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M J Byrne

62 runners in the last 5 seasons · 7 individual horses
As at 1 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 9 days ago 100% of runners on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
4–62
Wins / Runs
6.5%
Strike rate
n=62
14 (23%)
Placed
0.90
Fair A/E
n=62 · 0.74 incl. margin
+31.69
£1 level stake
n=62 at SP · +51.1%
£105k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
7.7%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.5% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−6.5
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−6.5
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−6.5
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−6.5
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
When favourite
100%
n=2 · A/E 2.40 · £1 +3.19
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%−6.5
n=22 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −22.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
12.5%+6.0
n=8 · A/E 1.36 · £1 −4.25

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.5% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 23 2 8.7% +59.44
Soft 22 1 4.5% −18.25
Standard (AW) 7 0 0% −7.00
Good to Soft 5 1 20% +2.50
Heavy 5 0 0% −5.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Gowran Park 12 1 8.3% +69.00
Cork 11 2 18.2% +0.25
Curragh 11 0 0% −11.00
Naas 9 1 11.1% −7.56
Dundalk (AW) 7 0 0% −7.00
Killarney 4 0 0% −4.00
Tipperary 3 0 0% −3.00
Limerick 2 0 0% −2.00
Clonmel (IRE) 1 0 0% −1.00
Navan 1 0 0% −1.00
Roscommon 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 8 1 12.5% −4.25

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 2 2 100% 2.40 +3.19
2nd–3rd fav 9 1 11.1% 0.78 −1.50
4th–6th fav 20 0 0% 0.00 −20.00
7th+ in betting 31 1 3.2% 1.33 +50.00
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
Likedbymike (IRE) 24 3 9 23 Oct 26
Two Metres Apart (IRE) 12 0 1 29 Jul 23
Ochtar Againn (IRE) 11 0 1 5 Oct 26
Skib Gold (GB) 11 1 2 26 May 26
White Smoke (IRE)then M C Grassick 2 0 1 16 Aug 25
Nogs (IRE) 1 0 0 5 Oct 26
Hannah Fairy (IRE) 1 0 0 6 Jun 22
All 7 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 7 horses listed, none arrived from another yard in our archive — all 7 had their first archived run here.

1 has since run for another yard; 6 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 1
Only 1 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
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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
RiderRWSR£1
Paddy Harnett 21 1 4.8% +60.00
Seamie Heffernan 6 0 0% −6.00
Killian Leonard 6 0 0% −6.00
J M Sheridan 6 1 16.7% −4.56
Joe Doyle 5 0 0% −5.00
W J Lee 4 1 25% +3.50
Colin Keane 4 1 25% −0.25
Gavin Ryan 2 0 0% −2.00
Dylan Browne McMonagle 2 0 0% −2.00
Jimmy Dalton 2 0 0% −2.00
Alan Persse 1 0 0% −1.00
Ms S Verling 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
8
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£140k
Prize money
2011
Best season · 3 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.
Likedbymike (IRE) — Irish Stallion Farms EBF Abergwaun Stakes (Listed) Cork (IRE) · Aug 2026 · Listed
£30,000
Likedbymike (IRE) — TRM Ironxcell For Energy Race Naas (IRE) · Aug 2026
£10,800
Likedbymike (IRE) — Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden Cork · Oct 2024
£10,620
Notable horses
Likedbymike (IRE) Knockgraffon Lad (USA) Amachine (IRE) Skib Gold (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Inns Of Court (IRE) 12.5% · 3–24
Progeny have won 9.4% of 2,244 runs since 2008 (232 horses). Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 12.7% from 150.
Prince Of Lir (IRE) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 8.9% of 1,381 runs since 2008 (104 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15% from 200.
Havana Gold (IRE) 9.1% · 1–11
Progeny have won 9.5% of 5,060 runs since 2008 (402 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.3% from 117. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13% from 523. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 6.2% from 177.
Profitable (IRE) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 9.5% of 4,436 runs since 2008 (358 horses).
Coulsty (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 9.6% of 1,543 runs since 2008 (167 horses).
Footstepsinthesand (GB) 0% · 0–1
Progeny have won 10.2% of 12,802 runs since 2008 (937 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 6.9% from 320.
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 1 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 272 · newest first

