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Trainer profile

Sean P Hennessy

166 runners in the lifetime window · 36 individual horses
As at 12 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Jul 2023
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2009→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
1–166
Wins / Runs
0.6%
Strike rate
n=166
19 (11%)
Placed
0.13
Fair A/E
n=166 · 0.10 incl. margin
−163.75
£1 level stake
n=166 at SP · −98.6%
£36,483
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 10 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 1% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.13).

Deterministic profile computed from 166 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 12 Nov 2026

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 0.6% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−0.6
n=41 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −41.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−0.6
n=11 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −11.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−0.6
n=25 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −25.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−0.6
n=15 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −15.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−0.6
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
When favourite
20%
n=5 · A/E 0.81 · £1 −2.75
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%−0.6
n=48 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −48.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 0.6% 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
Over 6f – 7f 2.7% vs 0.6% · n=37
Off a 15-30-day break 1.7% vs 0.6% · n=58 · A/E 0.29
With a new jockey booking 0% vs 0.6% · n=100 · A/E 0.00
In Hurdle races 0% vs 0.6% · n=55 · A/E 0.00
In Flat races 1.1% vs 0.6% · n=94 · A/E 0.19
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 94 1 1.1% −91.75
Hurdle 55 0 0% −55.00
Chase 10 0 0% −10.00
NH Flat 7 0 0% −7.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 44 0 0% −44.00
Good 43 0 0% −43.00
Standard (AW) 32 0 0% −32.00
Heavy 25 0 0% −25.00
Good to Firm 15 0 0% −15.00
Good to Soft 7 1 14.3% −4.75

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk 32 0 0% −32.00
Cork 23 0 0% −23.00
Tipperary 22 0 0% −22.00
Limerick 15 0 0% −15.00
Clonmel 9 0 0% −9.00
Curragh 8 0 0% −8.00
Thurles 8 0 0% −8.00
Punchestown 7 0 0% −7.00
Tramore 6 0 0% −6.00
Killarney 6 0 0% −6.00
Navan 6 0 0% −6.00
Kilbeggan 3 0 0% −3.00
Sligo 3 0 0% −3.00
Leopardstown 3 0 0% −3.00
Fairyhouse 3 1 33.3% −0.75

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 5 1 20% 0.81 −2.75
2nd–3rd fav 13 0 0% 0.00 −13.00
4th–6th fav 21 0 0% 0.00 −21.00
7th+ in betting 127 0 0% 0.00 −127.00
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
Inagh's Gift (IRE)from Paul Nolan 22 0 4 21 Jul 23
Forebear (IRE)then P Twomey 15 0 2 7 Aug 15
Hi Empress (IRE)then D Donovan 12 0 4 15 May 15
Vim (IRE) 10 0 3 24 Jan 14
Byerley Beag (IRE) 9 0 0 23 May 19
Tou (GB) 8 0 0 6 Jan 17
Wheresmary (IRE) 7 0 1 20 Jun 11
Undercommunication (IRE)from J A Stack 6 0 0 19 Nov 21
Last Judgment (IRE)from J A Stack · then Daniel William O'Sullivan 6 0 0 8 Aug 20
Jet Mistress (IRE)then Paul Nolan 6 0 0 3 Aug 15
Domestic Diva (IRE)then Jennie Candlish 5 0 0 8 Oct 18
Its Only Mossy (IRE)then Jennie Candlish 5 0 0 13 Nov 15
All 36 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 36 horses listed, 11 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from J A Stack (2) and Jennie Candlish (2); 25 had their first archived run for this yard.

17 have since run for another yard, most often for Jennie Candlish (4) and D Donovan (2); 19 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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Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
W J Lee 29 0 0% −29.00
B M Cash 12 0 0% −12.00
Wayne Lordan 11 0 0% −11.00
Keith Moriarty 9 0 0% −9.00
Michael Hussey 8 0 0% −8.00
Conor Maxwell 8 0 0% −8.00
Darragh O'Keeffe 6 0 0% −6.00
Ben Dalton 5 0 0% −5.00
Fergal Lynch 4 1 25% −1.75
Shane Crosse 4 0 0% −4.00
Roger Loughran 4 0 0% −4.00
Shane Mulcahy 4 0 0% −4.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2009→
1
Archived wins
£36,483
Prize money
2012
Best season · 1 win
Hi Emperor (IRE) — Follow Fairyhouse On Twitter Maiden Fairyhouse · Jun 2012
£6,900
Notable horses
Hi Emperor (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Oscar (IRE) 0% · 0–22
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Kodiac (GB) 0% · 0–15
Progeny have won 10.4% of 23,604 runs since 2010 (1,666 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 14.3% from 147. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 7.1% from 254.
Definite Article (GB) 0% · 0–14
Progeny have won 10.5% of 5,617 runs since 2008 (527 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 5.1% from 138. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 4.3% from 211.
Antonius Pius (USA) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 8.1% of 3,236 runs since 2009 (195 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 5% from 339.
Catcher In The Rye (IRE) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 8.9% of 2,570 runs since 2008 (239 horses).
Kyllachy (GB) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 9.9% of 13,847 runs since 2008 (800 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.8% from 468.
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 12 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 166 · newest first

