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Trainer profile

Ruaidhri Joseph Tierney

243 runners in the lifetime window · 38 individual horses
As at 14 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Jul 2023
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
5–243
Wins / Runs
2.1%
Strike rate
n=243
17 (7%)
Placed
0.59
Fair A/E
n=243 · 0.44 incl. margin
−173.00
£1 level stake
n=243 at SP · −71.2%
£55,870
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 10 runners a season, winning with 2% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.59). The edge shows sharpest with horses returning fresh: 6% off breaks of two months or more (67 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 243 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 14 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 6% Claiming riders: 2.2%
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a positive signal at 6% (n=67, Fair A/E 1.74). The market has consistently overbet runners with a claiming rider up: 2.2% strike, Fair A/E 0.60 and −125.00 to a £1 stake over 182 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. The yard also reads well off a 61-180-day break (9.4%, n=32). The market has consistently overbet the yard over 2m1f – 2m4f: Fair A/E 0.00 across 63 runners (0% strike, −63.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 2.1% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
6%+3.9
n=67 · A/E 1.74 · £1 −14.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−2.1
n=12 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −12.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−2.1
n=22 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −22.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−2.1
n=16 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −16.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−2.1
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
2.2%+0.1
n=182 · A/E 0.60 · £1 −125.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−2.1
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 2.1% 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
Off a 61-180-day break 9.4% vs 2.1% · n=32
On Good going 4.5% vs 2.1% · n=66
Over 2m5f – 3m 4.3% vs 2.1% · n=70
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 0% vs 2.1% · n=63
On Heavy going 0% vs 2.1% · n=57
Off a 31-60-day break 0% vs 2.1% · n=41
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 139 3 2.2% −94.00
Flat 50 1 2% −42.00
Chase 46 1 2.2% −29.00
NH Flat 8 0 0% −8.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 74 1 1.4% −57.00
Good 66 3 4.5% −21.00
Heavy 57 0 0% −57.00
Good to Soft 20 0 0% −20.00
Good to Firm 19 1 5.3% −11.00
Standard (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Cork 36 1 2.8% −21.00
Limerick 32 1 3.1% −15.00
Tramore 20 1 5% −7.00
Clonmel 17 0 0% −17.00
Thurles 14 0 0% −14.00
Listowel 14 0 0% −14.00
Gowran Park 14 1 7.1% −6.00
Punchestown 10 0 0% −10.00
Killarney 10 0 0% −10.00
Kilbeggan 9 0 0% −9.00
Tipperary 8 0 0% −8.00
Navan 8 0 0% −8.00
Fairyhouse 7 0 0% −7.00
Roscommon 7 1 14.3% +10.00
Wexford 7 0 0% −7.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 5 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
2nd–3rd fav 15 1 6.7% 0.54 −7.00
4th–6th fav 30 0 0% 0.00 −30.00
7th+ in betting 198 4 2% 0.83 −136.00
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
85.4% completed · 185 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 46 71.7% 3 1 8 0 1
Hurdle 139 89.9% 1 0 13 0 0
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
Boland's Corner (GER) 42 2 9 5 Aug 14
Sandycove Island (IRE)from Michael G Kennedy · then Phil York 21 0 1 3 Oct 19
Portalon (USA)from Liz Doyle 14 0 0 7 Aug 10
Mountain Mama (IRE)from Denis Gerard Hogan 12 0 0 31 May 14
Sue Princesse (IRE)from K J Condon 12 1 2 21 Oct 10
Milo De Courcey (IRE)from John Joseph Murphy 12 0 1 29 Apr 10
Ardkilly Acclaim (IRE) 10 0 0 3 Jun 17
Always On Top (IRE)from Patrick J Flynn 9 0 1 4 Sep 08
Ringrone Castle (IRE)from Michael G Kennedy 8 1 1 30 Sep 20
The Reanie Rocks (IRE) 7 0 0 15 Jul 21
D'tani (IRE) 7 0 0 20 May 12
Bestseller (GER) 7 0 0 20 May 12
All 38 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 38 horses listed, 15 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Denis Gerard Hogan (2) and John Joseph Murphy (2); 23 had their first archived run for this yard.

6 have since run for another yard; 32 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
JFMAMJJASOND
000730040500
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 riderDavid Splaine
18% of all rides
2.3% SR · A/E 0.53
RiderRWSR£1
David Splaine 44 1 2.3% −27.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2006→
6
Archived wins
£80,922
Prize money
2011
Best season · 2 wins
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.
Dash Of Grey (IRE) — Corporate Events At Gowran Park Handicap (50-80) Gowran Park · May 2008
£8,638
Always On Top (IRE) — Derrinstown Stud Apprentice H'cap (rated 40-70) Gowran Park · Aug 2006
£7,601
Boland's Corner (GER) — Oakbruce Properties Handicap Hurdle (80-109) Limerick · Oct 2011
£7,245
Notable horses
Boland's Corner (GER) Always On Top (IRE) Sue Princesse (IRE) Dash Of Grey (IRE) Ringrone Castle (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Fraam (GB) 4.8% · 2–42
Progeny have won 9.3% of 2,027 runs since 2008 (136 horses).
Lahib (USA) 0% · 0–21
Progeny have won 7.6% of 1,699 runs since 2008 (176 horses).
Southern Halo (USA) 0% · 0–14
Progeny have won 0% of 41 runs since 2008 (4 horses).
Alhaarth (IRE) 8.3% · 1–12
Progeny have won 9.7% of 4,158 runs since 2008 (308 horses).
Bob Back (USA) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 11.8% of 3,724 runs since 2008 (338 horses).
Mujadil (USA) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 8.2% of 2,379 runs since 2008 (132 horses). Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 11.7% from 111.
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 14 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 321 · newest first

