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Trainer profile

William Delahunty

122 runners in the lifetime window · 20 individual horses
As at 10 Nov 2026 · KTB archive: 2005–present, updated daily
Last runner 11 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
7–122
Wins / Runs
5.7%
Strike rate
n=122
23 (19%)
Placed
1.14
Fair A/E
n=122 · 0.86 incl. margin
−41.13
£1 level stake
n=122 at SP · −33.7%
£68,919
Prize money (window)
Strike by season
20%
KTB Yard Profile

Sends out around 10 runners a season, across both codes, winning with 6% of them — beating the margin-free market read across the lifetime window (Fair A/E 1.14).

Deterministic profile computed from 122 archived runs (lifetime window) · updated 10 Nov 2026
The read

Horses returning fresh after 61+ days have been a poor signal at 0% (n=41, Fair A/E 0.00). The yard also reads well in Flat races (16.1%, n=31) and off a 15-30-day break (14.7%, n=34). The record reads poorly over 2m1f – 2m4f — 0% over 32 runners, 5.7pts below the baseline. The market has consistently overbet the yard in Hurdle races: Fair A/E 0.55 across 68 runners (2.9% strike, −62.38 to a £1 stake) — runners there underperform what the price implies.

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

Yard patterns

the angles behind the record · vs 5.7% baseline
Fresh · 61+ days off
0%−5.7
n=41 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −41.00
New recruits · first run for the yard
0%−5.7
n=9 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −9.00
Debutants · first career start
0%−5.7
n=11 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −11.00
First-time headgear · true-first definition
0%−5.7
n=4 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −4.00
Headgear returns · back on after a bare run
0%−5.7
n=8 · A/E 0.00 · £1 −8.00
When favourite
100%
n=2 · A/E 3.73 · £1 +3.62
Claiming riders · a claimer in the saddle
1.4%−4.3
n=72 · A/E 0.35 · £1 −57.00

Each tile is the record in that situation vs the 5.7% 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
In Flat races 16.1% vs 5.7% · n=31
Off a 15-30-day break 14.7% vs 5.7% · n=34
Over 2m1f – 2m4f 0% vs 5.7% · n=32
With claiming riders up 1.4% vs 5.7% · n=72
On Good going 9.1% vs 5.7% · n=33
In Hurdle races 2.9% vs 5.7% · n=68
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 68 2 2.9% −62.38
Flat 31 5 16.1% +44.25
NH Flat 20 0 0% −20.00
Chase 3 0 0% −3.00

Going

GoingRWSR£1
Good 33 3 9.1% +14.37
Soft 30 1 3.3% −27.00
Heavy 29 0 0% −29.00
Standard (AW) 14 3 21.4% +16.50
Good to Firm 9 0 0% −9.00
Good to Soft 7 0 0% −7.00

Courses

CourseRWSR£1
Wexford 15 1 6.7% −12.00
Gowran Park 15 1 6.7% −11.25
Dundalk (AW) 14 3 21.4% +16.50
Tramore 11 2 18.2% +32.62
Fairyhouse 10 0 0% −10.00
Cork 9 0 0% −9.00
Clonmel 6 0 0% −6.00
Punchestown 6 0 0% −6.00
Limerick 5 0 0% −5.00
Thurles 5 0 0% −5.00
Roscommon 4 0 0% −4.00
Kilbeggan 3 0 0% −3.00
Tipperary 3 0 0% −3.00
Naas 3 0 0% −3.00
Killarney 3 0 0% −3.00

