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Trainer profile

Leonard Whitmore

314 runners in the lifetime window · 38 individual horses
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 153 days ago 100% 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
23–314
Wins / Runs
7.3%
Strike rate
n=314
77 (25%)
Placed
1.07
Fair A/E
n=314 · 0.83 incl. margin
−61.42
£1 level stake
n=314 at SP · −19.6%
£563k
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 7% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.07).

Deterministic profile computed from 314 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Feb–Mar Sean Flanagan: 8.4% from 83 Claiming riders: 8.5%
The read

It is weakest at Fairyhouse (2.9% over 35 runners) — the largest sample in the record, and the widest gap. In Group and Graded company the record reads poorly at 2.9% (n=35, Fair A/E 0.44). Runners with a claiming rider up are the standout value angle: 8.5% strikes only just above baseline, but Fair A/E 1.41 and +15.83 to a £1 stake over 176 runners — a record the market has persistently underpriced. Sean Flanagan rides 26% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (8.4%, A/E 1.11) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well over 2m5f – 3m (10.8%, n=130). The record reads poorly over 1m5f – 2m — 2.5% over 40 runners, 4.8pts below the baseline. 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Ballymore 25th Anniversary Handicap Hurdle at Punchestown (Apr 2008, £136,400). The stable star of the record: Brave Right (IRE) — 5 wins from 21 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Feb–Mar.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.3% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
6.3%−1.0
n=79 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −26.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−7.3
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Debutants · first career start
7.4%+0.1
n=27 · A/E 2.49 · £1 +22.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
11.1%+3.8
n=9 · A/E 2.72 · £1 +2.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−7.3
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
When favourite
16.7%
n=18 · A/E 0.66 · £1 −7.75
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
8.5%+1.2
n=176 · A/E 1.41 · £1 +15.83
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
2.9%−4.4
n=35 · A/E 0.44 · £1 −30.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.3% 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 2.5% vs 7.3% · n=40
Over 2m5f – 3m 10.8% vs 7.3% · n=130
In Class 1 2.7% vs 7.3% · n=37
At Fairyhouse 2.9% vs 7.3% · n=35
In Group / Graded races 2.9% vs 7.3% · n=35
Off a break of 180+ days 2.9% vs 7.3% · n=34
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 162 10 6.2% −18.92
Chase 145 13 9% −35.50
NH Flat 6 0 0% −6.00
Flat 1 0 0% −1.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 115 8 7% −12.00
Heavy 100 7 7% −46.42
Good 51 3 5.9% −30.00
Good to Soft 22 3 13.6% +42.00
Good to Firm 20 2 10% −9.00
Firm 6 0 0% −6.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Fairyhouse 35 1 2.9% −1.00
Navan 25 5 20% +16.50
Tramore 24 1 4.2% −11.00
Punchestown 20 1 5% −3.00
Thurles 18 0 0% −18.00
Kilbeggan 17 1 5.9% −13.00
Wexford 17 2 11.8% +0.00
Naas 17 0 0% −17.00
Limerick 16 1 6.3% −12.25
Killarney 14 2 14.3% +1.00
Roscommon 14 1 7.1% −6.00
Clonmel 14 3 21.4% +35.00
Wexford 12 0 0% −12.00
Leopardstown 10 0 0% −10.00
Listowel 10 0 0% −10.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 37 1 2.7% −32.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 24 4 16.7% 0.73 −7.75
2nd–3rd fav 46 7 15.2% 1.19 −6.67
4th–6th fav 78 5 6.4% 0.91 −24.00
7th+ in betting 166 7 4.2% 1.52 −23.00
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
79.2% completed · 307 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 145 71% 7 8 27 0 0
Hurdle 162 86.4% 4 0 16 1 1
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
Bold Present (IRE) 28 2 8 1 Nov 13
Hello Kitty (IRE) 26 2 11 13 Jan 11
Casey Top (IRE)from C A Murphy 25 3 11 17 Mar 15
Kilford (IRE) 24 4 6 2 Apr 18
Loch Dara (IRE) 19 2 2 19 Mar 16
Glacial Promise (IRE) 16 2 7 18 Aug 10
Lord Cebellino (IRE) 15 1 4 20 Mar 11
Flathertys Gap (IRE) 13 0 1 5 May 18
Red Memo (IRE) 13 1 1 19 Apr 13
Not So White (IRE) 12 0 1 13 Oct 12
Brave Love (IRE) 11 0 3 23 Sep 18
Hidden Shamrock (IRE) 10 1 2 21 Jul 13
All 38 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 38 horses listed, 5 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Paul Nolan (2); 33 had their first archived run for this yard.

