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Shane Patrick O'Brien

19 runners in the last 5 seasons · 5 individual horses
As at 15 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Aug 2024 100% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2021→)
from 1 Jan 2022
1–19
Wins / Runs
5.3%
Strike rate
n=19
2 (11%)
Placed
0.94
Fair A/E
n=19 · 0.73 incl. margin
−14.50
£1 level stake
n=19 at SP · −76.3%
£10,480
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%

Small sample — fewer than 30 runs in this window. Read the Ns before the percentages.

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.3% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−5.3
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−5.3
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−5.3
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−5.3
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
0%−5.3
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−5.3
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.3% 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.

Record by conditions

same window as header

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 8 1 12.5% −3.50
Heavy 6 0 0% −6.00
Good 3 0 0% −3.00
Good to Soft 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Limerick 6 0 0% −6.00
Fairyhouse 2 1 50% +2.50
Navan 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown 2 0 0% −2.00
Tramore 2 0 0% −2.00
Wexford 2 0 0% −2.00
Clonmel 1 0 0% −1.00
Gowran Park 1 0 0% −1.00
Leopardstown 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 3 0 0% −3.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
2nd–3rd fav 3 1 33.3% 2.53 +1.50
4th–6th fav 5 0 0% 0.00 −5.00
7th+ in betting 11 0 0% 0.00 −11.00
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
73.7% completed · 19 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Hurdle 19 73.7% 0 0 4 1 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
Getaway Abbey (IRE) 7 0 1 12 Mar 23
My Design (IRE)from Gavin Dower · then Declan Queally 4 1 1 17 Apr 22
Feathered Gold (IRE)from P Corkery 3 0 0 26 May 22
Glenbeg Express (IRE) 3 0 0 6 Mar 22
Yougoingforone (IRE) 2 0 0 30 Aug 24
All 5 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 5 horses listed, 2 arrived from another yard in our archive; 3 had their first archived run for this yard.

1 has since run for another yard; 4 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.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Ian Power 8 1 12.5% −3.50
Mikey Hamill 2 0 0% −2.00
P J O'Hanlon 2 0 0% −2.00
Mr P J Cawley 1 0 0% −1.00
G B Noonan 1 0 0% −1.00
Jack Foley 1 0 0% −1.00
Hugh Morgan 1 0 0% −1.00
Darragh O'Keeffe 1 0 0% −1.00
Mike O'Connor 1 0 0% −1.00
Kieren Buckley 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2021→
2
Archived wins
£20,170
Prize money
2022
Best season · 1 win
My Design (IRE) — Solerina January 29th Mares Maiden Hurdle Fairyhouse · Jan 2022
£6,195
Henry Box Brown (IRE) — Lingstown (C & G) Point-To-Point Flat Race Wexford · Mar 2021
£4,720
Notable horses
My Design (IRE) Henry Box Brown (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Getaway (GER) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 11.3% of 10,898 runs since 2008 (1,025 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.7% from 131.
Scorpion (IRE) 25% · 1–4
Progeny have won 9.2% of 6,313 runs since 2008 (609 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.2% from 141.
Double Eclipse (IRE) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 10.1% of 616 runs since 2008 (61 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13.1% from 229.
Gold Well (GB) 0% · 0–3
Progeny have won 12.2% of 5,647 runs since 2008 (363 horses).
Ol' Man River (IRE) 0% · 0–2
Progeny have won 7.3% of 506 runs since 2008 (57 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 10.8% from 102. Weakest on Good going: 4.1% from 171.
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

all 30 archived runs · newest first

Every one of Shane Patrick O'Brien's 30 archived runners, from 20 March 2021 to 30 August 2024, newest first — 2 winners among them.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
30 Aug 24 Wexford Yougoingforone (IRE)J: Mikey Hamill Brendan Cullimore Electrical Mares Maiden Hurdle24f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran PU 66/1
25 Jul 24 Wexford Yougoingforone (IRE)J: Mikey Hamill visitwexford.ie Mares Maiden Hurdle20.5f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran PU 100/1
12 Mar 23 Limerick Getaway Abbey (IRE)J: Hugh Morgan Watch Every Cheltenham Festival Race Live Only On Racing TV Handicap Hurdle (80-95)22f · Soft · 18 ran PU 25/1
22 Feb 23 Punchestown Getaway Abbey (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Hospitality At Festival 2023 Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1)20.5f · Yielding · 16 ran 11th 9/1
28 Dec 22 Limerick Getaway Abbey (IRE)J: G B Noonan Harrison O'Dowd Solicitors Handicap Hurdle24f · Heavy · 18 ran PU 25/1
06 Dec 22 Tramore Getaway Abbey (IRE)J: Kieren Buckley John Kiely Special Recognition Award Handicap Hurdle (80-95)21f · Soft · 12 ran 4th 8/1
26 May 22 Limerick Feathered Gold (IRE)J: P J O'Hanlon Tote Always SP Or Better At Limerick Claiming Hurdle19f · Good · 14 ran 8th 40/1
24 May 22 Punchestown Getaway Abbey (IRE)J: P J O'Hanlon Bar One Racing Bet In-Play Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1)24f · Good · 21 ran 8th 13/2
17 Apr 22 Fairyhouse My Design (IRE)J: Ian Power Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Novice Hurdle Championship Final (Grade 1)20f · Yielding · 15 ran 8th 125/1
07 Apr 22 Limerick Getaway Abbey (IRE)J: Ian Power Newcastlewest Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 2)21f · Good · 15 ran 5th 15/2
13 Mar 22 Limerick Getaway Abbey (IRE)J: Ian Power Croom Handicap Hurdle (80-95) (Div 1)22f · Soft To Heavy · 18 ran 3rd 50/1
13 Mar 22 Limerick My Design (IRE)J: Ian Power Irish Wire Products Irish EBF Shannon Spray Mares Novice Hurdle (Grade 3)22f · Soft To Heavy · 12 ran BD 7/1
06 Mar 22 Leopardstown Glenbeg Express (IRE)J: Ian Power TRM Equine Nutrition Mares Maiden Hurdle20f · Yielding · 12 ran 8th 40/1
22 Feb 22 Navan My Design (IRE)J: Ian Power BetVictor Apple's Jade Mares Novice Hurdle (Listed)21f · Heavy · 7 ran 3rd 6/1
27 Jan 22 Gowran Park Feathered Gold (IRE)J: Mike O'Connor Langtons Kilkenny Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16f · Soft · 20 ran 6th 33/1
22 Jan 22 Navan Glenbeg Express (IRE)J: Ian Power Graigs Lane Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)20f · Yielding · 19 ran 13th 100/1
15 Jan 22 Fairyhouse My Design (IRE)J: Ian Power Solerina January 29th Mares Maiden Hurdle20f · Soft · 16 ran 1st 7/2
06 Jan 22 Clonmel Glenbeg Express (IRE)J: Jack Foley Kilsheelan Mares Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Heavy · 13 ran 6th 40/1
01 Jan 22 Tramore Feathered Gold (IRE)J: Mr P J Cawley Keith Casey Memorial Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16f · Heavy · 14 ran 4th 5/1
27 Dec 21 Limerick Feathered Gold (IRE)J: Mark McDonagh Roches Feeds Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16f · Heavy · 16 ran 7th 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 Shane Patrick O'Brien's strike rate?
Shane Patrick O'Brien has won 1 of 19 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 5.3% (as at 15 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive. A small sample — fewer than 30 runners, so read the count before the percentage.
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).