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Trainer profile

Thomas Gibney

908 runners in the last 5 seasons · 105 individual horses
As at 21 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 3 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
55–908
Wins / Runs
6.1%
Strike rate
n=908
198 (22%)
Placed
0.85
Fair A/E
n=908 · 0.69 incl. margin
−422.15
£1 level stake
n=908 at SP · −46.5%
£1.38m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
5.2%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 180 runners a season, winning with 6% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.85).

Deterministic profile computed from 908 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 21 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance 36.8% when favourite Darragh O'Keeffe: 7% from 286 Sends off the favourite in 4% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Ballinrobe (15.8%, n=38), clear of the yard's 6.1% baseline. A horse in first-time headgear has been a poor signal at 0% (n=35, Fair A/E 0.00). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 3.8% strike, Fair A/E 0.65 and −84.17 to a £1 stake over 156 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Darragh O'Keeffe rides 31% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (7%, A/E 0.79). The yard also reads well over 1m2f – 1m4f (15.6%, n=45). 7 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the BoyleSports Irish Grand National Chase at Fairyhouse (Apr 2024, £270,000). The stable star of the record: To Choose (IRE) — 7 wins from 47 runs for the yard.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.1% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
3.8%−2.3
n=156 · A/E 0.65 · £1 −84.17
New recruits · first run for the yard
4.5%−1.6
n=22 · A/E 0.62 · £1 −14.50
Debutants · first career start
3.8%−2.3
n=53 · A/E 1.30 · £1 +7.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−6.1
n=35 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −35.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
7.1%+1.0
n=28 · A/E 1.31 · £1 +20.00
When favourite
36.8%
n=38 · A/E 1.46 · £1 +3.90
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
5.5%−0.6
n=326 · A/E 0.84 · £1 −107.42
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
2.1%−4.0
n=96 · A/E 0.36 · £1 −79.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.1% 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.

Notable angles

vs their own baseline
Over 1m2f – 1m4f 15.6% vs 6.1% · n=45
With Robert Whearty 16.7% vs 6.1% · n=30
At Ballinrobe 15.8% vs 6.1% · n=38
With C&D winners 14.3% vs 6.1% · n=63
On last-time-out winners 12.1% vs 6.1% · n=58
With J J Slevin 12.9% vs 6.1% · n=31
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 419 17 4.1% −299.50
Chase 245 18 7.3% −75.83
Flat 217 19 8.8% −24.15
NH Flat 27 1 3.7% −22.67

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 347 19 5.5% −236.37
Good 245 18 7.3% −9.53
Good to Soft 141 5 3.5% −109.50
Heavy 136 9 6.6% −78.75
Standard (AW) 29 4 13.8% +22.00
Good to Firm 10 0 0% −10.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Fairyhouse 115 8 7% −76.20
Punchestown 101 4 4% −56.00
Navan 74 2 2.7% −62.25
Galway 63 3 4.8% −45.00
Leopardstown 43 1 2.3% −37.00
Naas 39 1 2.6% −34.00
Ballinrobe 38 6 15.8% −13.50
Cork 37 4 10.8% −24.92
Curragh 34 2 5.9% +20.00
Downpatrick 33 1 3% +8.00
Gowran Park 31 2 6.5% −4.00
Wexford 30 2 6.7% −18.50
Down Royal 28 3 10.7% −6.00
Dundalk (AW) 28 4 14.3% +23.00
Killarney 24 0 0% −24.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 102 2 2% −85.00
Class 3 5 0 0% −5.00
Class 2 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 4 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 5 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 42 14 33.3% 1.35 −0.10
2nd–3rd fav 166 21 12.7% 0.89 −54.55
4th–6th fav 243 12 4.9% 0.68 −123.50
7th+ in betting 457 8 1.8% 0.61 −244.00
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
81.3% completed · 664 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 245 76.3% 17 6 34 0 1
Hurdle 419 84.2% 8 10 45 0 3
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
Mr Saxobeat (IRE) 34 1 10 8 Sep 25
Listentillitellyea (IRE)from Patrick Magee 32 1 11 12 Jul 26
Imposing Supreme (IRE) 31 3 6 1 Oct 25
Must Be Obeyed (IRE) 30 3 8 3 Aug 25
Booyea (IRE) 29 4 7 18 Oct 26
Sammy Smart (GB) 29 2 8 19 Sep 26
Drop The Dip (IRE) 23 3 3 7 Jun 25
Leave In Secret (IRE) 21 2 10 8 Oct 26
Regina Dracones (IRE) 18 1 3 7 Nov 24
Wee Charlie (IRE)from Shane Nolan · then Gerard O'Leary 18 1 6 4 Aug 24
Bold Emperor (IRE)from John C McConnell 16 1 4 23 Aug 23
Kinturk Kalanisi (IRE) 15 1 8 2 May 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 105 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 7 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, 21 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from John C McConnell (2) and Robert Widger (2); 39 had their first archived run for this yard.

12 have since run for another yard, most often for Gavin Cromwell (2) and Miss Natalia Lupini (2); 48 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.

Current form

significance-gated

Last 14 days

Small sample
1 from 8
Only 8 runners in the last 14 days — too few to read against the baseline (gate: n≥15). The card states the sample and stays neutral.