The latest 50 of 321 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 12 March 2006 to 26 July 2023.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
26 Jul 23 Naas Fan Na Tiobratan (IRE)J: Sean Bird O'Neill & Co. Apprentice Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)8f · Soft · 17 ran 17th 80/1
15 Jul 23 Navan Fan Na Tiobratan (IRE)J: Luke McAteer Navan Racing Festival November 18th & 19th Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)10f · Soft · 17 ran 13th 100/1
23 Jun 23 Limerick Fan Na Tiobratan (IRE)J: Kyle McHugh Limerick Racecourse Apprentice Handicap (47-65)11.5f · Yielding · 16 ran 16th 80/1
05 Jun 23 Listowel Getawayrooney (IRE)J: Mr A T Feeney Beasley Engineering Hunters Chase24f · Good To Yielding · 9 ran 6th 25/1
03 Jun 23 Tramore Knockaneleigh Girl (IRE)J: Mr J C Barry Irish Stallion Farms EBF (Mares) Flat Race17f · Good · 13 ran 8th 22/1
10 May 23 Gowran Park Fan Na Tiobratan (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden7f · Soft · 12 ran 10th 300/1
03 May 23 Gowran Park Fan Na Tiobratan (IRE)J: Luke McAteer Irish Stallion Farms EBF Fillies Maiden9.5f · Yielding · 15 ran 14th 150/1
14 Apr 23 Ballinrobe Eclipseofardkilly (IRE)J: Donagh Meyler Sherry Fitzgerald Mayo Handicap Hurdle (80-95)22f · Soft · 14 ran PU 40/1
10 Apr 23 Cork Getawayrooney (IRE)J: Mr J C Barry Rathbarry & Glenview Studs Mares Maiden Hunters Chase24f · Yielding · 14 ran 6th 20/1
16 Feb 23 Clonmel Eclipseofardkilly (IRE)J: Mr Alan O'Sullivan Kilmolash (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-102)19f · Soft · 15 ran 6th 125/1
30 Jan 23 Punchestown Eveningofsummer (IRE)J: Danny Mullins Bar One Racing 'Exclusive Offers On The Mobile App' Handicap Hurdle (80-95)24f · Soft · 20 ran 14th 80/1
21 Dec 22 Fairyhouse Eveningofsummer (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Ring In The New Year At Fairyhouse Handicap Hurdle (80-102)22.5f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran PU 33/1
06 Dec 22 Tramore Eveningofsummer (IRE)J: Daniel King Doneraile Walk Beginners Chase21.5f · Soft · 12 ran 9th 50/1
06 Dec 22 Tramore Eclipseofardkilly (IRE)J: Donagh Meyler John Kiely Special Recognition Award Handicap Hurdle (80-95)21f · Soft · 12 ran 8th 100/1
08 Nov 22 Fairyhouse Eveningofsummer (IRE)J: Daniel King Winter Festival 3rd & 4th December Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft · 16 ran 12th 300/1
21 Oct 22 Sligo Eveningofsummer (IRE)J: Mr B Dunleavy John Thomas Mcnamara Series (Q.R.) Maiden Hurdle20f · Yielding To Soft · 12 ran 12th 50/1
02 Oct 22 Killarney Dundeedy Lad (FR)J: Simon Torrens Tote.ie Never Beaten By SP Handicap Chase (0-102)23f · Good · 12 ran 7th 25/1
23 Sep 22 Listowel Eveningofsummer (IRE)J: Donagh Meyler John J. Galvin Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 16 ran PU 150/1
09 Sep 22 Ballinrobe Sofias Castle (IRE)J: Ricky Doyle John Rochford Memorial Handicap Chase (0-95)23f · Good · 16 ran PU 80/1
09 Sep 22 Ballinrobe Eclipseofardkilly (IRE)J: E Walsh Irish Stallion Farms EBF Opportunity Mares Maiden Hurdle17.5f · Good · 12 ran 9th 200/1

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 Ruaidhri Joseph Tierney's strike rate?
Ruaidhri Joseph Tierney has won 5 of 243 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 2.1% (as at 14 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Ruaidhri Joseph Tierney do best at?
Limerick by strike rate: 1 wins from 32 runners (3.1%) 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.
What is Ruaidhri Joseph Tierney's Fair A/E?
0.59, from 243 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 14 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).