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Trainer profile

R Donohoe

436 runners in the last 5 seasons · 32 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 3 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
29–436
Wins / Runs
6.7%
Strike rate
n=436
98 (23%)
Placed
1.04
Fair A/E
n=436 · 0.82 incl. margin
−173.34
£1 level stake
n=436 at SP · −39.8%
£376k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
4.7%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 90 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 7% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.04).

Deterministic profile computed from 436 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 22 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jul–Aug
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 2% (n=49, Fair A/E 0.52). The yard also reads well over 1m2f – 1m4f (10.7%, n=84). The record reads poorly off a 61-180-day break — 0% over 39 runners, 6.7pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard over 1m – 1m1f: Fair A/E 0.64 across 79 runners (3.8% strike, −59.50 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies. 2 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Guinness Handicap Hurdle at Listowel (Sep 2006, £33,300). The stable star of the record: Vischio (IRE) — 9 wins from 50 runs for the yard. 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 6.7% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
2%−4.7
n=49 · A/E 0.52 · £1 −42.50
New recruits · first run for the yard
5.6%−1.1
n=18 · A/E 1.26 · £1 −12.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−6.7
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−6.7
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−6.7
n=23 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −23.00
When favourite
15.4%
n=13 · A/E 0.84 · £1 −4.50
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
5.8%−0.9
n=189 · A/E 0.94 · £1 −56.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
16.7%+10.0
n=6 · A/E 4.29 · £1 +11.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.7% 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 last-time-out winners 16.1% vs 6.7% · n=31
With Danny Mullins 14.3% vs 6.7% · n=42
Off a 61-180-day break 0% vs 6.7% · n=39
With Conor Owens 0% vs 6.7% · n=31
Over 1m2f – 1m4f 10.7% vs 6.7% · n=84
Over 1m – 1m1f 3.8% vs 6.7% · n=79
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 264 20 7.6% −79.17
Hurdle 152 9 5.9% −74.17
NH Flat 11 0 0% −11.00
Chase 9 0 0% −9.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 125 8 6.4% −45.00
Soft 107 10 9.3% −38.17
Standard (AW) 106 6 5.7% −42.50
Good to Soft 49 2 4.1% −29.00
Heavy 43 2 4.7% −17.00
Good to Firm 6 1 16.7% −1.67

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 104 6 5.8% −40.50
Gowran Park 43 2 4.7% −31.50
Tramore 26 6 23.1% +18.83
Punchestown 25 1 4% −18.50
Leopardstown 23 1 4.3% −18.00
Wexford 21 0 0% −21.00
Galway 18 0 0% −18.00
Clonmel 17 1 5.9% −8.00
Curragh 16 2 12.5% +16.00
Naas 16 0 0% −16.00
Cork 14 1 7.1% −8.50
Killarney 12 1 8.3% −6.00
Kilbeggan 11 0 0% −11.00
Thurles 11 2 18.2% −2.50
Fairyhouse 11 0 0% −11.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 6 1 16.7% +11.00
Class 3 1 1 100% +28.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 17 3 17.6% 0.92 −6.00
2nd–3rd fav 54 13 24.1% 1.78 +21.16
4th–6th fav 125 7 5.6% 0.72 −53.50
7th+ in betting 240 6 2.5% 0.79 −135.00
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
Hale Bopp (IRE)from G M Lyons · then P Sweeney 47 1 7 11 Jun 26
Star Official (IRE)from Joseph G Murphy 44 3 15 14 Aug 25
Brains (IRE)from E McNamara 39 2 12 29 Sep 26
Vischio (IRE)from Jonathan Portman · then Emmet Mullins 36 7 15 15 Nov 24
Contrapposto (IRE)from Mrs A M O'Shea 34 2 10 18 Jul 24
Livingston Range (IRE)from Leanne Breen 25 0 4 3 Aug 26
Bucky Larson (IRE)from G M Lyons · then P Sweeney 23 0 5 12 May 25
Daboya (IRE)from D K Weld 20 5 8 2 Oct 26
Autocrat (IRE)from Denis Gerard Hogan · then P Sweeney 20 2 4 12 Dec 25
Ballycommon Chapel (IRE)from P Cluskey 20 1 5 28 Aug 25
Ballinaboola Gold (IRE) 15 0 1 16 Aug 26
River Derwent (GB)from Mike Murphy & Michael Keady · then Thomas Coyle 14 3 3 2 Feb 24
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, 23 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Adrian McGuinness (2) and G M Lyons (2); 9 had their first archived run for this yard.

