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William Cronin

95 runners in the lifetime window · 13 individual horses
As at 6 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner Sep 2025 95% of runners over jumps
Last 5 seasons Lifetime (2009→)
from 1 Jan 2008 — the aggregate floor: every horse in the window has a complete captured career behind it
6–95
Wins / Runs
6.3%
Strike rate
n=95
20 (21%)
Placed
1.27
Fair A/E
n=95 · 0.99 incl. margin
−9.00
£1 level stake
n=95 at SP · −9.5%
£61,437
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
0%
KTB at a glance Fresh horses: 10.3% Mr W T Cronin: 6.5% from 93 Claiming riders: 6.5%

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 6.3% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
10.3%+4.0
n=39 · A/E 1.84 · £1 +32.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−6.3
n=6 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −6.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−6.3
n=7 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −7.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−6.3
n=5 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −5.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−6.3
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
When favourite
0%
n=3 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −3.00
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
6.5%+0.2
n=93 · A/E 1.30 · £1 −7.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 6.3% 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
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 10.5% vs 6.3% · n=38
Over 1m5f – 2m 3.1% vs 6.3% · n=32
On Heavy going 8.5% vs 6.3% · n=47
In Hurdle races 8% vs 6.3% · n=50 · A/E 1.80
With Mr W T Cronin 6.5% vs 6.3% · n=93 · A/E 1.30
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 50 4 8% +10.00
Chase 29 2 6.9% −3.00
NH Flat 11 0 0% −11.00
Flat 5 0 0% −5.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Heavy 47 4 8.5% −4.00
Soft 34 2 5.9% +9.00
Good 9 0 0% −9.00
Good to Soft 4 0 0% −4.00
Good to Firm 1 0 0% −1.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Clonmel 19 1 5.3% −2.00
Cork 13 2 15.4% +30.00
Limerick 11 1 9.1% −5.00
Thurles 10 0 0% −10.00
Tramore 6 0 0% −6.00
Gowran Park 6 0 0% −6.00
Wexford 5 0 0% −5.00
Navan 5 0 0% −5.00
Listowel 4 1 25% +7.00
Tipperary 3 0 0% −3.00
Naas 2 0 0% −2.00
Punchestown 2 0 0% −2.00
Galway 2 1 50% +7.00
Fairyhouse 2 0 0% −2.00
Wexford 2 0 0% −2.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 4 0 0% 0.00 −4.00
2nd–3rd fav 11 3 27.3% 2.12 +13.00
4th–6th fav 18 2 11.1% 1.71 +10.00
7th+ in betting 62 1 1.6% 0.64 −28.00
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
86.1% completed · 79 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 29 82.8% 2 1 2 0 0
Hurdle 50 88% 0 0 6 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
Notification (IRE) 29 2 7 29 Sep 17
Southerner (IRE) 19 3 6 31 May 23
Duhallow Paddy (IRE)from Patrick Cronin 12 1 3 6 Dec 20
Grace Shelby (IRE) 10 0 2 21 Mar 23
Johnny Gonzalez (IRE)from Michael Winters 9 0 1 23 Jul 11
Maristania (IRE)from John J Walsh 4 0 0 5 Jun 10
Negative Equity (IRE) 3 0 0 14 Mar 16
Caught Again (IRE) 2 0 0 24 Sep 25
My First Symphony (IRE)from Patrick Cronin 2 0 1 10 Jul 21
Toppolesa (IRE) 2 0 0 5 Sep 11
Five Year Plan (IRE) 1 0 0 16 Dec 24
Irish Alpha (IRE)from P C O'Connor 1 0 0 26 Jul 12
All 13 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 13 horses listed, 6 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Patrick Cronin (2); 7 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.

When the yard fires

strike by month, lifetime
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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 riderMr W T Cronin
98% of all rides
6.5% SR · A/E 1.30
RiderRWSR£1
Mr W T Cronin 93 6 6.5% −7.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides and sit behind "Show all".

