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Trainer profile

Ms Claire O'Connell

347 runners in the last 5 seasons · 51 individual horses
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 2 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2009→)
from 1 Jan 2022
16–347
Wins / Runs
4.6%
Strike rate
n=347
49 (14%)
Placed
1.17
Fair A/E
n=346 · 0.93 incl. margin
−103.00
£1 level stake
n=347 at SP · −29.7%
£199k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
4.5%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 70 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 5% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.17). Debutants are a strength: 6% on first career starts (33 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 347 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 5.8% Claiming riders: 5.4%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.6% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
5.8%+1.2
n=52 · A/E 2.42 · £1 −9.50
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−4.6
n=21 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −21.00
Debutants · first career start
6.1%+1.5
n=33 · A/E 3.56 · £1 −5.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
4%−0.6
n=25 · A/E 1.38 · £1 −20.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
7.7%+3.1
n=13 · A/E 1.47 · £1 −7.50
When favourite
16.7%
n=6 · A/E 0.85 · £1 −3.25
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
5.4%+0.8
n=167 · A/E 1.38 · £1 −76.25
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−4.6
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.6% 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
With James Ryan 0% vs 4.6% · n=33
Over 2m5f – 3m 8.5% vs 4.6% · n=47
In Chase races 8.6% vs 4.6% · n=35
Off a 61-180-day break 8.6% vs 4.6% · n=35
On Good to Soft going 8.3% vs 4.6% · n=36
With James Smith 8.1% vs 4.6% · n=37
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 220 8 3.6% −80.50
Hurdle 76 2 2.6% −48.00
Chase 35 3 8.6% +6.50
NH Flat 16 3 18.8% +19.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 115 5 4.3% −65.50
Good 101 5 5% −55.75
Standard (AW) 54 2 3.7% +10.00
Good to Soft 36 3 8.3% +43.75
Heavy 36 1 2.8% −30.50
Good to Firm 5 0 0% −5.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 51 1 2% +0.00
Fairyhouse 39 2 5.1% −19.25
Navan 34 1 2.9% −28.50
Curragh 24 0 0% −24.00
Bellewstown 23 1 4.3% −16.50
Cork 18 1 5.6% −13.00
Naas 17 0 0% −17.00
Leopardstown 15 0 0% −15.00
Gowran Park 13 0 0% −13.00
Punchestown 12 1 8.3% +39.00
Sligo 11 1 9.1% −4.00
Down Royal 10 0 0% −10.00
Roscommon 9 0 0% −9.00
Downpatrick 8 0 0% −8.00
Wexford 8 0 0% −8.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 8 0 0% −8.00
Class 5 3 1 33.3% +20.00
Class 4 2 2 100% +8.25
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 7 1 14.3% 0.73 −4.25
2nd–3rd fav 27 4 14.8% 1.20 −7.25
4th–6th fav 69 6 8.7% 1.39 −15.50
7th+ in betting 244 5 2% 1.07 −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.

Horses trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Catherine Chroi (IRE)from Mrs Denise Foster · then Iain Jardine 35 0 6 22 Sep 25
Roman Harry (IRE)from James McAuley · then S M Duffy 30 2 7 3 Dec 25
Born Bright (IRE) 23 4 5 3 Oct 26
Star Allure (IRE)from George Scott 19 0 2 1 Oct 26
Dervo Annie (IRE) 13 1 3 16 Oct 26
She's Too Kool (IRE) 12 1 3 12 Oct 26
Smart Sioux (IRE) 11 0 0 1 Oct 26
Glenetty (IRE) 11 0 2 3 Apr 25
Patsy's Pride (IRE) 10 0 0 10 Apr 26
Glen Ali (IRE) 10 0 0 23 Jan 24
Born Famous (IRE) 10 0 0 27 Sep 23
Aughlish (IRE) 8 0 2 15 Oct 26
All 51 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 51 horses listed, 16 arrived from another yard in our archive; 35 had their first archived run for this yard.

