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Trainer profile

W J Martin

143 runners in the last 5 seasons · 17 individual horses
As at 24 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 8 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2022
7–143
Wins / Runs
4.9%
Strike rate
n=143
29 (20%)
Placed
0.81
Fair A/E
n=143 · 0.63 incl. margin
−86.00
£1 level stake
n=143 at SP · −60.1%
£76,546
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
9.1%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 5% of them — a touch below the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 0.81).

Deterministic profile computed from 143 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 24 Oct 2026
KTB at a glance Claiming riders: 5.4%
The read

The yard also reads well on Good going (9.1%, n=33) and over 1m5f – 2m (7.9%, n=38). The record reads poorly on Soft going — 0% over 33 runners, 4.9pts below the baseline. The stable star of the record: Farmleigh House (IRE) — 6 wins from 25 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 4.9% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
3.4%−1.5
n=29 · A/E 0.82 · £1 −14.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−4.9
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−4.9
n=12 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −12.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−4.9
n=11 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −11.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
15.4%+10.5
n=13 · A/E 2.26 · £1 +4.25
When favourite
22.2%
n=9 · A/E 1.00 · £1 −4.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
5.4%+0.5
n=93 · A/E 0.87 · £1 −42.25

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
On Soft going 0% vs 4.9% · n=33
On Good going 9.1% vs 4.9% · n=33
Over 1m5f – 2m 7.9% vs 4.9% · n=38
At Dundalk (AW) 7.5% vs 4.9% · n=40
On Standard (AW) going 7.5% vs 4.9% · n=40
With a new jockey booking 6.8% vs 4.9% · n=73 · A/E 1.43
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 69 4 5.8% −40.00
Hurdle 50 2 4% −33.00
NH Flat 18 1 5.6% −7.00
Chase 6 0 0% −6.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 40 3 7.5% −26.00
Good 33 3 9.1% +6.00
Soft 33 0 0% −33.00
Good to Soft 21 1 4.8% −17.00
Heavy 15 0 0% −15.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 40 3 7.5% −26.00
Tramore 16 1 6.3% −5.00
Wexford 12 0 0% −12.00
Cork 11 0 0% −11.00
Punchestown 9 0 0% −9.00
Kilbeggan 8 1 12.5% +5.00
Naas 8 1 12.5% +7.00
Clonmel 7 1 14.3% −3.00
Limerick 6 0 0% −6.00
Gowran Park 4 0 0% −4.00
Fairyhouse 4 0 0% −4.00
Navan 4 0 0% −4.00
Thurles 4 0 0% −4.00
Leopardstown 3 0 0% −3.00
Curragh 3 0 0% −3.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 9 2 22.2% 1.00 −4.00
2nd–3rd fav 22 2 9.1% 0.68 −7.00
4th–6th fav 27 1 3.7% 0.54 −18.00
7th+ in betting 85 2 2.4% 1.08 −57.00
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
Jazzy Dancer (IRE) 51 4 19 16 Oct 26
Tincurra Lad (IRE) 20 1 1 15 Mar 24
Mullanour (IRE) 18 0 3 19 Apr 26
Alaskan View (IRE) 10 1 3 6 Jun 26
Daring Sarah (IRE) 7 0 0 4 Jun 23
Picinisco (IRE) 6 0 0 6 Sep 23
Northernlightsky (IRE) 4 0 0 29 May 26
Jumbos Jet (IRE) 4 1 3 14 May 26
Let's Go Sarah (IRE) 4 0 0 15 Aug 25
Barney Hyland (IRE) 4 0 0 27 Oct 23
Trading Up (IRE) 4 0 0 9 Jun 22
Bridgie Browne (IRE) 3 0 0 3 Jul 26
All 17 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 17 horses listed, 2 arrived from another yard in our archive; 15 had their first archived run for this yard.

None of them has a 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 1
Only 1 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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0118081001200014
Muted months are small samples (under 30 runs) — read them with the caution they deserve.

Jockey bookings

same window · biggest samples first
RiderRWSR£1
Luke McAteer 16 1 6.3% −1.00
Conor Stone-Walsh 12 0 0% −12.00
Cian Cullinan 11 0 0% −11.00
Daniel King 8 1 12.5% −5.25
Shane B Kelly 8 0 0% −8.00
Mr Jamie Martin 7 1 14.3% +4.00
Mr B T Stone 7 0 0% −7.00
N G McCullagh 5 0 0% −5.00
Darragh O'Sullivan 5 0 0% −5.00
Eoin Staples 5 0 0% −5.00
Willie Byrne 5 0 0% −5.00
James O'Sullivan 5 1 20% +8.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
30
Archived wins
£351k
Prize money
2018
Best season · 6 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.
Farmleigh House (IRE) — Bar One Racing Mourne Handicap Dundalk (AW) · Aug 2013
£14,625
Farmleigh House (IRE) — lingfieldpark.co.uk Handicap Lingfield (AW) · Jan 2013 · Class 2
£12,291
Gist (IRE) — O'Callaghan Family Hotels Handicap (50-80) Listowel · Sep 2007
£10,365
Notable horses
Farmleigh House (IRE) Jazzy Dancer (IRE) Time Stands Still (GB) Rolanna (IRE) Gist (IRE) Tio Esteban (FR)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Red Jazz (USA) 7.8% · 4–51
Progeny have won 7.7% of 1,869 runs since 2008 (130 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 11.1% from 171.
Hillstar (GB) 3.4% · 1–29
Progeny have won 7.4% of 741 runs since 2008 (88 horses).
Sageburg (IRE) 3.4% · 1–29
Progeny have won 10% of 3,475 runs since 2008 (414 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 13.4% from 389. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 2.4% from 293. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13.2% from 355.
Kodi Bear (IRE) 10% · 1–10
Progeny have won 10.3% of 3,947 runs since 2008 (387 horses).
Anjaal (GB) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 7.9% of 1,214 runs since 2008 (112 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 12.4% from 161.
Fracas (IRE) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 9.7% of 794 runs since 2008 (56 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 13% from 100. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 14.3% from 119. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 5.7% from 106.
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 24 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 586 · newest first