The latest 50 of 272 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 3 March 2005 to 23 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
23 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Likedbymike (IRE)J: J M Sheridan BAR 1 Betting Mercury Stakes (Group 3)Class 1 · 5f · Standard · 13 ran 7th 12/1
05 Oct 26 Killarney (IRE) Nogs (IRE)J: Killian Leonard Spin Southwest Maiden11f · Soft · 7 ran 7th 200/1
05 Oct 26 Killarney (IRE) Ochtar Againn (IRE)J: Jimmy Dalton Killarney Student Raceday Handicap8f · Soft · 15 ran 13th 12/1
04 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Likedbymike (IRE)J: W. J. Lee Hailey Equine Irish EBF Brigid's Pastures Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 6f · Soft · 16 ran 14th 12/1
16 Sep 26 Clonmel (IRE) Ochtar Againn (IRE)J: Paddy Harnett Suir Blueway Handicap10f · Yielding · 14 ran 2nd 33/1
30 Aug 26 Cork (IRE) Likedbymike (IRE)J: Colin Keane Irish Stallion Farms EBF Abergwaun Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 5f · Yielding · 8 ran 1st 11/4F
30 Aug 26 Cork (IRE) Ochtar Againn (IRE)J: Paddy Harnett Book Tickets Online At www.corkracecourse.ie Apprentice Handicap8f · Yielding · 16 ran 16th 22/1
07 Aug 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Ochtar Againn (IRE)J: Paddy Harnett 1XBET.IE RACING LEGACY Handicap7f · Good · 14 ran 7th 5/1
03 Aug 26 Naas (IRE) Likedbymike (IRE)J: J M Sheridan TRM Ironxcell For Energy Race6f · Good · 5 ran 1st 4/9F
22 Jul 26 Naas (IRE) Likedbymike (IRE)J: Declan McDonogh Yeomanstown Stud Irish EBF Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 6f · Good · 15 ran 10th 14/1
11 Jul 26 Limerick Ochtar Againn (IRE)J: Jimmy Dalton DAR Golf And Mann Family Handicap (0-60)6.5f · Good · 14 ran 4th 10/1
04 Jul 26 Naas Likedbymike (IRE)J: Dylan Browne McMonagle Irish Stallion Farms EBF Race5f · Good · 5 ran 3rd 15/8
28 Jun 26 Curragh Likedbymike (IRE)J: Colin Keane Dubai Duty Free Rockingham Handicap (Premier Handicap)5f · Good · 16 ran 9th 11/2
14 Jun 26 Cork Ochtar Againn (IRE)J: Killian Leonard Racing Again Friday 10th July Handicap8f · Good · 12 ran 10th 20/1
14 Jun 26 Cork Likedbymike (IRE)J: J M Sheridan Irish Stallion Farms EBF Midsummer Sprint Stakes (Listed)5f · Good · 8 ran 2nd 7/2
01 Jun 26 Gowran Park Ochtar Againn (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Ladies Day July 25th Handicap (0-60) (Div 2)9.5f · Yielding · 12 ran 10th 13/2
26 May 26 Dundalk (AW) Skib Gold (GB)J: Paddy Harnett Family Fun Day Saturday 15th August Handicap (0-60)12f · Standard · 13 ran 13th 17/2
17 May 26 Naas Likedbymike (IRE)J: J M Sheridan Sole Power Sprint Stakes (Listed)5f · Good · 10 ran 4th 7/1
05 May 26 Gowran Park Skib Gold (GB)J: Paddy Harnett Save 33% Buying Tickets Online Handicap (0-60)8f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 15th 14/1
05 May 26 Gowran Park Ochtar Againn (IRE)J: Paddy Harnett Follow Us On Instagram Apprentice Handicap (0-60)8f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 5th 40/1

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 J Byrne's strike rate?
M J Byrne has won 4 of 62 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 6.5% (as at 1 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Is M J Byrne in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 1 runner, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is M J Byrne's Fair A/E?
0.90, from 62 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 1 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).