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Trainer profile

V T O'Brien

1,556 runners in the lifetime window · 137 individual horses
As at 7 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 15 days ago 96% 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
56–1,556
Wins / Runs
3.6%
Strike rate
n=1,556
198 (13%)
Placed
0.93
Fair A/E
n=1,556 · 0.72 incl. margin
−901.50
£1 level stake
n=1,556 at SP · −57.9%
£695k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
4.3%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 80 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 4% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.93).

Deterministic profile computed from 1,556 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 7 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Phillip Enright: 1.5% from 137
The read

The record is strongest at Wexford (9.1%, n=44) and Killarney (7.7%, n=78) — all clear of the yard's 3.6% baseline. Debutants struggle at 0% (n=103, Fair A/E 0.00). The market has consistently overbet horses returning fresh after 61+ days: 0.6% strike, Fair A/E 0.25 and −289.00 to a £1 stake over 334 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Phillip Enright rides 9% of the entries and sits below the yard's average (1.5% vs 3.6%, A/E 0.41). The stable star of the record: Valours Minion (IRE) — 8 wins from 58 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 3.6% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0.6%−3.0
n=334 · A/E 0.25 · £1 −289.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
5.6%+2.0
n=18 · A/E 1.93 · £1 −14.75
Debutants · first career start
0%−3.6
n=103 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −103.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
1.8%−1.8
n=56 · A/E 0.82 · £1 −46.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
1.7%−1.9
n=58 · A/E 0.42 · £1 −53.00
When favourite
25%
n=20 · A/E 1.22 · £1 −1.50
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
3.1%−0.5
n=705 · A/E 0.86 · £1 −413.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−3.6
n=24 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −24.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 3.6% 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 Barry Geraghty 14.3% vs 3.6% · n=35
With Donagh Meyler 9.3% vs 3.6% · n=43
On last-time-out winners 8.9% vs 3.6% · n=56
At Wexford 9.1% vs 3.6% · n=44
With C&D winners 8.3% vs 3.6% · n=72
At Killarney 7.7% vs 3.6% · n=78
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 957 28 2.9% −655.00
Chase 399 26 6.5% −84.50
NH Flat 135 1 0.7% −118.00
Flat 65 1 1.5% −44.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 507 18 3.6% −259.75
Good 475 17 3.6% −275.00
Heavy 319 12 3.8% −224.25
Good to Soft 142 4 2.8% −85.00
Good to Firm 100 4 4% −49.00
Firm 9 1 11.1% −4.50
Standard (AW) 4 0 0% −4.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Ballinrobe 187 9 4.8% −59.50
Galway 134 5 3.7% −89.50
Limerick 120 2 1.7% −85.00
Roscommon 105 5 4.8% −54.50
Sligo 90 2 2.2% −77.25
Navan 90 1 1.1% −81.00
Cork 89 2 2.2% −72.00
Fairyhouse 87 1 1.1% −81.50
Listowel 78 4 5.1% −21.00
Killarney 78 6 7.7% +10.50
Tipperary 70 4 5.7% −27.00
Thurles 58 1 1.7% −50.50
Punchestown 56 1 1.8% −54.00
Naas 51 1 2% −43.00
Kilbeggan 48 2 4.2% −38.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 19 0 0% −19.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 24 7 29.2% 1.52 +7.00
2nd–3rd fav 95 17 17.9% 1.39 +13.00
4th–6th fav 235 11 4.7% 0.76 −121.50
7th+ in betting 1,202 21 1.7% 0.72 −800.00
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% completed · 1,356 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 399 71.4% 23 9 75 4 3
Hurdle 957 85% 21 11 107 0 5
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
Valours Minion (IRE) 58 8 19 31 Oct 16
Oh'herewego (IRE) 56 4 9 6 Oct 24
Avec Espoir (GB) 51 5 10 4 Oct 26
Abarta (IRE) 51 6 14 23 Sep 16
Carrow Queen (IRE) 48 2 6 4 May 18
Ard Cregg (IRE) 40 1 7 19 Nov 19
Ballygill Gale (IRE) 38 3 6 2 Oct 13
Clar Na Mionn (IRE) 37 3 9 24 Jan 16
Trenchtown Rock (IRE)from Charles O'Brien 36 2 6 19 Oct 24
Northern Emperor (IRE)from E D Delany 34 2 6 1 Dec 20
Ice Cool (GB)from M O Cullinane 33 3 8 25 Jan 22
Itsonthelist (IRE) 32 0 5 5 Jul 18
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 137 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 8 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, 11 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Charles O'Brien (2) and M O Cullinane (2); 49 had their first archived run for this yard.

