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Trainer profile

R Donohoe

1,082 runners in the lifetime window · 114 individual horses
As at 8 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner yesterday
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
56–1,082
Wins / Runs
5.2%
Strike rate
n=1,082
203 (19%)
Placed
0.88
n=1,082 · 0.69 incl. margin
−550.01
£1 level stake
n=1,082 at SP · −50.8%
£665k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
4.5%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 60 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.88).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,082 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 8 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Jul–Aug 13.9% when favourite Danny Mullins: 10.5% from 76 Sends off the favourite in 3% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Tramore (9.7%, n=72), clear of the yard's 5.2% baseline. It is weakest at Limerick (0% over 38 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 1.6% (n=189, Fair A/E 0.39). The market has consistently overbet runners with a claiming rider up: 4.3% strike, Fair A/E 0.77 and −258.75 to a £1 stake over 541 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Danny Mullins rides 7% of the entries and beats the yard's average (10.5% vs 5.2%, A/E 1.40) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well off a 0-7-day break (10.2%, n=88). 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 5.2% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
1.6%−3.6
n=189 · A/E 0.39 · £1 −144.50
New recruits · first run for the yard
1.9%−3.3
n=54 · A/E 0.44 · £1 −48.00
Debutants · first career start
2.2%−3.0
n=45 · A/E 0.88 · £1 −11.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
4.2%−1.0
n=24 · A/E 0.79 · £1 −20.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
1.9%−3.3
n=54 · A/E 0.34 · £1 −46.00
When favourite
13.9%
n=36 · A/E 0.75 · £1 −17.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
4.3%−0.9
n=541 · A/E 0.77 · £1 −258.75
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
12.5%+7.3
n=8 · A/E 2.97 · £1 +9.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.2% 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 13.3% vs 5.2% · n=60
With Declan McDonogh 11.9% vs 5.2% · n=42
With Danny Mullins 10.5% vs 5.2% · n=76
Off a 0-7-day break 10.2% vs 5.2% · n=88
At Tramore 9.7% vs 5.2% · n=72
At Limerick 0% vs 5.2% · n=38
This filter uses derived form angles computed for 12.5% of the archive so far (as at 8 Nov 2026); the sample will grow as sequencing completes.
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 575 35 6.1% −279.59
Hurdle 403 16 4% −252.42
NH Flat 66 3 4.5% −3.00
Chase 38 2 5.3% −15.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 280 16 5.7% −158.42
Good 267 16 6% −129.75
Standard (AW) 189 10 5.3% −91.50
Heavy 178 9 5.1% −52.67
Good to Soft 87 3 3.4% −46.00
Good to Firm 76 2 2.6% −66.67
Firm 5 0 0% −5.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 179 8 4.5% −100.50
Gowran Park 98 3 3.1% −81.00
Tramore 72 7 9.7% −14.17
Wexford 49 1 2% −42.50
Punchestown 47 2 4.3% −6.50
Clonmel 47 1 2.1% −38.00
Galway 43 2 4.7% −23.00
Curragh 43 2 4.7% −11.00
Cork 41 1 2.4% −35.50
Leopardstown 41 2 4.9% −31.00
Limerick 38 0 0% −38.00
Naas 35 1 2.9% −30.50
Navan 33 1 3% −22.00
Fairyhouse 32 0 0% −32.00
Listowel 31 0 0% −31.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 8 1 12.5% +9.00
Class 4 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 6 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 3 1 1 100% +28.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 47 7 14.9% 0.80 −20.50
2nd–3rd fav 131 23 17.6% 1.40 +2.99
4th–6th fav 235 14 6% 0.79 −91.50
7th+ in betting 669 12 1.8% 0.59 −441.00
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
Mt Weather (IRE)from John Geoghegan 67 6 16 3 Sep 13
Vischio (IRE)from Jonathan Portman · then Emmet Mullins 50 9 22 15 Nov 24
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
Shantelle (IRE) 44 2 7 18 Jul 20
Brains (IRE)from E McNamara 39 2 12 29 Sep 26
Contrapposto (IRE)from Mrs A M O'Shea 39 2 11 18 Jul 24
Harvey Specter (IRE)from G M Lyons 36 2 12 10 Oct 20
Mista Wabbit Man (GB) 28 0 3 21 Jul 19
Livingston Range (IRE)from Leanne Breen 25 0 4 3 Aug 26
Hes Our Music (IRE)from Patrick J Flynn 25 1 4 23 Jul 20
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 114 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 4 times. 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, 42 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from G M Lyons (3) and Mrs A M O'Shea (3); 18 had their first archived run for this yard.

14 have since run for another yard, most often for P Sweeney (4); 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
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, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
5543421275471
Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderDanny Mullins
7% of all rides
10.5% SR · A/E 1.40
RiderRWSR£1
Danny Mullins 76 8 10.5% −31.17
Richard Deegan 63 3 4.8% −44.75
Brian Hayes 56 1 1.8% −43.00
Sean McDermott 44 1 2.3% −27.00
Declan McDonogh 42 5 11.9% −5.50
Robbie Colgan 33 1 3% −23.50
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

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Namid (GB) 9% · 6–67
Progeny have won 8.2% of 4,102 runs since 2008 (276 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 2.4% from 164. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 0.8% from 119.
Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) 18% · 9–50
Progeny have won 10.3% of 11,886 runs since 2010 (949 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.
Shantou (USA) 4% · 2–50
Progeny have won 13.6% of 7,841 runs since 2008 (539 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 20.3% from 158.
Belardo (IRE) 2.1% · 1–47
Progeny have won 10.2% of 3,744 runs since 2020 (281 horses).
Dawn Approach (IRE) 6.8% · 3–44
Progeny have won 8% of 3,579 runs since 2017 (359 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 181.
Dandy Man (IRE) 5% · 2–40
Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,988 runs since 2013 (930 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 170.
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 8 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 1,411 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,411 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 3 January 2005 to 7 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
15 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Daboya (IRE)J: Sam Coen Perennial Freight Handicap12f · Good To Yielding · 7 ran 2nd 6/1

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this yard’s runners since 12 Oct 2026: top-rated on KTB Rating in 1 run (won 0, 1 did not run) · to 12 Oct 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is R Donohoe's strike rate?
R Donohoe has won 56 of 1,082 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 5.2% (as at 8 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does R Donohoe do best at?
Tramore by strike rate: 7 wins from 72 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 R Donohoe?
Danny Mullins, with 76 runners since 2008 — 7% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (10.5%).
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?
0.88, from 1,082 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 8 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).