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Trainer profile

Rodger Sweeney

935 runners in the lifetime window · 72 individual horses
As at 7 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Runners today
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
64–935
Wins / Runs
6.8%
Strike rate
n=935
207 (22%)
Placed
1.04
Fair A/E
n=935 · 0.81 incl. margin
−321.81
£1 level stake
n=935 at SP · −34.4%
£717k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 50 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 7% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.04).

Deterministic profile computed from 935 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 7 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Feb–Apr 34.7% when favourite Phillip Enright: 5.5% from 73 Claiming riders: 7.6% Sends off the favourite in 5% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Limerick (11.1%, n=81), clear of the yard's 6.8% baseline. Debutants struggle at 0% (n=50, Fair A/E 0.00). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 2.7% strike, Fair A/E 0.56 and −97.67 to a £1 stake over 147 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Phillip Enright rides 8% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (5.5%, A/E 1.08) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The record reads poorly over 6f – 7f — 2.6% over 116 runners, 4.2pts below the baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle at Listowel (Sep 2013, £26,000). The stable star of the record: Salsify (IRE) — 11 wins from 40 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Feb–Apr.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.8% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
2.7%−4.1
n=147 · A/E 0.56 · £1 −97.67
New recruits · first run for the yard
5.3%−1.5
n=19 · A/E 1.17 · £1 +4.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−6.8
n=50 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −50.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
3.3%−3.5
n=30 · A/E 0.69 · £1 +11.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
5.4%−1.4
n=56 · A/E 0.87 · £1 −19.00
When favourite
34.7%
n=49 · A/E 1.41 · £1 +2.11
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
7.6%+0.8
n=370 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −160.77
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
9.1%+2.3
n=11 · A/E 2.32 · £1 +2.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.8% 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
With Mr C J Sweeney 19.7% vs 6.8% · n=66
On last-time-out winners 18.2% vs 6.8% · n=66
With A E Lynch 15% vs 6.8% · n=40
With debutants 0% vs 6.8% · n=50
Over 6f – 7f 2.6% vs 6.8% · n=116
At Limerick 11.1% vs 6.8% · n=81
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 439 25 5.7% −198.79
Hurdle 325 23 7.1% −90.02
Chase 159 16 10.1% −21.00
NH Flat 12 0 0% −12.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 233 13 5.6% −92.25
Soft 231 15 6.5% −53.75
Standard (AW) 174 11 6.3% −55.17
Heavy 156 15 9.6% −67.39
Good to Soft 71 4 5.6% −37.00
Good to Firm 69 6 8.7% −15.25
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 172 10 5.8% −57.67
Cork 115 5 4.3% −72.83
Limerick 81 9 11.1% +25.00
Gowran Park 62 2 3.2% −50.12
Clonmel 58 6 10.3% −15.02
Tipperary 50 3 6% −11.00
Thurles 49 4 8.2% −14.17
Tramore 44 4 9.1% −2.25
Naas 34 1 2.9% −17.00
Punchestown 28 3 10.7% −0.75
Fairyhouse 27 3 11.1% −11.00
Listowel 25 2 8% +1.00
Navan 24 1 4.2% −7.00
Killarney 24 0 0% −24.00
Curragh 21 1 4.8% −4.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 7 0 0% −7.00
Class 2 6 3 50% +7.50
Class 5 4 1 25% +0.50
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 61 19 31.1% 1.36 −2.64
2nd–3rd fav 121 13 10.7% 0.85 −42.17
4th–6th fav 227 14 6.2% 0.86 −75.00
7th+ in betting 526 18 3.4% 1.11 −202.00
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
Cadawill (IRE) 66 3 20 1 Jan 21
Fiery Oscar (IRE) 64 8 16 14 Aug 15
Sean Says (IRE) 57 5 9 28 Nov 23
Danequest (IRE)from Augustine Leahy · then Liz Doyle 51 4 14 27 Oct 16
Daliyan (IRE)from M Halford 49 6 15 22 Apr 19
Khelino (IRE) 46 2 11 8 Nov 13
Matilda With Me (IRE) 40 4 15 3 Feb 23
Salsify (IRE) 40 11 20 20 Feb 20
Raydari (FR)from A J Martin · then R K Watson 37 4 13 16 Oct 15
Glib Speech (IRE) 28 1 6 9 Dec 18
Lorr's Girl (IRE) 27 1 5 14 Aug 26
Lagenod (IRE) 22 1 8 20 Mar 21
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 72 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 2 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, 13 arrived from another yard in our archive; 47 had their first archived run for this yard.

