His most reliable partnership in the saddle is with jockey Seamie Heffernan, who has ridden 16 times for the yard and come home in front once — a win rate of around 6%, which is actually double Halley's overall average. That suggests Heffernan at least knows how to get the best out of the horses when his number comes up.
The most curious thread running through Halley's record is his association with a horse called Salacious. Nine races together, zero wins — and yet that partnership keeps going. There is clearly something in Salacious that Halley believes in, even if the results have not yet backed him up. Whether that faith is eventually rewarded will be one of the more interesting subplots to follow as the yard develops.
On the question of ground, Halley's runners show up best on normal conditions, winning 1 from 19 races at a 5% clip — again, better than his yard average, which hints that his horses are happiest when the track is neither too wet nor too firm.
Halley is not a trainer you would back blindly in the betting market right now, but three years in, the honest measure of a small yard is whether things are moving in the right direction. They are, slowly.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk | 19 | 1 | 5.3% |
| Cork | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Naas | 6 | 1 | 16.7% |
| The Curragh | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Navan | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Leopardstown | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Clonmel | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Wexford | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Limerick | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Thurles | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Bellewstown | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Gowran Park | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Roscommon | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% |