When the yard fires

strike by month, 5 seasons
JFMAMJJASOND
7562715449629
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 riderDarragh O'Keeffe
31% of all rides
7% SR · A/E 0.79
RiderRWSR£1
Darragh O'Keeffe 286 20 7% −158.75
Gavin Ryan 75 8 10.7% −5.40
Kieren Buckley 52 1 1.9% −49.75
James Smith 49 1 2% −45.00
J J Slevin 31 4 12.9% −0.50
Robert Whearty 30 5 16.7% +9.25
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2007→
136
Archived wins
7
Pattern / graded wins
£2.69m
Prize money
2021
Best season · 24 wins
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.
Intense Raffles (FR) — BoyleSports Irish Grand National Chase (Extended Handicap Chase) (Grade 3) Fairyhouse · Apr 2024 · Grade 3
£270,000
Lion Na Bearnai (IRE) — Ladbrokes Irish Grand National Chase (Grade A Handicap) Fairyhouse · Apr 2012 · Grade A
£141,000
Orpheus Valley (IRE) — Guinness Handicap Chase (Grade A) Punchestown · Apr 2014 · Grade A
£60,000
Notable horses
To Choose (IRE) Imposing Supreme (IRE) Ah Littleluck (IRE) Stoughan Cross (IRE) Regina Dracones (IRE) Lion Na Bearnai (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Kalanisi (IRE) 6.2% · 5–81
Progeny have won 10.5% of 6,742 runs since 2008 (648 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 16.1% from 355.
Mustameet (USA) 7.1% · 3–42
Progeny have won 8.2% of 1,161 runs since 2008 (103 horses). Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.5% from 248. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5% from 424.
Ask (GB) 2.9% · 1–35
Progeny have won 10.6% of 3,214 runs since 2008 (283 horses).
Court Cave (IRE) 3.1% · 1–32
Progeny have won 10.1% of 7,928 runs since 2008 (551 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 6.9% from 934.
Pushkin (IRE) 3.1% · 1–32
Progeny have won 6.9% of 320 runs since 2008 (22 horses).
Walk In The Park (IRE) 6.3% · 2–32
Progeny have won 13.2% of 6,933 runs since 2008 (689 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 21 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

latest 50 of 1,941 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,941 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 20 May 2007 to 18 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
18 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Booyea (IRE)J: Nicola Burns Nord Anglia International School Dublin Foxrock Cup Handicap8.5f · Good · 16 ran 13th 12/1
13 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Leo Messy (IRE)J: James Smith William Hill Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle (Div II)20f · Good · 17 ran 10th 4/1
13 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Bossy Bird (IRE)J: James Smith William Hill Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle (Div I)20f · Good · 15 ran 3rd 9/2
12 Oct 26 Roscommon (IRE) Ryefield Dasher (IRE)J: Nicola Burns Roscommon Rated Race10.5f · Soft · 5 ran 1st 3/1
10 Oct 26 Fairyhouse (IRE) Minella Post (GB)J: James Smith Winter Festival Early Bird Tickets On Sale Now Beginners Steeplechase16.5f · Good · 6 ran 4th 14/1
09 Oct 26 Downpatrick (IRE) Papagei (GB)J: James Smith Denis Macauley Memorial Novice Handicap Hurdle17.5f · Good · 5 ran 2nd 9/4
08 Oct 26 Tramore (IRE) Leave In Secret (IRE)J: James Smith Pickardstown Handicap Steeplechase15.5f · Yielding · 6 ran 6th 100/30
08 Oct 26 Thurles (IRE) Elusive In Mayo (IRE)J: Nicola Burns BOYLE Sports Handicap (Div II)8.5f · Yielding · 14 ran 8th 33/1
19 Sep 26 Navan (IRE) Sammy Smart (GB)J: Miss P Elvin Start Your Racing TV Free Trial Now Ladies Handicap Hurdle21f · Good · 15 ran 9th 16/1
19 Sep 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Ryefield Dasher (IRE)J: Nicola Burns SIS Maiden9.5f · Yielding To Soft · 10 ran 1st 3/1
19 Sep 26 Navan (IRE) Papagei (GB)J: James Smith Millbrook Food Group 100 Years Celebration Handicap Hurdle (Div II)19f · Good · 16 ran 4th 7/2
19 Sep 26 Navan (IRE) Leo Messy (IRE)J: Harry Sexton Millbrook Food Group 100 Years Celebration Handicap Hurdle (Div I)19f · Good · 15 ran 4th 11/2
19 Sep 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Booyea (IRE)J: W. J. Lee Racing Again October 2nd & 3rd Race7f · Yielding To Soft · 8 ran 5th 9/2
19 Sep 26 Navan (IRE) Minella Post (GB)J: James Smith BAR 1 Betting 'Download Our App' Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 16 ran 6th 13/2
12 Sep 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Booyea (IRE)J: Chris Hayes Irish Stallion Farms EBF Sovereign Path Handicap7f · Good · 17 ran 15th 20/1
11 Sep 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Bossy Bird (IRE)J: Harry Sexton Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Handicap Hurdle22f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 5th 11/1
08 Sep 26 Galway (IRE) Elusive In Mayo (IRE)J: Nicola Burns Sean Cleary Memorial Fillies Maiden12f · Soft · 17 ran 10th 250/1
31 Aug 26 Roscommon (IRE) Ryefield Dasher (IRE)J: Chris Hayes Oran Handicap12f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 3rd 12/1
29 Aug 26 Curragh (IRE) Booyea (IRE)J: W J Lee Tote Irish Cambridgeshire8f · Good · 17 ran 4th 11/1
28 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Sammy Smart (GB)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Dan & Breda Byrne Memorial Handicap Steeplechase19.5f · Yielding · 9 ran 7th 16/1

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 Gibney's strike rate?
Thomas Gibney has won 55 of 908 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 6.1% (as at 21 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does Thomas Gibney do best at?
Ballinrobe by strike rate: 6 wins from 38 runners (15.8%) since 2022. 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 Gibney?
Darragh O'Keeffe, with 286 runners since 2022 — 31% of the total. That pairing has won 20 (7%).
Is Thomas Gibney in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 8 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is Thomas Gibney's Fair A/E?
0.85, from 908 runners with a computed fair probability since 2022. 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 21 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).