The latest 50 of 166 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 5 June 2009 to 21 July 2023.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
21 Jul 23 Kilbeggan Inagh's Gift (IRE)J: Aidan Kelly Summer Saturday Festival August 12th Handicap Chase (0-95)19f · Soft · 14 ran PU 25/1
09 Jul 23 Sligo Inagh's Gift (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe DecoClip Construction Handicap Hurdle (80-95)20f · Good · 14 ran 11th 16/1
12 Jun 23 Roscommon Inagh's Gift (IRE)J: Cian Quirke Ivan Connaughton Auctioneers Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)16f · Yielding To Soft · 15 ran 9th 18/1
13 Oct 22 Tramore Inagh's Gift (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Pickardstown Handicap Chase (0-102)15f · Yielding · 8 ran 6th 5/1
09 Sep 22 Ballinrobe Inagh's Gift (IRE)J: Daniel King Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Chase (0-109)17f · Good · 12 ran 8th 14/1
14 Aug 22 Tramore Inagh's Gift (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Heinz Pollmeier Memorial Handicap Chase (0-102)15.5f · Good · 11 ran 7th 12/1
20 Jul 22 Limerick Inagh's Gift (IRE)J: Jordan Gainford Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Handicap Chase (0-109)19.5f · Good · 11 ran 9th 11/1
03 Jul 22 Tramore Inagh's Gift (IRE)J: Shane Mulcahy August Festival Discounts Available At tramoreraces.ie Handicap Chase16f · Good · 14 ran 6th 10/1
03 Jun 22 Tramore Inagh's Gift (IRE)J: Shane Mulcahy Tramore Tourism Handicap Chase15f · Good To Yielding · 9 ran 2nd 8/1
24 May 22 Punchestown Inagh's Gift (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Bar One Racing 50 Free Bet Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)16.5f · Good · 20 ran 7th 18/1
05 May 22 Tipperary Inagh's Gift (IRE)J: J J Slevin Tipperary Racecourse Handicap Chase17.5f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran 15th 12/1
10 Apr 22 Tramore Inagh's Gift (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Lismore Handicap Chase (0-109)15f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 2nd 14/1
24 Mar 22 Cork Inagh's Gift (IRE)J: Conor Maxwell Fermoy Handicap Hurdle (80-95)20f · Good · 20 ran 16th 33/1
06 Jan 22 Clonmel Condarcia (IRE)J: L P Dempsey Lisronagh Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16.5f · Heavy · 13 ran PU 100/1
25 Nov 21 Thurles Inagh's Gift (IRE)J: Conor Maxwell Boomerang Shavings & Horse & Country Store Handicap Hurdle (80-95)16f · Good · 18 ran 6th 40/1
19 Nov 21 Dundalk (AW) Undercommunication (IRE)J: W J Lee Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Handicap (45-65) (Div 2)10.5f · Standard · 13 ran 13th 7/2
15 Oct 21 Dundalk (AW) Undercommunication (IRE)J: Chris Hayes BetVictor Proud To Support Irish Racing Handicap (45-65) (Div 2)7f · Standard · 14 ran 10th 80/1
07 Oct 21 Thurles Undercommunication (IRE)J: W J Lee Moyne Handicap (45-65)8f · Yielding · 14 ran 10th 40/1
01 Jun 21 Tipperary Jon Riggens (IRE)J: Shane Crosse tipperaryraces Maiden5f · Yielding · 14 ran 2nd 17/2
07 May 21 Cork Jon Riggens (IRE)J: Shane Crosse Cork Maiden (Plus 10)5f · Good · 16 ran 2nd 40/1

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 Sean P Hennessy's strike rate?
Sean P Hennessy has won 1 of 166 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 0.6% (as at 12 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Sean P Hennessy do best at?
Dundalk by strike rate: 0 wins from 32 runners (0%) 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 Sean P Hennessy's Fair A/E?
0.13, from 166 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 12 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).