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Trainer profile

S Donohoe

929 runners in the lifetime window · 130 individual horses
As at 4 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Nov 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
57–929
Wins / Runs
6.1%
Strike rate
n=929
159 (17%)
Placed
0.97
Fair A/E
n=926 · 0.76 incl. margin
−428.32
£1 level stake
n=929 at SP · −46.1%
£509k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 50 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 6% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.97). Horses in first-time headgear strike at 9% (56 runs, true-first definition).

Deterministic profile computed from 929 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 4 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Feb–Mar 31.7% when favourite Sends off the favourite in 4% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Wolverhampton (AW) (18.5%, n=65), clear of the yard's 6.1% baseline. New recruits from other stables on their first run struggle at 2.3% (n=44, Fair A/E 0.40). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 2.7% strike, Fair A/E 0.48 and −144.00 to a £1 stake over 186 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. The yard also reads well in Class 4 (27.8%, n=36) and in Chase races (12.5%, n=56). The record reads poorly off a break of 180+ days — 0% over 55 runners, 6.1pts below the baseline. One Group or Graded win sits in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Topham Handicap Chase at Aintree (Apr 2005, £46,400). The stable star of the record: Star Links (USA) — 11 wins from 79 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Feb–Mar.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.1% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
2.7%−3.4
n=186 · A/E 0.48 · £1 −144.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
2.3%−3.8
n=44 · A/E 0.40 · £1 −33.00
Debutants · first career start
5.4%−0.7
n=74 · A/E 1.63 · £1 −14.50
First-time headgear · true-first definition
8.9%+2.8
n=56 · A/E 1.50 · £1 +2.13
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
3.6%−2.5
n=56 · A/E 0.58 · £1 −44.50
When favourite
31.7%
n=41 · A/E 1.24 · £1 −0.95
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
4.2%−1.9
n=408 · A/E 0.81 · £1 −197.25
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−6.1
n=11 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −11.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.1% 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
In Class 4 27.8% vs 6.1% · n=36
With Davy Russell 26.7% vs 6.1% · n=30
With C&D winners 21.6% vs 6.1% · n=51
At Wolverhampton (AW) 18.5% vs 6.1% · n=65
In Chase races 12.5% vs 6.1% · n=56
Off a break of 180+ days 0% vs 6.1% · n=55
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 593 36 6.1% −259.33
Hurdle 207 12 5.8% −114.74
NH Flat 73 2 2.7% −47.00
Chase 56 7 12.5% −7.25

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 260 20 7.7% −112.83
Soft 181 7 3.9% −114.62
Good 168 12 7.1% −65.87
Good to Firm 139 5 3.6% −87.00
Heavy 122 8 6.6% −27.25
Good to Soft 45 3 6.7% −15.00
Firm 14 2 14.3% −5.75

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 173 5 2.9% −111.08
Navan 85 3 3.5% −59.75
Wolverhampton (AW) 65 12 18.5% +7.75
Fairyhouse 54 4 7.4% −24.25
Naas 50 2 4% −22.00
Down Royal 43 1 2.3% −32.00
Curragh 32 0 0% −32.00
Ayr 28 3 10.7% −4.12
Musselburgh 28 3 10.7% −5.50
Limerick 25 2 8% +25.00
Roscommon 23 2 8.7% −9.62
Bellewstown 22 0 0% −22.00
Sligo 21 2 9.5% −6.00
Leopardstown 21 0 0% −21.00
Galway 21 2 9.5% +9.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 78 8 10.3% −33.00
Class 5 40 4 10% −22.25
Class 4 36 10 27.8% +35.13
Class 3 18 2 11.1% −5.00
Class 1 13 0 0% −13.00
Class 2 8 1 12.5% −2.00
Class 7 6 0 0% −6.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 56 13 23.2% 1.01 −15.95
2nd–3rd fav 103 16 15.5% 1.14 −20.37
4th–6th fav 213 18 8.5% 1.19 −30.00
7th+ in betting 557 10 1.8% 0.61 −362.00
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
Star Links (USA)from Richard Hannon Snr · then John Butler 79 11 23 22 Dec 16
Royal Intruder (GB)from Richard Hannon Snr · then Richard Guest 39 6 10 24 Nov 11
Mr Shelby (IRE)then Chelsea Banham 34 2 7 22 Jul 20
Royal Pippen (IRE)then Patrick Magee 27 2 4 10 Nov 23
Braddock (IRE)from David Barron · then Ken Cunningham-Brown 25 1 4 11 Apr 10
Hootie (IRE) 24 0 2 24 Jul 15
Nuvelli (IRE) 22 4 5 7 May 11
Virile (IRE)from Richard Hannon · then Sylvester Kirk 21 1 5 6 Jul 16
Last Minute Lisa (IRE)then Sylvester Kirk 21 1 4 2 Dec 13
Eretara (IRE)from R P O'Keeffe · then David Harry Kelly 20 0 1 9 Oct 15
Super Julius (GB)from Eve Johnson Houghton · then Chelsea Banham 19 2 4 13 Mar 20
Ceasen Desist (IRE) 18 2 4 23 Jul 10
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 130 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 5 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, 30 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Richard Hannon Snr (4) and R P O'Keeffe (3); 30 had their first archived run for this yard.

