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Trainer profile

W. McCreery

4,690 runners in the lifetime window · 625 individual horses
As at 10 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Non-runners: 8.7% of 311 declared in the last 365 days, counting all recorded withdrawals, including reserves. For context, a typical day across all racing ends with about 6.5% withdrawn (middle half 5.2–8.1% over 364 racing days). As at 10 Nov 2026.
Last runner 9 days ago 95% of runners on the flat
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2008→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
427–4,690
Wins / Runs
9.1%
Strike rate
n=4,690
1,312 (28%)
Placed
1.04
Fair A/E
n=4,683 · 0.84 incl. margin
−1,201.77
£1 level stake
n=4,690 at SP · −25.6%
£8.95m
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
10.1%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 250 runners a season, almost all on the flat, winning with 9% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.04).

Deterministic profile computed from 4,690 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 10 Nov 2026
KTB at a glance Fires Aug–Sep 29.6% when favourite W J Lee: 11.8% from 1,692 Sends off the favourite in 7% of races
The read

The record is strongest at Tipperary (15.4%, n=234), Clonmel (16.3%, n=43) and Punchestown (16.2%, n=37) — all clear of the yard's 9.1% baseline. Debutants struggle at 5.9% (n=510, Fair A/E 1.07). W J Lee rides 36% of the entries and edges the yard's average (11.8% vs 9.1%, A/E 1.05) — the partnership beats the margin-free market read. The yard also reads well at trips under 6f (13.4%, n=710). 41 Group and Graded wins sit in the archive record — the biggest prize the yard has landed: the Coolmore Fastnet Rock Matron Stakes at Leopardstown (Sep 2014, £180,000). The stable star of the record: Mogwli (IRE) — 8 wins from 101 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 9.1% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
7.6%−1.5
n=672 · A/E 1.02 · £1 −179.77
New recruits · first run for the yard
6%−3.1
n=116 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −42.50
Debutants · first career start
5.9%−3.2
n=510 · A/E 1.07 · £1 −122.75
First-time headgear · true-first definition
9.1%+0.0
n=298 · A/E 1.27 · £1 −79.85
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
8.4%−0.7
n=143 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −51.50
When favourite
29.6%
n=321 · A/E 1.13 · £1 −36.72
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
8.7%−0.4
n=1,111 · A/E 1.17 · £1 −187.69
Group / Graded races · pattern & listed
8.1%−1.0
n=507 · A/E 0.93 · £1 −165.24

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 9.1% 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
At Tipperary 15.4% vs 9.1% · n=234
At trips under 6f 13.4% vs 9.1% · n=710
At Clonmel 16.3% vs 9.1% · n=43
At Punchestown 16.2% vs 9.1% · n=37
With Declan McDonogh 4.1% vs 9.1% · n=148
At Down Royal 14% vs 9.1% · n=114
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 4,469 410 9.2% −1,155.57
Hurdle 171 13 7.6% −42.00
NH Flat 33 4 12.1% +12.80
Chase 17 0 0% −17.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Soft 1,316 125 9.5% −167.66
Good 1,234 123 10% −266.58
Standard (AW) 693 47 6.8% −310.67
Good to Firm 572 56 9.8% −204.82
Heavy 511 46 9% −196.62
Good to Soft 350 30 8.6% −41.42
Firm 14 0 0% −14.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Curragh 678 52 7.7% −95.62
Dundalk 673 44 6.5% −323.17
Naas 397 28 7.1% −168.26
Leopardstown 389 28 7.2% −86.59
Gowran Park 361 40 11.1% −11.15
Navan 356 32 9% −117.41
Cork 267 32 12% −47.99
Tipperary 234 36 15.4% −7.99
Fairyhouse 178 13 7.3% −76.50
Roscommon 123 17 13.8% +4.63
Limerick 120 9 7.5% −34.75
Galway 119 6 5% −71.25
Down Royal 114 16 14% −1.80
Listowel 112 12 10.7% −36.02
Killarney 107 13 12.1% −48.75