The latest 50 of 586 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 3 April 2005 to 16 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
16 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Jazzy Dancer (IRE)J: Luke McAteer Celebrate Your Special Occasion At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (Div I)7f · Standard · 14 ran 8th 22/1
02 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Stumblin In (IRE)J: Mr B T Stone Racing TV Handicap Hurdle (Div II)20f · Good · 13 ran PU 14/1
11 Jul 26 Limerick Jazzy Dancer (IRE)J: Luke McAteer Ei Electronics Handicap (0-60)6.5f · Good · 14 ran 11th 12/1
03 Jul 26 Wexford Bridgie Browne (IRE)J: Sean O'Keeffe Curracloe Beach Maiden Hurdle24.5f · Good · 11 ran PU 100/1
10 Jun 26 Limerick Jazzy Dancer (IRE)J: Luke McAteer Cosgrave Transport Handicap (0-60) (Div 1)7f · Yielding · 14 ran 9th 18/1
06 Jun 26 Punchestown Alaskan View (IRE)J: Cian Cullinan Ladbrokes 'Big Daily Boosts On Racing' Maiden Hurdle (Div 2)16.5f · Good To Yielding · 24 ran 15th 66/1
30 May 26 Tramore Alaskan View (IRE)J: Conor Stone-Walsh Dunmore East Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 15 ran 10th 33/1
29 May 26 Tramore Northernlightsky (IRE)J: Cian Cullinan Success Days At Kilbarry Lodge Stud Mares Maiden Hurdle21.5f · Good · 10 ran 9th 125/1
28 May 26 Fairyhouse Jazzy Dancer (IRE)J: Luke McAteer 5 Euro General Admission Next Friday Handicap (0-60)6f · Good · 18 ran 7th 10/1
16 May 26 Wexford Bridgie Browne (IRE)J: Mr Jamie Martin Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race16f · Good To Yielding · 14 ran 11th 125/1
14 May 26 Clonmel Jumbos Jet (IRE)J: Sean O'Keeffe Watch Danny's Diary At ToteRacing Mares Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 1st 3/1
19 Apr 26 Tramore Mullanour (IRE)J: Cian Cullinan Anne Valley Walk Handicap Hurdle (0-100)20.5f · Yielding · 16 ran F 15/2
02 Apr 26 Clonmel Bridgie Browne (IRE)J: Mr Jamie Martin Happy Easter To All Our Patrons Flat Race19.5f · Soft · 9 ran 8th 66/1
27 Mar 26 Dundalk (AW) Jazzy Dancer (IRE)J: Patrick McGettigan Sunday 12th July Ladies Day At Dundalk Handicap (0-60)7f · Standard · 14 ran 11th 6/1
17 Mar 26 Wexford Jumbos Jet (IRE)J: Eoin Staples Wexford Racecourse Saturday Mornings Park Run Mares Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft · 9 ran 2nd 8/1
13 Mar 26 Dundalk (AW) Jazzy Dancer (IRE)J: Wesley Joyce Happy St Patrick's Weekend Handicap (0-60)6f · Standard · 12 ran 2nd 5/2F
12 Mar 26 Limerick Mullanour (IRE)J: Cian Cullinan William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle (0-100)23f · Heavy · 15 ran PU 17/2
26 Feb 26 Clonmel Mullanour (IRE)J: Cian Cullinan Rosegreen Handicap Hurdle (0-100)24f · Heavy · 15 ran 2nd 14/1
13 Feb 26 Dundalk (AW) Jazzy Dancer (IRE)J: Wesley Joyce Dundalk Winter Series Leading Trainer & Jockey Championship Handicap (0-60)7f · Standard · 13 ran 1st 8/1
10 Feb 26 Limerick Jumbos Jet (IRE)J: Eoin Staples Conference & Banqueting Facilities At Limerick Mares Maiden Hurdle15.5f · Heavy · 11 ran 3rd 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 W J Martin's strike rate?
W J Martin has won 7 of 143 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 4.9% (as at 24 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does W J Martin do best at?
Dundalk (AW) by strike rate: 3 wins from 40 runners (7.5%) 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.
Is W J Martin in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 1 runner, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is W J Martin's Fair A/E?
0.81, from 143 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 24 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).