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Trainer profile

Martin Brassil

1,216 runners in the lifetime window · 164 individual horses
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 4 days ago 90% of runners over jumps
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
123–1,216
Wins / Runs
10.1%
Strike rate
n=1,216
287 (24%)
Placed
1.24
n=1,216 · 0.97 incl. margin
−343.70
£1 level stake
n=1,216 at SP · −28.3%
£2.64m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
11.5%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 60 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 10% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.24).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,216 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jul–Oct 40.8% when favourite Mark Walsh: 14.8% from 230 New recruits: 10.7% Sends off the favourite in 8% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Kilbeggan (17.5%, n=57), clear of the yard's 10.1% baseline. It is weakest at Fairyhouse (2.2% over 93 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Debutants struggle at 3% (n=99, Fair A/E 0.69). Mark Walsh rides 19% of the entries and edges the yard's average (14.8% vs 10.1%, A/E 1.56) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well beyond 3m (22.8%, n=79). The record reads poorly over 1m2f – 1m4f — 2.3% over 44 runners, 7.8pts below the baseline. 19 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Grand National Handicap Chase at Aintree (Apr 2006, £399,140). The stable star of the record: Double Seven (IRE) — 9 wins from 31 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Jul–Oct.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 10.1% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
9.9%−0.2
n=393 · A/E 1.24 · £1 −111.93
New recruits · first run for the yard
10.7%+0.6
n=56 · A/E 1.72 · £1 −6.75
Debutants · first career start
3%−7.1
n=99 · A/E 0.69 · £1 −51.50
First-time headgear · true-first definition
8.4%−1.7
n=107 · A/E 1.21 · £1 −52.62
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
7.5%−2.6
n=40 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −13.62
When favourite
40.8%
n=103 · A/E 1.53 · £1 +14.27
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
5.8%−4.3
n=308 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −138.05
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
7.8%−2.3
n=129 · A/E 0.95 · £1 −38.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 10.1% 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
On last-time-out winners 23.6% vs 10.1% · n=123
Beyond 3m 22.8% vs 10.1% · n=79
At Fairyhouse 2.2% vs 10.1% · n=93
With debutants 3% vs 10.1% · n=99
At Kilbeggan 17.5% vs 10.1% · n=57
Over 1m2f – 1m4f 2.3% vs 10.1% · n=44
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 673 66 9.8% −209.90
Chase 327 42 12.8% +0.62
Flat 121 6 5% −89.75
NH Flat 95 9 9.5% −44.67

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 518 59 11.4% −114.58
Heavy 280 28 10% −73.24
Good 225 22 9.8% −74.76
Good to Soft 152 10 6.6% −69.87
Good to Firm 22 4 18.2% +7.75
Standard (AW) 19 0 0% −19.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Punchestown 228 27 11.8% +6.04
Naas 102 10 9.8% −51.43
Leopardstown 98 6 6.1% −47.12
Fairyhouse 93 2 2.2% −73.00
Navan 58 6 10.3% −25.62
Kilbeggan 57 10 17.5% −2.81
Galway 49 6 12.2% −14.90
Gowran Park 49 4 8.2% −19.75
Roscommon 46 5 10.9% +17.50
Tipperary 45 4 8.9% −22.63
Limerick 44 4 9.1% −21.90
Ballinrobe 33 4 12.1% −15.99
Thurles 32 1 3.1% −26.00
Sligo 31 5 16.1% +15.00
Listowel 29 4 13.8% +19.10

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 137 10 7.3% −46.00
Class 2 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 115 44 38.3% 1.49 +12.77
2nd–3rd fav 223 37 16.6% 1.18 −26.47
4th–6th fav 344 29 8.4% 1.23 −28.00
7th+ in betting 534 13 2.4% 0.86 −302.00
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
85% completed · 1,000 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 327 73.7% 17 12 55 1 1
Hurdle 673 90.5% 13 8 36 5 2
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
Desertmore House (IRE) 31 6 11 30 Apr 26
Double Seven (IRE) 31 9 12 19 Mar 17
Moville (IRE)from B W Hills 30 3 6 20 May 13
Glenquin Castle (IRE) 29 8 10 3 Dec 23
Mister Farmer (FR)from N Branchu 28 3 6 2 Apr 13
Panda Boy (IRE) 27 5 10 1 May 26
Artic Pearl (GB) 26 3 6 4 May 24
Longhouse Poet (IRE) 25 6 10 4 May 24
A Different World (IRE) 22 1 6 31 Jan 23
Vent De La Cote (FR)from F-M Cottin 19 3 6 17 Mar 19
Rolling Revenge (IRE)then Thomas Coyle 19 2 5 27 Oct 18
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 164 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 7 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, 22 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from A Chaille-Chaille (3) and Thomas Gallagher (3); 38 had their first archived run for this yard.

13 have since run for another yard, most often for Thomas Coyle (3); 47 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, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
119117951419131259
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 riderMark Walsh
19% of all rides
14.8% SR · A/E 1.56
RiderRWSR£1
Mark Walsh 230 34 14.8% −11.51
Ricky Doyle 147 17 11.6% +18.13
Conor Brassil 102 12 11.8% +13.85
J J Slevin 94 10 10.6% −21.14
Niall P Madden 83 7 8.4% −12.50
Darragh O'Keeffe 36 5 13.9% −4.40
Roger Loughran 34 1 2.9% −30.50
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
148
Archived wins
19
Pattern / graded wins
£3.71m
Prize money
2021
Best season · 17 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.
Numbersixvalverde (IRE) — Grand National Handicap Chase (Grade 3) Aintree · Apr 2006 · Class 1
£399,140
Fastorslow (FR) — Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup (Grade 1) Punchestown · May 2024 · Grade 1
£177,000
Fastorslow (FR) — Ladbrokes Punchestown Gold Cup (Grade 1) Punchestown · Apr 2023 · Grade 1
£177,000

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Court Cave (IRE) 22.4% · 11–49
Progeny have won 10.1% of 7,938 runs since 2008 (551 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 6.8% from 937.
Yeats (IRE) 20% · 9–45
Progeny have won 11.9% of 9,823 runs since 2008 (705 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.9% from 204. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 818.
Getaway (GER) 18.2% · 8–44
Progeny have won 11.3% of 10,931 runs since 2008 (1,028 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.3% from 133.
Kayf Tara (GB) 9.5% · 4–42
Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,742 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Beneficial (GB) 9.8% · 4–41
Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,044 runs since 2008 (1,155 horses).
Valirann (FR) 13.9% · 5–36
Progeny have won 10.2% of 1,441 runs since 2008 (157 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 7% from 342.
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 1,404 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,404 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 19 January 2005 to 23 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

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 Martin Brassil's strike rate?
Martin Brassil has won 123 of 1,216 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 10.1% (as at 27 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Martin Brassil do best at?
Kilbeggan by strike rate: 10 wins from 57 runners (17.5%) 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 Martin Brassil?
Mark Walsh, with 230 runners since 2008 — 19% of the total. That pairing has won 34 (14.8%).
Is Martin Brassil 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 Martin Brassil's Fair A/E?
1.24, from 1,216 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).