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Trainer profile

Mrs Gillian Callaghan

480 runners in the lifetime window · 62 individual horses
As at 12 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 174 days ago 96% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2011→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
45–480
Wins / Runs
9.4%
Strike rate
n=480
105 (22%)
Placed
1.32
Fair A/E
n=480 · 1.03 incl. margin
−54.28
£1 level stake
n=480 at SP · −11.3%
£420k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
12.5%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 9% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.32). With a claiming rider up the record reads 15% (150 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 480 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 12 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires May–Jun 26.7% when favourite Keith Donoghue: 14.6% from 164 Claiming riders: 14.7% Sends off the favourite in 6% of races
The read

It is weakest at Punchestown (2.8% over 36 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Runners with a claiming rider up have been a positive signal at 14.7% (n=150, Fair A/E 2.00), but debutants struggle at 4.9% (n=41, Fair A/E 1.10). Keith Donoghue rides 34% of the entries and beats the yard's average (14.6% vs 9.4%, A/E 1.67) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well over 2m5f – 3m (14.5%, n=110). The record reads poorly on Heavy going — 3.3% over 92 runners, 6.1pts below the baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Follow Gowran Park On Facebook Handicap Hurdle at Gowran Park (Sep 2011, £17,875). The stable star of the record: Ongenstown Lad (IRE) — 7 wins from 25 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires May–Jun.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 9.4% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
9.1%−0.3
n=88 · A/E 1.54 · £1 +1.41
New recruits · first run for the yard
9.5%+0.1
n=21 · A/E 2.48 · £1 +4.50
Debutants · first career start
4.9%−4.5
n=41 · A/E 1.10 · £1 +27.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
14.8%+5.4
n=27 · A/E 2.15 · £1 +27.50
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
10.5%+1.1
n=19 · A/E 1.24 · £1 −4.50
When favourite
26.7%
n=30 · A/E 1.14 · £1 −6.78
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
14.7%+5.3
n=150 · A/E 2.00 · £1 +67.06
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
4.5%−4.9
n=22 · A/E 0.82 · £1 −10.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 9.4% 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
On last-time-out winners 18.6% vs 9.4% · n=43
On Heavy going 3.3% vs 9.4% · n=92
With claiming riders up 14.7% vs 9.4% · n=150
With Keith Donoghue 14.6% vs 9.4% · n=164
Over 2m5f – 3m 14.5% vs 9.4% · n=110
At Punchestown 2.8% vs 9.4% · n=36
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 307 33 10.7% −25.19
Chase 106 6 5.7% −59.09
NH Flat 48 5 10.4% +15.00
Flat 19 1 5.3% +15.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 163 15 9.2% −6.85
Good 143 18 12.6% +29.07
Heavy 92 3 3.3% −48.00
Good to Firm 40 4 10% −16.00
Good to Soft 39 5 12.8% −9.50
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Navan 61 4 6.6% −20.10
Fairyhouse 48 2 4.2% −10.75
Downpatrick 37 5 13.5% −8.59
Punchestown 36 1 2.8% −29.00
Kilbeggan 31 5 16.1% +19.50
Thurles 22 4 18.2% +30.50
Down Royal 20 0 0% −20.00
Ballinrobe 19 1 5.3% −15.75
Tramore 17 2 11.8% −6.00
Roscommon 17 2 11.8% −4.00
Clonmel 17 1 5.9% −12.50
Limerick 15 1 6.7% −6.00
Gowran Park 15 2 13.3% +9.00
Naas 14 0 0% −14.00
Galway 13 0 0% −13.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 17 0 0% −17.00
Class 5 7 4 57.1% +15.41
Class 4 5 2 40% +22.00
Class 2 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 3 4 2 50% +7.50
Class 6 1 1 100% +5.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 40 10 25% 1.15 −8.78
2nd–3rd fav 78 12 15.4% 1.17 −8.50
4th–6th fav 120 15 12.5% 1.77 +39.00
7th+ in betting 242 8 3.3% 1.20 −76.00
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 · 413 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 106 76.4% 7 3 15 0 0
Hurdle 307 87.9% 9 2 24 1 1
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
The Dasher Conway (IRE) 43 4 13 8 Nov 25
Run For Harry (IRE) 25 2 6 11 Oct 25
Ongenstown Lad (IRE)from Peter L Kavanagh 25 7 10 5 Jul 16
Redclue (IRE)from Miss Clare Louise Cannon 24 5 9 8 Dec 18
Mad Brian (IRE) 24 3 8 17 Apr 17
Royal Boru (IRE) 22 3 4 17 Jun 16
Doc Hollywood (IRE) 22 2 7 30 Oct 14
Katys Girl (IRE)from Patrick O Brady 20 2 5 26 Jul 14
Thatshowhedidit (IRE) 14 1 3 19 Aug 16
Auntie Annie (IRE) 13 0 0 10 Dec 16
Myblueeyedgirl (IRE) 13 1 2 30 May 15
Bouncing Betty (IRE) 13 1 2 25 Jul 14
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 62 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 1 time. 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, 20 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Gerard Keane (2) and Michael Mulvany (2); 40 had their first archived run for this yard.

