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Trainer profile

Seamus O'Farrell

161 runners in the lifetime window · 21 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Jun 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.
5–161
Wins / Runs
3.1%
Strike rate
n=161
24 (15%)
Placed
0.84
Fair A/E
n=161 · 0.63 incl. margin
−79.00
£1 level stake
n=161 at SP · −49.1%
£49,422
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 10 runners a season, winning with 3% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.84).

Deterministic profile computed from 161 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 15 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Katie O'Farrell: 1.7% from 58 Claiming riders: 4.1%
The read

Katie O'Farrell rode 36% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (1.7%, A/E 0.59). The yard also read well over 2m1f – 2m4f (6.4%, n=47). The record read poorly over 1m5f – 2m — 0% over 61 runners, 3.1pts below the baseline.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 3.1% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
2.7%−0.4
n=37 · A/E 0.99 · £1 −11.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−3.1
n=19 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −19.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−3.1
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−3.1
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−3.1
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
4.1%+1.0
n=123 · A/E 1.18 · £1 −41.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 3.1% 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
Over 1m5f – 2m 0% vs 3.1% · n=61
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 6.4% vs 3.1% · n=47
On Heavy going 0% vs 3.1% · n=37
Off a 8-14-day break 0% vs 3.1% · n=33
With Katie O'Farrell 1.7% vs 3.1% · n=58 · A/E 0.59
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 119 4 3.4% −50.00
Flat 20 1 5% −7.00
Chase 16 0 0% −16.00
NH Flat 6 0 0% −6.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 46 2 4.3% −7.00
Soft 39 1 2.6% −28.00
Heavy 37 0 0% −37.00
Good to Firm 24 2 8.3% +8.00
Good to Soft 12 0 0% −12.00
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Cork 14 0 0% −14.00
Kilbeggan 13 1 7.7% +13.00
Clonmel 11 1 9.1% +6.00
Tramore 9 0 0% −9.00
Downpatrick 9 1 11.1% +4.00
Tipperary 8 0 0% −8.00
Punchestown 8 0 0% −8.00
Navan 8 0 0% −8.00
Thurles 7 0 0% −7.00
Galway 7 0 0% −7.00
Gowran Park 7 0 0% −7.00
Bellewstown 6 0 0% −6.00
Limerick 5 0 0% −5.00
Leopardstown 5 0 0% −5.00
Killarney 5 0 0% −5.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 7 1 14.3% +8.00
Class 3 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
2nd–3rd fav 4 0 0% 0.00 −4.00
4th–6th fav 25 2 8% 1.31 −1.00
7th+ in betting 129 3 2.3% 0.83 −71.00
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
84.4% completed · 135 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 16 62.5% 1 2 3 0 0
Hurdle 119 87.4% 1 3 9 1 1
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
No More Prisoners (IRE)from Anthony Mullins · then Liam Corcoran 18 0 6 18 Nov 10
Strain Of Fame (IRE)from W P Mullins · then John Joseph Hanlon 17 1 3 25 Aug 14
A Little Different (IRE)from C A Murphy 17 2 3 15 Oct 11
Fairy Court (IRE)from W P Mullins 11 0 1 6 Jun 18
Proud To Be Irish (IRE) 11 1 3 30 Oct 09
Star of Angels (GB)from David Pipe · then John Joseph Hanlon 10 0 0 17 Feb 16
Diamond's Return (IRE)from P A Fahy 9 0 1 22 Feb 15
Annoy The Saints (IRE)from Sabrina J Harty · then Sabrina J Harty 8 0 0 10 Oct 09
Boxer Georg (IRE)from John Joseph Hanlon 7 0 0 14 Nov 15
Alittlealexandrite (IRE)from Sabrina J Harty 7 0 1 10 Jun 10
Alittleanoften (IRE) 7 0 0 15 Nov 09
Carrickshock (IRE)from Michael Joseph Fitzgerald 7 0 0 20 Apr 09
All 21 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 21 horses listed, 17 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from John Joseph Hanlon (4) and P A Fahy (2); 4 had their first archived run for this yard.

