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Martin O'Toole

47 runners in our archive record, 2005–2006 · 10 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Oct 2006
Archive record 2005–2006
No runners from 1 Jan 2008, where our aggregate statistics normally begin — showing the full archive record instead, 27 Jan 2005 to 23 Oct 2006. Figures that need a horse's earlier runs (debuts, time since a run, first-time headgear, new connections, last-time-out winners) are left out: for runs this early our archive cannot see what came before.
4–47
Wins / Runs
8.5%
Strike rate
n=47
10 (21%)
Placed
1.66
Fair A/E
n=47 · 1.16 incl. margin
+4.50
£1 level stake
n=47 at SP · +9.6%
£40,654
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
12.5%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8.5% baseline
When favourite
33.3%
n=3 · A/E 2.11 · £1 +2.50
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%−8.5
n=11 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −11.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.5% baseline — descriptive splits with the sample always shown, not tips. Tiles under 30 runs render muted. Claiming riders are runs where the booked rider carried a weight claim. Group / Graded covers pattern and listed races. Tiles that depend on a horse's earlier runs (debuts, time off, first-time headgear, new connections, last-time-out winners) are not shown on an archive-era record: for runs this early our archive cannot see what came before.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
In Flat races 12.1% vs 8.5% · n=33
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 33 4 12.1% +18.50
Hurdle 12 0 0% −12.00
Chase 2 0 0% −2.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 12 3 25% +18.50
Good to Firm 11 0 0% −11.00
Good 11 0 0% −11.00
Heavy 7 0 0% −7.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Firm 2 0 0% −2.00
Standard (AW) 1 1 100% +20.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Curragh 4 0 0% −4.00
Roscommon 4 0 0% −4.00
Ballinrobe 3 0 0% −3.00
Cork 3 1 33.3% +2.50
Downpatrick 3 0 0% −3.00
Down Royal 3 0 0% −3.00
Tipperary 3 1 33.3% +12.00
Galway 3 0 0% −3.00
Thurles 3 0 0% −3.00
Sligo 3 0 0% −3.00
Kilbeggan 2 0 0% −2.00
Listowel 2 0 0% −2.00
Limerick 2 0 0% −2.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00
Naas 1 1 100% +9.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 3 1 33.3% 2.11 +2.50
2nd–3rd fav 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
4th–6th fav 9 1 11.1% 1.68 +1.00
7th+ in betting 32 2 6.3% 1.90 +4.00
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
Dafaroun (IRE)then T Hogan 16 4 8 23 Oct 06
Glenviews Babalou (USA)then Peter Grayson 9 0 2 24 Sep 05
Bruegel (IRE)then Thomas Cleary 5 0 0 15 Dec 05
Glenviews Oldport (USA)then Peter Grayson 4 0 0 8 Sep 05
Busy Signal (GB)then Thomas Cleary 4 0 0 2 May 05
Catchthedolphin (IRE) 2 0 0 14 Jul 05
Meandbobbiemagee (IRE) 2 0 0 20 Jun 05
Cosi Island (IRE) 2 0 0 3 Jun 05
Blow Torch (GB) 2 0 0 12 Mar 05
Faithful Manager (IRE) 1 0 0 13 Feb 05
All 10 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 10 horses listed, 5 have since run for another yard, most often for Peter Grayson (2) and Thomas Cleary (2); 5 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. Where a horse came from is not stated on an archive-era record: our archive cannot see before 2005. 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, 2005–2006
JFMAMJJASOND
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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
Tadhg O'Shea 10 4 40% +41.50
W Slattery 5 0 0% −5.00
P Shanahan 4 0 0% −4.00
Fran Berry 4 0 0% −4.00
N G McCullagh 4 0 0% −4.00
S Hunter 3 0 0% −3.00
R M Burke 2 0 0% −2.00
Ken Whelan 2 0 0% −2.00
Rory Cleary 2 0 0% −2.00
P W Flood 1 0 0% −1.00
Johnny Murtagh 1 0 0% −1.00
Mr J D Moore 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
4
Archived wins
£40,654
Prize money
2005
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. On this page the header statistics and this card both count from the archive floor (2005), so they agree.
Dafaroun (IRE) — Go Racing In Kildare Handicap (50-80) Naas · Apr 2006
£8,638
Dafaroun (IRE) — Kanturk Handicap (50-80) Cork · Oct 2005
£8,638
Dafaroun (IRE) — Super Sunday At Tipperary Handicap (50-80) Tipperary · Sep 2005
£8,638
Notable horses
Dafaroun (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Royal Applause (GB) 25% · 4–16
Progeny have won 8.6% of 15,174 runs since 2005 (931 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 5.3% from 398.
Deputy Commander (USA) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 4.8% of 83 runs since 2005 (7 horses).
Entrepreneur (GB) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 6.6% of 1,266 runs since 2005 (116 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 3.4% from 116.
Bering (GB) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 11.3% of 1,271 runs since 2005 (120 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 16.6% from 181. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 7% from 187. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 14.7% from 273. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 7.5% from 120.
Old Trieste (USA) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 5.1% of 39 runs since 2005 (2 horses).
Deploy (GB) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 9.9% of 1,289 runs since 2005 (148 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 6.1% from 180.
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 2005, as at 22 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