7 have since run for another yard; 53 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 3
Only 3 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
711913576071143
Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderPhillip Enright
8% of all rides
5.5% SR · A/E 1.08
RiderRWSR£1
Phillip Enright 73 4 5.5% −9.50
Mr C J Sweeney 66 13 19.7% −4.19
Leigh Roche 47 3 6.4% −34.17
A E Lynch 40 6 15% +49.25
Seamie Heffernan 34 1 2.9% −17.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
68
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£772k
Prize money
2013
Best season · 12 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.
Fiery Oscar (IRE) — Ladbrokes Handicap Hurdle (grade C) Listowel · Sep 2013 · Grade C
£26,000
Salsify (IRE) — CGA Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup Cheltenham · Mar 2013 · Class 2
£24,336
Salsify (IRE) — Christie's Foxhunter Chase Challenge Cup Cheltenham · Mar 2012 · Class 2
£20,986
Notable horses
Salsify (IRE) Fiery Oscar (IRE) Daliyan (IRE) Sean Says (IRE) Danequest (IRE) Matilda With Me (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Oscar (IRE) 10.3% · 8–78
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Mohaajir (USA) 4.5% · 3–66
Progeny have won 5.1% of 374 runs since 2008 (26 horses).
Battle Of Marengo (IRE) 8.8% · 5–57
Progeny have won 7.4% of 962 runs since 2018 (91 horses). Strongest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 12.5% from 200.
Kheleyf (USA) 3.6% · 2–56
Progeny have won 8.7% of 10,549 runs since 2008 (676 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 12.2% from 131. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.6% from 880.
Stardan (IRE) 7.8% · 4–51
Progeny have won 4.7% of 128 runs since 2010 (8 horses).
Beneficial (GB) 22.4% · 11–49
Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,046 runs since 2008 (1,155 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 7 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 1,005 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,005 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 13 April 2005 to 7 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
07 Nov 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Lady Luck (IRE)J: Phillip Enright PRL Group Maiden Hurdle16f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 9th 300/1
01 Nov 26 Curragh (IRE) Stable Lane (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Isuzu Ireland Handicap7f · Yielding To Soft · 25 ran 25th 80/1
30 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Sceitimini (IRE)J: Killian Leonard Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap8f · Standard · 14 ran 14th 6/1
19 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Sceitimini (IRE)J: Killian Leonard Racing Club Membership Handicap (Div II)8.5f · Soft · 15 ran 3rd 25/1
17 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Lady Luck (IRE)J: Eoin Sheehan Follow Us On Instagram Maiden Hurdle17f · Yielding · 16 ran 13th 250/1
02 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Bop Wont Stop (IRE)J: Mr W Verling Paddy Monaghan 90th Birthday Handicap Hurdle20f · Good · 14 ran 10th 8/1
29 Sep 26 Cork (IRE) Sceitimini (IRE)J: J M Sheridan WTW Willis Handicap6f · Soft · 19 ran 13th 9/1
22 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Sceitimini (IRE)J: J M Sheridan Rose Hotel Handicap7f · Yielding · 15 ran 7th 33/1
30 Aug 26 Cork (IRE) Sceitimini (IRE)J: Shay Wallace Book Tickets Online At www.corkracecourse.ie Apprentice Handicap8f · Yielding · 16 ran 5th 80/1
14 Aug 26 Cork (IRE) Lorr's Girl (IRE)J: Julian Pietropaolo Fitzgerald Construction Building 'A' Rated Homes Handicap8f · Good · 17 ran 9th 9/1
14 Aug 26 Cork (IRE) Sceitimini (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan OCS Recruitment Handicap5f · Good · 12 ran 11th 33/1
25 Jul 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Lady Luck (IRE)J: Julian Pietropaolo Tote Apprentice Handicap9.5f · Good · 13 ran 7th 9/1
22 Jul 26 Naas (IRE) Lorr's Girl (IRE)J: Jimmy Dalton O'Neill & Co. Apprentice Handicap8f · Good · 18 ran 9th 7/1C
11 Jul 26 Limerick Lady Luck (IRE)J: Shay Wallace Panoramic Restaurant At Limerick Racecourse Apprentice Handicap (0-60)12.5f · Good · 12 ran 6th 12/1
03 Jul 26 Bellewstown Sceitimini (IRE)J: Colin Keane Eco Bullet Handicap (0-60)5f · Good · 13 ran 13th 12/1
10 Jun 26 Limerick Lorr's Girl (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Cosgrave Transport Handicap (0-60) (Div 1)7f · Yielding · 14 ran 11th 8/1
10 Jun 26 Limerick Stable Lane (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden8f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 2nd 50/1
30 May 26 Listowel Bop Wont Stop (IRE)J: Aidan Kelly Insurance Wise Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 9th 18/1
29 May 26 Tramore Are You Busy (IRE)J: Aidan Kelly Get A Free Month Trial Of Racing TV Now racingtv.com/freetrial Beginners Chase22f · Good · 10 ran F 10/1
19 May 26 Cork Lady Luck (IRE)J: Killian Leonard Racing Again June 14th Handicap (0-60)10.5f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran 6th 20/1

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 Rodger Sweeney's strike rate?
Rodger Sweeney has won 64 of 935 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 6.8% (as at 7 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Rodger Sweeney do best at?
Limerick by strike rate: 9 wins from 81 runners (11.1%) 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 Rodger Sweeney?
Phillip Enright, with 73 runners since 2008 — 8% of the total. That pairing has won 4 (5.5%).
Is Rodger Sweeney in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 3 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Rodger Sweeney's Fair A/E?
1.04, from 935 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 7 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).