Market position

In the bettingRWSRA/E£1
Favourite 4 2 50% 2.27 +1.62
2nd–3rd fav 12 2 16.7% 1.12 −1.75
4th–6th fav 17 1 5.9% 0.87 −8.00
7th+ in betting 89 2 2.2% 0.87 −33.00
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
83.1% completed · 71 obstacle runners (chases & hurdles)
CodeRCompFURPUBDOth
Chase 3 100% 0 0 0 0 0
Hurdle 68 82.4% 1 0 11 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
Billybuster (IRE) 36 2 6 31 Dec 17
Voice Of Reason (IRE)from Gordon Elliott 18 4 8 7 Jul 26
Loughwell Star (IRE)from D J Ryan 12 0 3 11 Jul 10
Not Even Maybe (IRE)from Michael Mulvany 6 0 0 20 Feb 26
Gordons Aura (IRE)from Gordon Elliott 6 0 0 7 Nov 25
Karruell (IRE) 6 0 2 13 Jul 12
Remain Talkin (IRE) 6 0 0 1 Jul 11
Vivid Red (IRE) 5 0 1 1 Oct 16
Barrabehy (IRE)then Eoin Doyle 5 0 1 9 Jul 13
Vivid Rainbow (IRE) 5 0 0 2 Jun 11
Hero Of The Hour (GB)from T G McCourt 4 1 2 25 Jul 26
My Blue Violet (IRE) 3 0 0 31 Dec 11
All 20 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 20 horses listed, 9 arrived from another yard in our archive, most often from Gordon Elliott (2); 11 had their first archived run for this yard.

4 have since run for another yard; 16 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
330000014002090
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
RiderRWSR£1
Andrew J McNamara 9 2 22.2% −3.38
Shane Butler 9 0 0% −9.00
M P Butler 8 0 0% −8.00
Sean McDermott 8 0 0% −8.00
Rachael Blackmore 6 0 0% −6.00
Mark Enright 5 0 0% −5.00
Conor Cusack 5 0 0% −5.00
Mr R P Quinn 5 0 0% −5.00
Seamie Heffernan 4 1 25% +5.00
Donagh Meyler 3 0 0% −3.00
Harry Sexton 3 0 0% −3.00
Tom Doyle 3 0 0% −3.00
Muted rows are under 30 rides.

Career highlights

lifetime archive, 2008→
7
Archived wins
£68,919
Prize money
2026
Best season · 3 wins
Voice Of Reason (IRE) — August Festival Early Bird Packages On tramoreraces.ie Handicap Tramore · Jul 2026
£8,835
Voice Of Reason (IRE) — Happy New Year From All At Dundalk Apprentice Handicap Dundalk (AW) · Jan 2026
£7,670
Voice Of Reason (IRE) — Floodlit Fridays At Dundalk (Q.R.) Handicap Dundalk (AW) · Nov 2025
£7,670
Notable horses
Voice Of Reason (IRE) Billybuster (IRE) Hero Of The Hour (GB)

Sires in the string

progeny record · win % by ground and trip
Lord of Appeal (GB) 5.6% · 2–36
Progeny have won 8.5% of 599 runs since 2008 (75 horses).
Churchill (IRE) 22.2% · 4–18
Progeny have won 11% of 4,851 runs since 2021 (462 horses).
Fourstars Allstar (USA) 0% · 0–12
Progeny have won 7.1% of 940 runs since 2008 (120 horses). Strongest beyond 3m (all codes): 10.6% from 113.
Norwich (GB) 0% · 0–11
Progeny have won 7.5% of 1,601 runs since 2008 (176 horses).
Alhebayeb (IRE) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 8.3% of 2,639 runs since 2018 (160 horses). Strongest on Heavy going: 11.7% from 179. Strongest over 1m5f – 2m (all codes): 11.5% from 253.
Fruits Of Love (USA) 0% · 0–7
Progeny have won 8.7% of 2,777 runs since 2008 (221 horses). Strongest on Good going: 11.8% from 944. Weakest on Standard (AW) going: 4.4% from 182. Weakest over 6f – 7f (all codes): 4% from 150.
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 122 · newest first

The latest 50 of 122 archived runners, newest first. The full record runs from 7 December 2008 to 30 October 2026.

