−112.00
£1 level stake
n=112 at SP · −100.0%
£3,487
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 20 runners a season, winning with 0% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.00).

Deterministic profile computed from 112 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Oct 2026

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 0% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%+0.0
n=39 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −39.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%+0.0
n=18 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −18.00
Debutants · first career start
0%+0.0
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%+0.0
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%+0.0
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%+0.0
n=59 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −59.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 0% 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
Over 1m5f – 2m 0% vs 0% · n=52 · A/E 0.00
In Hurdle races 0% vs 0% · n=70 · A/E 0.00
With a new jockey booking 0% vs 0% · n=73 · 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 70 0 0% −70.00
Chase 19 0 0% −19.00
Flat 18 0 0% −18.00
NH Flat 5 0 0% −5.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 34 0 0% −34.00
Soft 33 0 0% −33.00
Heavy 22 0 0% −22.00
Good to Soft 13 0 0% −13.00
Good to Firm 5 0 0% −5.00
Standard (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Ballinrobe 28 0 0% −28.00
Galway 13 0 0% −13.00
Limerick 10 0 0% −10.00
Fairyhouse 9 0 0% −9.00
Cork 7 0 0% −7.00
Roscommon 7 0 0% −7.00
Dundalk (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Tipperary 5 0 0% −5.00
Listowel 5 0 0% −5.00
Sligo 4 0 0% −4.00
Kilbeggan 4 0 0% −4.00
Naas 3 0 0% −3.00
Clonmel 3 0 0% −3.00
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Downpatrick 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
2nd–3rd fav 1 0 0% 0.00 −1.00
4th–6th fav 12 0 0% 0.00 −12.00
7th+ in betting 99 0 0% 0.00 −99.00
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
69.7% completed · 89 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 19 73.7% 1 2 2 0 0
Hurdle 70 68.6% 1 1 20 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
Voluptueux (FR)from Philip Fenton 21 0 0 23 Jul 18
The Dack's Man (IRE) 20 0 0 28 Jun 18
Shesonlyahorse (IRE)from M McDonagh 8 0 0 30 May 16
Pivotal Pursuit (GB)then Brian Francis Cawley 7 0 0 16 Dec 19
Fla's Long Shot (IRE)from M McDonagh 6 0 0 15 Mar 15
What A Island (IRE)from V T O'Brien 6 0 0 24 Jan 15
Garbally Grey (IRE)from M McDonagh 6 0 0 19 Nov 14
Leah's Little Star (IRE)from William J Fitzpatrick 4 0 0 27 Dec 17
Sonny Quaid (IRE)from M McDonagh 4 0 0 2 May 17
Rejected (IRE) 4 0 0 12 Sep 16
Two Euro Luck (IRE)from M McDonagh 4 0 0 10 Aug 15
Mise Raftaire (IRE)then Brian Francis Cawley 3 0 0 16 Dec 19
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, 18 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from M McDonagh (8); 7 had their first archived run for this yard.

5 have since run for another yard, most often for Brian Francis Cawley (2); 20 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
0·0000000000
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
Mark Enright 17 0 0% −17.00
Shane Crimin 11 0 0% −11.00
Ben Dalton 9 0 0% −9.00
Shane Shortall 6 0 0% −6.00
Sean Flanagan 6 0 0% −6.00
Mr L P Gilligan 4 0 0% −4.00
Adam Short 4 0 0% −4.00
Derek McCormack 4 0 0% −4.00
Jonathan Burke 4 0 0% −4.00
Mr R W Barron 3 0 0% −3.00
Cathal Landers 2 0 0% −2.00
Barry Browne 2 0 0% −2.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Enrique (GB) 0% · 0–21
Progeny have won 10.7% of 2,601 runs since 2008 (289 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.9% from 370. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.8% from 462. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 6.6% from 347.
Tamayaz (CAN) 0% · 0–20
Progeny have won 5.4% of 772 runs since 2008 (80 horses).
Catcher In The Rye (IRE) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 8.9% of 2,570 runs since 2008 (239 horses).
Pivotal (GB) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 13.6% of 12,785 runs since 2008 (1,019 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.4% from 108.
Dr Massini (IRE) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 10.6% of 4,942 runs since 2008 (406 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14% from 421.
Rashar (USA) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 6.3% of 997 runs since 2008 (122 horses). Strongest on Good going: 10.4% from 251. Weakest on Heavy going: 2.7% from 219.
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 112 · newest first

