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Trainer profile

W J Lanigan

185 runners in the last 5 seasons · 24 individual horses
As at 20 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 7 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
9–185
Wins / Runs
4.9%
Strike rate
n=185
28 (15%)
Placed
1.09
Fair A/E
n=185 · 0.86 incl. margin
−76.50
£1 level stake
n=185 at SP · −41.4%
£94,563
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
10.5%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 40 runners a season, winning with 5% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.09).

Deterministic profile computed from 185 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 20 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Danny Mullins: 11.4% from 70
The read

Runners with a claiming rider up have been a poor signal at 1.2% (n=81, Fair A/E 0.31). Danny Mullins rides 38% of the entries and beats the yard's average (11.4% vs 4.9%, A/E 1.92) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well off a 31-60-day break (9.8%, n=41) and on Good going (9.3%, n=54). The record reads poorly over 1m5f – 2m — 1.8% over 55 runners, 3.1pts below the baseline.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.9% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
2.4%−2.5
n=41 · A/E 0.86 · £1 −35.50
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−4.9
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−4.9
n=11 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −11.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
14.3%+9.4
n=7 · A/E 8.68 · £1 +44.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
14.3%+9.4
n=7 · A/E 3.77 · £1 +8.00
When favourite
25%
n=4 · A/E 1.11 · £1 −0.50
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
1.2%−3.7
n=81 · A/E 0.31 · £1 −75.50
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−4.9
n=1 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −1.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.9% 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
With Danny Mullins 11.4% vs 4.9% · n=70
Off a 31-60-day break 9.8% vs 4.9% · n=41
On Good going 9.3% vs 4.9% · n=54
With a new jockey booking 1.2% vs 4.9% · n=83
With claiming riders up 1.2% vs 4.9% · n=81
Over 1m5f – 2m 1.8% vs 4.9% · n=55
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 114 6 5.3% −22.00
Chase 39 2 5.1% −28.00
Flat 21 1 4.8% −15.50
NH Flat 11 0 0% −11.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 69 2 2.9% −60.50
Good 54 5 9.3% +30.50
Heavy 30 1 3.3% −19.00
Good to Soft 29 1 3.4% −24.50
Standard (AW) 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Clonmel 19 1 5.3% −14.50
Tramore 18 1 5.6% −7.00
Limerick 15 1 6.7% −11.50
Kilbeggan 13 0 0% −13.00
Punchestown 13 0 0% −13.00
Downpatrick 11 2 18.2% +10.00
Fairyhouse 9 0 0% −9.00
Tipperary 9 0 0% −9.00
Wexford 9 0 0% −9.00
Killarney 8 1 12.5% −2.50
Gowran Park 7 0 0% −7.00
Naas 6 0 0% −6.00
Thurles 6 0 0% −6.00
Listowel 6 0 0% −6.00
Galway 6 1 16.7% +1.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 1 0 0% −1.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 4 1 25% 1.11 −0.50
2nd–3rd fav 18 5 27.8% 2.13 +10.00
4th–6th fav 32 1 3.1% 0.47 −17.00
7th+ in betting 131 2 1.5% 0.70 −69.00
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
72.5% completed · 153 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 39 71.8% 2 1 8 0 0
Hurdle 114 72.8% 3 1 27 0 0
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
Big Island (IRE)from John James Feane 33 1 8 24 Jul 26
Shantou Sisu (IRE) 22 2 8 6 Oct 23
Danesfort Mayfly (IRE) 21 1 2 12 Jul 26
Minella Diamond (IRE) 12 3 6 1 Aug 26
Not So Serious (IRE)from Andrew Slattery 10 1 1 11 Sep 26
Prince Of Peace (IRE)from J P Cahill 10 0 0 22 Jun 23
Installment (IRE) 8 0 0 8 Oct 26
Wings Of Africa (IRE) 8 0 0 19 Aug 26
Castle Arms Casa (IRE) 7 0 0 7 Nov 23
Share The Joy (IRE) 7 0 0 26 Aug 23
Ripsnorter (FR)from Andrew Slattery 6 1 1 2 Oct 26
Del Posto (GB)from Mrs John Harrington 6 0 0 30 Oct 24
All 24 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 24 horses listed, 10 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Andrew Slattery (2) and John James Feane (2); 14 had their first archived run for this yard.

