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Trainer profile

Stephen McConville

232 runners in the lifetime window · 33 individual horses
As at 10 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Dec 2024 92% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
8–232
Wins / Runs
3.4%
Strike rate
n=232
28 (12%)
Placed
0.79
Fair A/E
n=232 · 0.62 incl. margin
−121.50
£1 level stake
n=232 at SP · −52.4%
£94,534
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
3%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 10 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 3% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.79).

Deterministic profile computed from 232 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 10 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Mr M McConville: 4.5% from 67 Claiming riders: 4%
The read

Mr M McConville rides 29% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (4.5%, A/E 0.99) — the market has that partnership priced right. The record reads poorly on Heavy going — 0% over 62 runners, 3.4pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard over 2m5f – 3m: Fair A/E 0.33 across 72 runners (1.4% strike, −65.00 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 3.4% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
3.1%−0.3
n=64 · A/E 0.82 · £1 −42.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−3.4
n=17 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −17.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−3.4
n=12 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −12.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
10%+6.6
n=10 · A/E 3.01 · £1 +7.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−3.4
n=18 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −18.00
When favourite
0%
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
4%+0.6
n=175 · A/E 1.01 · £1 −73.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−3.4
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 3.4% 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
On Heavy going 0% vs 3.4% · n=62
On Soft going 6.1% vs 3.4% · n=82
With a new jockey booking 1.1% vs 3.4% · n=93
Over 2m5f – 3m 1.4% vs 3.4% · n=72
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 116 4 3.4% −43.00
Chase 89 4 4.5% −51.50
Flat 19 0 0% −19.00
NH Flat 8 0 0% −8.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 82 5 6.1% −2.00
Heavy 62 0 0% −62.00
Good 43 2 4.7% −25.50
Good to Soft 22 1 4.5% −9.00
Good to Firm 10 0 0% −10.00
Standard (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00
Firm 5 0 0% −5.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Down Royal 47 2 4.3% −14.00
Punchestown 27 0 0% −27.00
Downpatrick 25 1 4% −16.00
Navan 23 0 0% −23.00
Fairyhouse 14 1 7.1% +3.00
Naas 11 2 18.2% +19.00
Thurles 10 1 10% −1.50
Dundalk (AW) 8 0 0% −8.00
Ayr 7 0 0% −7.00
Limerick 7 0 0% −7.00
Perth 7 0 0% −7.00
Clonmel 6 0 0% −6.00
Sligo 6 1 16.7% +7.00
Gowran Park 5 0 0% −5.00
Wexford 4 0 0% −4.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 4 11 0 0% −11.00
Class 5 6 0 0% −6.00
Class 1 2 0 0% −2.00
Class 2 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 5 0 0% 0.00 −5.00
2nd–3rd fav 17 1 5.9% 0.47 −10.00
4th–6th fav 30 4 13.3% 1.96 +17.50
7th+ in betting 180 3 1.7% 0.60 −124.00
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
81% completed · 205 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 89 70.8% 8 4 14 0 0
Hurdle 116 88.8% 1 4 7 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
Leggy Lad (IRE) 24 3 4 26 Dec 13
Hollybank King (IRE)from J J Lambe 22 1 5 6 Mar 23
Kerrib Castle (IRE) 20 0 1 11 Feb 15
Flashthelights (IRE)then Noel C Kelly 18 1 2 11 Jun 23
Hijo De La Luna (GER)from G M Lyons · then Simon West 15 0 3 11 Dec 24
Perfect Pupil (IRE)then Martin Keighley 14 1 1 26 Dec 24
Boogily Lane (IRE) 14 1 3 24 May 22
Gilo (GB)from D J Wintle 14 0 2 17 Nov 10
Eileens Boy (IRE)from Alan A H Wells · then Paul John Gilligan 10 0 1 23 Feb 22
Anseanachai Cliste (IRE)from Mrs Kim Smyly 10 1 2 2 Jun 21
Writers Block (IRE)then Lady Jane Gillespie 9 0 0 30 Dec 10
Kinnegad Lad (IRE)from Gordon Elliott 8 0 2 2 Jun 23
All 33 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 33 horses listed, 17 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from J J Lambe (4) and D J Wintle (2); 16 had their first archived run for this yard.

10 have since run for another yard, most often for Alan A H Wells (2) and Simon West (2); 23 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
05170000010050
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 riderMr M McConville
29% of all rides
4.5% SR · A/E 0.99
RiderRWSR£1
Mr M McConville 67 3 4.5% −34.00
Daire McConville 39 1 2.6% −22.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
8
Archived wins
£94,534
Prize money
2022
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.
Anseanachai Cliste (IRE) — Toals Bookmakers Ulster National E.B.F. Handicap Chase Downpatrick · Mar 2017
£15,375
Leggy Lad (IRE) — Rainbow Telecom Handicap Chase (0-116) Down Royal · Nov 2011
£8,970
Leggy Lad (IRE) — Caragh Maiden Hurdle Naas · Mar 2010
£7,245
Notable horses
Leggy Lad (IRE) Hollybank King (IRE) Flashthelights (IRE) Perfect Pupil (IRE) Boogily Lane (IRE) Anseanachai Cliste (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Leading Light (IRE) 6.3% · 2–32
Progeny have won 8.2% of 2,216 runs since 2018 (226 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.6% from 241.
Denel (FR) 12.5% · 3–24
Progeny have won 8.5% of 153 runs since 2008 (15 horses).
Fruits Of Love (USA) 4.5% · 1–22
Progeny have won 8.7% of 2,777 runs since 2008 (221 horses). Strongest on Good going: 11.8% from 944. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.4% from 182. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 4% from 150.
Winged Love (IRE) 0% · 0–21
Progeny have won 10.9% of 3,965 runs since 2008 (296 horses).
Overbury (IRE) 0% · 0–15
Progeny have won 10.7% of 4,657 runs since 2008 (423 horses).
Sea The Moon (GER) 0% · 0–15
Progeny have won 12% of 4,590 runs since 2018 (505 horses). Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 15.1% from 815.
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 10 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 267 · newest first