3 have since run for another yard; 35 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
49154141212013430
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 riderSean Flanagan
26% of all rides
8.4% SR · A/E 1.11
RiderRWSR£1
Sean Flanagan 83 7 8.4% +22.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
31
Archived wins
2
Pattern / graded wins
£745k
Prize money
2007
Best season · 7 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.
Brave Right (IRE) — Ballymore 25th Anniversary Handicap Hurdle Punchestown · Apr 2008
£136,400
Wishwillow Lord (IRE) — Menolly Homes Handicap Hurdle Fairyhouse · Apr 2006 · Grade B
£84,500
Kilford (IRE) — Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. Novice Handicap Chase Final (Grade C) Navan · Mar 2016 · Grade C
£29,500
Notable horses
Brave Right (IRE) Wishwillow Lord (IRE) Kilford (IRE) Casey Top (IRE) Bold Present (IRE) Hello Kitty (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Lord Americo (IRE) 3.3% · 1–30
Progeny have won 7.8% of 2,189 runs since 2008 (237 horses).
Craigsteel (GB) 3.6% · 1–28
Progeny have won 10.1% of 3,393 runs since 2008 (262 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.5% from 291. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6.9% from 763.
Presenting (GB) 7.1% · 2–28
Progeny have won 11% of 20,050 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Houmayoun (FR) 7.7% · 2–26
Progeny have won 4.2% of 285 runs since 2008 (40 horses).
Topanoora (IRE) 12% · 3–25
Progeny have won 7.8% of 719 runs since 2008 (82 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.8% from 126. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.4% from 210.
Snurge (IRE) 16.7% · 4–24
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.
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 27 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 402 · newest first

The latest 50 of 402 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 27 May 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
27 May 26 Wexford Prince Malinas (IRE)J: Mr L J Murphy Wexford Racing Again 30th June Flat Race20f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 3rd 10/1
18 Apr 26 Bellewstown Prince Malinas (IRE)J: Mr J P Murray Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction (Pro/Am) Flat Race17f · Yielding · 15 ran 8th 66/1
10 Feb 26 Limerick Prince Malinas (IRE)J: Mr J P Murray Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction (Pro/Am) Flat Race15.5f · Heavy · 7 ran 5th 66/1
04 Apr 25 Wexford Aravcaria (IRE)J: Daniel King Tomcoole Farm Ltd. Mares Maiden Hurdle20.5f · Yielding · 14 ran PU 250/1
13 Feb 25 Clonmel Aravcaria (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh Surehaul Race Day Mares Maiden Hurdle19f · Soft · 18 ran 15th 250/1
31 May 24 Tramore Aravcaria (IRE)J: Jordan Gainford Kilmeaden Mares Maiden Hurdle21.5f · Yielding · 15 ran PU 125/1
22 Apr 24 Tramore Queensteel (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh West Waterford Handicap Chase (0-95)22f · Good · 14 ran PU 14/1
04 Apr 24 Naas Queensteel (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh Buy The Centenary Of Naas Racecourse Book By Turtle Bunbury Handicap Hurdle (80-95)24f · Soft To Heavy · 23 ran 11th 33/1
10 Mar 24 Naas Queensteel (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh Bar One Racing 'Price Boosts All 28 Favourites At Cheltenham' Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 1)15.5f · Soft · 19 ran 10th 100/1
22 Feb 24 Thurles Queensteel (IRE)J: Ms C L McGoldrick Connolly's RED MILLS Ladies Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16.5f · Soft · 14 ran 14th 28/1
15 Jun 22 Wexford Talkingthetalk (IRE)J: Shane Fitzgerald Loch Garman Mares Opportunity Maiden Hurdle20.5f · Good · 13 ran 3rd 33/1
05 Jun 22 Kilbeggan Talkingthetalk (IRE)J: Shane Fitzgerald Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle18.5f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 9th 20/1
01 Feb 22 Limerick Queensteel (IRE)J: Gavin Brouder Limerick Racecourse Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 2)21f · Soft · 14 ran 10th 25/1
16 Jun 21 Wexford Queensteel (IRE)J: Miss S Doyle Slaney River Ladies Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Yielding · 12 ran 5th 12/1
25 May 21 Tipperary Queensteel (IRE)J: Gavin Brouder Thank You To All The Frontline Workers Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)24f · Heavy · 11 ran 1st 10/3
10 May 21 Killarney Queensteel (IRE)J: Jordan Gainford Ring Of Kerry Mares Maiden Hurdle22f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 7th 100/1
10 Mar 21 Wexford Queensteel (IRE)J: Jordan Gainford Wexford Mares Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 12 ran 5th 80/1
05 Mar 21 Fairyhouse Jacks Touch (IRE)J: Jordan Gainford Fairyhouse Easter Gift Box Mares Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)20f · Soft · 14 ran 2nd 12/1
01 Jan 19 Tramore Paddymaclovin (IRE)J: Mr K Corrigan David Flynn Building Contractors Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft · 15 ran 10th 100/1
06 Dec 18 Clonmel Paddymaclovin (IRE)J: Mr K Corrigan Next Meeting Thursday January 10th (Q.R.) Maiden Hurdle20f · Yielding · 16 ran 10th 100/1

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 Leonard Whitmore's strike rate?
Leonard Whitmore has won 23 of 314 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 7.3% (as at 27 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Leonard Whitmore do best at?
Fairyhouse by strike rate: 1 wins from 35 runners (2.9%) 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.
Who rides most for Leonard Whitmore?
Sean Flanagan, with 83 runners since 2008 — 26% of the total. That pairing has won 7 (8.4%).
What is Leonard Whitmore's Fair A/E?
1.07, from 314 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 27 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).