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Thomas McGivern

60 runners in the lifetime window · 15 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner May 2013
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
No runners in the last 5 seasons — showing the lifetime record, from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it.
1–60
Wins / Runs
1.7%
Strike rate
n=60
4 (7%)
Placed
0.33
Fair A/E
n=60 · 0.25 incl. margin
−56.00
£1 level stake
n=60 at SP · −93.3%
£8,751
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 3%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 1.7% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−1.7
n=18 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −18.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−1.7
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
Debutants · first career start
16.7%+15.0
n=6 · A/E 3.74 · £1 −2.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−1.7
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−1.7
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00
When favourite
50%
n=2 · A/E 2.80 · £1 +2.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
3%+1.3
n=33 · A/E 0.55 · £1 −29.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−1.7
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 1.7% 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

Race type

TypeRWSR£1
Flat 41 0 0% −41.00
Hurdle 10 0 0% −10.00
NH Flat 5 1 20% −1.00
Chase 4 0 0% −4.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 20 0 0% −20.00
Soft 15 0 0% −15.00
Heavy 10 0 0% −10.00
Good to Firm 5 0 0% −5.00
Good 5 1 20% −1.00
Good to Soft 3 0 0% −3.00
Firm 2 0 0% −2.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 19 0 0% −19.00
Down Royal 6 1 16.7% −2.00
Punchestown 4 0 0% −4.00
Navan 4 0 0% −4.00
Fairyhouse 3 0 0% −3.00
Leopardstown 3 0 0% −3.00
Naas 3 0 0% −3.00
Cork 2 0 0% −2.00
Clonmel 2 0 0% −2.00
Curragh 2 0 0% −2.00
Gowran Park 2 0 0% −2.00
Leicester 1 0 0% −1.00
Bath 1 0 0% −1.00
Tipperary 1 0 0% −1.00
Tramore 1 0 0% −1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 3 0 0% −3.00
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00
Class 7 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 2 1 50% 2.80 +2.00
2nd–3rd fav 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
4th–6th fav 13 0 0% 0.00 −13.00
7th+ in betting 42 0 0% 0.00 −42.00
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.

Horses trained

same window as header · most-raced first
HorseRWPlLast ran
Clonbur (GB) 10 1 3 5 Oct 11
Tight Times (IRE)then B R Hamilton 9 0 0 23 May 13
Timar (IRE) 8 0 0 10 May 13
As De Pique (IRE)then Gavin Cromwell 6 0 0 15 Dec 12
Wheatfield (IRE)from Desmond McDonogh 6 0 1 16 Mar 12
John's Legend (IRE)from Desmond McDonogh 5 0 0 31 May 13
Lady Aoy (IRE)from A J Martin 3 0 0 3 Feb 12
Tara Tartan (IRE)from Michael Mulvany 2 0 0 16 Dec 11
Captain Toby (IRE) 2 0 0 25 May 11
George Arzanine (IRE)from F J Bowles 2 0 0 13 Oct 10
Patsy Hall (IRE)from A J Martin 2 0 0 19 Dec 09
Big Money (IRE)from S J Mahon 2 0 0 13 Jun 08
All 15 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 15 horses listed, 9 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Desmond McDonogh (3) and A J Martin (2); 6 had their first archived run for this yard.

3 have since run for another yard; 12 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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Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
J F Egan 8 0 0% −8.00
Mr D J Benson 8 0 0% −8.00
Andrew P Thornton 4 0 0% −4.00
Robbie Colgan 3 0 0% −3.00
Conor Hoban 3 0 0% −3.00
Mr J P McKeown 3 1 33.3% +1.00
Thomas Brown 3 0 0% −3.00
Shane Foley 2 0 0% −2.00
Colin Keane 2 0 0% −2.00
Davy Condon 2 0 0% −2.00
Derek McCormack 2 0 0% −2.00
Emmet McNamara 1 0 0% −1.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2008→
1
Archived wins
£8,751
Prize money
2010
Best season · 1 win
Clonbur (GB) — Harp Lager (Pro/Am) Flat Race Down Royal · Mar 2010
£4,830
Notable horses
Clonbur (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Presenting (GB) 10% · 1–10
Progeny have won 11% of 20,049 runs since 2008 (1,686 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 24.3% from 136.
Helissio (FR) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 9.2% of 1,145 runs since 2008 (106 horses). Weakest on Good to Soft going: 5.8% from 207.
Halling (USA) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 11% of 6,095 runs since 2008 (409 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 4.8% from 187.
Invincible Spirit (IRE) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 11.9% of 20,818 runs since 2008 (1,573 horses). Strongest on Firm going: 16.1% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.8% from 843.
Woods of Windsor (USA) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 7.9% of 277 runs since 2008 (32 horses).
One Cool Cat (USA) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 9.4% of 3,592 runs since 2008 (254 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 13.4% from 605.
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 22 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 60 · newest first

