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Trainer profile

M Halford & T Collins

472 runners in the lifetime window · 80 individual horses
As at 13 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Jan 2025 96% of runners on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2023→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
48–472
Wins / Runs
10.2%
Strike rate
n=472
138 (29%)
Placed
1.01
Fair A/E
n=472 · 0.82 incl. margin
−64.98
£1 level stake
n=472 at SP · −13.8%
£774k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 20 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 10% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.01).

Deterministic profile computed from 472 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 13 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jun–Aug 25.5% when favourite Ronan Whelan: 13% from 261 Sends off the favourite in 11% of races
The read

New recruits from other stables on their first run struggle at 0% (n=37, Fair A/E 0.00). Ronan Whelan rides 55% of the entries and edges the yard's average (13% vs 10.2%, A/E 1.13) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well off a 31-60-day break (13.9%, n=108). The record reads poorly on Heavy going — 5.3% over 38 runners, 4.9pts below the baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Paddy Power 'From The Horse's Mouth Podcast' Handicap at Curragh (Jun 2024, £59,000). Seasonally, the yard fires Jun–Aug.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10.2% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
8.1%−2.1
n=86 · A/E 0.92 · £1 −30.20
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−10.2
n=37 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −37.00
Debutants · first career start
9.3%−0.9
n=43 · A/E 2.17 · £1 +73.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
11.5%+1.3
n=26 · A/E 1.56 · £1 +14.50
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
14.3%+4.1
n=14 · A/E 1.56 · £1 −3.00
When favourite
25.5%
n=51 · A/E 0.90 · £1 −15.51
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
7.7%−2.5
n=78 · A/E 1.11 · £1 +6.33
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
7.7%−2.5
n=13 · A/E 0.74 · £1 +2.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10.2% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, for you to weigh. 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. The same beliefs, tested across every yard and every GB and Irish race since 2005: Racing myths.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
With new recruits 0% vs 10.2% · n=37
With N G McCullagh 2.5% vs 10.2% · n=40
On last-time-out winners 15.4% vs 10.2% · n=52
With a new jockey booking 6.6% vs 10.2% · n=182
On Heavy going 5.3% vs 10.2% · n=38
Off a 31-60-day break 13.9% vs 10.2% · n=108
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 451 43 9.5% −117.31
NH Flat 11 1 9.1% +30.00
Hurdle 10 4 40% +22.33

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 170 18 10.6% −63.19
Good 147 15 10.2% +2.33
Soft 83 9 10.8% +36.33
Heavy 38 2 5.3% −27.70
Good to Soft 22 2 9.1% −10.75
Good to Firm 12 2 16.7% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 168 18 10.7% −61.19
Curragh 68 6 8.8% +9.00
Leopardstown 44 4 9.1% −15.00
Cork 23 5 21.7% +8.75
Naas 22 1 4.5% −7.00
Roscommon 19 1 5.3% −17.17
Killarney 16 3 18.8% +19.00
Navan 16 2 12.5% −2.50
Gowran Park 13 2 15.4% +5.50
Fairyhouse 12 2 16.7% −0.17
Listowel 10 1 10% −3.00
Galway 9 0 0% −9.00
Bellewstown 9 0 0% −9.00
Limerick 9 1 11.1% −7.20
Punchestown 9 1 11.1% +32.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 13 1 7.7% +2.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 60 15 25% 0.94 −17.01
2nd–3rd fav 113 19 16.8% 1.19 +0.53
4th–6th fav 131 7 5.3% 0.70 −58.50
7th+ in betting 168 7 4.2% 1.29 +10.00
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
Doctor Grace (IRE)from M Halford · then Adrian McGuinness 21 2 6 31 Jan 25
Golden Days (IRE)from Tracey Collins 20 3 8 29 Jan 25
Limestone Red (IRE)then Tracey Collins 17 1 3 11 Dec 24
Not Forgotten (IRE)from Tracey Collins 16 1 8 11 Oct 24
Slieve Binnian (IRE)from M Halford · then David Marnane 15 4 6 6 Dec 24
Slieve Bearnagh (IRE)from M Halford · then David Marnane 15 3 9 3 Nov 24
Elzaamsan (IRE)from M Halford 15 1 3 25 Sep 24
Cherry Pink (IRE)from M Halford · then Adrian McGuinness 13 0 2 28 May 24
Zileo (GB)from M Halford 13 0 4 22 Dec 23
Chally Chute (IRE)from M Halford · then Ross O'Sullivan 12 1 5 3 Nov 24
Ameerat Jumaira (GB)from M Halford · then Jack W Davison 12 4 6 13 Oct 24
Imperial Miss (IRE)then Thomas Gibney 11 0 1 17 Jan 25
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 80 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 2 times. Horses with fewer runs aren't listed; search finds any horse since 2005. 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 60 horses listed, 33 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from M Halford (22) and Tracey Collins (3); 27 had their first archived run for this yard.

