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Trainer profile

W J Burke

362 runners in the last 5 seasons · 67 individual horses
As at 27 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 2 days ago 94% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
11–362
Wins / Runs
3%
Strike rate
n=362
54 (15%)
Placed
0.68
Fair A/E
n=362 · 0.54 incl. margin
−241.07
£1 level stake
n=362 at SP · −66.6%
£177k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
5.1%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 70 runners a season, almost all over hurdles and fences, winning with 3% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.68).

Deterministic profile computed from 362 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 27 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 3.8% Darragh O'Keeffe: 4.1% from 74
The read

The record is strongest at Wexford (6.3%, n=32), clear of the yard's 3% baseline. It is weakest at Punchestown (0% over 31 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Debutants struggle at 0% (n=44, Fair A/E 0.00). The market has consistently overbet runners with a claiming rider up: 2.2% strike, Fair A/E 0.55 and −96.00 to a £1 stake over 136 runners — those runners underperform what the price implies. Darragh O'Keeffe rides 20% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (4.1%, A/E 0.66). The yard also reads well on Heavy going (6.2%, n=65). 13 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the William Hill Galway Plate at Galway (Aug 2007, £134,000). The stable star of the record: Thyne Again (IRE) — 7 wins from 18 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% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
3.8%+0.8
n=78 · A/E 0.85 · £1 −60.57
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−3.0
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−3.0
n=44 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −44.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−3.0
n=27 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −27.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
7.7%+4.7
n=13 · A/E 1.70 · £1 −1.00
When favourite
0%
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
2.2%−0.8
n=136 · A/E 0.55 · £1 −96.00
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−3.0
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 3% 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 Heavy going 6.2% vs 3% · n=65
At Wexford 6.3% vs 3% · n=32
With debutants 0% vs 3% · n=44
In Chase races 5.6% vs 3% · n=71
At Punchestown 0% vs 3% · n=31
With horses switching code 5% vs 3% · n=60
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 244 5 2% −203.50
Chase 71 4 5.6% −15.07
NH Flat 26 2 7.7% −1.50
Flat 21 0 0% −21.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 138 3 2.2% −107.50
Good 84 2 2.4% −52.50
Good to Soft 66 2 3% −53.17
Heavy 65 4 6.2% −18.90
Standard (AW) 6 0 0% −6.00
Good to Firm 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Cork 67 2 3% −50.67
Wexford 32 2 6.3% −18.00
Punchestown 31 0 0% −31.00
Clonmel 31 1 3.2% −10.00
Limerick 30 1 3.3% −24.50
Tramore 28 0 0% −28.00
Killarney 21 0 0% −21.00
Thurles 16 2 12.5% −1.50
Ballinrobe 14 1 7.1% +12.00
Tipperary 14 0 0% −14.00
Fairyhouse 14 2 14.3% +9.60
Gowran Park 11 0 0% −11.00
Galway 10 0 0% −10.00
Listowel 9 0 0% −9.00
Naas 8 0 0% −8.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 4 0 0% −4.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 8 0 0% 0.00 −8.00
2nd–3rd fav 27 4 14.8% 1.00 −6.57
4th–6th fav 99 4 4% 0.66 −57.50
7th+ in betting 228 3 1.3% 0.65 −169.00
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
84.1% completed · 315 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 71 70.4% 6 1 14 0 0
Hurdle 244 88.1% 7 1 20 0 1
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
Cloudy Fountain (IRE)from David Harry Kelly 21 1 4 19 Mar 26
Rebel Early (IRE) 21 1 5 18 May 24
Light Parade (IRE) 19 1 6 28 Dec 23
Happy Me (IRE) 18 0 4 20 Aug 26
Grange Island (IRE) 14 2 2 12 May 25
Blue Reed (FR)then Cian Collins 11 0 1 3 Oct 24
Loughaneala Og (IRE) 11 0 0 8 Aug 23
Kir Royal Blou (FR) 10 0 1 12 Oct 25
Johnny Clarke (IRE) 10 1 4 30 Aug 24
Marks Bear (IRE)from Gary Moore 10 0 0 12 May 24
Tiffiny's Girl (IRE) 9 1 3 6 Jun 26
The Dawn (FR) 9 0 2 3 Apr 25
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 67 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 1 time. 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, 8 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from David Harry Kelly (2) and Gary Moore (2); 52 had their first archived run for this yard.