Class

ClassRWSR£1
Class 1 505 41 8.1% −163.24
Class 5 10 1 10% +7.00
Class 6 4 0 0% −4.00
Class 4 3 2 66.7% +21.00
Class 2 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 408 110 27% 1.11 −55.64
2nd–3rd fav 905 141 15.6% 1.05 −155.13
4th–6th fav 1,457 116 8% 1.06 −273.00
7th+ in betting 1,920 60 3.1% 0.90 −718.00
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
Mogwli (IRE) 101 8 19 29 Oct 26
Morning Approach (IRE) 71 4 17 28 Oct 26
Downforce (IRE) 65 8 22 23 Oct 24
Sweetest Taboo (IRE) 49 5 17 9 Aug 19
Ionisphere (GB) 41 3 9 24 Jul 14
Tylery Wonder (IRE)then Paul Midgley 37 5 13 14 Aug 16
Kanes Pass (IRE) 36 7 17 26 Oct 14
Cnodian (IRE) 35 3 13 18 Oct 23
Colour Blue (IRE) 35 5 14 28 Oct 16
Royal Canford (IRE) 33 3 11 17 Oct 21
Barack (IRE)from Francis Ennis 32 1 8 19 Nov 14
Bella Colombia (IRE) 31 4 11 28 Oct 26
Showing the 60 most-raced of the 625 horses sent out in this window — each ran at least 15 times. 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, 7 arrived from another yard in our archive; 53 had their first archived run for this yard.

8 have since run for another yard; 52 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 9
Only 9 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
5988121071110856
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 riderW J Lee
36% of all rides
11.8% SR · A/E 1.05
RiderRWSR£1
W J Lee 1,692 199 11.8% −384.36
Nathan Crosse 658 49 7.4% −229.27
W. M. Lordan 249 21 8.4% −52.22
Leigh Roche 218 20 9.2% −28.50
Declan McDonogh 148 6 4.1% −107.25
Pat Smullen 115 12 10.4% −51.40
Keagan Latham 94 9 9.6% −16.75
Seamie Heffernan 67 5 7.5% +32.50
Jessica Maye 60 3 5% −1.50
Megan Telford-Kelly 59 4 6.8% −14.00
B M Cash 53 6 11.3% −4.25
Shane B Kelly 53 7 13.2% +7.38
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2008→
427
Archived wins
41
Pattern / graded wins
£8.95m
Prize money
2013
Best season · 31 wins
Fiesolana (IRE) — Coolmore Fastnet Rock Matron Stakes (Fillies' Group 1) Leopardstown · Sep 2014 · Group 1
£180,000
Jancis (IRE) — Betfred Dahlia Stakes (Fillies' & Mares' Group 2) Newmarket · May 2026 · Group 2
£93,572
Colour Blue (IRE) — Irish Stallion Farms E.B.F. 'Sovereign Path' Handicap Leopardstown · Sep 2016
£88,500
Notable horses
Mogwli (IRE) Downforce (IRE) Kanes Pass (IRE) Stag Night (IRE) Colour Of Love (IRE) Fiesolana (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Bungle Inthejungle (GB) 7.8% · 20–256
Progeny have won 8.8% of 4,248 runs since 2018 (353 horses). Weakest on Heavy going: 2.4% from 123. Weakest over 1m2f – 1m4f (all codes): 2.4% from 124.
Fast Company (IRE) 10.6% · 14–132
Progeny have won 9.4% of 7,603 runs since 2014 (492 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 12.7% from 558. Strongest over 2m5f – 3m (all codes): 12.8% from 109.
Dawn Approach (IRE) 7.7% · 8–104
Progeny have won 8% of 3,580 runs since 2017 (359 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 12.6% from 333. Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 12% from 125. Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5% from 181.
Holy Roman Emperor (IRE) 15.4% · 16–104
Progeny have won 10.3% of 11,887 runs since 2010 (949 horses). Weakest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 5.9% from 305.
Make Believe (GB) 9.8% · 9–92
Progeny have won 11.1% of 3,629 runs since 2019 (298 horses).
Clodovil (IRE) 13.3% · 12–90
Progeny have won 9.7% of 6,513 runs since 2008 (415 horses). Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 13.5% from 155.
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 10 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 4,690 · newest first

