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Trainer profile

M F Morris

358 runners in the last 5 seasons · 34 individual horses
As at 24 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 6 days ago 99% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
27–358
Wins / Runs
7.5%
Strike rate
n=358
92 (26%)
Placed
0.90
Fair A/E
n=358 · 0.75 incl. margin
−196.46
£1 level stake
n=358 at SP · −54.9%
£918k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
6.5%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 70 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 8% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.90).

Deterministic profile computed from 358 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 24 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Mar–Apr Darragh O'Keeffe: 11.8% from 102
The read

The market has consistently overbet runners with a claiming rider up: 5.4% strike, Fair A/E 0.76 and −57.75 to a £1 stake over 111 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Darragh O'Keeffe rides 28% of the entries and edges the yard's average (11.8% vs 7.5%, A/E 0.98) — the market has that partnership priced right. The yard also reads well off a 8-14-day break (13.9%, n=36). The record reads poorly on Heavy going — 3.2% over 62 runners, 4.3pts below the baseline. 43 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Crabbie's Grand National Chase at Aintree (Apr 2016, £561,300). The stable star of the record: War Of Attrition (IRE) — 11 wins from 27 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Mar–Apr.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.5% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
6.5%−1.0
n=93 · A/E 0.86 · £1 −56.25
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−7.5
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−7.5
n=18 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −18.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
10%+2.5
n=20 · A/E 1.88 · £1 −10.12
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
15.8%+8.3
n=19 · A/E 1.81 · £1 −3.00
When favourite
28.6%
n=21 · A/E 1.04 · £1 −1.34
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
5.4%−2.1
n=111 · A/E 0.76 · £1 −57.75
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
7.1%−0.4
n=70 · A/E 0.84 · £1 −36.25

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.5% 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
Off a 8-14-day break 13.9% vs 7.5% · n=36
With Darragh O'Keeffe 11.8% vs 7.5% · n=102
On Heavy going 3.2% vs 7.5% · n=62
With a new jockey booking 4.9% vs 7.5% · n=102
Off a 31-60-day break 9.9% vs 7.5% · n=101
On Good going 10% vs 7.5% · n=70
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 194 15 7.7% −111.62
Chase 149 12 8.1% −69.84
NH Flat 10 0 0% −10.00
Flat 5 0 0% −5.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 156 12 7.7% −75.22
Good 70 7 10% −32.74
Good to Soft 69 6 8.7% −34.50
Heavy 62 2 3.2% −53.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Punchestown 61 4 6.6% −28.59
Cork 29 0 0% −29.00
Leopardstown 29 1 3.4% −26.00
Thurles 28 4 14.3% −16.24
Gowran Park 28 1 3.6% −23.50
Kilbeggan 20 3 15% +6.00
Fairyhouse 19 4 21.1% +7.25
Limerick 17 1 5.9% −11.50
Wexford 16 1 6.3% −7.50
Cheltenham 15 1 6.7% −5.00
Naas 14 0 0% −14.00
Listowel 13 0 0% −13.00
Navan 11 2 18.2% +0.12
Clonmel 10 2 20% −1.75
Galway 10 0 0% −10.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 76 5 6.6% −42.25
Class 2 5 1 20% +5.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 26 7 26.9% 1.03 −2.34
2nd–3rd fav 73 12 16.4% 0.95 −20.12
4th–6th fav 92 5 5.4% 0.79 −46.00
7th+ in betting 167 3 1.8% 0.73 −128.00
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
86.6% completed · 343 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 149 83.9% 11 2 11 0 0
Hurdle 194 88.7% 3 2 17 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
Caesar Rock (IRE) 37 2 13 22 Jul 26
Whatsavailable (IRE) 36 3 10 4 Jul 26
Camino Rock (GB) 29 1 5 8 Aug 26
Franciscan Rock (IRE) 29 3 13 30 Apr 26
Indiana Jones (FR)from D Cottin 27 2 3 6 Jun 26
French Dynamite (FR)then E McNamara 23 3 7 3 May 25
Foxy Jacks (IRE) 19 2 6 4 May 24
Gentlemansgame (GB) 12 3 6 14 Mar 25
Bossofthebrownies (IRE) 11 1 6 25 Jan 26
Muskerry Rock (IRE)then James Kieran King 10 0 1 27 Feb 25
The Last Throw (IRE)then David Harry Kelly 10 0 0 18 May 23
Bluebell Diva (IRE) 10 2 4 19 Feb 23
All 34 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 34 horses listed, 5 arrived from another yard in our archive; 29 had their first archived run for this yard.