12 have since run for another yard, most often for Sarah Joanna Connell (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
0 from 2
Only 2 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
10010320300090
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
20% of all rides
4.1% SR · A/E 0.66
RiderRWSR£1
Darragh O'Keeffe 74 3 4.1% −48.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
127
Archived wins
13
Pattern / graded wins
£2.19m
Prize money
2005
Best season · 15 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.
Sir Frederick (IRE) — William Hill Galway Plate (Handicap Chase) Galway · Aug 2007 · Grade A
£134,000
Oscar Rebel (IRE) — Bewleys Hotels I.S.F. EBF (Mares) Hurdle (Grade 3) Punchestown · Apr 2008 · Grade 3
£65,100
Thyne Again (IRE) — Baileys Arkle Perpetual Challenge Cup Novice Chase (Grade 2) Leopardstown · Jan 2008 · Grade 1
£65,000
Notable horses
Thyne Again (IRE) My Murphy (IRE) Sir Frederick (IRE) Sumos Novios (IRE) Ordinary Man (IRE) Rebel Early (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Leading Light (IRE) 2.7% · 1–37
Progeny have won 8.2% of 2,201 runs since 2008 (225 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 4.6% from 241.
Mahler (GB) 4.3% · 1–23
Progeny have won 10.8% of 8,849 runs since 2008 (785 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 15.1% from 119.
Cloudings (IRE) 4.8% · 1–21
Progeny have won 10.5% of 3,885 runs since 2008 (309 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 14.6% from 410. Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 7.5% from 815.
Mountain High (IRE) 4.8% · 1–21
Progeny have won 9.5% of 2,245 runs since 2008 (184 horses).
Flemensfirth (USA) 0% · 0–18
Progeny have won 11.8% of 17,280 runs since 2008 (1,594 horses).
Sans Frontieres (IRE) 0% · 0–15
Progeny have won 8.9% of 1,253 runs since 2008 (155 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 14.1% from 184.
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 27 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 2,191 · newest first

The latest 50 of 2,191 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 3 January 2005 to 25 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
25 Oct 26 Wexford (IRE) Burleigh Beach (IRE)J: Darragh O'Keeffe Irish Stallion Farms EBF Academy Hurdle18f · Soft · 8 ran PU 22/1
17 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Caoimhe (IRE)J: Simon Torrens #Thisisracing Maiden Hurdle19f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran PU 10/1
28 Sep 26 Roscommon (IRE) Bruise Hill (IRE)J: Sean Flanagan Railway Bar Handicap Hurdle20.5f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran F 6/1
24 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Its A Vibe (IRE)J: Sean Flanagan Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction & Median Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 14 ran 4th 200/1
28 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Bruise Hill (IRE)J: Kevin Healy Treo Eile Handicap Hurdle (Div I)20.5f · Good · 14 ran 2nd 13/2
24 Aug 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Lastofthenatives (IRE)J: Eoghan Finegan Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle18.5f · Good · 15 ran 11th 200/1
20 Aug 26 Killarney (IRE) Happy Me (IRE)J: Michael Kenneally Thorn Plant Hire Beginners Steeplechase23.5f · Good · 6 ran PU 66/1
13 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Happy Me (IRE)J: Alan O'Sullivan O'Neill's Bar Beginners Steeplechase22f · Good · 9 ran 8th 20/1
03 Aug 26 Cork (IRE) Lastofthenatives (IRE)J: Eoghan Finegan Adare Manor Opportunity Maiden Hurdle18f · Good · 18 ran 11th 200/1
03 Aug 26 Cork (IRE) Absolutley Fab (IRE)J: John Shinnick www.mourneabbeyoil.ie Mares Maiden Hurdle17f · Good · 18 ran 16th 250/1
01 Aug 26 Galway (IRE) Jetoile (IRE)J: Michael Kenneally BOYLE Sports Galway Tribes Handicap Hurdle17f · Good To Yielding · 20 ran 19th 66/1
28 Jul 26 Galway (IRE) Bruise Hill (IRE)J: Sean Flanagan COLM QUINN BMW Novice Hurdle (Listed)Class 1 · 16.5f · Good · 8 ran 8th 300/1
16 Jul 26 Killarney (IRE) Happy Me (IRE)J: Alan O'Sullivan INCO Broking Maiden Hurdle20.5f · Good · 9 ran 5th 7/1
14 Jul 26 Killarney (IRE) Jetoile (IRE)J: Mr J C Barry Thorn Plant Hire (Q.R.) Maiden14f · Good · 12 ran 11th 50/1
10 Jul 26 Cork Bruise Hill (IRE)J: Kevin Healy Kelkab Ltd. Handicap Hurdle (0-100)17f · Good · 23 ran 6th 33/1
10 Jul 26 Cork Lastofthenatives (IRE)J: Alan O'Sullivan DNG John Ryan Auctioneer Maiden Hurdle17f · Good · 20 ran 10th 300/1
10 Jul 26 Cork Absolutley Fab (IRE)J: John Shinnick Ashgrove Renewables Maiden Hurdle17f · Good · 14 ran 12th 125/1
07 Jul 26 Tramore Jetoile (IRE)J: Colin Keane Waterford Castle And Resort Style Evening August 15th Maiden12f · Good · 10 ran 6th 12/1
03 Jul 26 Wexford Lastofthenatives (IRE)J: Alan O'Sullivan Shamrock Enterprises Maiden Hurdle20f · Good · 14 ran PU 150/1
06 Jun 26 Punchestown Tiffiny's Girl (IRE)J: Eoghan Finegan Ladbrokes 'Get More With Racing Bet Builder' Handicap Chase25f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 7th 11/1

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 W J Burke's strike rate?
W J Burke has won 11 of 362 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 3% (as at 27 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does W J Burke do best at?
Wexford by strike rate: 2 wins from 32 runners (6.3%) 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 W J Burke?
Darragh O'Keeffe, with 74 runners since 2022 — 20% of the total. That pairing has won 3 (4.1%).
Is W J Burke in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 2 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is W J Burke's Fair A/E?
0.68, from 362 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 27 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).