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Trainer profile

W J O'Doherty

117 runners in the last 5 seasons · 14 individual horses
As at 22 Oct 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 5 days ago
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2009→)
from 1 Jan 2022
5–117
Wins / Runs
4.3%
Strike rate
n=117
19 (16%)
Placed
1.04
Fair A/E
n=117 · 0.82 incl. margin
−72.67
£1 level stake
n=117 at SP · −62.1%
£59,336
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 20 runners a season, winning with 4% of them — beating the margin-free market read across five seasons (Fair A/E 1.04).

Deterministic profile computed from 117 archived runs (last 5 seasons) · updated 22 Oct 2026

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 4.3% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
3.7%−0.6
n=27 · A/E 1.56 · £1 −12.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−4.3
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−4.3
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−4.3
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−4.3
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
When favourite
0%
n=2 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −2.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
3.5%−0.8
n=57 · A/E 1.19 · £1 −35.50

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 4.3% 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
With Philip Byrnes 0% vs 4.3% · n=33
With horses switching code 0% vs 4.3% · n=30
On Good going 8.3% vs 4.3% · n=36
With claiming riders up 3.5% vs 4.3% · n=57 · A/E 1.19
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 89 4 4.5% −48.17
Flat 15 1 6.7% −11.50
NH Flat 9 0 0% −9.00
Chase 4 0 0% −4.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 36 3 8.3% −15.17
Soft 35 1 2.9% −20.00
Good to Soft 22 0 0% −22.00
Heavy 21 1 4.8% −12.50
Standard (AW) 2 0 0% −2.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Limerick 15 1 6.7% −6.50
Kilbeggan 12 1 8.3% −7.67
Killarney 12 2 16.7% +16.00
Cork 12 0 0% −12.00
Listowel 10 0 0% −10.00
Ballinrobe 7 0 0% −7.00
Tramore 5 0 0% −5.00
Galway 5 0 0% −5.00
Gowran Park 5 0 0% −5.00
Navan 5 1 20% −1.50
Punchestown 4 0 0% −4.00
Bellewstown 3 0 0% −3.00
Thurles 3 0 0% −3.00
Roscommon 3 0 0% −3.00
Leopardstown 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 3 0 0% 0.00 −3.00
2nd–3rd fav 9 2 22.2% 1.61 −1.17
4th–6th fav 18 2 11.1% 1.67 +3.50
7th+ in betting 87 1 1.1% 0.55 −72.00
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
84.9% completed · 93 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 4 75% 0 0 1 0 0
Hurdle 89 85.4% 4 1 8 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
Swelltime (IRE)from Joseph G Murphy 41 4 9 16 Jul 26
Dalmatic (IRE)from John Butler 20 1 7 17 Oct 26
Milfordfourthree (IRE) 14 0 0 11 Nov 23
Certosa (IRE)from Laura Hourigan 8 0 1 24 Sep 26
Kansas Joe (IRE) 6 0 0 5 Sep 22
Bridge View Star (IRE) 5 0 0 7 Sep 26
Van Demon (IRE)from Noel Meade 4 0 0 25 Aug 25
Littletwinklestar (IRE)from Maike Magnussen 4 0 0 6 Oct 24
Le Sin Bin (IRE) 4 0 0 20 Aug 23
Without Deception (IRE) 3 0 0 17 Oct 26
De Jour En Jour (IRE)then Ross O'Sullivan 3 0 2 19 Feb 26
Prometteuse (IRE) 2 0 0 23 Sep 26
All 14 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 14 horses listed, 6 arrived from another yard in our archive; 8 had their first archived run for this yard.

2 have since run for another yard; 12 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 riderPhilip Byrnes
28% of all rides
0% SR · A/E 0.00
RiderRWSR£1
Philip Byrnes 33 0 0% −33.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2009→
8
Archived wins
£88,144
Prize money
2025
Best season · 2 wins
Swelltime (IRE) — Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle Killarney · Jul 2025
£7,965
Swelltime (IRE) — Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 1) Killarney · Aug 2024
£7,375
Jump For Dough (IRE) — Buy Online At Corkracecourse.ie Handicap Hurdle (80-102) (Div 1) Cork · May 2017
£7,084
Notable horses
Swelltime (IRE) Dalmatic (IRE) Orange Touch (GER) Jump For Dough (IRE) Thosedaysaregone (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Born To Sea (IRE) 9.8% · 4–41
Progeny have won 9.1% of 4,275 runs since 2008 (310 horses). Strongest on Soft going: 12.1% from 963. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.4% from 864. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 5.8% from 723.
Australia (GB) 4.2% · 1–24
Progeny have won 11.1% of 5,642 runs since 2008 (563 horses). Weakest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 6.5% from 108.
Barely A Moment (AUS) 0% · 0–14
Progeny have won 3.1% of 129 runs since 2008 (19 horses).
Milan (GB) 0% · 0–8
Progeny have won 11.3% of 16,848 runs since 2008 (1,463 horses).
Mountain High (IRE) 0% · 0–6
Progeny have won 9.5% of 2,245 runs since 2008 (184 horses).
Ocovango (GB) 0% · 0–5
Progeny have won 9.5% of 2,982 runs since 2008 (302 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 14.1% from 191.
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 22 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 212 · newest first

