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Kevin O'Sullivan

59 runners in the lifetime window · 19 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Dec 2019 95% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
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.
2–59
Wins / Runs
3.4%
Strike rate
n=59
9 (15%)
Placed
0.50
Fair A/E
n=59 · 0.39 incl. margin
−53.62
£1 level stake
n=59 at SP · −90.9%
£23,960
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 3.4% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
8.3%+4.9
n=12 · A/E 1.18 · £1 −9.62
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−3.4
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Debutants · first career start
6.7%+3.3
n=15 · A/E 1.20 · £1 −12.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−3.4
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
When favourite
100%
n=2 · A/E 3.32 · £1 +3.38
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%−3.4
n=19 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −19.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−3.4
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 3.4% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Hurdle 42 1 2.4% −39.62
NH Flat 13 0 0% −13.00
Flat 3 1 33.3% +0.00
Chase 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Heavy 21 1 4.8% −18.62
Soft 20 0 0% −20.00
Good 16 1 6.3% −13.00
Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Cork 11 1 9.1% −8.00
Limerick 9 0 0% −9.00
Clonmel 7 0 0% −7.00
Tramore 6 0 0% −6.00
Thurles 6 0 0% −6.00
Fairyhouse 3 0 0% −3.00
Killarney 3 0 0% −3.00
Punchestown 3 0 0% −3.00
Tipperary 2 0 0% −2.00
Naas 2 0 0% −2.00
Kilbeggan 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Listowel 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Galway 1 1 100% +1.38

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 2 2 100% 3.32 +3.38
2nd–3rd fav 13 0 0% 0.00 −13.00
4th–6th fav 11 0 0% 0.00 −11.00
7th+ in betting 33 0 0% 0.00 −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
86% completed · 43 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 1 0% 0 0 1 0 0
Hurdle 42 88.1% 0 0 4 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
Take Me There (GB)from John Berry · then J A Nash 7 0 0 15 Jul 10
A Hill To Climb (IRE) 6 0 0 28 Feb 13
Leave Him Alone (IRE) 6 2 2 11 Mar 12
Miss Benefitz (IRE)then Richard Fahey 5 0 2 30 May 16
Ballyadeen (IRE)then Dai Williams 5 0 1 5 Mar 15
Bring Me Back (IRE) 5 0 1 10 Nov 10
Callyerman (IRE) 4 0 2 19 May 16
Soi Cowboy (GB)then Declan Queally 3 0 1 28 Dec 19
Lyre Fun (IRE) 3 0 0 4 Jun 18
Is She Home (IRE) 3 0 0 13 Jun 14
Airhill Lady (IRE)then A M Crow 3 0 0 6 Apr 08
Lareena (FR)from W P Mullins 2 0 0 20 Jan 19
All 19 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 19 horses listed, 3 arrived from another yard in our archive; 16 had their first archived run for this yard.

7 have since run for another yard; 12 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
00020000··3300
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
Davy Russell 6 1 16.7% −3.62
Mr M J O'Connor 6 1 16.7% −3.00
Brian O'Connell 5 0 0% −5.00
Paul Townend 3 0 0% −3.00
Martin Ferris 3 0 0% −3.00
Phillip Enright 3 0 0% −3.00
Eddie Power 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr J J Codd 2 0 0% −2.00
J R Barry 2 0 0% −2.00
James O'Sullivan 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr E P O'Brien 2 0 0% −2.00
David Splaine 2 0 0% −2.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2007→
3
Archived wins
£32,598
Prize money
2011
Best season · 2 wins
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.
Airhill Lady (IRE) — Millenium Machinery (Mares) Maiden Hurdle Limerick · Dec 2007
£8,638
Leave Him Alone (IRE) — Corrib Food Products Maiden Hurdle Galway · Oct 2011
£7,590
Leave Him Alone (IRE) — Pegus Horse Feed Point-to-point Series Final Flat Race Cork · Apr 2011
£6,210
Notable horses
Leave Him Alone (IRE) Airhill Lady (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Flemensfirth (USA) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 11.8% of 17,267 runs since 2008 (1,594 horses).
Oscar (IRE) 25% · 2–8
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,542 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Cape Cross (IRE) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 13.3% of 12,754 runs since 2008 (988 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 8.4% from 477. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.8% from 230.
Presenting (GB) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 11% of 20,049 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Beneficial (GB) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 10.5% of 17,043 runs since 2008 (1,155 horses).
King's Theatre (IRE) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 14.4% of 12,129 runs since 2008 (746 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.8% from 125. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.9% from 203.
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 69 · newest first