7 have since run for another yard, most often for John Joseph Hanlon (5); 14 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 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 riderKatie O'Farrell
36% of all rides
1.7% SR · A/E 0.59
RiderRWSR£1
Katie O'Farrell 58 1 1.7% −41.00
Conor O'Farrell 44 2 4.5% −16.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
8
Archived wins
£102k
Prize money
2010
Best season · 2 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.
Danehill Diamond (IRE) — Ballyduane Stud EBF Fillies Handicap (60-90) Limerick · May 2005
£16,926
Proud To Be Irish (IRE) — Frank Hannon Memorial Hurdle Roscommon · Jun 2006
£14,648
Proud To Be Irish (IRE) — Bloomfield House Hotel Hurdle Kilbeggan · Jun 2006
£8,983
Notable horses
Proud To Be Irish (IRE) A Little Different (IRE) Strain Of Fame (IRE) Sainte Kadette (FR) Danehill Diamond (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Saddlers' Hall (IRE) 5.4% · 2–37
Progeny have won 7.7% of 4,861 runs since 2008 (460 horses).
Allstar Leader (IRE) 0% · 0–18
Progeny have won 0% of 27 runs since 2008 (1 horse). A small sample.
King's Theatre (IRE) 5.9% · 1–17
Progeny have won 14.4% of 12,129 runs since 2008 (746 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.8% from 125. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 7.9% from 203.
Brief Truce (USA) 9.1% · 1–11
Progeny have won 7.3% of 137 runs since 2008 (12 horses).
Court Cave (IRE) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 10.1% of 7,921 runs since 2008 (551 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 6.9% from 934.
Bob's Return (IRE) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 8.5% of 2,268 runs since 2008 (219 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 11.8% from 254.
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 15 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 209 · newest first

The latest 50 of 209 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 13 January 2005 to 6 June 2018.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
06 Jun 18 Wexford Fairy Court (IRE)J: Rachael Blackmore It's 'Time To Play'. Download The Brand New BoyleSports App Now Handicap Hurdle (80-95)20.5f · Good · 14 ran 11th 33/1
23 May 18 Wexford Fairy Court (IRE)J: Katie O'Farrell Loch Garman Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)16f · Good · 13 ran 12th 20/1
29 Mar 18 Clonmel Fairy Court (IRE)J: Katie O'Farrell Vee Handicap Hurdle (80-95)18.5f · Heavy · 10 ran 6th 33/1
22 Mar 18 Cork Fairy Court (IRE)J: Adam Short Cit Raise And Give Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Soft To Heavy · 9 ran 6th 33/1
14 Dec 17 Tramore Fairy Court (IRE)J: Katie O'Farrell www.tramore-racecourse.com Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Heavy · 12 ran 7th 16/1
23 Nov 17 Thurles Fairy Court (IRE)J: Katie O'Farrell Killinan Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Heavy · 17 ran 4th 33/1
02 Nov 17 Clonmel Fairy Court (IRE)J: Katie O'Farrell Clonmel Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16.5f · Soft · 15 ran 9th 50/1
24 Jun 17 Gowran Park Fairy Court (IRE)J: Stephen Gray Whitfield Orthopaedic & Sports Injury Clinic Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 2)16f · Good To Firm · 16 ran 14th 25/1
09 Jun 17 Clonmel Fairy Court (IRE)J: Danny Mullins Orchard Thieves Handicap Hurdle (80-109)20f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 15th 50/1
09 Jun 17 Clonmel Jacksey's Well (IRE)J: Paul Townend BBQ Evening At Clonmel Races Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16.5f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran PU 33/1
22 May 17 Punchestown Fairy Court (IRE)J: Niall Kelly Punchestown For Events Handicap Hurdle (80-102)20.5f · Good · 24 ran 23rd 50/1
20 Apr 17 Tipperary Fairy Court (IRE)J: Katie O'Farrell Follow Tipperary Races On Facebook Handicap Hurdle (80-109)20f · Good · 19 ran PU 25/1
17 Feb 16 Punchestown Star of Angels (GB)J: Katie O'Farrell Festival Free Upgrade Offer Ends Soon Handicap Hurdle (80-95)20f · Heavy · 11 ran 7th 66/1
28 Dec 15 Limerick Star of Angels (GB)J: Katie O'Farrell Parkway Shopping Centre Handicap Hurdle (80-102)21f · Heavy · 18 ran 10th 50/1
26 Nov 15 Thurles Star of Angels (GB)J: Katie O'Farrell Templemore Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16f · Soft · 18 ran 16th 66/1
15 Nov 15 Cork Star of Angels (GB)J: Katie O'Farrell Follow Us On Facebook Handicap Hurdle (80-109)16f · Heavy · 19 ran 11th 33/1
14 Nov 15 Punchestown Boxer Georg (IRE)J: Katie O'Farrell Risk Of Thunder Chase24f · Soft · 16 ran 15th 66/1
18 Oct 15 Cork Star of Angels (GB)J: Katie O'Farrell Christmas Party Package Handicap Hurdle (80-109)20f · Good · 14 ran 10th 66/1
11 Oct 15 Limerick Star of Angels (GB)J: Katie O'Farrell Anglo Handicap Hurdle22f · Yielding · 12 ran 12th 33/1
18 Sep 15 Listowel Star of Angels (GB)J: Katie O'Farrell John Francis Handicap Hurdle (80-109)24f · Soft · 17 ran 13th 50/1

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 Seamus O'Farrell's strike rate?
Seamus O'Farrell has won 5 of 161 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 3.1% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Who rides most for Seamus O'Farrell?
Katie O'Farrell, with 58 runners since 2008 — 36% of the total. That pairing has won 1 (1.7%).
What is Seamus O'Farrell's Fair A/E?
0.84, from 161 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 15 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).