40 have since run for another yard, most often for John Butler (5) and Chelsea Banham (3); 20 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
611851531061264
Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
Go-to riderSeamie Heffernan
4% of all rides
2.5% SR · A/E 0.49
RiderRWSR£1
Seamie Heffernan 40 1 2.5% −36.25
Davy Russell 30 8 26.7% +32.38
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
87
Archived wins
1
Pattern / graded wins
£929k
Prize money
2005
Best season · 16 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.
Cregg House (IRE) — Topham Handicap Chase Aintree · Apr 2005 · Class 2
£46,400
Lordofourown (IRE) — Novice Chase (Grade 2) Naas · Feb 2006 · Grade 2
£32,550
The Joker (IRE) — betchronicle.com Novice Handicap Chase (0-123) Fairyhouse · Mar 2008
£14,648
Notable horses
Star Links (USA) Royal Intruder (GB) Mill House Girl (IRE) Nuvelli (IRE) Up Above (IRE) Drussell (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Bernstein (USA) 13.9% · 11–79
Progeny have won 12.2% of 691 runs since 2008 (46 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 16.5% from 212. Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 16.2% from 198.
Erewhon (USA) 2.7% · 2–74
Progeny have won 2% of 249 runs since 2009 (29 horses).
Royal Applause (GB) 15.4% · 6–39
Progeny have won 8.6% of 12,434 runs since 2008 (774 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 3.4% from 323.
Casamento (IRE) 5.9% · 2–34
Progeny have won 8.6% of 3,630 runs since 2016 (299 horses). Weakest at trips under 6f (all codes): 4.9% from 287.
Make Believe (GB) 6.5% · 2–31
Progeny have won 11% of 3,620 runs since 2019 (298 horses).
Bated Breath (GB) 6.7% · 2–30
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,162 runs since 2016 (670 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 7.6% from 850.
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 4 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 1,442 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,442 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 10 November 2023.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
10 Nov 23 Dundalk (AW) Royal Pippen (IRE)J: Sean D Bowen Bar One Racing 'Guaranteed Overnight Prices' Apprentice Handicap (47-75)10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 14th 25/1
20 Oct 23 Dundalk (AW) Royal Pippen (IRE)J: Sean D Bowen Gateway Hotel Dundalk Race & Stay Handicap10.5f · Standard · 10 ran 9th 80/1
12 Sep 23 Laytown (AW) Royal Pippen (IRE)J: Mr E P O'Brien ONEILLS.COM (Q.R.) Handicap (50-80)7f · Standard · 10 ran 9th 16/1
31 Aug 23 Navan Royal Pippen (IRE)J: Sean D Bowen www.navanracecourse.ie Handicap8f · Yielding · 17 ran 3rd 11/1
09 Jul 23 Ayr Royal Pippen (IRE)J: Andrew Mullen Book Bounce Bingo At Ayr Racecourse HandicapClass 3 · 8f · Good To Soft · 8 ran 8th 9/1
24 Jun 23 Limerick Royal Pippen (IRE)J: Emmet McNamara Ryans Cleaning Event Specialists Handicap (50-80)7f · Yielding · 9 ran 2nd 14/1
19 May 23 Downpatrick Wee Terry (IRE)J: Mr M N Sharpe Frank & Brian Fitzsimmons Memorial Flat Race17.5f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 12th 100/1
31 Mar 23 Dundalk (AW) Polar Peak (IRE)J: Sean D Bowen Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (47-65)10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 14th 125/1
08 Feb 23 Fairyhouse Cherry Red (IRE)J: Conor McNamara Fairyhouse Schooling Races Mares Maiden Hurdle16f · Yielding · 15 ran 13th 50/1
13 Jan 23 Dundalk (AW) Polar Peak (IRE)J: Conor Maxwell Dundalk Winter Series Leading Trainer & Jockey Championship Handicap (47-65)16f · Standard · 14 ran 14th 80/1
21 Dec 22 Fairyhouse Cherry Red (IRE)J: Mr L P Shanahan Irish Stallion Farms EBF 4-Y-O Fillies Flat Race16f · Yielding To Soft · 13 ran 13th 66/1
03 Dec 22 Fairyhouse Cherry Red (IRE)J: James O'Sullivan Fingal Ravens Raceday Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)16f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 6th 150/1
19 Nov 22 Punchestown Cherry Red (IRE)J: Conor McNamara O'Connor Heating & Plumbing Supporting Longford GAA Maiden Hurdle19.5f · Yielding · 22 ran 10th 200/1
20 Oct 22 Thurles Cherry Red (IRE)J: Mr L P Shanahan Munster Flat Race15.5f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 11th 250/1
19 Oct 22 Navan Royal Pippen (IRE)J: Sam Ewing Blackcastle Handicap (50-85)5f · Heavy · 12 ran 8th 33/1
25 Sep 22 Curragh Asgard's Captain (IRE)J: Danny Sheehy Williamhill.ie Irish EBF Maiden7f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 16th 250/1
21 Sep 22 Listowel Song For My Father (IRE)J: Mr L P Shanahan Listowel Vintners Association Flat Race20f · Good · 12 ran 2nd 16/1
20 Sep 22 Listowel Royal Pippen (IRE)J: Shane Foley Listowel Arms Hotel Handicap8f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 11th 25/1
26 Aug 22 Down Royal Annaparnell (IRE)J: Sam Ewing Dale Farm Dromona Mares Maiden Hurdle17f · Good · 15 ran 15th 40/1
23 Aug 22 Bellewstown Cherry Red (IRE)J: Sarah Kavanagh Avison Young (Ladies Pro/Am) Flat Race16.5f · Good · 10 ran 7th 28/1

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 S Donohoe's strike rate?
S Donohoe has won 57 of 929 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 6.1% (as at 4 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does S Donohoe do best at?
Wolverhampton (AW) by strike rate: 12 wins from 65 runners (18.5%) 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 S Donohoe's Fair A/E?
0.97, from 926 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 4 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).