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Trainer profile

Thomas McLaughlin

109 runners in the lifetime window · 18 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Feb 2014
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.
6–109
Wins / Runs
5.5%
Strike rate
n=109
14 (13%)
Placed
0.81
Fair A/E
n=109 · 0.66 incl. margin
−48.06
£1 level stake
n=109 at SP · −44.1%
£22,454
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sent out around 20 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 6% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.81).

Deterministic profile computed from 109 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 22 Oct 2026
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 0% (n=31, Fair A/E 0.00). The yard also read well on Standard (AW) going (9.8%, n=51) and over 1m2f – 1m4f (9.7%, n=31).

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.5% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−5.5
n=31 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −31.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
8.3%+2.8
n=12 · A/E 0.99 · £1 +0.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−5.5
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−5.5
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
12.5%+7.0
n=8 · A/E 1.06 · £1 −6.56
When favourite
42.9%
n=7 · A/E 1.32 · £1 +3.94
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
2%−3.5
n=50 · A/E 0.54 · £1 −29.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.5% 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
On Standard (AW) going 9.8% vs 5.5% · n=51
Over 1m2f – 1m4f 9.7% vs 5.5% · n=31
With claiming riders up 2% vs 5.5% · n=50
In Flat races 7.6% vs 5.5% · n=79
With a new jockey booking 4% vs 5.5% · n=75 · A/E 0.64
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
Flat 79 6 7.6% −18.06
Hurdle 17 0 0% −17.00
Chase 7 0 0% −7.00
NH Flat 6 0 0% −6.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 51 5 9.8% −11.06
Heavy 17 0 0% −17.00
Soft 17 1 5.9% +4.00
Good to Firm 11 0 0% −11.00
Good 8 0 0% −8.00
Good to Soft 5 0 0% −5.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 18 0 0% −18.00
Wolverhampton (AW) 16 2 12.5% −2.56
Sligo 10 0 0% −10.00
Kempton (AW) 9 3 33.3% +17.50
Down Royal 7 0 0% −7.00
Roscommon 6 1 16.7% +15.00
Lingfield (AW) 5 0 0% −5.00
Navan 5 0 0% −5.00
Kilbeggan 3 0 0% −3.00
Musselburgh 3 0 0% −3.00
Downpatrick 3 0 0% −3.00
Fairyhouse 3 0 0% −3.00
Galway 3 0 0% −3.00
Punchestown 3 0 0% −3.00
Leopardstown 3 0 0% −3.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 23 4 17.4% +15.50
Class 5 11 1 9.1% −9.56
Class 7 3 0 0% −3.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 8 3 37.5% 1.23 +2.94
2nd–3rd fav 14 0 0% 0.00 −14.00
4th–6th fav 8 1 12.5% 2.22 +4.00
7th+ in betting 79 2 2.5% 0.91 −41.00
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
John Veale (USA)from Garvan Donnelly 15 1 2 20 Aug 13
Strove For Gold (IRE)from C A Murphy 11 0 0 22 Jan 14
Druids Castle (IRE)from C A Murphy 10 0 0 22 Sep 10
Ptolomeos (GB)then Sean Regan 9 1 1 29 Jun 09
Sligo All Star (GB)from Michael McElhone 8 0 0 25 Mar 11
Irish Conection (IRE) 8 0 1 7 Jul 09
Man Crazy (IRE)from Chris Dwyer 7 0 0 14 Nov 08
Reasons Unknown (IRE)from John C McConnell 6 2 4 14 Mar 13
Oughterlin (IRE)from C A Murphy 6 0 0 16 Feb 09
Scary Movie (IRE)from Shaun Harley · then Emmet Michael Butterly 5 2 2 7 Mar 13
Lisbellaw Express (IRE)from Mervyn Torrens · then William Houston 5 0 1 4 Feb 09
Syrian (GB)from S M Duffy · then Barry Murtagh 4 0 0 12 Mar 13
All 18 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 18 horses listed, 14 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from C A Murphy (3) and Michael McElhone (3); 4 had their first archived run for this yard.

5 have since run for another yard, most often for Emmet Michael Butterly (2); 13 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 flat yard: the season runs Mar–Oct. Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Gary Carroll 12 1 8.3% +9.00
Andrew P Thornton 8 0 0% −8.00
Shane Kelly 8 2 25% +8.00
Eddie Ahern 7 2 28.6% −0.06
Fergal Lynch 6 0 0% −6.00
Michael Darcy 6 0 0% −6.00
Leigh Roche 4 0 0% −4.00
L McNiff 3 0 0% −3.00
Colm O'Donoghue 3 0 0% −3.00
S J Hassett 2 0 0% −2.00
Martin Harley 2 0 0% −2.00
William Carson 2 0 0% −2.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2007→
7
Archived wins
£26,072
Prize money
2013
Best season · 3 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.
Ptolomeos (GB) — tote Jackpot Races 3 To 6 Maiden Roscommon · Jul 2008
£5,874
Living On A Prayer (GB) — Scottish Racing Gentleman Amateur Riders' Handicap Musselburgh · Nov 2007 · Class 5
£3,123
John Veale (USA) — wolverhampton-racecourse.co.uk Maiden Stakes Wolverhampton (AW) · Dec 2010 · Class 5
£2,008
Notable horses
Reasons Unknown (IRE) Scary Movie (IRE) John Veale (USA) Ptolomeos (GB) Living On A Prayer (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Strong Hope (USA) 6.7% · 1–15
Progeny have won 8.4% of 83 runs since 2008 (7 horses).
Goldmark (USA) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 8.7% of 606 runs since 2008 (72 horses). Weakest on Soft going: 3.9% from 154. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13% from 138.
Oscar (IRE) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 10.9% of 16,542 runs since 2008 (1,456 horses). Strongest on Standard (AW) going: 18.1% from 105.
Kayf Tara (GB) 11.1% · 1–9
Progeny have won 12.6% of 13,740 runs since 2008 (1,148 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 16.2% from 1,708.
Bold Fact (USA) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 7.7% of 898 runs since 2008 (53 horses). Strongest over 1m – 1m1f (all codes): 10.8% from 186.
Kyllachy (GB) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 9.9% of 13,847 runs since 2008 (800 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.8% from 468.
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 118 · newest first

