The one pattern worth noting is a preference for normal ground conditions, where both of those wins have come from 22 races — a win rate of 9%, or about 1 in every 11. That's more than double the overall average, and it suggests Flannery's horses genuinely run better when the track is neither too wet nor too dry. When conditions are right, the yard can compete.
The standout relationship on paper is with Stabila, a horse Flannery has sent out 10 times without a win. Ten races together is a real partnership in terms of time and effort, and the fact that it hasn't produced a victory yet says something about the grind involved at this level — there's clearly belief in the combination, otherwise the partnership wouldn't have lasted this long.
At four years in, Flannery is still in the early chapters of a training career. Two wins in a season won't make headlines, but every trainer at the top of the sport started somewhere. The question now is whether those small green shoots — particularly on normal ground — can be built into something more consistent as the yard develops.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ballinrobe | 11 | 2 | 18.2% |
| Roscommon | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Sligo | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Kilbeggan | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Thurles | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Limerick | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Listowel | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Fairyhouse | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Tipperary | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Galway | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Dundalk | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| The Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Downpatrick | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Cork | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% |