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Trainer profile

Patrick Cronin

327 runners in the lifetime window · 32 individual horses
As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 111 days ago 93% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
16–327
Wins / Runs
4.9%
Strike rate
n=327
66 (20%)
Placed
0.84
Fair A/E
n=327 · 0.67 incl. margin
−154.62
£1 level stake
n=327 at SP · −47.3%
£198k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 20 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.84).

Deterministic profile computed from 327 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 29 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jul–Aug Fresh horses: 6.1% Pierce Gallagher: 5.8% from 138
The read

The record is strongest at Killarney (9.7%, n=31), clear of the yard's 4.9% baseline. The market has consistently overbet runners with a claiming rider up: 4.5% strike, Fair A/E 0.79 and −167.87 to a £1 stake over 287 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Pierce Gallagher rides 42% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (5.8%, A/E 1.00) — the market has that partnership priced right. The yard also reads well off a 0-7-day break (10%, n=40) and on Good going (8.2%, n=134). The record reads poorly on Soft going — 0% over 81 runners, 4.9pts below the baseline. Seasonally, the yard fires Jul–Aug.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.9% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
6.1%+1.2
n=49 · A/E 1.66 · £1 +14.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
8.3%+3.4
n=12 · A/E 3.46 · £1 +9.00
Debutants · first career start
5%+0.1
n=20 · A/E 2.04 · £1 −11.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−4.9
n=18 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −18.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
25%+20.1
n=8 · A/E 4.31 · £1 +12.00
When favourite
12.5%
n=8 · A/E 0.55 · £1 −4.75
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
4.5%−0.4
n=287 · A/E 0.79 · £1 −167.87
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−4.9
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.9% 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 Soft going 0% vs 4.9% · n=81
Off a 0-7-day break 10% vs 4.9% · n=40
At Killarney 9.7% vs 4.9% · n=31
On Good going 8.2% vs 4.9% · n=134
On Good to Soft going 2.2% vs 4.9% · n=46
Off a 31-60-day break 2.2% vs 4.9% · n=46
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 199 12 6% −55.50
Chase 73 2 2.7% −57.12
NH Flat 33 1 3% −24.00
Flat 22 1 4.5% −18.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 134 11 8.2% −15.50
Soft 81 0 0% −81.00
Good to Soft 46 1 2.2% −35.00
Heavy 46 2 4.3% −16.00
Good to Firm 18 2 11.1% −5.12
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Cork 50 2 4% −23.00
Tramore 41 3 7.3% −28.87
Limerick 39 1 2.6% −30.00
Killarney 31 3 9.7% +25.50
Tipperary 28 1 3.6% −22.50
Wexford 28 4 14.3% +0.25
Clonmel 25 0 0% −25.00
Thurles 23 1 4.3% −10.00
Listowel 19 0 0% −19.00
Gowran Park 7 0 0% −7.00
Kilbeggan 5 0 0% −5.00
Naas 5 0 0% −5.00
Roscommon 5 1 20% +16.00
Galway 4 0 0% −4.00
Wexford 4 0 0% −4.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 4 0 0% −4.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 11 2 18.2% 0.82 −4.87
2nd–3rd fav 48 7 14.6% 1.16 −4.75
4th–6th fav 69 3 4.3% 0.64 −38.00
7th+ in betting 199 4 2% 0.68 −107.00
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
87.5% completed · 272 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 73 80.8% 2 1 11 0 0
Hurdle 199 89.9% 4 4 12 0 0
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
Naturally Blond (IRE) 62 4 16 20 Jul 23
Give Her Bach (IRE) 39 3 15 8 Sep 16
Onebrightbluerose (IRE) 36 2 9 15 Aug 25
Baidin Fheilimi (IRE) 29 3 8 31 Aug 14
O Mio Babbino (IRE) 21 1 4 21 Jul 23
Celine Soprano (IRE) 18 1 6 6 Dec 20
My First Symphony (IRE)then William Cronin 15 0 3 1 Oct 20
Pops Choice (IRE)from Eugene M O'Sullivan 11 0 0 11 Jul 16
Annie Questions (IRE)then Brendan Maurice Walsh 10 0 1 4 Jul 25
Shakas Rock (IRE) 9 0 0 6 Oct 11
Nuala Tagula (IRE)then John Quinn 7 0 1 16 Aug 16
Got Got Da Beat (IRE)from Miss M Harding 7 0 0 6 May 10
All 32 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 32 horses listed, 12 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Miss M Harding (2); 20 had their first archived run for this yard.

