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Trainer profile

Philip Fenton

597 runners in the last 5 seasons · 60 individual horses
As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 3 days ago 99% of runners over jumps
from 1 Jan 2022
43–597
Wins / Runs
7.2%
Strike rate
n=597
145 (24%)
Placed
1.04
n=597 · 0.84 incl. margin
−73.29
£1 level stake
n=597 at SP · −12.3%
£657k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
10.8%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 120 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 7% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.04).

Deterministic profile computed from 597 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 29 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jun–Jul Niall Moore: 8.3% from 278
The read

The record is strongest at Tipperary (15.6%, n=32), clear of the yard's 7.2% baseline. It is weakest at Punchestown (0% over 34 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Niall Moore rides 47% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (8.3%, A/E 1.15) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly in NH Flat races — 2.2% over 45 runners, 5pts below the baseline. 24 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Hennessy Gold Cup at Leopardstown (Feb 2014, £92,000). The stable star of the record: Caim Hill (IRE) — 14 wins from 57 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Jun–Jul.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 7.2% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
5.7%−1.5
n=87 · A/E 0.81 · £1 −13.62
New recruits · first run for the yard
33.3%+26.1
n=3 · A/E 8.97 · £1 +6.00
Debutants · first career start
4.7%−2.5
n=43 · A/E 1.23 · £1 +61.25
First-time headgear · true-first definition
10.5%+3.3
n=19 · A/E 1.43 · £1 −6.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
15.8%+8.6
n=19 · A/E 2.61 · £1 +14.00
When favourite
29.2%
n=24 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −3.67
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
7.1%−0.1
n=364 · A/E 1.08 · £1 −48.05
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
9.5%+2.3
n=21 · A/E 1.34 · £1 −7.38

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 7.2% 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 C&D winners 18.2% vs 7.2% · n=33
At Tipperary 15.6% vs 7.2% · n=32
At Punchestown 0% vs 7.2% · n=34
In NH Flat races 2.2% vs 7.2% · n=45
On last-time-out winners 12.2% vs 7.2% · n=41
Off a break of 180+ days 2.6% vs 7.2% · n=39
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 388 26 6.7% −49.54
Chase 158 16 10.1% +24.00
NH Flat 45 1 2.2% −41.75
Flat 6 0 0% −6.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 226 17 7.5% −69.50
Heavy 145 8 5.5% +47.00
Good to Soft 120 10 8.3% −10.67
Good 106 8 7.5% −40.12

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Kilbeggan 53 3 5.7% −7.50
Wexford 52 4 7.7% −23.62
Cork 50 3 6% +11.50
Limerick 50 3 6% −23.38
Tramore 48 5 10.4% −17.12
Clonmel 46 2 4.3% −10.50
Punchestown 34 0 0% −34.00
Tipperary 32 5 15.6% +13.00
Navan 32 2 6.3% −17.00
Naas 27 0 0% −27.00
Gowran Park 23 1 4.3% +78.00
Galway 21 1 4.8% −19.00
Fairyhouse 20 2 10% −2.50
Thurles 18 1 5.6% +11.00
Killarney 17 2 11.8% −3.50

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 23 2 8.7% −9.38
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 30 9 30% 1.21 −1.79
2nd–3rd fav 96 16 16.7% 1.21 −6.00
4th–6th fav 176 8 4.5% 0.65 −91.50
7th+ in betting 295 10 3.4% 1.17 +26.00
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
88.5% completed · 546 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 158 85.4% 5 7 11 0 0
Hurdle 388 89.7% 15 6 17 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
Lake Chad (IRE) 60 6 20 22 Oct 26
Good As Hell (IRE) 42 7 11 21 Aug 25
Jeriko De Baune (FR) 30 3 6 12 May 26
Garcon Doux (IRE) 30 1 6 13 Mar 25
Gali Flight (FR) 28 0 8 24 Jul 25
Carrolls Cottage (IRE) 22 0 4 2 Jul 24
One Big Boum (IRE) 20 4 4 26 Oct 26
Karl Des Tourelles (FR) 18 2 6 26 Oct 26
Balko D'ange (FR) 18 2 9 26 Oct 26
Lispopple (IRE) 15 1 2 16 Apr 26
Noriska De La Mare (FR) 15 0 2 25 Jul 25
All 60 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 60 horses listed, 3 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from E J O'Grady (2); 57 had their first archived run for this yard.

14 have since run for another yard, most often for Jennie Candlish (2); 46 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
3 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
JFMAMJJASOND
585461010791389
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 riderNiall Moore
47% of all rides
8.3% SR · A/E 1.15
RiderRWSR£1
Niall Moore 278 23 8.3% −42.30
Brian Hayes 183 13 7.1% −7.24
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
195
Archived wins
24
Pattern / graded wins
£3.29m
Prize money
2014
Best season · 23 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.
Last Instalment (IRE) — Hennessy Gold Cup (Grade 1) Leopardstown · Feb 2014 · Grade 1
£92,000
Saint Le Fort (FR) — Race And Stay At Leopardstown Handicap Hurdle (0-150) (Listed) Leopardstown · Feb 2026 · Listed
£59,000
Dunguib (IRE) — Bar One Racing Royal Bond Novice Hurdle (Grade 1) Fairyhouse · Dec 2009 · Grade 1
£55,250

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Montmartre (FR) 10% · 6–60
Progeny have won 11.6% of 2,390 runs since 2008 (303 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.5% from 179. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.9% from 598. Weakest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 2.9% from 138.
Shantou (USA) 16.7% · 7–42
Progeny have won 13.6% of 7,825 runs since 2008 (539 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 20.3% from 158.
Castle Du Berlais (FR) 7.5% · 3–40
Progeny have won 13% of 514 runs since 2008 (105 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 17% from 165.
Mahler (GB) 5.6% · 2–36
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,853 runs since 2008 (785 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.
Spider Flight (FR) 0% · 0–33
Progeny have won 7% of 441 runs since 2008 (57 horses).
Valirann (FR) 3.3% · 1–30
Progeny have won 10.2% of 1,442 runs since 2008 (157 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 7% from 343.
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 2,099 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,099 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 6 January 2005 to 26 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
26 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Ludus Magnus (FR)J: Niall Moore Corrib Oil Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Soft To Heavy · 20 ran 5th 50/1
04 Sep 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Grabat (FR)J: Niall Moore WTW Willis Maiden Hurdle16f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran UR 125/1

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 Philip Fenton's strike rate?
Philip Fenton has won 43 of 597 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 7.2% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Philip Fenton do best at?
Tipperary by strike rate: 5 wins from 32 runners (15.6%) 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.
Who rides most for Philip Fenton?
Niall Moore, with 278 runners since 2022 — 47% of the total. That pairing has won 23 (8.3%).
Is Philip Fenton 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 Philip Fenton's Fair A/E?
1.04, from 597 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 29 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).