32 have since run for another yard, most often for David Marnane (4) and Adrian McGuinness (3); 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.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime
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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
Go-to riderRonan Whelan
55% of all rides
13% SR · A/E 1.13
RiderRWSR£1
Ronan Whelan 261 34 13% +12.71
N G McCullagh 40 1 2.5% −21.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2023→
48
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£774k
Prize money
2024
Best season · 24 wins
Lo Rider (GB) — Paddy Power 'From The Horse's Mouth Podcast' Handicap (Premier Handicap) Curragh · Jun 2024
£59,000
Ameerat Jumaira (GB) — Irish Stallion Farms EBF Red God Handicap (Premier Handicap) Dundalk (AW) · Aug 2024
£29,500
Cosmic Vega (IRE) — Owenstown Stud Stakes (Listed) Naas · May 2023 · Listed
£23,600
Notable horses
Slieve Binnian (IRE) Ameerat Jumaira (GB) Golden Days (IRE) Slieve Bearnagh (IRE) Lord Church (IRE) Doctor Grace (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Elzaam (AUS) 3% · 1–33
Progeny have won 9.2% of 4,534 runs since 2016 (374 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.2% from 328.
Churchill (IRE) 10% · 3–30
Progeny have won 11% of 4,853 runs since 2021 (462 horses).
Lope De Vega (IRE) 10.3% · 3–29
Progeny have won 13.8% of 12,244 runs since 2014 (1,110 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 9.4% from 962.
Australia (GB) 14.8% · 4–27
Progeny have won 11.2% of 5,683 runs since 2018 (569 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.5% from 108.
Buratino (IRE) 9.5% · 2–21
Progeny have won 7.5% of 1,890 runs since 2020 (118 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.2% from 119.
Canford Cliffs (IRE) 15% · 3–20
Progeny have won 9.8% of 5,091 runs since 2015 (314 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 6.8% from 263.
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 13 Nov 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 472 · newest first

The latest 50 of 472 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 3 March 2023 to 31 January 2025.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
31 Jan 25 Dundalk (AW) Doctor Grace (IRE)J: Dylan O'Connor Follow Us On Twitter At DundalkStadium Handicap (47-65)10.5f · Standard · 13 ran 5th 16/1
31 Jan 25 Dundalk (AW) Widely Acclaimed (GB)J: Robbie Colgan Irish Stallion Farms EBF Median Auction Maiden8f · Standard · 14 ran 10th 11/1
29 Jan 25 Dundalk (AW) Golden Days (IRE)J: Jack Cleary Floodlit Friday Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65)7f · Standard · 14 ran 10th 16/1
27 Jan 25 Dundalk (AW) Habari (IRE)J: Mikey Sheehy William Hill Top Price Guarantee Handicap8f · Standard · 7 ran 4th 25/1
27 Jan 25 Dundalk (AW) Vivacious Lady (IRE)J: Jack Cleary DundalkStadium.com Handicap12f · Standard · 10 ran 6th 3/1
17 Jan 25 Dundalk (AW) Imperial Miss (IRE)J: Mikey Sheehy View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65)12f · Standard · 10 ran 4th 5/1
14 Jan 25 Dundalk (AW) Doctor Grace (IRE)J: Sam Coen Friday Night Lights Return To Dundalk Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)10.5f · Standard · 10 ran 5th 10/1
10 Jan 25 Dundalk (AW) Aljadel (IRE)J: Keithen Kennedy William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)8f · Standard · 12 ran 12th 22/1
10 Jan 25 Dundalk (AW) Golden Days (IRE)J: Jack Cleary William Hill Best Odds Guaranteed Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)8f · Standard · 13 ran 10th 9/1
10 Jan 25 Dundalk (AW) Duplantis (IRE)J: Donagh Murphy William Hill Top Price Guarantee Handicap (50-85)7f · Standard · 13 ran 13th 80/1
20 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Ceallach (IRE)J: Shane Foley Horse Racing Returns To Dundalk Friday 10th January 2025 Handicap10.5f · Standard · 9 ran 3rd 9/2
20 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Imperial Miss (IRE)J: Declan McDonogh HRI Best Turned-Out Flat League Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)12f · Standard · 14 ran 5th 7/1
20 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Vivacious Lady (IRE)J: W J Lee HRI Best Turned-Out Flat League Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)12f · Standard · 14 ran 2nd 10/3F
18 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Doctor Grace (IRE)J: Donagh Murphy DundalkStadium.com Handicap (47-70)10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 5th 66/1
18 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Haqawi (IRE)J: Donagh Murphy Irishinjuredjockeys.com Race8f · Standard · 11 ran 10th 150/1
18 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Empress Artemis (IRE)J: Ronan Whelan Irishinjuredjockeys.com Race8f · Standard · 11 ran 4th 5/2
18 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Duplantis (IRE)J: Leigh Roche Happy Christmas From All At Dundalk Stadium Handicap7f · Standard · 9 ran 9th 66/1
13 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Aljadel (IRE)J: Donagh Murphy Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Apprentice Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)8f · Standard · 14 ran 8th 100/1
13 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Mary Bagot (IRE)J: Jack Cleary Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Apprentice Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)8f · Standard · 11 ran 8th 22/1
11 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Limestone Red (IRE)J: Ronan Whelan Happy Christmas From All At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)10.5f · Standard · 12 ran 2nd 15/8F

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 Halford & T Collins's strike rate?
M Halford & T Collins has won 48 of 472 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 10.2% (as at 13 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does M Halford & T Collins do best at?
Dundalk (AW) by strike rate: 18 wins from 168 runners (10.7%) 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 M Halford & T Collins?
Ronan Whelan, with 261 runners since 2008 — 55% of the total. That pairing has won 34 (13%).
What is M Halford & T Collins's Fair A/E?
1.01, from 472 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 13 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).