8 have since run for another yard, most often for William Cronin (2); 24 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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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 riderPierce Gallagher
42% of all rides
5.8% SR · A/E 1.00
RiderRWSR£1
Pierce Gallagher 138 8 5.8% −65.87
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2008→
16
Archived wins
£198k
Prize money
2015
Best season · 3 wins
Give Her Bach (IRE) — Follow Us On Twitter At TramoreRaces Mares Beginners Chase Tramore · Aug 2015
£7,590
Give Her Bach (IRE) — Waterford & Tramore Racecourse 2015 Special Recognition Award Handicap Hurdle (80-109) Tramore · Oct 2015
£7,590
Naturally Blond (IRE) — www.tramore-racecourse.com Maiden Hurdle Tramore · Jun 2017
£7,084
Notable horses
Naturally Blond (IRE) Give Her Bach (IRE) Baidin Fheilimi (IRE) Onebrightbluerose (IRE) O Mio Babbino (IRE) Celine Soprano (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Bach (IRE) 6.8% · 7–103
Progeny have won 7.8% of 2,289 runs since 2008 (240 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 12.7% from 244.
Snurge (IRE) 7.7% · 3–39
Progeny have won 8.8% of 1,506 runs since 2008 (135 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 12.5% from 176. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.8% from 520.
Excelebration (IRE) 5.6% · 2–36
Progeny have won 9% of 3,605 runs since 2008 (244 horses).
Fame And Glory (GB) 4% · 1–25
Progeny have won 12.5% of 6,208 runs since 2008 (504 horses).
Getaway (GER) 4.2% · 1–24
Progeny have won 11.3% of 10,943 runs since 2008 (1,028 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.3% from 133.
Mahler (GB) 0% · 0–15
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,856 runs since 2008 (785 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.
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 29 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 327 · newest first

The latest 50 of 327 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 28 December 2008 to 10 July 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
10 Jul 26 Cork The Boysofairhill (IRE)J: Shane Fitzgerald Follow Us On X Maiden Hurdle24f · Good · 11 ran PU 100/1
03 Jul 26 Wexford The Boysofairhill (IRE)J: Shane Fitzgerald Curracloe Beach Maiden Hurdle24.5f · Good · 11 ran 7th 28/1
09 Jun 26 Sligo Lissen To The Lady (IRE)J: Miss J Walton Glasshouse Hotel (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle26f · Good · 16 ran 13th 20/1
09 Jun 26 Sligo The Boysofairhill (IRE)J: Shane Fitzgerald RSS Record Storage Service Maiden Hurdle17.5f · Good · 16 ran 11th 150/1
01 Jun 26 Listowel The Boysofairhill (IRE)J: Mr Andrew Burke-Ott Bryan MacMahon (Pro/Am) Flat Race20f · Yielding · 10 ran 8th 40/1
13 May 26 Punchestown Lissen To The Lady (IRE)J: Miss J Walton Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2)24f · Good · 18 ran 5th 28/1
07 May 26 Wexford The Boysofairhill (IRE)J: Mr D Allen Racing Again 16th May (C & G) Point-To-Point Flat Race17f · Good To Yielding · 8 ran 5th 40/1
26 Mar 26 Clonmel Lissen To The Lady (IRE)J: Miss J Walton Glenary Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 1)19f · Soft · 16 ran 9th 12/1
04 Mar 26 Naas Lissen To The Lady (IRE)J: Miss J Walton William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Mares Handicap Hurdle (0-100)16f · Soft To Heavy · 17 ran 6th 50/1
08 Jan 26 Clonmel Diamonds Diva (IRE)J: Kevin A Murphy Lisronagh Handicap Hurdle (0-100)17f · Heavy · 14 ran 10th 33/1
30 Oct 25 Thurles Diamonds Diva (IRE)J: Kevin A Murphy www.thurlesraces.ie Handicap Chase (0-100)21.5f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran PU 25/1
16 Oct 25 Thurles Diamonds Diva (IRE)J: Kevin A Murphy Premier County Mares Handicap Hurdle (0-100)22.5f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 7th 66/1
05 Oct 25 Killarney Diamonds Diva (IRE)J: Kevin A Murphy O'Sullivan's Cascade Handicap Hurdle (0-100)17f · Yielding · 13 ran 8th 100/1
27 Sep 25 Listowel Diamonds Diva (IRE)J: Eoghan Finegan Kathleen Walsh Memorial Handicap Hurdle (0-100)22f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran PU 80/1
15 Aug 25 Tramore Onebrightbluerose (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Assembly Tech Mares Handicap Hurdle16.5f · Good · 10 ran 5th 6/1
08 Aug 25 Wexford Onebrightbluerose (IRE)J: Daniel King BoyleSports Mares Handicap Hurdle (0-100)17f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 3rd 11/2
04 Aug 25 Cork Onebrightbluerose (IRE)J: Mr Andrew Burke-Ott Follow Us On Instagram Handicap Hurdle (0-100) (Div 2)17f · Good · 18 ran 5th 5/1
23 Jul 25 Wexford Onebrightbluerose (IRE)J: Daniel King Wexford Racecourse Supporters Club Handicap Chase (0-100)16f · Good · 12 ran 3rd 10/3F
11 Jul 25 Cork Onebrightbluerose (IRE)J: Bryan Carver Follow Us On Instagram Mares Handicap Hurdle20f · Good · 17 ran 7th 11/1
04 Jul 25 Wexford Annie Questions (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh Molloy Metal Recycling Handicap Chase (0-100)19.5f · Good · 16 ran 11th 66/1

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 Patrick Cronin's strike rate?
Patrick Cronin has won 16 of 327 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 4.9% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Patrick Cronin do best at?
Killarney by strike rate: 3 wins from 31 runners (9.7%) 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 Patrick Cronin?
Pierce Gallagher, with 138 runners since 2008 — 42% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (5.8%).
What is Patrick Cronin's Fair A/E?
0.84, from 327 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 29 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).