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2009→
6
Archived wins
£61,437
Prize money
2019
Best season · 3 wins
Southerner (IRE) — Racing Post Handicap Hurdle Limerick · Dec 2019
£7,388
Duhallow Paddy (IRE) — Glenman Corporation Handicap Chase (0-102) Galway · Oct 2019
£7,092
Southerner (IRE) — Kerrymaid Novice Handicap Hurdle (80-102) Cork · Dec 2019
£6,501
Notable horses
Southerner (IRE) Notification (IRE) Duhallow Paddy (IRE)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Dushyantor (USA) 6.9% · 2–29
Progeny have won 9.7% of 1,917 runs since 2008 (149 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 14.2% from 162. Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 13.7% from 139.
Westerner (GB) 15.8% · 3–19
Progeny have won 12.2% of 11,858 runs since 2009 (945 horses). Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 8.5% from 188.
Getaway (GER) 8.3% · 1–12
Progeny have won 11.3% of 11,001 runs since 2016 (1,031 horses). Strongest on Good to Firm going: 23.1% from 134.
Dylan Thomas (IRE) 0% · 0–10
Progeny have won 10.5% of 7,494 runs since 2011 (533 horses). Strongest at trips under 6f (all codes): 17.7% from 192.
Mister Lord (USA) 0% · 0–9
Progeny have won 8% of 565 runs since 2008 (79 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 13.9% from 108. Weakest on Soft going: 4% from 151. Strongest over 2m1f – 2m4f (all codes): 12.8% from 149. Weakest beyond 3m (all codes): 4.5% from 111.
Hubbly Bubbly (USA) 0% · 0–4
Progeny have won 7.4% of 489 runs since 2008 (56 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 6 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 95 · newest first

The latest 50 of 95 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 31 December 2009 to 24 September 2025.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
24 Sep 25 Listowel Caught Again (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Listowel Vintners Association Flat Race20f · Yielding · 15 ran 5th 250/1
13 Feb 25 Clonmel Caught Again (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Derrygrath Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft · 18 ran 18th 250/1
16 Dec 24 Naas Five Year Plan (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Good To Yielding · 12 ran SU 100/1
31 May 23 Wexford Southerner (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Country Fest Wexford August 13th Handicap Hurdle (80-102)24f · Good · 14 ran PU 16/1
21 Mar 23 Clonmel Grace Shelby (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Kilmanahan Beginners Chase16f · Heavy · 9 ran F 80/1
02 Mar 23 Clonmel Grace Shelby (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares Beginners Chase20f · Soft · 8 ran 8th 200/1
26 Jan 23 Gowran Park Southerner (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Langtons Kilkenny Handicap Hurdle (80-102)16f · Soft To Heavy · 20 ran 8th 22/1
01 Jan 23 Tramore Southerner (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Tramore Medical Clinic Handicap Hurdle (80-102)22f · Heavy · 13 ran 3rd 20/1
28 Dec 22 Limerick Grace Shelby (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Keith Lynch Memorial Maiden Hurdle16f · Soft To Heavy · 15 ran 14th 150/1
11 Dec 22 Cork Grace Shelby (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Bar One Racing Maiden Hurdle17f · Yielding To Soft · 22 ran 18th 125/1
17 Nov 22 Clonmel Grace Shelby (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Connolly's RED MILLS Irish EBF Auction Maiden Hurdle16.5f · Soft To Heavy · 16 ran 13th 66/1
06 Nov 22 Cork Grace Shelby (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Heavy · 7 ran 5th 4/1
30 Oct 22 Wexford Grace Shelby (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Irish Stallion Farms EBF Mares (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Heavy · 11 ran 3rd 15/2
27 Oct 22 Clonmel Southerner (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Suir Blueway Handicap Hurdle (80-109)19.5f · Soft To Heavy · 15 ran 9th 6/1
04 Oct 22 Galway Southerner (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Ryans Cleaning Handicap Hurdle19f · Soft · 9 ran 3rd 28/1
20 Mar 22 Downpatrick Southerner (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Randox Ulster National Handicap Chase28.5f · Good · 15 ran F 50/1
03 Mar 22 Clonmel Grace Shelby (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Irish Stallion Farms Ebf Mares Flat Race16f · Heavy · 8 ran 4th 7/1
01 Feb 22 Limerick Grace Shelby (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Soft · 11 ran 6th 15/2
05 Dec 21 Punchestown Grace Shelby (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Irish Stallion Farms EBF Auction (Pro/Am) Flat Race16f · Yielding · 11 ran 3rd 66/1
10 Jul 21 Limerick My First Symphony (IRE)J: Mr W T Cronin Templeglantine Handicap Chase (0-102) (Div 1)22f · Good · 15 ran 8th 9/2

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).

Quick answers

What is William Cronin's strike rate?
William Cronin has won 6 of 95 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 6.3% (as at 6 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Who rides most for William Cronin?
Mr W T Cronin, with 93 runners since 2008 — 98% of the total. That pairing has won 6 (6.5%).
What is William Cronin's Fair A/E?
1.27, from 95 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 6 November 2026, computed from our own results archive (2005 onwards; aggregates from 2008).