10 have since run for another yard, most often for P Sweeney (6); 22 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 2
Only 2 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
74565313934153
Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderRichard Deegan
11% of all rides
4.3% SR · A/E 0.94
RiderRWSR£1
Richard Deegan 47 2 4.3% −32.50
Danny Mullins 42 6 14.3% −7.67
Robbie Colgan 32 1 3.1% −22.50
Conor Owens 31 0 0% −31.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
74
Archived wins
2
Pattern / graded wins
£928k
Prize money
2005
Best season · 9 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.
Sky To Sea (FR) — Guinness Handicap Hurdle Listowel · Sep 2006 · Grade C
£33,300
Sky To Sea (FR) — Galway City Tribune Handicap Hurdle Galway · Oct 2006
£32,550
Vischio (IRE) — Start Your Racing TV Free Trial Now Finale Stakes (Listed) Curragh · Nov 2023 · Listed
£23,600
Notable horses
Vischio (IRE) Mt Weather (IRE) Happy Anniversary (IRE) Daboya (IRE) Sea Skate (USA) Star Official (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Belardo (IRE) 2.1% · 1–47
Progeny have won 10.2% of 3,706 runs since 2008 (280 horses).
Dawn Approach (IRE) 6.8% · 3–44
Progeny have won 8% of 3,570 runs since 2008 (358 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 179.
Dandy Man (IRE) 5.1% · 2–39
Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,927 runs since 2008 (930 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) 19.4% · 7–36
Progeny have won 10.3% of 11,867 runs since 2008 (949 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.
Cacique (IRE) 5.9% · 2–34
Progeny have won 11.4% of 1,500 runs since 2008 (107 horses). Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 17% from 135. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.9% from 173.
Jet Away (GB) 3.7% · 1–27
Progeny have won 11.2% of 2,499 runs since 2008 (267 horses).
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 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

latest 50 of 1,409 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,409 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 3 January 2005 to 19 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
19 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Hey Sista (IRE)J: Andrew Slattery Gowran Park Racing Club Fillies Maiden9.5f · Soft · 9 ran 9th 200/1
13 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Arctic Piper (IRE)J: Michael Kenneally William Hill Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle16f · Good · 11 ran 3rd 12/1
06 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Morris From Mayo (IRE)J: Mr J Dunne Race In Pink On October 25th Flat Race16.5f · Yielding To Soft · 8 ran 8th 22/1
02 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Arctic Piper (IRE)J: Danny Mullins Racing TV Handicap Hurdle (Div II)20f · Good · 13 ran 9th 9/1
02 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Daboya (IRE)J: Danny Mullins Irish Stallion Farms EBF Pat Walsh Memorial Mares Hurdle16.5f · Good · 6 ran 2nd 9/2
29 Sep 26 Cork (IRE) Brains (IRE)J: Sam Coen WTW Willis Handicap6f · Soft · 19 ran 4th 6/1
22 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Brains (IRE)J: Shane Foley Rose Hotel Handicap7f · Yielding · 15 ran 3rd 11/2
21 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Daboya (IRE)J: Patrick McGettigan John McGuire Handicap12f · Yielding · 15 ran 11th 16/1
10 Sep 26 Laytown (IRE) Brains (IRE)J: Sam Coen O'NEILLS.COM Handicap7f · Standard · 10 ran 3rd 13/2
07 Sep 26 Galway (IRE) Arctic Piper (IRE)J: Richard Deegan Anglo Printers Handicap Hurdle16.5f · Yielding · 20 ran 11th 66/1
28 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Owl's Delight (IRE)J: Richard Deegan Visitwexford.ie Handicap Hurdle17f · Good · 12 ran 9th 50/1
26 Aug 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Daboya (IRE)J: Danny Mullins PANDA Mares Hurdle17f · Good · 6 ran 1st 9/1
20 Aug 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Brains (IRE)J: Reese Holohan Unio Employee Benefits Handicap7f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 6th 12/1
16 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Ballinaboola Gold (IRE)J: Danny Mullins Heinz Pollmeier Memorial Handicap Steeplechase15.5f · Good · 8 ran PU 4/1
16 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Owl's Delight (IRE)J: P J O'Hanlon Frank Gillane Memorial Handicap Hurdle16.5f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 11th 66/1
15 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Daboya (IRE)J: Sam Coen Perennial Freight Handicap12f · Good To Yielding · 7 ran 2nd 6/1
13 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Arctic Piper (IRE)J: John Shinnick Bluegrass Horse Feeds Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Good · 16 ran 9th 40/1
12 Aug 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Daboya (IRE)J: Reese Holohan McEnery Cup Handicap12.5f · Good To Firm · 8 ran 8th 12/1
07 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Ballinaboola Gold (IRE)J: Danny Mullins Pat Farrell Memorial Handicap Hurdle (Div II)20f · Good · 14 ran 5th 11/2
06 Aug 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Brains (IRE)J: Sam Coen Carnival de Leop Handicap7f · Good · 17 ran 5th 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 R Donohoe's strike rate?
R Donohoe has won 29 of 436 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 6.7% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does R Donohoe do best at?
Dundalk (AW) by strike rate: 6 wins from 104 runners (5.8%) 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 R Donohoe in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 2 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is R Donohoe's Fair A/E?
1.04, from 436 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).