What is T J Taaffe's strike rate?

T J Taaffe has won 84 of 997 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 8.4% (as at 7 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.

Which course does T J Taaffe do best at?

Limerick by strike rate: 9 wins from 54 runners (16.7%) 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 T J Taaffe?

Mark Walsh, with 86 runners since 2008 — 9% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (9.3%).

What is T J Taaffe's Fair A/E?

0.86, from 997 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.

Trainer profile

T J Taaffe

997 runners in the lifetime window · 144 individual horses

As at 7 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily

Last runner Mar 2021 95% 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

84–997

Wins / Runs

8.4%

Strike rate

n=997

266 (27%)

Placed

0.86

Fair A/E

n=997 · 0.67 incl. margin

−482.37

£1 level stake

n=997 at SP · −48.4%

£1.84m

Prize money (window)

Strike by season

14.3%

KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 70 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 8% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.86).

Deterministic profile computed from 997 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 7 Nov 2026

KTB at a glance Fired Feb–Mar 27.1% when favourite Mark Walsh: 9.3% from 86 Sent off the favourite in 10% of races

The read

The record is strongest at Limerick (16.7%, n=54) and Down Royal (16.7%, n=54) — all clear of the yard's 8.4% baseline. It is weakest at Leopardstown (0% over 58 runners) — the widest gap in the record. A horse in first-time headgear has been a poor signal at 5.4% (n=37, Fair A/E 0.61). Mark Walsh rode 9% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (9.3%, A/E 0.91). The record read poorly in Flat races — 1.9% over 54 runners, 6.5pts below the baseline. 28 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup at Cheltenham (Mar 2005, £212,268). The stable star of the record was Finger Onthe Pulse (IRE) — 9 wins from 43 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fired 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 8.4% baseline

Fresh · 61+ days off

6.9%−1.5

n=276 · A/E 0.89 · £1 −117.64

New recruits · first run for the yard

14.3%+5.9

n=14 · A/E 1.40 · £1 −6.38

Debutants · first career start

8.6%+0.2

n=93 · A/E 1.23 · £1 −8.25

First-time headgear · true-first definition

5.4%−3.0

n=37 · A/E 0.61 · £1 −7.00

Headgear returns · back on after a bare run

6.3%−2.1

n=16 · A/E 0.99 · £1 −11.00

When favourite

27.1%

n=96 · A/E 0.99 · £1 −17.86

Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle

8.1%−0.3

n=308 · A/E 0.96 · £1 −125.02

Group / Graded races · pattern & listed

9.7%+1.3

n=154 · A/E 0.92 · £1 −63.60

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.4% 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