11 have since run for another yard; 49 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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310157151631261470
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 riderKeith Donoghue
34% of all rides
14.6% SR · A/E 1.67
RiderRWSR£1
Keith Donoghue 164 24 14.6% +20.41
Robbie Colgan 73 3 4.1% −39.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2011→
45
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£420k
Prize money
2015
Best season · 12 wins
Ongenstown Lad (IRE) — Follow Gowran Park On Facebook Handicap Hurdle (Grade C) Gowran Park · Sep 2011 · Grade C
£17,875
Ongenstown Lad (IRE) — Devon Inn Hotel Handicap Hurdle Listowel · Sep 2015
£13,000
Mad Brian (IRE) — Martinstown Opportunity Handicap Hurdle Navan · Feb 2017
£11,396
Notable horses
Ongenstown Lad (IRE) Redclue (IRE) The Dasher Conway (IRE) Mad Brian (IRE) Royal Boru (IRE) Run For Harry (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Brian Boru (GB) 13% · 6–46
Progeny have won 11% of 4,124 runs since 2009 (285 horses).
Ask (GB) 9.3% · 4–43
Progeny have won 10.6% of 3,221 runs since 2014 (283 horses).
Bach (IRE) 28% · 7–25
Progeny have won 7.8% of 2,289 runs since 2008 (240 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 12.7% from 244.
Champs Elysees (GB) 8% · 2–25
Progeny have won 11.5% of 7,131 runs since 2013 (521 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 7.9% from 391. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 7.5% from 387.
Kutub (IRE) 4% · 1–25
Progeny have won 9.2% of 1,004 runs since 2008 (86 horses).
Red Clubs (IRE) 20.8% · 5–24
Progeny have won 10.3% of 3,131 runs since 2011 (143 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 5.5% from 127.
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 12 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 480 · newest first

The latest 50 of 480 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 2 February 2011 to 22 May 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
22 May 26 Downpatrick Royal Mal (IRE)J: Donagh Meyler Randox Maiden Hurdle19f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 13th 10/1
10 May 26 Cork Royal Soldier (IRE)J: Keith Donoghue Sean Murphy Plant Hire Ltd. Rated Novice Hurdle17.5f · Good · 8 ran PU 8/1
06 Apr 26 Cork Royal Mal (IRE)J: Mr L P Shanahan Pegus Horse Feed Point-To-Point Flat Race19f · Yielding · 8 ran 5th 12/1
05 Apr 26 Fairyhouse Royal Soldier (IRE)J: Donagh Meyler Cawley Furniture Novice Handicap Hurdle20f · Yielding To Soft · 20 ran F 7/1
07 Mar 26 Gowran Park Royal Soldier (IRE)J: Donagh Meyler BOYLE Sports Cheltenham Bank Builder Jackpot Handicap Hurdle16f · Heavy · 11 ran 1st 11/1
03 Feb 26 Fairyhouse Royal Soldier (IRE)J: Donagh Meyler BetVictor Still Best Odds Guaranteed Maiden Hurdle16f · Heavy · 15 ran 4th 50/1
12 Jan 26 Punchestown Royal Soldier (IRE)J: Donagh Meyler Matchbook 50:50 Graduation Series Maiden Hurdle19.5f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran 5th 125/1
01 Jan 26 Fairyhouse Royal Soldier (IRE)J: Keith Donoghue Easter Festival Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now Maiden Hurdle20f · Yielding · 18 ran 11th 200/1
06 Dec 25 Navan Royal Soldier (IRE)J: Mr D G Lavery Tote Always SP Or Better Flat Race16f · Soft To Heavy · 8 ran 5th 33/1
08 Nov 25 Gowran Park The Dasher Conway (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh Noreside Catering Handicap Chase16f · Heavy · 11 ran F 16/1
26 Oct 25 Galway The Dasher Conway (IRE)J: Patrick M O'Brien Glenman Corporation Handicap Chase22.5f · Yielding · 9 ran 5th 14/1
11 Oct 25 Fairyhouse Run For Harry (IRE)J: Keith Donoghue Powerscreen New England Supporting Louth GAA Handicap Hurdle16f · Yielding · 12 ran PU 6/1
20 Sep 25 Navan The Dasher Conway (IRE)J: Keith Donoghue SIS, Supporting Irish Racing Handicap Hurdle16f · Yielding · 16 ran 12th 28/1
17 Aug 25 Tramore The Dasher Conway (IRE)J: Keith Donoghue McCarthy's Irish Bar Lexington Handicap Chase22f · Good · 11 ran PU 6/1
14 Aug 25 Tramore Run For Harry (IRE)J: Keith Donoghue Bluegrass Horse Feeds Handicap Hurdle16f · Good · 11 ran 8th 14/1
03 Aug 25 Galway The Dasher Conway (IRE)J: Jonathan Burke Lord Hemphill Memorial Handicap Chase18f · Soft · 10 ran 5th 11/2
02 Aug 25 Galway Run For Harry (IRE)J: Patrick M O'Brien BoyleSports Galway Tribes Handicap Hurdle17f · Good · 15 ran 13th 16/1
11 Jul 25 Kilbeggan The Dasher Conway (IRE)J: Donagh Meyler Writech Handicap Hurdle18.5f · Good · 8 ran 3rd 5/1
15 Jun 25 Downpatrick The Dasher Conway (IRE)J: Kevin Sexton Download The Tote App Handicap Hurdle18f · Yielding To Soft · 9 ran 5th 14/1
15 Jun 25 Downpatrick Run For Harry (IRE)J: Kieren Buckley Download The Tote App Handicap Hurdle18f · Yielding To Soft · 9 ran 2nd 18/1

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 Mrs Gillian Callaghan's strike rate?
Mrs Gillian Callaghan has won 45 of 480 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 9.4% (as at 12 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Mrs Gillian Callaghan do best at?
Kilbeggan by strike rate: 5 wins from 31 runners (16.1%) 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 Mrs Gillian Callaghan?
Keith Donoghue, with 164 runners since 2008 — 34% of the total. That pairing has won 24 (14.6%).
What is Mrs Gillian Callaghan's Fair A/E?
1.32, from 480 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 12 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).