The latest 50 of 118 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 25 February 2007 to 8 February 2014.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
08 Feb 14 Lingfield (AW) Sovento (GER)J: William Carson coral.co.uk Best Odds Guaranteed On Racing HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 6 ran 6th 16/1
03 Feb 14 Kempton (AW) Sovento (GER)J: William Carson TurfTV HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 12 ran 10th 6/1
22 Jan 14 Fairyhouse Strove For Gold (IRE)J: Keith Donoghue 25 Punters Pack Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft To Heavy · 16 ran 16th 100/1
18 Oct 13 Dundalk (AW) Strove For Gold (IRE)J: Connor King Crowne Plaza Leading Jockey & Trainer Championship Handicap (47-65) (Div 2)10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 10th 25/1
03 Oct 13 Wolverhampton (AW) Strove For Gold (IRE)J: Dane O'Neill SIS Live Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 8.5f · Standard To Slow · 12 ran 7th 20/1
20 Aug 13 Sligo John Veale (USA)J: Michael Darcy Kilcawley Construction Sligo Maiden Hurdle16f · Yielding · 16 ran PU 40/1
14 Mar 13 Wolverhampton (AW) Reasons Unknown (IRE)J: Shane Kelly Free Horse Racing Bets With Bookmakers.co.uk HandicapClass 5 · 8.5f · Standard · 6 ran 6th 5/1
12 Mar 13 Wolverhampton (AW) Syrian (GB)J: Eddie Ahern Cheltenham Festival Free Betting With Bookmakers.co.uk Selling StakesClass 6 · 9.5f · Standard · 7 ran 6th 7/1
07 Mar 13 Wolverhampton (AW) Scary Movie (IRE)J: Eddie Ahern 32RedBingo.com HandicapClass 6 · 9.5f · Standard · 12 ran 4th 7/4F
07 Mar 13 Wolverhampton (AW) Zaroud (IRE)J: Eddie Ahern 32RedPoker.com HandicapClass 7 · 7f · Standard · 10 ran 10th 9/2
06 Mar 13 Kempton (AW) Zaroud (IRE)J: John Fahy Easter Family Fun With Peppa Pig HandicapClass 7 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 9th 6/4F
06 Mar 13 Kempton (AW) Scary Movie (IRE)J: Eddie Ahern Back And Lay At betdaq.com HandicapClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 14 ran 1st 9/2F
04 Mar 13 Kempton (AW) Scary Movie (IRE)J: Adam Kirby Kempton For Weddings HandicapClass 6 · 11f · Standard · 12 ran 1st 16/1
25 Feb 13 Kempton (AW) Scary Movie (IRE)J: Jim Crowley Mike The Knight Here 13.04.13 HandicapClass 6 · 11f · Standard · 12 ran 8th 12/1
15 Feb 13 Wolverhampton (AW) Strove For Gold (IRE)J: Fergus Sweeney Poker At Coral.co.uk Classified Claiming StakesClass 5 · 9.5f · Standard · 8 ran 8th 100/1
15 Feb 13 Lingfield (AW) Reasons Unknown (IRE)J: Charles Bishop Bet At Bluesq.com Apprentice Selling StakesClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 7 ran 3rd 7/2
13 Feb 13 Kempton (AW) Reasons Unknown (IRE)J: Shane Kelly Kempton For Weddings Handicap (Div 1)Class 6 · 8f · Standard · 11 ran 1st 3/1F
13 Feb 13 Lingfield (AW) Syrian (GB)J: Shane Kelly Bet On Your Mobile At Bluesq.com Selling StakesClass 6 · 10f · Standard · 8 ran 4th 4/1C
01 Feb 13 Dundalk (AW) Kilnknowe Beachboy (IRE)J: Conor Orr Crowne Plaza Hotel Race & Stay Apprentice Maiden8f · Standard · 14 ran 13th 50/1
24 Jan 13 Lingfield (AW) Scary Movie (IRE)J: Shane Kelly Follow Us On Twitter At LingfieldPark HandicapClass 6 · 12f · Standard · 10 ran 7th 12/1

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 McLaughlin's strike rate?
Thomas McLaughlin has won 6 of 109 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 5.5% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
What is Thomas McLaughlin's Fair A/E?
0.81, from 109 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).