At Leopardstown 0% vs 8.4% · n=58

At Limerick 16.7% vs 8.4% · n=54

At Down Royal 16.7% vs 8.4% · n=54

With T G M Ryan 0% vs 8.4% · n=36

With Paul Townend 15.4% vs 8.4% · n=52

In Flat races 1.9% vs 8.4% · n=54

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 498 38 7.6% −257.64

Chase 331 35 10.6% −150.10

NH Flat 114 10 8.8% −23.38

Flat 54 1 1.9% −51.25

Going

GoingRWSR£1

Soft 307 32 10.4% −122.87

Heavy 266 21 7.9% −170.90

Good 239 19 7.9% −108.76

Good to Soft 101 9 8.9% −9.59

Good to Firm 69 2 2.9% −58.00

Standard (AW) 11 1 9.1% −8.25

Firm 4 0 0% −4.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1

Punchestown 101 5 5% −75.75

Fairyhouse 77 10 13% −24.34

Navan 69 5 7.2% −47.67

Leopardstown 58 0 0% −58.00

Limerick 54 9 16.7% −19.11

Down Royal 54 9 16.7% −0.59

Cork 51 2 3.9% −38.00

Gowran Park 49 6 12.2% −13.42

Naas 46 3 6.5% −26.70

Thurles 40 5 12.5% −18.00

Galway 40 1 2.5% −17.00

Clonmel 38 4 10.5% −21.67

Downpatrick 34 3 8.8% −24.87

Sligo 32 3 9.4% +15.62

Kilbeggan 27 3 11.1% +14.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1

Class 1 152 14 9.2% −57.10

Class 2 10 0 0% −10.00

Class 4 8 0 0% −8.00

Class 3 1 0 0% −1.00

Class 6 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1

Favourite 118 27 22.9% 0.89 −37.36

2nd–3rd fav 228 39 17.1% 1.14 −34.51

4th–6th fav 318 11 3.5% 0.51 −210.50

7th+ in betting 333 7 2.1% 0.63 −200.00

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

86.4% completed · 829 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)

CodeRCompFURPUBDOth

Chase 331 78.9% 28 10 32 0 0

Hurdle 498 91.4% 8 6 27 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

Heaney (IRE)then B R Hamilton 30 5 10 13 Jun 16

Peoples Park (IRE) 29 4 6 3 Aug 18

Ninetieth Minute (IRE)then J J O'Shea 27 4 12 17 May 13

Finger Onthe Pulse (IRE)then Jonjo O'Neill 27 4 9 20 Oct 12

Smoking Aces (IRE)then Jonjo O'Neill 26 4 13 9 May 12

I Knew Well (IRE) 21 3 8 15 Apr 18

Argocat (IRE)from Tom Tate · then Nicky Henderson 21 5 8 3 Jun 15

Stretch The Truth (IRE) 21 1 4 24 Aug 11

Treacle (IRE) 20 4 7 9 Jul 13

Emotional Melody (IRE) 19 0 7 11 Mar 10

Glenfinn Captain (IRE)from W J Lanigan 18 4 6 20 Mar 11

Goose Man (IRE)then Jamie Snowden 16 5 10 17 Mar 21

Showing the 60 most-raced of the 144 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 6 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, 10 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Tom Tate (4); 50 had their first archived run for this yard.

25 have since run for another yard, most often for Dr Richard Newland (2) and Jonjo O'Neill (2); 35 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 riderMark Walsh

9% of all rides
9.3% SR · A/E 0.91

RiderRWSR£1

Mark Walsh 86 8 9.3% −52.50

Barry Geraghty 73 8 11% −21.29

A B Joyce 71 9 12.7% −17.59

Paul Townend 52 8 15.4% +11.38

P W Flood 46 6 13% −9.20

A E Lynch 45 6 13.3% −23.22

T G M Ryan 36 0 0% −36.00

Mr Pat Taaffe 35 2 5.7% −28.75

D J Casey 31 1 3.2% −27.50

Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→

165

Archived wins

Pattern / graded wins

£3.99m

Prize money

2006

Best season · 41 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.

Kicking King (IRE) — totesport Cheltenham Gold Cup Cheltenham · Mar 2005 · Class 1

£212,268

Kicking King (IRE) — Punchestown Guinness Gold Cup (Grade 1) Punchestown · Apr 2005 · Grade 1

£139,500

Finger Onthe Pulse (IRE) — www.thetote.com Galway Plate (Handicap Chase) (Grade A) Galway · Jul 2010 · Grade A

£120,400

Notable horses

Finger Onthe Pulse (IRE) Glenfinn Captain (IRE) Treacle (IRE) Ninetieth Minute (IRE) Emotional Article (IRE) Heaney (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip

Old Vic (GB) 9.6% · 11–115

Progeny have won 11.7% of 6,916 runs since 2008 (630 horses).

Oscar (IRE) 8% · 7–87

Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,543 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.

Flemensfirth (USA) 7.9% · 5–63

Progeny have won 11.9% of 17,288 runs since 2008 (1,595 horses).

Presenting (GB) 10.7% · 6–56

Progeny have won 11% of 20,052 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.

Accordion (IRE) 12.8% · 6–47

Progeny have won 10.8% of 3,309 runs since 2008 (327 horses).

Definite Article (GB) 7.1% · 3–42

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.

