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Trainer profile

Laura Hourigan

149 runners in the last 5 seasons · 13 individual horses
As at 20 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 5 days ago 95% of runners on the flat
from 1 Jan 2022
16–149
Wins / Runs
10.7%
Strike rate
n=149
33 (22%)
Placed
1.68
n=149 · 1.32 incl. margin
−19.50
£1 level stake
n=149 at SP · −13.1%
£138k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
11.4%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 11% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.68). With a claiming rider up the record reads 13% (70 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 149 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 20 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 12.9%
The read

The record is strongest at Dundalk (AW) (31.7%, n=41), clear of the yard's 10.7% baseline. The yard also reads well on Standard (AW) going (30.2%, n=43). The record reads poorly on Good going — 2.1% over 47 runners, 8.6pts below the baseline. The stable star of the record: Notforalongtime (GB) — 7 wins from 56 runs for the yard.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10.7% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
4.3%−6.4
n=23 · A/E 1.17 · £1 −13.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−10.7
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−10.7
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
100%+89.3
n=2 · A/E 10.90 · £1 +14.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
10%−0.7
n=10 · A/E 4.14 · £1 +24.00
When favourite
60%
n=5 · A/E 2.85 · £1 +5.50
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
12.9%+2.2
n=70 · A/E 1.81 · £1 +7.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10.7% 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
At Dundalk (AW) 31.7% vs 10.7% · n=41
On Standard (AW) going 30.2% vs 10.7% · n=43
With C&D winners 26.3% vs 10.7% · n=38
On Good going 2.1% vs 10.7% · n=47
On Soft going 2.9% vs 10.7% · n=34
With a new jockey booking 6.6% vs 10.7% · n=61
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
Flat 141 16 11.3% −11.50
Hurdle 7 0 0% −7.00
NH Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 47 1 2.1% −39.00
Standard (AW) 43 13 30.2% +60.00
Soft 34 1 2.9% −24.00
Heavy 14 0 0% −14.00
Good to Soft 7 0 0% −7.00
Good to Firm 4 1 25% +4.50

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 41 13 31.7% +62.00
Curragh 17 0 0% −17.00
Cork 15 1 6.7% −7.00
Leopardstown 14 1 7.1% −5.50
Limerick 11 0 0% −11.00
Listowel 9 0 0% −9.00
Galway 7 1 14.3% +3.00
Gowran Park 5 0 0% −5.00
Tipperary 4 0 0% −4.00
Roscommon 4 0 0% −4.00
Killarney 4 0 0% −4.00
Fairyhouse 3 0 0% −3.00
Naas 3 0 0% −3.00
Ballinrobe 3 0 0% −3.00
Sligo 3 0 0% −3.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 9 4 44.4% 2.39 +5.50
2nd–3rd fav 17 5 29.4% 2.34 +14.00
4th–6th fav 36 5 13.9% 1.65 +2.00
7th+ in betting 87 2 2.3% 0.74 −41.00
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.

Horses trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Notforalongtime (GB)from Michael Hourigan 54 7 14 9 Sep 26
Unterberg (IRE)from G M Lyons 32 7 11 15 Oct 26
Pimstrel (IRE)from Jarlath P Fahey · then G A Kingston 13 1 3 15 May 24
She's On The Ball (IRE)from Clive Cox 9 1 3 15 Oct 26
Ask Phil (IRE) 5 0 0 11 Aug 25
Run Forrest Run (IRE)from Thomas Coyle 4 0 0 29 Sep 26
Monty Man (IRE)from K R Burke 3 0 0 6 Jul 23
Chagall (IRE)from Michael Hourigan · then Jack Jones 3 0 0 7 Sep 22
Certosa (IRE)then W J O'Doherty 2 0 0 24 Oct 25
All 13 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 13 horses listed, 11 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Michael Hourigan (2) and Richard John O'Brien (2); 2 had their first archived run for this yard.

3 have since run for another yard; 10 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 2
Only 2 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, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
203033000701553329
A flat yard: the season runs Mar–Oct. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Rory Mulligan 25 4 16% −4.50
Mark Enright 18 3 16.7% +6.00
Robbie Colgan 14 1 7.1% −2.00
Wayne Hassett 12 3 25% +35.50
W. M. Lordan 8 1 12.5% +0.00
Oisin McSweeney 8 4 50% +9.50
Seamie Heffernan 7 0 0% −7.00
James Ryan 6 0 0% −6.00
Leigh Roche 6 0 0% −6.00
Phillip Enright 5 0 0% −5.00
Rory Cleary 5 0 0% −5.00
Conor Stone-Walsh 4 0 0% −4.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2021→
16
Archived wins
£138k
Prize money
2025
Best season · 5 wins
Unterberg (IRE) — Dundalk Stadium Winter Series Awards Day Handicap Dundalk (AW) · Mar 2026
£8,835
Unterberg (IRE) — Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap Dundalk (AW) · Feb 2026
£7,670
Unterberg (IRE) — Irish Champions Festival Handicap (0-60) Leopardstown · Jul 2025
£7,080

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Paco Boy (IRE) 13% · 7–54
Progeny have won 9.2% of 3,449 runs since 2008 (269 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 3.9% from 103.
New Bay (GB) 21.9% · 7–32
Progeny have won 14.3% of 3,939 runs since 2008 (420 horses). Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 10.8% from 102.
Archipenko (USA) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 11.3% of 2,751 runs since 2008 (203 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.9% from 127.
Elusive Pimpernel (USA) 7.7% · 1–13
Progeny have won 7.6% of 3,119 runs since 2008 (315 horses).
Blue Point (IRE) 11.1% · 1–9
Progeny have won 14% of 3,378 runs since 2008 (412 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 17.1% from 334. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 10.7% from 205.
Teofilo (IRE) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 12.5% of 10,070 runs since 2008 (907 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7% from 625.
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 20 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 153 · newest first

The latest 50 of 153 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 3 November 2021 to 15 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
15 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Unterberg (IRE)J: Rory Mulligan DNG Excellence Handicap9f · Yielding To Soft · 19 ran 8th 20/1

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 Laura Hourigan's strike rate?
Laura Hourigan has won 16 of 149 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 10.7% (as at 20 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Laura Hourigan do best at?
Dundalk (AW) by strike rate: 13 wins from 41 runners (31.7%) since 2022. 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.
Is Laura Hourigan in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 2 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Laura Hourigan's Fair A/E?
1.68, from 149 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 20 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).