Kieran Purcell is four years into his training career, and the numbers tell the story of someone still finding his feet. In the last twelve months, he has sent out 27 runners and come back with just 1 winner — roughly 1 in every 27 races. That is a modest return by any measure, but there is a small, meaningful detail buried in it: last year his win rate sat at 2%, and this season it has climbed to 4%. Doubling your win rate is genuinely significant at this level, even if the raw numbers remain humble.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Quick facts
Role
Trainer
Record
1 wins from 27 races
Win rate
3.7%
Top jockey
Mr P J Cody
Best course
Limerick (33.3% from 3 races)
Best ground
Good (a little give)
📊 Key numbers
A snapshot of this trainer's performance over the last 12 months
27
Races
1
Wins
3.7%
Win rate
avg ~10%
7.4%
Top-3 rate
avg ~30%
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this trainer's record and recent runs
TrackLab's trainer breakdown
His most notable partnership is with You Done Well, a horse he has run 16 times. One win from 16 races together is not a headline figure, but the sheer number of runs tells you something — this is a yard that keeps faith with its horses and keeps searching for the right opportunity rather than giving up on them.
Where Purcell does show a clearer edge is on normal ground conditions, where he wins 1 in every 15 races — a 7% win rate that is comfortably better than his overall average. It is a small sample, but it suggests his horses perform with more confidence when conditions are straightforward rather than extreme.
Four years in, Purcell is still very much a trainer in the making. The improvement is real, even if there is a long road ahead.
📈 Form trend
How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2024–2025
0%
Oct
0%
Nov
0%
Dec
0%
Jan
0%
Feb
0%
Apr
14.3%
May
0%
Jun
0%
Jul
0%
Aug
0%
Sep
0%
Oct
🎯 Where this trainer does best
Results split by ground, race level and track shape