The latest 50 of 212 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 11 September 2009 to 17 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
17 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Dalmatic (IRE)J: Philip Byrnes Greenpark Limerick Handicap Hurdle (Div I)21.5f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 4th 12/1
17 Oct 26 Limerick (IRE) Without Deception (IRE)J: Philip Byrnes #Thisisracing Maiden Hurdle19f · Good To Yielding · 18 ran 11th 125/1
28 Sep 26 Roscommon (IRE) Dalmatic (IRE)J: Philip Byrnes Gary's Gardening Services Handicap Hurdle15.5f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 10th 20/1
26 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Without Deception (IRE)J: Miss S E Leahy Listowel Printing Works Slan Abhaile (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Good · 6 ran 5th 80/1
24 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Certosa (IRE)J: Philip Byrnes Buckley Agri New Holland Irish EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle16f · Good · 17 ran 10th 50/1
23 Sep 26 Listowel (IRE) Prometteuse (IRE)J: Mr L M Kelleher Paul Moynihan (Ex VFI President) Memorial Flat Race20f · Good · 11 ran 11th 200/1
11 Sep 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Certosa (IRE)J: Tom Kelly Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Maiden Hurdle18f · Good To Yielding · 15 ran 5th 16/1
07 Sep 26 Galway (IRE) Prometteuse (IRE)J: Mr L P Shanahan Kenny Developments Irish EBF Mares Flat Race16.5f · Soft · 18 ran 12th 80/1
07 Sep 26 Galway (IRE) Bridge View Star (IRE)J: Philip Byrnes Kenny Developments Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Yielding · 20 ran UR 20/1
22 Aug 26 Killarney (IRE) Certosa (IRE)J: Josh Williamson ML Lynch Civil Engineering Ltd. Maiden Hurdle (Div II)16.5f · Good · 16 ran 2nd 80/1
10 Aug 26 Ballinrobe (IRE) Certosa (IRE)J: Philip Byrnes Bank Of Ireland Brendan Maloney Memorial Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Good · 15 ran F 12/1
16 Jul 26 Killarney (IRE) Without Deception (IRE)J: Miss S E Leahy Kate Kearney's Cottage (Ladies Pro/Am) Flat Race17f · Good · 15 ran 13th 40/1
16 Jul 26 Killarney (IRE) Swelltime (IRE)J: Josh Williamson Adare Manor Opportunity Handicap Hurdle (Div II)20.5f · Good · 14 ran F 7/1
02 Jul 26 Bellewstown Swelltime (IRE)J: Miss S E Leahy Seamus Mulvaney Bookmaker, Crockafotha (Q.R.) Race12.5f · Good · 7 ran 6th 300/1
28 May 26 Limerick Swelltime (IRE)J: G B Noonan Easyfix Handicap Hurdle20f · Soft · 9 ran 8th 22/1
28 May 26 Limerick Certosa (IRE)J: Tom Kelly Great National South Court Hotel And Dial A Bus Mares Maiden Hurdle20f · Yielding · 15 ran 5th 40/1
24 Apr 26 Kilbeggan Dalmatic (IRE)J: Philip Byrnes William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle (0-100)24.5f · Good To Yielding · 16 ran 4th 16/1
19 Mar 26 Cork Certosa (IRE)J: Miss S E Leahy William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Mares (Ladies Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Yielding · 13 ran 10th 18/1
12 Mar 26 Limerick Dalmatic (IRE)J: G B Noonan William Hill Each Way Extra Challenge Series Handicap Hurdle (0-100)23f · Heavy · 15 ran 2nd 22/1
19 Feb 26 Thurles Certosa (IRE)J: Miss S E Leahy Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Flat Race16.5f · Soft To Heavy · 6 ran 4th 33/1

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 O'Doherty's strike rate?
W J O'Doherty has won 5 of 117 runners since 2022, a strike rate of 4.3% (as at 22 October 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Is W J O'Doherty 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 O'Doherty's Fair A/E?
1.04, from 117 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 22 October 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).