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Trainer profile

W J Martin

536 runners in the lifetime window · 69 individual horses
As at 11 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 7 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
28–536
Wins / Runs
5.2%
Strike rate
n=536
89 (17%)
Placed
0.97
Fair A/E
n=536 · 0.77 incl. margin
−299.80
£1 level stake
n=536 at SP · −55.9%
£321k
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
8%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 30 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 5% of them — level with the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 0.97). Horses with headgear back on after a bare run strike at 8% (37 runs).

Deterministic profile computed from 536 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 11 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Aug–Sep Willie Byrne: 4% from 75 Headgear returns: 8.1%
The read

It is weakest at Wexford (0% over 33 runners) — the widest gap in the record. Debutants struggle at 0% (n=41, Fair A/E 0.00). Willie Byrne rides 14% of the entries and matches the yard's average almost exactly (4%, A/E 0.85). The record reads poorly over 1m2f – 1m4f — 1.4% over 73 runners, 3.8pts below the baseline. The stable star of the record: Farmleigh House (IRE) — 6 wins from 25 runs for the yard. Seasonally, the yard fires Aug–Sep.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.2% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
4.6%−0.6
n=108 · A/E 1.21 · £1 −53.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−5.2
n=25 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −25.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−5.2
n=41 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −41.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
2.9%−2.3
n=35 · A/E 1.05 · £1 −18.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
8.1%+2.9
n=37 · A/E 1.36 · £1 −15.75
When favourite
30%
n=20 · A/E 1.23 · £1 −2.30
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
4.5%−0.7
n=287 · A/E 0.90 · £1 −153.25
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
0%−5.2
n=14 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −14.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.2% 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 C&D winners 14.6% vs 5.2% · n=48
With debutants 0% vs 5.2% · n=41
At Wexford 0% vs 5.2% · n=33
At Gowran Park 0% vs 5.2% · n=32
Over 1m2f – 1m4f 1.4% vs 5.2% · n=73
On Standard (AW) going 8.1% vs 5.2% · n=161
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 373 23 6.2% −179.80
Hurdle 111 4 3.6% −79.00
Chase 28 0 0% −28.00
NH Flat 24 1 4.2% −13.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Standard (AW) 161 13 8.1% −72.30
Good 136 7 5.1% −48.00
Soft 114 4 3.5% −77.50
Heavy 54 2 3.7% −41.00
Good to Soft 41 1 2.4% −37.00
Good to Firm 27 1 3.7% −21.00
Firm 3 0 0% −3.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Dundalk (AW) 138 11 8% −56.80
Cork 40 3 7.5% −6.00
Wexford 33 0 0% −33.00
Gowran Park 32 0 0% −32.00
Naas 29 2 6.9% +3.00
Curragh 28 0 0% −28.00
Tramore 24 2 8.3% −5.00
Punchestown 23 0 0% −23.00
Leopardstown 23 0 0% −23.00
Fairyhouse 23 0 0% −23.00
Navan 19 1 5.3% −13.00
Limerick 17 0 0% −17.00
Clonmel 16 2 12.5% −3.00
Thurles 10 0 0% −10.00
Kilbeggan 9 1 11.1% +4.00

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 6 26 3 11.5% −9.00
Class 1 14 0 0% −14.00
Class 5 9 0 0% −9.00
Class 2 1 1 100% +2.50

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 27 8 29.6% 1.28 −1.80
2nd–3rd fav 52 4 7.7% 0.60 −23.50
4th–6th fav 95 9 9.5% 1.33 −16.50
7th+ in betting 362 7 1.9% 0.77 −258.00
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) 55 4 20 28 Oct 26
Time Stands Still (GB)from A Oliver 42 4 13 11 Oct 20
Rolanna (IRE)from Miss Ruth Louise Jones 26 4 10 17 Mar 19
Farmleigh House (IRE)from John C McConnell 25 6 12 27 Apr 15
Gist (IRE) 21 0 0 14 Aug 11
Tincurra Lad (IRE) 20 1 1 15 Mar 24
Sassy Dancer (IRE) 19 0 3 19 Nov 21
Tio Esteban (FR)from Peter Maher 19 2 4 2 Dec 20
New Identity (IRE)from Denis Coakley · then Tom McGuinness 19 2 5 5 Oct 18
Mullanour (IRE) 18 0 3 19 Apr 26
Bright Flame (IRE) 17 1 2 17 Jan 22
Cape Agulhas (IRE)from Anthony Mullins · then Tom McGuinness 15 0 2 27 Nov 20
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 69 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, 23 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from K J Condon (2); 37 had their first archived run for this yard.

9 have since run for another yard, most often for Tom McGuinness (4) and Eoin Griffin (2); 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.

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, lifetime
JFMAMJJASOND
513424201580410
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
Go-to riderWillie Byrne
14% of all rides
4% SR · A/E 0.85
RiderRWSR£1
Willie Byrne 75 3 4% −33.00
N G McCullagh 72 5 6.9% −47.55
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2005→
30
Archived wins
£354k
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) 7.3% · 4–55
Progeny have won 7.7% of 1,870 runs since 2017 (130 horses). Strongest on Good to Soft going: 11.1% from 171.
Dandy Man (IRE) 7.4% · 4–54
Progeny have won 9.1% of 14,989 runs since 2013 (930 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.3% from 171.
Elzaam (AUS) 3% · 1–33
Progeny have won 9.2% of 4,534 runs since 2016 (374 horses). Weakest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 5.2% from 328.
Sageburg (IRE) 3.1% · 1–32
Progeny have won 10% of 3,489 runs since 2012 (416 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 13.4% from 389. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 2.7% from 295. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 13.2% from 355.
Medecis (GB) 19.4% · 6–31
Progeny have won 7.1% of 1,595 runs since 2008 (112 horses).
Hillstar (GB) 3.3% · 1–30
Progeny have won 7.3% of 756 runs since 2021 (89 horses).
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 11 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 589 · newest first

The latest 50 of 589 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 3 April 2005 to 4 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
04 Nov 26 Wexford (IRE) Stumblin In (IRE)J: Conor Smithers Jim Ryan Racecourse Services Handicap Hurdle (0-100)20f · Yielding · 13 ran 11th 33/1
28 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Jazzy Dancer (IRE)J: Rory Mulligan Christmas Party Nights At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (Div II)7f · Standard · 13 ran 2nd 25/1
25 Oct 26 Wexford (IRE) Jumbos Jet (IRE)J: Ricky Doyle Download The Tote App Handicap Hurdle17f · Soft · 13 ran 4th 5/1
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

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).

KTB’s figures

the forward record · since 5 Oct 2026

KTB’s figures on this yard’s runners since 28 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 1 run (won 0) · to 28 Oct 2026.

Each pick was a KTB figure’s choice before the off — the published KTB Selection, the top-rated horse on KTB Rating, the fastest on KTB Speed — settled against the result the next morning and never worked out again; “did not run” is counted apart. GB and Irish races only. A record of weeks so far: read it as a count, not a verdict.

Quick answers

What is W J Martin's strike rate?
W J Martin has won 28 of 536 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 5.2% (as at 11 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does W J Martin do best at?
Dundalk (AW) by strike rate: 11 wins from 138 runners (8%) 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 W J Martin?
Willie Byrne, with 75 runners since 2008 — 14% of the total. That pairing has won 3 (4%).
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?
0.97, from 536 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 11 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).