The latest 50 of 69 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 18 March 2007 to 28 December 2019.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
28 Dec 19 Limerick Soi Cowboy (GB)J: Phillip Enright Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle21f · Heavy · 11 ran 3rd 25/1
08 Dec 19 Cork Soi Cowboy (GB)J: Shane Shortall Charleville Cheese Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft · 24 ran PU 100/1
20 Jan 19 Thurles Lareena (FR)J: Paul Townend Matty Ryan Memorial Handicap Hurdle16f · Good · 10 ran BD 20/1
26 Dec 18 Limerick Lareena (FR)J: Mr E P O'Brien O'Kelly Brothers Demolition Mares Handicap Hurdle16f · Soft · 12 ran 10th 33/1
08 Dec 18 Navan Soi Cowboy (GB)J: Mr E P O'Brien Hotel Park In St Johann Tirol Austria Flat Race16f · Yielding · 8 ran 8th 25/1
04 Jun 18 Listowel Lyre Fun (IRE)J: James O'Sullivan Kingdom Mares Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 16 ran 13th 100/1
24 May 18 Tipperary Lyre Fun (IRE)J: Kevin Brouder tipperaryraces.ie Mares Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 20 ran 17th 66/1
14 May 18 Killarney Lyre Fun (IRE)J: James O'Sullivan M.D. O'Shea & Sons Mares Maiden Hurdle22f · Good · 10 ran 5th 100/1
01 Jan 18 Tramore Kris The Ground (IRE)J: Patrick Mangan David Flynn Building Contractors Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 15 ran PU 125/1
14 Dec 17 Tramore Mister Murchan (IRE)J: Miss E A Lalor Ring In The New Year On Jan 1st At Tramore (Ladies Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Heavy · 8 ran 5th 5/1
30 May 16 Ballinrobe Miss Benefitz (IRE)J: Brian O'Connell Healy Mac's Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Good · 15 ran 2nd 7/2
19 May 16 Clonmel Callyerman (IRE)J: Mr J J Codd Friday June 10th BBQ At Clonmel Races Flat Race16.5f · Good · 12 ran 2nd 4/1
06 May 16 Cork Miss Benefitz (IRE)J: Brian O'Connell Irish Breeders Supporting The I.t.b.a. N.h. Fillies Bonus Scheme E.B.F. Mares Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 24 ran 3rd 33/1
04 May 16 Tramore Callyerman (IRE)J: Mr J J Codd Tramore (c & G) Flat Race16f · Good · 8 ran 3rd 9/2
25 Apr 16 Tramore Miss Benefitz (IRE)J: David Splaine Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Mares Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 12 ran 7th 7/1
24 Mar 16 Thurles Callyerman (IRE)J: Mr Derek O'Connor Littleton Flat Race16f · Yielding · 13 ran 5th 16/1
24 Mar 16 Thurles Miss Benefitz (IRE)J: David Splaine Martinstown Opportunity Maiden Hurdle16f · Yielding · 14 ran 4th 100/1
31 Jan 16 Punchestown Callyerman (IRE)J: Ms K Walsh Goffs Punchestown Festival Invitational Sale (pro/am) Flat Race16f · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran 7th 33/1
27 Dec 15 Limerick Miss Benefitz (IRE)J: Roger Loughran Roches Feeds Mares Maiden Hurdle18f · Heavy · 16 ran PU 50/1
05 Mar 15 Clonmel Ballyadeen (IRE)J: Paul Townend Lisronagh Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Soft · 13 ran 6th 11/4

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 O'Sullivan's strike rate?
Kevin O'Sullivan has won 2 of 59 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 3.4% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Kevin O'Sullivan's Fair A/E?
0.50, from 59 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).