9 have since run for another yard; 51 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
9% of all rides
1.5% SR · A/E 0.41
RiderRWSR£1
Phillip Enright 137 2 1.5% −119.00
Mr Tommie M O'Brien 127 1 0.8% −110.00
John Cullen 126 3 2.4% −85.00
A E Lynch 66 2 3% −37.00
Donagh Meyler 43 4 9.3% −6.75
A P Heskin 38 1 2.6% −21.00
Robbie Colgan 36 0 0% −36.00
Barry Geraghty 35 5 14.3% −1.25
G B Noonan 33 2 6.1% −10.50
Robbie Geoghegan 32 0 0% −32.00
James Duggan 32 0 0% −32.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
64
Archived wins
£814k
Prize money
2015
Best season · 12 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.
Gallery Man (IRE) — Cork Racecourse Mallow Handicap Hurdle Cork · May 2010
£15,275
Barna Bay (IRE) — Eventus Novice Chase Galway · Aug 2009
£13,475
Gerannjo (IRE) — Abbey Hotel Roscommon Handicap Hurdle (81-123) Roscommon · Jun 2008
£12,784
Notable horses
Valours Minion (IRE) Abarta (IRE) Avec Espoir (GB) Oh'herewego (IRE) Barna Bay (IRE) Gerannjo (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Aboo Hom (GB) 7.5% · 8–106
Progeny have won 7.1% of 211 runs since 2008 (16 horses).
Portrait Gallery (IRE) 4.5% · 4–89
Progeny have won 11% of 1,448 runs since 2008 (124 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 14.3% from 223.
Beneficial (GB) 2.7% · 2–73
Progeny have won 10.4% of 17,046 runs since 2008 (1,155 horses).
Corrouge (USA) 13.8% · 8–58
Progeny have won 6% of 250 runs since 2008 (31 horses).
Medaaly (GB) 7.1% · 4–56
Progeny have won 10.4% of 710 runs since 2008 (61 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.8% from 126. Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 5.2% from 155.
Flying Legend (USA) 9.8% · 5–51
Progeny have won 7.3% of 855 runs since 2008 (69 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.3% from 161. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 3.5% from 142.
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 1,996 · newest first

The latest 50 of 1,996 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 3 January 2005 to 23 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
23 Oct 26 Sligo (IRE) Monard Flyer (IRE)J: Mr F Colleran John Thomas McNamara Series (Q.R.) Maiden Hurdle20.5f · Yielding · 9 ran 6th 250/1
06 Oct 26 Galway (IRE) Mystic Bridge (IRE)J: Philip Donovan Tote Always SP Or Better At Galway Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Yielding · 20 ran 17th 200/1
04 Oct 26 Killarney (IRE) Avec Espoir (GB)J: Philip Donovan Killarney Races Handicap Steeplechase23.5f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran PU 80/1
30 Sep 26 Sligo (IRE) Swing Time (IRE)J: Aidan Kelly Brenda Anderson Memorial Handicap Steeplechase21f · Good · 15 ran PU 5/1
30 Sep 26 Sligo (IRE) Western Doyen (IRE)J: Aidan Kelly Gracie's Bar Beginners Steeplechase17.5f · Good · 4 ran 4th 300/1
25 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Turlough Abu (IRE)J: Aidan Kelly Trant Goodwill Stakes Handicap Hurdle16f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 13th 150/1
23 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Mr Erwitt (IRE)J: Michael Kenneally Brandon Hotel Handicap Hurdle18f · Good · 18 ran 13th 50/1
19 Sep 26 Navan (IRE) Deal Again (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh Millbrook Food Group 100 Years Celebration Handicap Hurdle (Div II)19f · Good · 16 ran PU 150/1
11 Sep 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Swing Time (IRE)J: Aidan Kelly Lodge At Ashford Castle Handicap Steeplechase23f · Yielding · 16 ran 1st 25/1
26 Aug 26 Bellewstown (IRE) Avec Espoir (GB)J: Phillip Enright Money Back Daily Specials With Tote.ie Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Good · 16 ran PU 50/1
22 Aug 26 Killarney (IRE) Mystic Bridge (IRE)J: Mr F Colleran Laurels Pub (Pro/Am) Flat Race16.5f · Good · 9 ran 8th 125/1
10 Aug 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Western Doyen (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh Broderick's Electric Handicap Hurdle16.5f · Good · 15 ran 12th 125/1
08 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Avec Espoir (GB)J: Calum Hogan Wexfordraces.ie Handicap Steeplechase19f · Good · 8 ran PU 28/1
06 Aug 26 Sligo (IRE) Turlough Abu (IRE)J: Phillip Enright Mulhern Leonard Chartered Accountants Maiden Hurdle21f · Good · 7 ran 5th 80/1
04 Aug 26 Roscommon (IRE) Deal Again (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh Campbell's Bar Ballinlough Handicap Steeplechase25f · Soft · 16 ran PU 100/1
04 Aug 26 Roscommon (IRE) Swing Time (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh J.F. Hanley Groundscare Beginners Steeplechase16.5f · Soft · 7 ran 6th 200/1
30 Jul 26 Galway (IRE) Monard Flyer (IRE)J: Mr F Colleran Guinness Time Flat Race18f · Good · 16 ran 10th 250/1
29 Jul 26 Galway (IRE) Mr Erwitt (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh Tote Guaranteed 50K Placepot Maiden Hurdle22f · Good · 20 ran PU 250/1
21 Jul 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Leis Fein (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh Sweeney Oil Handicap Hurdle (Div II)22f · Good · 16 ran PU 50/1
21 Jul 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Turlough Abu (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh O'Hare's Bar Maiden Hurdle17.5f · Good · 15 ran 7th 300/1

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 V T O'Brien's strike rate?
V T O'Brien has won 56 of 1,556 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 3.6% (as at 7 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does V T O'Brien do best at?
Killarney by strike rate: 6 wins from 78 runners (7.7%) 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 V T O'Brien?
Phillip Enright, with 137 runners since 2008 — 9% of the total. That pairing has won 2 (1.5%).
What is V T O'Brien's Fair A/E?
0.93, from 1,556 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 7 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).