The latest 50 of 60 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 23 May 2008 to 31 May 2013.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
31 May 13 Down Royal John's Legend (IRE)J: Derek McCormack Nokia Lumia Handicap (47-65)7f · Good · 14 ran 13th 14/1
23 May 13 Clonmel Tight Times (IRE)J: Tadhg O'Shea Jossestown Handicap (47-65)10f · Good To Firm · 15 ran 14th 16/1
10 May 13 Cork Timar (IRE)J: Shane Foley Social Package Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)7f · Yielding To Soft · 8 ran 8th 16/1
10 May 13 Cork John's Legend (IRE)J: Derek McCormack Social Package Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)7f · Yielding To Soft · 7 ran 4th 16/1
28 Apr 13 Gowran Park John's Legend (IRE)J: Ian Brennan Ladies Day June 23rd At Gowran Park Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)8f · Soft · 16 ran 14th 28/1
04 Jan 13 Dundalk (AW) John's Legend (IRE)J: J F Egan Crowne Plaza Hotel Race & Stay Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)7f · Standard · 14 ran 14th 20/1
04 Jan 13 Dundalk (AW) Timar (IRE)J: J F Egan Crowne Plaza Hotel Race & Stay Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)7f · Standard · 13 ran 7th 16/1
21 Dec 12 Dundalk (AW) Timar (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Crowne Plaza Of Dundalk Handicap (47-65)6f · Standard · 14 ran 9th 10/1
15 Dec 12 Fairyhouse As De Pique (IRE)J: Robbie Colgan New Years Day 2013 At Fairyhouse Handicap Chase (0-102)21.5f · Heavy · 16 ran F 10/1
14 Dec 12 Dundalk (AW) Tight Times (IRE)J: Conor Hoban Crowne Plaza Leading Jockey & Trainer Championship Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)12f · Standard · 14 ran 5th 16/1
14 Dec 12 Dundalk (AW) Timar (IRE)J: Shane Foley Crowne Plaza Hotel Race & Stay Package Handicap (47-65) (Div 1)7f · Standard · 13 ran 5th 20/1
01 Dec 12 Fairyhouse As De Pique (IRE)J: Robbie Colgan Nicky Connors - Lifetime In Racing Beginners Chase21.5f · Soft · 7 ran 6th 50/1
30 Nov 12 Dundalk (AW) John's Legend (IRE)J: Michael Hussey Crowne Plaza Hotel Race & Stay Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)6f · Standard · 14 ran 7th 25/1
17 Nov 12 Punchestown As De Pique (IRE)J: E J O'Connell Punchestown Gift Vouchers For Christmas Beginners Chase20f · Heavy · 12 ran 5th 50/1
09 Nov 12 Dundalk (AW) Timar (IRE)J: J F Egan Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)8f · Standard · 14 ran 10th 16/1
02 Nov 12 Down Royal As De Pique (IRE)J: Robbie Colgan Porter & Co. Beginners Chase20f · Yielding To Soft · 11 ran 7th 40/1
26 Oct 12 Dundalk (AW) Tight Times (IRE)J: Emmet McNamara Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Handicap (50-70) (Div 1)10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 8th 28/1
05 Oct 12 Dundalk (AW) Tight Times (IRE)J: Miss K McGivern Crowne Plaza Leading Jockey & Trainer Apprentice Handicap (55-70)8f · Standard · 14 ran 11th 28/1
24 Sep 12 Fairyhouse Timar (IRE)J: J F Egan Admission Only 10 Maiden6f · Heavy · 18 ran 15th 50/1
05 Sep 12 Gowran Park Timar (IRE)J: Conor Hoban Follow Gowran Park On Facebook Maiden7f · Good To Soft · 16 ran 8th 40/1

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 McGivern's strike rate?
Thomas McGivern has won 1 of 60 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 1.7% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Thomas McGivern's Fair A/E?
0.33, from 60 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).