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Trainer profile

Thomas Gerard O'Leary

212 runners in the lifetime window · 32 individual horses
As at 11 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Feb 2011 99% 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
18–212
Wins / Runs
8.5%
Strike rate
n=212
60 (28%)
Placed
1.11
Fair A/E
n=212 · 0.83 incl. margin
−65.75
£1 level stake
n=212 at SP · −31.0%
£379k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 50 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 9% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.11).

Deterministic profile computed from 212 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 11 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fired Jan–Feb Phillip Enright: 8.8% from 57
The read

The record is strongest at Clonmel (11.8%, n=34), clear of the yard's 8.5% baseline. Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 0% (n=37, Fair A/E 0.00). Phillip Enright rode 27% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (8.8%, A/E 1.49) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also read well over 2m5f – 3m (12.9%, n=62) and off a 31-60-day break (12.5%, n=48). The market has consistently overbet the yard in Hurdle races: Fair A/E 0.65 across 54 runners (5.6% strike, −22.00 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperformed what the price implied. 6 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Tipperary Hurdle at Tipperary (IRE) (Oct 2006, £65,100). Seasonally, the yard fired Jan–Feb.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 8.5% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−8.5
n=37 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −37.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−8.5
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−8.5
n=11 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −11.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−8.5
n=13 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −13.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
8.3%−0.2
n=12 · A/E 1.47 · £1 +9.00
When favourite
42.9%
n=14 · A/E 1.60 · £1 +4.75
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
6.6%−1.9
n=106 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −41.37
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
7.4%−1.1
n=27 · A/E 0.85 · £1 +15.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 8.5% 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
With Davy Russell 16.7% vs 8.5% · n=42
With horses switching code 2.9% vs 8.5% · n=34
Over 2m5f – 3m 12.9% vs 8.5% · n=62
Off a 31-60-day break 12.5% vs 8.5% · n=48
At Clonmel 11.8% vs 8.5% · n=34
In Hurdle races 5.6% vs 8.5% · 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
Chase 140 13 9.3% −31.88
Hurdle 54 3 5.6% −22.00
NH Flat 16 2 12.5% −9.87
Flat 2 0 0% −2.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Heavy 86 9 10.5% +8.38
Soft 75 5 6.7% −50.63
Good 29 2 6.9% −9.00
Good to Firm 12 1 8.3% −6.50
Good to Soft 7 0 0% −7.00
Firm 3 1 33.3% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Clonmel 34 4 11.8% +3.25
Thurles 31 3 9.7% −19.25
Cork 23 1 4.3% −17.50
Limerick 19 1 5.3% −16.12
Gowran Park 18 3 16.7% +27.25
Tramore 17 1 5.9% −10.00
Tipperary 14 1 7.1% −4.00
Punchestown 11 1 9.1% −2.00
Fairyhouse 9 1 11.1% −6.38
Killarney 8 1 12.5% +5.00
Navan 5 0 0% −5.00
Naas 5 0 0% −5.00
Cheltenham 3 0 0% −3.00
Listowel 2 0 0% −2.00
Galway 2 0 0% −2.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 26 2 7.7% +16.00
Class 2 3 0 0% −3.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 15 7 46.7% 1.75 +7.00
2nd–3rd fav 36 4 11.1% 0.85 −17.25
4th–6th fav 58 4 6.9% 0.97 −20.50
7th+ in betting 103 3 2.9% 0.88 −35.00
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
83.5% completed · 194 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 140 80.7% 9 5 13 0 0
Hurdle 54 90.7% 1 1 3 0 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
Tawnies (IRE) 20 3 9 27 Jul 10
Preists Leap (IRE)then Raymond Hurley 15 2 3 10 Apr 10
Grancore Girl (IRE)then Raymond Hurley 14 2 8 10 Feb 11
Corlaan (IRE)then Andrew Lee 13 1 3 4 Jun 09
John The Soldier (IRE)then Raymond Hurley 12 0 3 5 Oct 10
Brave Jonnie (IRE) 12 1 2 3 Jun 10
American Star (IRE)from V T O'Brien · then V T O'Brien 11 1 3 19 Jul 09
Wagga Wagga (IRE) 9 0 0 17 Nov 10
Jagoes Mills (IRE) 9 3 5 11 Apr 10
Hurricane Carter (IRE)then Dai Williams 9 2 4 4 Apr 10
Denny Mac (IRE)then D R Gandolfo 9 0 3 4 Jun 09
Another Marignan (IRE) 8 0 1 11 Mar 10
All 32 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 32 horses listed, 7 arrived from another yard in our archive; 25 had their first archived run for this yard.