The latest 50 of 4,690 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 27 April 2008 to 1 November 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
01 Nov 26 Curragh (IRE) Miss Romagna (IRE)J: Andrew Slattery QuinnBet Finale Stakes (Listed)Class 1 · 12f · Yielding · 12 ran 11th 33/1
01 Nov 26 Curragh (IRE) Sanctijude (IRE)J: Gavin Ryan Keadeen Hotel Premier Handicap8f · Yielding To Soft · 21 ran 12th 33/1
01 Nov 26 Curragh (IRE) Great Mover (IRE)J: W. J. Lee Isuzu Ireland Handicap7f · Yielding To Soft · 25 ran 12th 22/1
01 Nov 26 Curragh (IRE) Stag Night (IRE)J: Sam Coen Mongey Communications Sprint Handicap5f · Yielding To Soft · 13 ran 8th 6/1
30 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Palace Fever (IRE)J: Donagh O'Connor Book Online At DundalkStadium.com Maiden8f · Standard · 14 ran 4th 14/1
30 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Steel Magnolia (IRE)J: Paddy Harnett View Restaurant At Dundalk Handicap5f · Standard · 14 ran 6th 18/1
29 Oct 26 Punchestown (IRE) Mogwli (IRE)J: Leigh Roche See You At The GR1 Double Header 21 & 22 November Handicap (0-60) (Div 1)7f · Yielding · 12 ran 9th 12/1
28 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Bella Colombia (IRE)J: Sam Coen Halloween Mid-Term Racing At Dundalk Handicap8f · Standard · 12 ran 5th 11/1
28 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Morning Approach (IRE)J: Jack Kearney Dundalk Stadium Optional Claiming Race8f · Standard · 11 ran 3rd 50/1
23 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Socratea (IRE)J: Jimmy Dalton Halloween Mid-Term Racing Next Week Apprentice Handicap7f · Standard · 14 ran 6th 40/1
23 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Phoenix Pairc (IRE)J: Adam Grant Halloween Mid-Term Racing Next Week Apprentice Handicap7f · Standard · 14 ran 3rd 7/1
21 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) Peace Pebble (IRE)J: W. J. Lee WTW Willis Towers Watson Maiden14f · Yielding · 12 ran 2nd 25/1
21 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) Happy Henry (IRE)J: Leigh Roche Final Fence Marquee Hospitality Package 14th & 15th November On Sale Now Handicap5f · Yielding · 8 ran 4th 7/2J
21 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) Allirelandmaterial (IRE)J: Leigh Roche Navan Racing Festival Advanced Price Tickets On Sale Now Maiden5f · Yielding · 9 ran 6th 40/1
21 Oct 26 Navan (IRE) Osterode (IRE)J: W. J. Lee Navan Racing Festival Advanced Price Tickets On Sale Now Maiden5f · Yielding · 9 ran 1st 9/2
20 Oct 26 Curragh (IRE) Gypsy Queen (IRE)J: W. J. Lee Autumn Racing With 1xBet.ie At The Curragh Handicap6f · Yielding · 17 ran 4th 16/1
19 Oct 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Serendipia (IRE)J: W. J. Lee Gowran Park Racing Club Fillies Maiden9.5f · Soft · 9 ran 6th 8/1
18 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Bundle Of Interest (IRE)J: W. J. Lee Watch Every Irish Race Live On Racing TV Handicap7f · Good · 14 ran 10th 12/1
18 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Bella Colombia (IRE)J: Reese Holohan Watch Every Irish Race Live On Racing TV Handicap7f · Good · 14 ran 5th 18/1
18 Oct 26 Leopardstown (IRE) Great Mover (IRE)J: Paddy Harnett Christmas Festival Tickets On Sale Now Handicap10f · Good · 15 ran 9th 15/2

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 7 Oct 2026: the KTB Selection in 2 runs (won 0) · top-rated on KTB Rating in 3 runs (won 0) · fastest on KTB Speed in 5 runs (won 0) · to 1 Nov 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. McCreery's strike rate?
W. McCreery has won 427 of 4,690 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 9.1% (as at 10 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Which course does W. McCreery do best at?
Tipperary by strike rate: 36 wins from 234 runners (15.4%) 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. McCreery?
W J Lee, with 1,692 runners since 2008 — 36% of the total. That pairing has won 199 (11.8%).
Is W. McCreery in form?
Too few runners in the last 14 days to read — 9 runners, which is not a sample we will draw a conclusion from.
What is W. McCreery's Fair A/E?
1.04, from 4,683 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 10 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).