The latest 50 of 112 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 27 May 2014 to 16 December 2019.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
16 Dec 19 Naas Pivotal Pursuit (GB)J: Shane Shortall Lawlor's Of Naas Feature Sponsor On January 5th Handicap Hurdle (80-95)19f · Soft · 25 ran 17th 66/1
16 Dec 19 Naas Mise Raftaire (IRE)J: Shane Shortall 2020 Naas Membership Maiden Hurdle19f · Soft · 24 ran 13th 100/1
07 Nov 19 Thurles Pivotal Pursuit (GB)J: Shane Shortall Thurles.ie Maiden Hurdle22.5f · Yielding To Soft · 11 ran 10th 100/1
30 Sep 19 Roscommon Pivotal Pursuit (GB)J: Shane Shortall Roscommon On-Course Vets Maiden Hurdle20f · Heavy · 18 ran 8th 100/1
24 Aug 19 Kilbeggan Pivotal Pursuit (GB)J: Sean Flanagan Summer Party Pack Discount Group Booking Maiden Hurdle18f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 9th 66/1
11 Jun 19 Roscommon Mise Raftaire (IRE)J: Mr R W Barron Lengthen The Odds With Betvictor (pro/am) Flat Race16f · Good · 14 ran 5th 100/1
02 Jun 19 Kilbeggan Pivotal Pursuit (GB)J: Mr R W Barron Add Kilbegganraces On Snapchat Flat Race16f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 11th 33/1
28 May 19 Ballinrobe Mise Raftaire (IRE)J: Mr R W Barron McHale Orbital Flat Race16.5f · Good · 13 ran 10th 50/1
23 May 19 Tipperary Turfjager (GER)J: Adam Short Follow Us On Facebook Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran PU 50/1
13 May 19 Roscommon Pivotal Pursuit (GB)J: Mr T Hamilton Kepak Flat Race21f · Good · 10 ran 6th 66/1
12 Apr 19 Ballinrobe Pivotal Pursuit (GB)J: Mr Derek O'Connor Connacht Tribune Flat Race17.5f · Good · 16 ran 16th 33/1
06 Dec 18 Clonmel Outofcologne (IRE)J: Liam McKenna Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-95)20f · Yielding · 18 ran 13th 33/1
23 Jul 18 Ballinrobe Voluptueux (FR)J: Derek McCormack Tote Claiming Race10f · Yielding · 14 ran 14th 66/1
28 Jun 18 Tipperary The Dack's Man (IRE)J: Leigh Roche TipperaryRaces.ie Handicap (45-65)12.5f · Good To Firm · 17 ran 17th 50/1
01 May 18 Ballinrobe Voluptueux (FR)J: Mark Enright Paddy Smyth Memorial Handicap Hurdle (80-102)17f · Heavy · 16 ran PU 33/1
01 Apr 18 Cork Run James Run (IRE)J: Mr L P Gilligan Pavilion Restaurant Hurdle16f · Heavy · 6 ran PU 100/1
01 Apr 18 Cork Liscananaun Lady (IRE)J: Mr L P Gilligan O'flynn Motors Mallow Mares Maiden Hurdle19f · Soft · 18 ran PU 100/1
06 Jan 18 Cork Jack Lee (IRE)J: Mr L P Gilligan Mccarthy Insurance Group Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 14 ran 14th 80/1
05 Jan 18 Dundalk (AW) Voluptueux (FR)J: Leigh Roche Follow DundalkStadium On Twitter Maiden10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 11th 100/1
28 Dec 17 Limerick Jack Lee (IRE)J: Sean McDermott Woodlands House Hotel Adare Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 17 ran 16th 50/1

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 Kevin McDonagh's strike rate?
Kevin McDonagh has won 0 of 112 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 0% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Kevin McDonagh's Fair A/E?
0.00, from 112 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 15 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).