14 have since run for another yard, most often for Raymond Hurley (3) and Miss Sinead O'Sullivan (2); 18 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 riderPhillip Enright
27% of all rides
8.8% SR · A/E 1.49
RiderRWSR£1
Phillip Enright 57 5 8.8% +1.50
Davy Russell 42 7 16.7% +5.62
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
29
Archived wins
6
Pattern / graded wins
£665k
Prize money
2008
Best season · 9 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.
Scarthy Lad (IRE) — Tipperary Hurdle Tipperary (IRE) · Oct 2006 · Grade 2
£65,100
Preists Leap (IRE) — Ellen Construction Thyestes Handicap Chase Gowran Park · Jan 2008 · Grade A
£65,000
Preists Leap (IRE) — Ellen Construction Thyestes Handicap Chase (grade A) Gowran Park · Jan 2009 · Grade A
£65,000
Notable horses
Preists Leap (IRE) Jagoes Mills (IRE) Tawnies (IRE) De Courcey Sunrise (IRE) Scarthy Lad (IRE) Hurricane Carter (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Norwich (GB) 15% · 3–20
Progeny have won 7.5% of 1,601 runs since 2008 (176 horses).
Luso (GB) 11.1% · 2–18
Progeny have won 6.7% of 3,516 runs since 2008 (389 horses).
Flemensfirth (USA) 14.3% · 2–14
Progeny have won 11.8% of 17,295 runs since 2008 (1,595 horses).
Arctic Lord (IRE) 0% · 0–13
Progeny have won 5.5% of 795 runs since 2008 (82 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 12% from 117. Weakest on Heavy going: 1.4% from 147.
Carroll House (IRE) 7.7% · 1–13
Progeny have won 6.2% of 1,033 runs since 2008 (133 horses).
Beneficial (GB) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,047 runs since 2008 (1,155 horses).
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 11 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 420 · newest first

The latest 50 of 420 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 6 January 2005 to 10 February 2011.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
10 Feb 11 Thurles Flaming Sambuca (IRE)J: Eddie Power Cashel Maiden Hurdle22f · Heavy · 18 ran PU 100/1
10 Feb 11 Thurles Grancore Girl (IRE)J: Brian Hayes Cashel Maiden Hurdle22f · Heavy · 18 ran 4th 6/1
27 Jan 11 Thurles Grancore Girl (IRE)J: Brian Hayes I.N.H. Stallion Owners E.B.F. Maiden Hurdle22f · Soft To Heavy · 18 ran 3rd 10/1
06 Jan 11 Thurles Grancore Girl (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Thurles.ie Maiden Hurdle22f · Yielding · 18 ran 5th 16/1
29 Dec 10 Limerick Flaming Sambuca (IRE)J: L McNiff Dinform Beginners Chase22f · Soft To Heavy · 16 ran 9th 66/1
18 Nov 10 Thurles Grancore Girl (IRE)J: Phillip Enright I.n.h. Stallion Owners E.B.F. Novice Hurdle22.5f · Soft To Heavy · 8 ran 3rd 10/1
17 Nov 10 Limerick Wagga Wagga (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Friends Of Greenmount Handicap Chase (0-102)19.5f · Heavy · 16 ran 9th 16/1
28 Oct 10 Clonmel Grancore Girl (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Cahir Mares Maiden Hurdle20f · Yielding To Soft · 17 ran 5th 8/1
21 Oct 10 Thurles Wagga Wagga (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Cross Of Cashel Cup Winners 2010 Handicap Chase (0-109)24f · Good · 15 ran 5th 25/1
07 Oct 10 Tramore Wagga Wagga (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Kilmacthomas Handicap Chase (0-95)22f · Yielding · 15 ran UR 28/1
05 Oct 10 Tipperary Flaming Sambuca (IRE)J: Brian O'Connell Blue & Gold Beginners Chase20f · Yielding · 16 ran 12th 50/1
05 Oct 10 Tipperary John The Soldier (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Blue & Gold Beginners Chase20f · Yielding · 16 ran 2nd 25/1
26 Sep 10 Clonmel Wagga Wagga (IRE)J: B J Cooper Glenary Handicap Chase (0-109)20f · Good · 16 ran PU 16/1
18 Sep 10 Listowel John The Soldier (IRE)J: Niall P Madden Guinness Surge Beginners Chase17f · Good · 15 ran PU 14/1
18 Sep 10 Listowel Flaming Sambuca (IRE)J: Eddie Power Guinness Surge Beginners Chase17f · Good · 15 ran 9th 25/1
19 Aug 10 Killarney Wagga Wagga (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Killarney Oaks Hotel Beginners Chase20.5f · Good · 13 ran 6th 25/1
13 Aug 10 Tramore John The Soldier (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Ernst & Young Maiden Hurdle16f · Firm · 14 ran PU 11/4
27 Jul 10 Galway Tawnies (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Latin Quarter Chase22.5f · Good · 14 ran PU 16/1
22 Jul 10 Limerick John The Soldier (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Ladies Day 10th October Maiden Hurdle20f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 4th 3/1F
13 Jul 10 Killarney Le Taravo (FR)J: Phillip Enright Winner's Enclosure At The Malton Novice Chase22f · Yielding · 10 ran PU 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 Thomas Gerard O'Leary's strike rate?
Thomas Gerard O'Leary has won 18 of 212 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 8.5% (as at 11 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Thomas Gerard O'Leary do best at?
Clonmel by strike rate: 4 wins from 34 runners (11.8%) 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 Thomas Gerard O'Leary?
Phillip Enright, with 57 runners since 2008 — 27% of the total. That pairing has won 5 (8.8%).
What is Thomas Gerard O'Leary's Fair A/E?
1.11, from 212 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 11 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).