DateCourseHorseRaceFinishSP
30 Oct 26 Dundalk (AW) (IRE) Spirit Of Eagles (IRE)J: J M Sheridan View Restaurant At Dundalk Handicap5f · Standard · 14 ran 12th 33/1
25 Jul 26 Gowran Park (IRE) Hero Of The Hour (GB)J: J M Sheridan O'Driscolls Irish Whiskey Handicap (Div I)7f · Good · 14 ran 1st 11/4
07 Jul 26 Tramore Voice Of Reason (IRE)J: Robbie Colgan August Festival Early Bird Packages On tramoreraces.ie Handicap16f · Good · 11 ran 1st 40/1
01 Jul 26 Fairyhouse Hero Of The Hour (GB)J: Sadhbh Tormey Dino Day At Fairyhouse On July 8th Apprentice Handicap (0-60)6f · Good · 17 ran 10th 22/1
27 Jun 26 Curragh Voice Of Reason (IRE)J: Sadhbh Tormey Reserve Ladies Derby Handicap10f · Good To Firm · 12 ran 10th 20/1
24 Jun 26 Naas Hero Of The Hour (GB)J: Luke McAteer ARKequine Handicap (0-60)5f · Good · 21 ran 12th 8/1
12 Jun 26 Fairyhouse Voice Of Reason (IRE)J: Shay Wallace Dino Day At Fairyhouse 8th July Handicap14f · Good · 18 ran 8th 50/1
12 Jun 26 Fairyhouse Hero Of The Hour (GB)J: Luke McAteer Maher Tractor Sales Handicap (0-60) (Div 1)6f · Good · 16 ran 4th 18/1
01 Jun 26 Gowran Park Voice Of Reason (IRE)J: Julian Pietropaolo Sonix Entertainment Handicap12f · Yielding · 16 ran 9th 33/1
20 Mar 26 Dundalk (AW) Voice Of Reason (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Dundalk Stadium Winter Series Awards Day Handicap12f · Standard · 8 ran 5th 7/2
13 Mar 26 Dundalk (AW) Voice Of Reason (IRE)J: Hugh Horgan BAR 1 Betting 'Place 5 Bets Get 1 Free Every Week' Handicap12f · Standard · 9 ran 2nd 5/2C
20 Feb 26 Dundalk (AW) Not Even Maybe (IRE)J: Shay Wallace DundalkStadium.com Apprentice Handicap (0-60)10.5f · Standard · 14 ran 5th 14/1
20 Feb 26 Dundalk (AW) Voice Of Reason (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Irishinjuredjockeys.com Handicap12f · Standard · 10 ran 2nd 10/3
13 Feb 26 Dundalk (AW) Not Even Maybe (IRE)J: Shay Wallace View Restaurant At Dundalk Stadium Handicap10.5f · Standard · 11 ran 6th 40/1
09 Jan 26 Dundalk (AW) Voice Of Reason (IRE)J: Hugh Horgan Happy New Year From All At Dundalk Apprentice Handicap12f · Standard · 12 ran 1st 11/2
19 Dec 25 Dundalk (AW) Voice Of Reason (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan HRI Best Turned-Out Flat League Handicap16f · Standard · 14 ran 3rd 15/2
10 Dec 25 Dundalk (AW) Not Even Maybe (IRE)J: Julian Pietropaolo Happy Christmas From All At Dundalk Stadium Handicap (0-60) (Div 1)10.5f · Standard · 12 ran 4th 40/1
26 Nov 25 Dundalk (AW) Voice Of Reason (IRE)J: Mr M J Delahunty Floodlit Fridays At Dundalk (Q.R.) Handicap12f · Standard · 14 ran 1st 14/1
07 Nov 25 Dundalk (AW) Gordons Aura (IRE)J: Wesley Joyce Bar One Racing Your No.1 Bookmaker Apprentice Handicap12f · Standard · 14 ran 12th 50/1
29 Oct 25 Dundalk (AW) Voice Of Reason (IRE)J: Seamie Heffernan Happy Halloween Handicap12f · Standard · 14 ran 1st 8/1

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 William Delahunty's strike rate?
William Delahunty has won 7 of 122 runners since 2008, a strike rate of 5.7% (as at 10 November 2026). Figures are computed from our own results archive.
Is William Delahunty 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 William Delahunty's Fair A/E?
1.14, from 122 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).