11 have since run for another yard, most often for Iain Jardine (3); 40 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 6
Only 6 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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Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderJames Smith
11% of all rides
8.1% SR · A/E 1.47
RiderRWSR£1
James Smith 37 3 8.1% −10.50
James Ryan 33 0 0% −33.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2009→
20
Archived wins
£248k
Prize money
2025
Best season · 6 wins
Kennoway (IRE) — Frank Hannon Memorial Handicap Chase (0-123) Roscommon · May 2013
£10,695
Dara Whyte (IRE) — Irish Day At Navan Racecourse Beginners Chase Navan · Mar 2009
£9,329
She's Too Kool (IRE) — Virgin Bet A Good Bet Restricted Novice Stakes (For Horses In Bands B, C And D) (GBB Race) Chester · Sep 2026 · Class 4
£9,277
Notable horses
Born Bright (IRE) Roman Harry (IRE) Kennoway (IRE) Alnofoor (GB) Killeen Elegance (IRE) Dervo Annie (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Camacho (GB) 0% · 0–35
Progeny have won 8.1% of 9,320 runs since 2008 (596 horses).
Califet (FR) 0% · 0–31
Progeny have won 11.8% of 3,788 runs since 2008 (399 horses).
Harry Angel (IRE) 6.7% · 2–30
Progeny have won 12.7% of 2,753 runs since 2008 (261 horses). Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 8.4% from 332.
Famous Name (GB) 4% · 1–25
Progeny have won 9.1% of 1,510 runs since 2008 (102 horses).
Kalanisi (IRE) 16.7% · 4–24
Progeny have won 10.5% of 6,742 runs since 2008 (648 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 16.1% from 355.
Sea The Stars (IRE) 0% · 0–19
Progeny have won 15.7% of 9,937 runs since 2008 (1,110 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 18.9% from 1,503. Weakest on Heavy going: 9.3% from 453. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 11.5% from 139.
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 21 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 534 · newest first

The latest 50 of 534 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 15 March 2009 to 19 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
19 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Gloriously Glam (IRE)J: Shay Wallace Racing Club Membership Handicap (Div II)8.5f · Soft · 15 ran 13th 28/1
16 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Dervo Annie (IRE)J: Colin Keane Celebrate Your Special Occasion At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (Div II)7f · Standard · 14 ran 10th 8/1
15 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Prince Andorra (IRE)J: Alan Casey October Racing With 1xBet.ie Apprentice Handicap5f · Soft · 17 ran 11th 50/1
15 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Aughlish (IRE)J: Adam Browne-Souza October Racing With 1xBet.ie Apprentice Handicap5f · Soft · 17 ran 10th 66/1
12 Oct 26 Roscommon (IRE) She's Too Kool (IRE)J: Adam Browne-Souza Guinness Handicap7.5f · Soft · 14 ran 5th 10/1
09 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Prince Andorra (IRE)J: Robbie Colgan Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (Div II)7f · Standard · 14 ran 11th 50/1
07 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) Amazing Force (IRE)J: Siobhan Rutledge Book Your Discounted Tickets On NavanRacecourse.ie Handicap6f · Yielding · 22 ran 18th 100/1
07 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) Dreaminthejungle (IRE)J: Adam Browne-Souza Buy Now & Save With The Real Deal Bundle Maiden6f · Yielding · 13 ran 2nd 16/1
05 Oct 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Risen Tide (IRE)J: J J Slevin Winter Festival Tickets On Sale Now Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 10 ran 9th 150/1
05 Oct 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Born Believing (IRE)J: James Smith Adare Manor Opportunity Mares Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 10 ran 3rd 100/30J
03 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Born Bright (IRE)J: James Smith Jack Duggan Memorial Handicap Hurdle24f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran PU 16/1
01 Oct 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Smart Sioux (IRE)J: Rory Cleary Johnny Kierans Memorial Handicap5f · Soft To Heavy · 9 ran 9th 66/1
01 Oct 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Star Allure (IRE)J: Siobhan Rutledge Johnny Kierans Memorial Handicap5f · Soft To Heavy · 9 ran 3rd 18/1
30 Sep 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Star Allure (IRE)J: Colin Keane Johnny Sullivan Memorial Maiden5f · Soft To Heavy · 7 ran 5th 28/1
30 Sep 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Dandyville (IRE)J: Chris Hayes Rathbarry & Glenview Studs Handicap8f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran 13th 66/1
28 Sep 26 Roscommon (IRE) Born Believing (IRE)J: James Smith Kelly Hearing Specialists Mares Maiden Hurdle20.5f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 5th 12/1
26 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Born Bright (IRE)J: Mr D O'Sullivan John & Terry Moriarty Memorial (Q.R.) Handicap Steeplechase24f · Good · 14 ran PU 25/1
25 Sep 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Prince Andorra (IRE)J: Alan Casey View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Apprentice Handicap6f · Standard · 13 ran 5th 100/1
25 Sep 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Aughlish (IRE)J: Declan McDonogh Friday Night Lights At Dundalk Claiming Maiden6f · Standard · 14 ran 12th 16/1
22 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) She's Too Kool (IRE)J: Colin Keane WTW Willis Towers Watson Handicap7f · Yielding · 11 ran 4th 12/1

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 Ms Claire O'Connell's strike rate?
Ms Claire O'Connell has won 16 of 347 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 4.6% (as at 21 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Ms Claire O'Connell do best at?
Fairyhouse by strike rate: 2 wins from 39 runners (5.1%) since 2022. 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.
Is Ms Claire O'Connell in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 6 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Ms Claire O'Connell's Fair A/E?
1.17, from 346 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 21 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).