all 47 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Martin O'Toole's 47 archived runners, from 27 January 2005 to 23 October 2006, newest first — 4 winners among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
23 Oct 06 Curragh Dafaroun (IRE)J: Fran Berry Book Hospitality At The Curragh Handicap (50-80)6f · Heavy · 28 ran 25th 12/1
14 Oct 06 Cork Dafaroun (IRE)J: P Shanahan Kanturk Handicap (50-80)5f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran 8th 11/2
22 Sep 06 Listowel Dafaroun (IRE)J: Fran Berry Liam O'Flaherty Handicap (50-80)6f · Heavy · 14 ran 3rd 10/1
10 Aug 06 Sligo Dafaroun (IRE)J: P Shanahan Foley's Bar & Off Licence Handicap (60-90)6.5f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 9th 8/1
28 May 06 Curragh Dafaroun (IRE)J: Tadhg O'Shea boylecasino.com H'cap (50-80)6f · Heavy · 27 ran 22nd 9/1
01 May 06 Curragh Dafaroun (IRE)J: Tadhg O'Shea Choisir Handicap (60-95)5f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 2nd 13/2
22 Apr 06 Naas Dafaroun (IRE)J: Tadhg O'Shea Go Racing In Kildare Handicap (50-80)5f · Yielding To Soft · 17 ran 1st 9/1
13 Apr 06 Tipperary Dafaroun (IRE)J: Paddy Kennedy Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap (40-70)5f · Heavy · 17 ran 3rd 8/1
15 Dec 05 Gowran Park Bruegel (IRE)J: W Slattery Clashwilliam Maiden Hurdle24f · Yielding · 19 ran 11th 25/1
23 Oct 05 Curragh Dafaroun (IRE)J: Tadhg O'Shea Irish Pride Joe Mcgrath EBF Premier Handicap6f · Soft · 21 ran 16th 12/1
15 Oct 05 Cork Dafaroun (IRE)J: Tadhg O'Shea Kanturk Handicap (50-80)5f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran 1st 9/2F
24 Sep 05 Fairyhouse Glenviews Babalou (USA)J: S Hunter Derrinstown Stud Apprentice Handicap (40-70)7f · Good To Firm · 18 ran 13th 20/1
19 Sep 05 Listowel Dafaroun (IRE)J: Tadhg O'Shea Kirby's Brogue Inn/Kirby's Lanterns Handicap 36-60 Div 16f · Good · 14 ran 2nd 11/4F
15 Sep 05 Tipperary Dafaroun (IRE)J: Tadhg O'Shea Super Sunday At Tipperary Handicap (50-80)5f · Yielding To Soft · 18 ran 1st 14/1
08 Sep 05 Cork Glenviews Oldport (USA)J: S Hunter Mallow Handicap (40-70)7f · Good To Firm · 18 ran 18th 40/1
05 Sep 05 Galway Glenviews Oldport (USA)J: Tadhg O'Shea Trappers Inn Handicap (50-80)7f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 12th 25/1
02 Sep 05 Down Royal Glenviews Babalou (USA)J: N G McCullagh Renault Master Handicap (40-60)7f · Firm · 14 ran 10th 4/1F
01 Sep 05 Laytown (AW) Dafaroun (IRE)J: Tadhg O'Shea O'Neills Sports Handicap (40-60)6f · Standard · 10 ran 1st 20/1
15 Aug 05 Roscommon Glenviews Babalou (USA)J: N G McCullagh Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden7f · Good To Firm · 13 ran 2nd 16/1
14 Aug 05 Leopardstown Glenviews Oldport (USA)J: Johnny Murtagh Dalkey Fillies Handicap (60-90)6f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 12th 25/1

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 Martin O'Toole's strike rate?
Martin O'Toole has won 4 of 47 runners between 2005 and 2006, a strike rate of 8.5% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. Our archive begins in 2005, so anything earlier is not counted.
What is Martin O'Toole's Fair A/E?
1.66, from 47 runners with a computed fair probability between 2005 and 2006. 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008). This profile has no runs from 2008, so every figure on this page counts from the start of the archive instead.