6 have since run for another yard, most often for James Kieran King (2); 28 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
651210304789119
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 riderDarragh O'Keeffe
28% of all rides
11.8% SR · A/E 0.98
RiderRWSR£1
Darragh O'Keeffe 102 12 11.8% −42.22
Gavin Brouder 81 7 8.6% −14.75
Ricky Doyle 60 3 5% −44.62
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
242
Archived wins
43
Pattern / graded wins
£7.65m
Prize money
2009
Best season · 21 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.
Rule The World (GB) — Crabbie's Grand National Chase (Grade 3 Handicap) Aintree · Apr 2016 · Grade 3
£561,300
War Of Attrition (IRE) — Totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup (Grade 1) Cheltenham · Mar 2006 · Class 1
£228,080
Rogue Angel (IRE) — Boylesports Irish Grand National Chase (Grade A Extended Handicap) Fairyhouse · Mar 2016 · Grade A
£152,000
Notable horses
War Of Attrition (IRE) Baily Green (IRE) First Lieutenant (IRE) Rathlin (GB) French Dynamite (FR) Rule The World (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Blue Bresil (FR) 5.4% · 3–56
Progeny have won 12.1% of 3,496 runs since 2008 (454 horses).
Mahler (GB) 3.6% · 2–56
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,843 runs since 2008 (784 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.
Fame And Glory (GB) 10.4% · 5–48
Progeny have won 12.5% of 6,204 runs since 2008 (504 horses).
Saddler Maker (IRE) 8.3% · 3–36
Progeny have won 16.9% of 2,169 runs since 2008 (181 horses). Weakest beyond 3m (all codes): 11.3% from 221.
Walk In The Park (IRE) 16.7% · 4–24
Progeny have won 13.3% of 6,950 runs since 2008 (691 horses).
Kentucky Dynamite (USA) 13% · 3–23
Progeny have won 9.4% of 1,067 runs since 2008 (112 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 5.8% from 277. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 12.4% from 145.
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 24 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 2,902 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,902 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 9 January 2005 to 18 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
18 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Ann Bulkley (IRE)J: Josh Williamson Limerick Show Handicap Hurdle19.5f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran F 20/1
14 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Quest For Answers (IRE)J: Josh Williamson Matchbook €50,000 Graduation Series Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Good · 15 ran 2nd 22/1
08 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Camino Rock (GB)J: Josh Williamson Shamrock Farm Enterprises Handicap Hurdle20f · Good · 6 ran 6th 40/1
29 Jul 26 Galway (IRE) Camino Rock (GB)J: Rian Lane Tote.ie Money-Back 2nd Every Race Handicap Hurdle22f · Good · 19 ran 17th 125/1
22 Jul 26 Wexford (IRE) Caesar Rock (IRE)J: Joshua Halford WTW Willis Handicap Steeplechase24.5f · Good · 5 ran PU 9/2
04 Jul 26 Bellewstown Whatsavailable (IRE)J: Josh Williamson QuinnBet Bellewstown Handicap Hurdle24.5f · Good · 15 ran 9th 22/1
15 Jun 26 Kilbeggan Derby Rock (IRE)J: Jake Coen Follow Kilbeggan On Instagram Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1)24.5f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran F 14/1
06 Jun 26 Punchestown Indiana Jones (FR)J: Alan O'Sullivan Ladbrokes 'That's Ladisfaction' Handicap Chase16f · Good · 10 ran 7th 11/2
30 May 26 Listowel Whatsavailable (IRE)J: Josh Williamson In Memory Of Josephine Lyons 110 Series Final Handicap Hurdle23.5f · Good To Yielding · 10 ran 4th 16/1
16 May 26 Wexford Whatsavailable (IRE)J: Josh Williamson Ambrex Switchgear Handicap Hurdle24f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran UR 8/1
13 May 26 Punchestown Quest For Answers (IRE)J: Mike O'Connor Ladbrokes Maiden Hurdle24f · Good To Yielding · 7 ran 5th 13/2
10 May 26 Cork Ann Bulkley (IRE)J: J J Slevin Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle19f · Good · 15 ran 5th 14/1
09 May 26 Killarney Caesar Rock (IRE)J: Josh Williamson Tote Killarney National Handicap Chase26f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 2nd 9/1
30 Apr 26 Punchestown Franciscan Rock (IRE)J: Josh Williamson Ladbrokes Champion Stayers Hurdle (Grade 1)23.5f · Yielding · 8 ran 7th 28/1
30 Apr 26 Punchestown Indiana Jones (FR)J: Shane O'Callaghan Frontline Security Handicap Chase (Listed)16.5f · Yielding · 20 ran 5th 40/1
16 Apr 26 Limerick Miss Corby (IRE)J: Mr H C Swan D & J Glazing Handicap Hurdle21.5f · Soft · 8 ran 1st 9/2
10 Apr 26 Wexford Caesar Rock (IRE)J: Josh Williamson BOYLE Sports Supporting Irish Racing Veterans Handicap Chase19.5f · Yielding · 15 ran 2nd 6/1
10 Apr 26 Aintree Indiana Jones (FR)J: Shane O'Callaghan Randox Topham Handicap Chase (Premier Handicap) (GBB Race)Class 1 · 21f · Good To Soft · 27 ran 5th 100/1
05 Apr 26 Cork Whatsavailable (IRE)J: Eoin Staples Hibernian Hotel Mallow Handicap Hurdle24f · Yielding · 16 ran 3rd 12/1
22 Mar 26 Limerick Banter At The Bar (GB)J: Gavin Brouder Join Racing TV Handicap Chase24.5f · Soft To Heavy · 7 ran 2nd 4/1

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 M F Morris's strike rate?
M F Morris has won 27 of 358 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 7.5% (as at 24 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does M F Morris do best at?
Punchestown by strike rate: 4 wins from 61 runners (6.6%) 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.
Who rides most for M F Morris?
Darragh O'Keeffe, with 102 runners since 2022 — 28% of the total. That pairing has won 12 (11.8%).
Is M F Morris 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 M F Morris's Fair A/E?
0.90, from 358 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 24 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).