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Trainer profile

R J Osborne

168 runners in the lifetime window · 41 individual horses
As at 29 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Nov 2018
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
No runners in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
4–168
Wins / Runs
2.4%
Strike rate
n=168
14 (8%)
Placed
0.48
Fair A/E
n=168 · 0.39 incl. margin
−132.00
£1 level stake
n=168 at SP · −78.6%
£58,686
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
4.2%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 20 runners a season, winning with 2% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.48).

Deterministic profile computed from 168 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 29 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 3.1% Claiming riders: 3%
The read

The record is strongest at Hamilton (6.7%, n=45), clear of the yard's 2.4% baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Mcdonogh EBF Premier Handicap at Galway (Jul 2005, £78,780).

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 2.4% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
3.1%+0.7
n=32 · A/E 0.78 · £1 −20.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−2.4
n=14 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −14.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−2.4
n=19 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −19.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−2.4
n=14 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −14.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−2.4
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
When favourite
0%
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
3%+0.6
n=66 · A/E 0.48 · £1 −57.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−2.4
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 2.4% 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
At Hamilton 6.7% vs 2.4% · n=45
With Rowan Scott 6.3% vs 2.4% · n=32
Over 1m2f – 1m4f 0% vs 2.4% · n=41
Over 6f – 7f 0% vs 2.4% · n=39
Off a 8-14-day break 0% vs 2.4% · n=32
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 142 4 2.8% −106.00
NH Flat 17 0 0% −17.00
Hurdle 9 0 0% −9.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 51 2 3.9% −34.50
Good to Firm 35 1 2.9% −30.50
Good 25 0 0% −25.00
Good to Soft 22 0 0% −22.00
Standard (AW) 18 1 5.6% −3.00
Heavy 16 0 0% −16.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Hamilton 45 3 6.7% −24.00
Dundalk (AW) 10 1 10% +5.00
Curragh 8 0 0% −8.00
Clonmel 8 0 0% −8.00
Naas 6 0 0% −6.00
Navan 6 0 0% −6.00
Leopardstown 5 0 0% −5.00
Newcastle (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00
Doncaster 4 0 0% −4.00
Bellewstown 4 0 0% −4.00
Killarney 4 0 0% −4.00
Gowran Park 4 0 0% −4.00
Tipperary 4 0 0% −4.00
Fairyhouse 4 0 0% −4.00
Down Royal 3 0 0% −3.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 5 25 1 4% −20.50
Class 4 18 1 5.6% −6.00
Class 6 14 1 7.1% −9.50
Class 1 9 0 0% −9.00
Class 2 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 3 6 0 0% −6.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 6 1 16.7% 0.81 −1.50
2nd–3rd fav 12 2 16.7% 1.30 +4.50
4th–6th fav 40 0 0% 0.00 −40.00
7th+ in betting 110 1 0.9% 0.29 −95.00
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
Flying Focus (IRE)then Colin Kidd 13 0 3 1 Oct 18
Zig Zag Zyggy (IRE)from Adrian McGuinness · then Andrew Hughes 11 3 5 9 Oct 18
Jimmy Geronimo (IRE) 9 0 1 9 Oct 18
Gizmondo (GB)from Michael Bell · then Gary Moore 9 0 2 26 Sep 08
Fivehundredmiles (IRE)from John Patrick Shanahan · then J J Lambe 7 0 1 6 Sep 18
King Jock (USA)from D K Weld · then Tracey Collins 7 0 0 4 Oct 09
Carbon Dating (IRE)from John Patrick Shanahan · then Andrew Hughes 6 0 0 2 Nov 18
Set In Stone (IRE)from Adrian McGuinness · then Andrew Hughes 6 0 0 29 Oct 18
Friarscourt (USA) 6 0 0 9 Oct 08
Jj's Journey (IRE)then Andrew Hughes 5 0 0 29 Oct 18
What Wonders Weave (IRE)from John Patrick Shanahan · then John Joseph Hanlon 5 1 1 9 Oct 18
Sharp Defence (USA)from Adrian McGuinness · then Andrew Hughes 5 0 0 3 Oct 18
All 41 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 41 horses listed, 15 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from John Patrick Shanahan (6) and Adrian McGuinness (4); 26 had their first archived run for this yard.