2 have since run for another yard; 22 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
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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 riderDanny Mullins
38% of all rides
11.4% SR · A/E 1.92
RiderRWSR£1
Danny Mullins 70 8 11.4% +33.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
21
Archived wins
£228k
Prize money
2026
Best season · 4 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.
Pivotal Flame (IRE) — P&D Lydon Irish EBF Mares Handicap Hurdle Ballinrobe · Sep 2019
£12,980
West Is Best (IRE) — Follow Limerick Racecourse On Twitter Handicap Hurdle (80-109) Limerick · Mar 2019
£7,392
Stucker Hill (IRE) — New Year's Day Hospitality Packages In The Graun Hill Suite Mares Handicap Hurdle (80-109) Tramore · Dec 2018
£7,392
Notable horses
Shantou Sisu (IRE) Minella Diamond (IRE) Stucker Hill (IRE) West Is Best (IRE) Big Island (IRE) Accordion Twilight (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Canford Cliffs (IRE) 3% · 1–33
Progeny have won 9.8% of 5,091 runs since 2008 (314 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 6.8% from 263.
Shantou (USA) 9.1% · 2–22
Progeny have won 13.6% of 7,819 runs since 2008 (539 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 20.3% from 158.
Yeats (IRE) 4.8% · 1–21
Progeny have won 11.9% of 9,807 runs since 2008 (704 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 6.9% from 203. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 15.3% from 816.
Kingston Hill (GB) 7.1% · 1–14
Progeny have won 9.1% of 1,627 runs since 2008 (203 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 5.5% from 164.
Beat Hollow (GB) 25% · 3–12
Progeny have won 11.3% of 6,030 runs since 2008 (412 horses).
Elzaam (AUS) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 9.2% of 4,514 runs since 2008 (373 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 4.7% from 322.
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 20 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 463 · newest first

The latest 50 of 463 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 13 January 2005 to 13 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
13 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Kingston Silver (IRE)J: Philip Donovan William Hill Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle16f · Good · 11 ran 9th 125/1
08 Oct 26 Tramore (IRE) Installment (IRE)J: Philip Donovan Waterford Greenway Beginners Steeplechase20.5f · Yielding · 12 ran PU 150/1
02 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Ripsnorter (FR)J: Danny Mullins Paddy Monaghan 90th Birthday Handicap Hurdle20f · Good · 14 ran 14th 15/2
23 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Installment (IRE)J: Philip Donovan Brandon Hotel Handicap Hurdle18f · Good · 18 ran PU 125/1
23 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Kingston Silver (IRE)J: Danny Mullins McSweeney Brothers Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 16 ran 11th 300/1
11 Sep 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Not So Serious (IRE)J: P J O'Hanlon Lodge At Ashford Castle Handicap Steeplechase23f · Yielding · 16 ran 12th 22/1
03 Sep 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Kingston Silver (IRE)J: Richard Deegan SIS Supporting Irish Racing Maiden Hurdle19f · Good To Yielding · 11 ran 9th 150/1
31 Aug 26 Downpatrick (IRE) Not So Serious (IRE)J: J J Slevin Tote Guarantee, Never Beaten By SP Handicap Steeplechase19.5f · Good · 15 ran 9th 25/1
31 Aug 26 Downpatrick (IRE) Ripsnorter (FR)J: Danny Mullins WillWeGo.com Handicap Hurdle18f · Good · 11 ran 1st 14/1
19 Aug 26 Sligo (IRE) Wings Of Africa (IRE)J: Ben Kennedy Aidan Moffitt Memorial Handicap Hurdle17.5f · Good · 13 ran PU 40/1
14 Aug 26 Tramore (IRE) Not So Serious (IRE)J: J J Slevin I.P.R.S. Handicap Steeplechase22f · Good · 13 ran UR 20/1
10 Aug 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Ripsnorter (FR)J: Danny Mullins Cummins Homevalue Hardware Handicap Hurdle16.5f · Good · 14 ran 8th 14/1
07 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Wings Of Africa (IRE)J: P J O'Hanlon Treo Eile Mares Handicap Hurdle17f · Good · 14 ran PU 25/1
07 Aug 26 Wexford (IRE) Kingston Silver (IRE)J: Danny Mullins Think Print & Design Maiden Hurdle17f · Good · 14 ran 12th 66/1
04 Aug 26 Roscommon (IRE) Installment (IRE)J: Danny Mullins Curragh To Curragh Charity Cycle on Saturday, August 29th Maiden Hurdle20f · Yielding To Soft · 16 ran 13th 33/1
01 Aug 26 Galway (IRE) Minella Diamond (IRE)J: Phillip Enright BOYLE Sports Handicap Hurdle (Listed)Class 1 · 22.5f · Good To Yielding · 20 ran 11th 16/1
24 Jul 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Big Island (IRE)J: Danny Mullins Racing Again On 8th August Handicap Steeplechase20.5f · Good · 14 ran PU 8/1
24 Jul 26 Kilbeggan (IRE) Installment (IRE)J: Danny Mullins Hurley Family Maiden Hurdle24.5f · Good · 9 ran PU 18/1
21 Jul 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Not So Serious (IRE)J: Danny Mullins Sweeney Oil Handicap Hurdle (Div I)22f · Good · 15 ran 1st 50/1
21 Jul 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Ripsnorter (FR)J: Danny Mullins O'Hare's Bar Maiden Hurdle17.5f · Good · 15 ran 6th 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 Lanigan's strike rate?
W J Lanigan has won 9 of 185 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 4.9% (as at 20 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Who rides most for W J Lanigan?
Danny Mullins, with 70 runners since 2022 — 38% of the total. That pairing has won 8 (11.4%).
Is W J Lanigan 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 Lanigan's Fair A/E?
1.09, from 185 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 20 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).