The latest 50 of 267 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 5 February 2005 to 26 December 2024.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
26 Dec 24 Down Royal Perfect Pupil (IRE)J: Sean Flanagan Metcollect Handicap Chase (0-102)20.5f · Good To Yielding · 13 ran 10th 6/1
11 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Hijo De La Luna (GER)J: Luke McAteer Happy Christmas From All At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)10.5f · Standard · 12 ran 5th 13/2
10 Dec 24 Punchestown Perfect Pupil (IRE)J: Anna McGuinness See You On New Years Eve Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 1)24f · Good To Yielding · 17 ran 9th 16/1
06 Dec 24 Dundalk (AW) Butterfly Bush (IRE)J: Danny Sheehy Friday Night Lights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)8f · Standard · 14 ran 12th 50/1
29 Nov 24 Dundalk (AW) Hijo De La Luna (GER)J: Luke McAteer Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)10.5f · Standard · 13 ran 2nd 25/1
20 Nov 24 Dundalk (AW) Butterfly Bush (IRE)J: James Ryan Dundalk Stadium Gift Vouchers Available Online Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)7f · Standard · 14 ran 10th 40/1
17 Nov 24 Navan Perfect Pupil (IRE)J: Danny Mullins Gaeil Colmcille GAA Kells 'Day At The Races' Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16f · Yielding · 23 ran 9th 14/1
06 Nov 24 Dundalk (AW) Hijo De La Luna (GER)J: Adam Caffrey Bet On The Best Night Out At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65)7f · Standard · 14 ran 7th 33/1
11 Oct 24 Downpatrick Hijo De La Luna (GER)J: Cian Walsh Toals Bookmakers Maiden Hurdle17.5f · Good To Yielding · 7 ran 6th 18/1
02 Oct 24 Sligo Perfect Pupil (IRE)J: Sean Flanagan Lough Gill Beginners Chase17.5f · Good · 7 ran 6th 80/1
30 Sep 24 Down Royal Hijo De La Luna (GER)J: Colin Keane Molson Coors Beverage Company Handicap (47-70)7f · Soft · 11 ran 3rd 15/2
20 Sep 24 Downpatrick Hijo De La Luna (GER)J: Cian Walsh Downpatrick Maiden Hurdle18f · Good · 10 ran 5th 33/1
07 Sep 24 Navan Hijo De La Luna (GER)J: Sean Bird Gormanlough Handicap (47-65)10f · Good · 17 ran 10th 28/1
24 Aug 24 Curragh Hijo De La Luna (GER)J: Sean Bird Donohue Marquees Handicap10f · Good · 18 ran 14th 40/1
05 Jul 24 Bellewstown Hijo De La Luna (GER)J: Seamie Heffernan McNally's Pharmacy 365 Handicap (47-70)8f · Good · 14 ran 9th 14/1
21 Jun 24 Down Royal Hijo De La Luna (GER)J: Killian Leonard Laura Nicholas Memorial Handicap (47-65)7f · Good · 13 ran 6th 9/4F
31 May 24 Down Royal Hijo De La Luna (GER)J: Killian Leonard BoyleSports Money Back If 2nd To SP Fav Handicap (47-75)7f · Good · 14 ran 3rd 14/1
24 May 24 Curragh Hijo De La Luna (GER)J: Killian Leonard Ryans Cleaning Handicap (50-80)8f · Good · 19 ran 11th 40/1
17 May 24 Kilbeggan Perfect Pupil (IRE)J: Kieren Buckley Cooke's Bar And Restaurant Caragh Beginners Chase20.5f · Good · 14 ran 11th 50/1
07 May 24 Navan Hijo De La Luna (GER)J: Sean Bird Book Your Navan Summer BBQ Packages Handicap (47-70) (Div 1)10f · Yielding · 17 ran 6th 33/1

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 Stephen McConville's strike rate?
Stephen McConville has won 8 of 232 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 3.4% (as at 10 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Stephen McConville do best at?
Down Royal by strike rate: 2 wins from 47 runners (4.3%) 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.
Who rides most for Stephen McConville?
Mr M McConville, with 67 runners since 2008 — 29% of the total. That pairing has won 3 (4.5%).
What is Stephen McConville's Fair A/E?
0.79, from 232 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 10 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).