19 have since run for another yard, most often for Andrew Hughes (7) and Tracey Collins (3); 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.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime
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A flat yard: the season runs Mar–Oct. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderRowan Scott
19% of all rides
6.3% SR · A/E 0.69
RiderRWSR£1
Rowan Scott 32 2 6.3% −23.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
26
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£491k
Prize money
2005
Best season · 8 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.
Latino Magic (IRE) — Mcdonogh EBF Premier Handicap Galway · Jul 2005
£78,780
King Jock (USA) — Desmond Stakes (group 3) Leopardstown · Aug 2006 · Group 3
£45,500
King Jock (USA) — Peter Keatley Curragh Groundcare Race Curragh · Oct 2007
£13,346
Notable horses
Amarjit (IRE) Moon At Midnight (GB) North Shore (IRE) Long Journey (IRE) Zig Zag Zyggy (IRE) King Jock (USA)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
The Carbon Unit (USA) 5.6% · 3–54
Progeny have won 8.2% of 683 runs since 2008 (44 horses).
Famous Name (GB) 6.7% · 1–15
Progeny have won 9.2% of 1,512 runs since 2008 (102 horses).
Camelot (GB) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 11.7% of 7,701 runs since 2008 (755 horses).
Lomitas (GB) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 10.7% of 1,870 runs since 2008 (163 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 15.6% from 122. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 7.2% from 319. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 6.7% from 120.
Ghazi (USA) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 7.1% of 85 runs since 2008 (4 horses).
Pleasant Tap (USA) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 11.6% of 172 runs since 2008 (18 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 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 531 · newest first

The latest 50 of 531 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 3 January 2005 to 16 November 2018.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
16 Nov 18 Dundalk (AW) Sinbad (IRE)J: Colin Keane www.dundalkstadium.com Maiden12f · Standard · 12 ran 10th 33/1
04 Nov 18 Naas The Tartan Spartan (IRE)J: Michael Hussey Daragh Fitzpatrick & Colm White Local Bookmakers November Handicap14f · Yielding · 20 ran 20th 50/1
04 Nov 18 Naas Taexali (IRE)J: Colin Keane Congrats To The Naas Minor Football Champions 2018 Handicap5f · Yielding · 17 ran 12th 20/1
03 Nov 18 Down Royal Sinbad (IRE)J: Mr Finian Maguire Daily Mirror (Pro/Am) Flat Race16.5f · Good To Yielding · 6 ran 4th 66/1
02 Nov 18 Dundalk (AW) Carbon Dating (IRE)J: Rory Cleary Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap12f · Standard · 11 ran 6th 20/1
29 Oct 18 Wexford Sinbad (IRE)J: Mr Finian Maguire Jim Whitty Memorial (C & G) (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Yielding · 9 ran 6th 33/1
29 Oct 18 Galway Jj's Journey (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan John Mulholland Bookmakers Handicap (50-80)12f · Soft · 16 ran 9th 25/1
29 Oct 18 Galway Set In Stone (IRE)J: Rory Cleary Kone Handicap8.5f · Soft · 10 ran 4th 12/1
20 Oct 18 Leopardstown Jj's Journey (IRE)J: Danny Sheehy Leopardstown Members Club Handicap12f · Good To Yielding · 19 ran 14th 25/1
20 Oct 18 Leopardstown Set In Stone (IRE)J: Dylan Hogan Tote Handicap8f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 8th 25/1
13 Oct 18 Limerick The Tartan Spartan (IRE)J: Ronan Whelan Martin Molony Stakes (Listed)12.5f · Heavy · 7 ran 7th 33/1
09 Oct 18 Newcastle (AW) Jimmy Geronimo (IRE)J: Rowan Scott Happy Belated 60th Birthday Mike Elliott HandicapClass 5 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 13th 80/1
09 Oct 18 Newcastle (AW) What Wonders Weave (IRE)J: Rowan Scott Skysports Racing Coming January 2019 HandicapClass 4 · 8f · Standard · 12 ran 8th 50/1
09 Oct 18 Newcastle (AW) Zig Zag Zyggy (IRE)J: Rowan Scott ROA/Racing Post Owners' Jackpot Handicap (Div 1)Class 4 · 5f · Standard · 13 ran 8th 7/2F
09 Oct 18 Newcastle (AW) The Names Jock (IRE)J: Rowan Scott Happy 60th Birthday Neil MacDonald NurseryClass 6 · 7f · Standard · 14 ran 7th 14/1
06 Oct 18 Redcar Zig Zag Zyggy (IRE)J: Rowan Scott Watch Race Replays At racinguk.com HandicapClass 4 · 5f · Good · 12 ran 7th 3/1F
06 Oct 18 Redcar What Wonders Weave (IRE)J: Rowan Scott Driver Group 40th Anniversary Selling StakesClass 5 · 10f · Good · 14 ran 4th 7/1
03 Oct 18 Cork Sharp Defence (USA)J: Ronan Whelan 2019 Annual Membership Available Now Handicap6.5f · Good · 11 ran 7th 12/1
01 Oct 18 Catterick Flying Focus (IRE)J: Paul Hanagan Watch More With Racing UK Extra Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 12f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 5th 7/2F
01 Oct 18 Catterick Jj's Journey (IRE)J: Paul Hanagan Happy Birthday Valerie Clift Maiden StakesClass 5 · 14f · Good To Firm · 6 ran 3rd 17/2

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 J Osborne's strike rate?
R J Osborne has won 4 of 168 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 2.4% (as at 29 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does R J Osborne do best at?
Hamilton by strike rate: 3 wins from 45 runners (6.7%) 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.
What is R J Osborne's Fair A/E?
0.48, from 168 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).