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 7 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 1,643 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,643 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 2 January 2005 to 21 March 2021.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP

21 Mar 21 Downpatrick Ultra Viers (IRE)J: Mr Pat Taaffe Molson Coors (Pro/Am) Flat Race17.5f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran 6th 6/1

17 Mar 21 Down Royal Goose Man (IRE)J: Mr Pat Taaffe Bluegrass Horse Feeds Chase26f · Yielding · 5 ran 1st 2/1

14 Mar 21 Limerick Any Givin Sunday (IRE)J: Mr Pat Taaffe Adare (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Heavy · 9 ran 9th 10/1

15 Feb 21 Thurles Ultra Viers (IRE)J: Mr Pat Taaffe John Thomas McNamara Series Flat Race16f · Heavy · 12 ran 5th 18/1

07 Feb 21 Leopardstown Goose Man (IRE)J: Sean O'Keeffe Gaelic Plant Hire Leopardstown Handicap Chase (Grade A)21.5f · Soft · 22 ran 6th 33/1

18 Jan 21 Punchestown Resurrected Duke (IRE)J: Mr Pat Taaffe John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle16f · Soft To Heavy · 13 ran 10th 9/2

13 Jan 21 Naas Moments Past (IRE)J: Mr Pat Taaffe Rushe's Supervalu (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Heavy · 9 ran 6th 16/1

29 Dec 20 Limerick Resurrected Duke (IRE)J: Simon Torrens Party Time Handicap Hurdle (80-102)19f · Heavy · 15 ran 5th 9/2

28 Dec 20 Limerick Goose Man (IRE)J: Hugh Morgan Tim Duggan Memorial Handicap Chase (0-150) (Grade B)19.5f · Heavy · 15 ran UR 18/1

20 Dec 20 Thurles Cottie (IRE)J: Mr Pat Taaffe Best Wishes For The Festive Season (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Soft · 11 ran 4th 6/1

03 Dec 20 Clonmel Resurrected Duke (IRE)J: Mr Pat Taaffe Powerstown Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16f · Heavy · 13 ran F 5/1

10 Nov 20 Fairyhouse Resurrected Duke (IRE)J: Mr Pat Taaffe John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R) Handicap Hurdle19.5f · Soft To Heavy · 14 ran 6th 3/1F

30 Oct 20 Down Royal Any Givin Sunday (IRE)J: Mr Pat Taaffe Rainbow Communications Flat Race16.5f · Yielding To Soft · 5 ran 4th 15/2

29 Oct 20 Clonmel Resurrected Duke (IRE)J: Mr Pat Taaffe Powerstown Demesne (Q.R.) Handicap Hurdle (80-102)20f · Yielding To Soft · 14 ran 2nd 7/2F

25 Oct 20 Galway Champagnesocialist (IRE)J: Mr Pat Taaffe Pink Ribbon Tour 4-y-o Fillies (pro/am) Flat Race16f · Soft · 16 ran 2nd 17/2

14 Oct 20 Punchestown Any Givin Sunday (IRE)J: Miss A B O'Connor Punchestown Flat Race16f · Yielding · 7 ran 1st 11/2

05 Oct 20 Killarney Walking Fame (IRE)J: J J Slevin Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle17f · Good · 15 ran 1st 7/2

02 Oct 20 Gowran Park Cottie (IRE)J: Mr Pat Taaffe Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mucklemeg Mares Flat Race (Listed)16f · Good · 13 ran 5th 10/1

02 Oct 20 Gowran Park Resurrected Duke (IRE)J: J J Slevin Race Displays Handicap Hurdle (80-102)20f · Good · 12 ran 2nd 10/1

28 Sep 20 Roscommon Champagnesocialist (IRE)J: Mr Pat Taaffe Connolly's Red Mills Flat Race16f · Good · 13 ran 2nd 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 T J Taaffe's strike rate?: T J Taaffe has won 84 of 997 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 8.4% (as at 7 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does T J Taaffe do best at?: Limerick by strike rate: 9 wins from 54 runners (16.7%) 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 T J Taaffe?: Mark Walsh, with 86 runners since 2008 — 9% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (9.3%).
What is T J Taaffe's Fair A/E?: 0.86, from 997 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.