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Patrick T Foley

Patrick T Foley is four years into his training career and already showing the kind of steady, upward trajectory that suggests there is more to come. Since taking out his licence in 2021, he has sent out 41 winners, and this season alone he has posted 14 of them from 153 runners — that's roughly 1 in every 11, and an improvement on the 1 in every 14 he managed last year. In a sport where progress is rarely linear, a jump from 7% to 9% in a single season is a meaningful step forward.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Role
Trainer
Based
Bagenalstown, Co Carlow
Record
14 wins from 153 races
Win rate
9.2%
Top jockey
Best course
Naas (25% from 12 races)
Best going
Yielding

📊 Key Numbers

A snapshot of this trainer's performance over the last 12 months
153
Races
14
Wins
9.2%
Win rate
avg ~10%
27.5%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Trainer Breakdown
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The partnership with jockey Simon Torrens looks like one of the yard's most important assets. Together they have combined for 7 wins from 60 races — winning at a rate of roughly 1 in 9 — which makes Torrens by far the most productive rider in Foley's operation. When those two names appear on the same racecard, it's worth paying attention.

Foley also has a notable record at Naas, where he has sent out 3 winners from just 12 runners. That might sound modest in raw numbers, but landing 1 in every 4 at any track is genuinely impressive — most trainers would be delighted with that kind of return, and it hints at a trainer who knows how to place a horse well when he travels to that particular venue.

Ground conditions matter too, and Foley's record in wet or muddy conditions stands out: 3 wins from 20 races on soft ground, which is a win rate of 15%, or roughly 1 in every 7. That suggests he either has horses in his yard that are well suited to testing conditions, or that he is canny enough to pick his spots and target those days when the ground is in his favour.

His standout individual partnership is with Rebel Gold, a horse they have raced together 31 times with 3 wins to show for it. That's a modest return on paper, but 31 races is a long shared journey, and the loyalty and consistency that comes with running a horse that many times tells you something about how the yard operates. Foley is clearly still building, but the foundations look solid, and the direction of travel is firmly upward.

📈 Form Trend

How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2025–2026
11.1%
Apr
7.1%
May
0%
Jun
0%
Jul
16.7%
Aug
25%
Sep
9.1%
Oct
12.5%
Nov
0%
Dec
6.7%
Jan
0%
Feb
21.4%
Mar

🎯 Where This Trainer Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Yielding
Loves
Soft to heavy
Loves
Good (firm-ish)
Ok
Good to yielding
Ok
Soft (muddy)
Ok
Standard (all-weather)
Heavy (very wet)
Avoids
Yielding to soft
Avoids
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, wide and galloping
Loves
Right-handed, tight turning
Right-handed, wide and galloping
Ok
Left-handed, tight turning
Right-handed, undulating
Avoids

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

The riders they work with most, sorted by rides together
Simon Torrens First Choice
11.7%
Win rate
7/60
Won / Rode
10%
Win rate
2/20
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/12
Won / Rode
11.1%
Win rate
1/9
Won / Rode
12.5%
Win rate
1/8
Won / Rode
12.5%
Win rate
1/8
Won / Rode
14.3%
Win rate
1/7
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/5
Won / Rode
33.3%
Win rate
1/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
Conor Smithers
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Dylan Kidd
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

Top Horses

The strongest horses currently associated with this trainer
Form: -55333
Form: 0001
Form: 14-P88
Form: -54975
Form: -84713
Form: -84713
Form: /5-435
Form: 313262
Form: 7-4096
Form: R0

🏟 Course Record

Win rate at each course, sorted by number of races
CourseRacesWinsWin rate
Clonmel 22 2 9.1%
Cork 22 1 4.5%
Fairyhouse 19 2 10.5%
Gowran Park 16 0 0%
Naas 12 3 25%
Punchestown 12 1 8.3%
Wexford 8 2 25%
Limerick 8 0 0%
Thurles 7 0 0%
The Curragh 6 1 16.7%
Navan 5 0 0%
Leopardstown 5 0 0%
Tipperary 4 0 0%
Down Royal 3 1 33.3%
Dundalk 2 1 50%
Bellewstown 1 0 0%
Tramore 1 0 0%

📅 Recent Results

The last 20 results, most recent first
21 Mar
Navan · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
19 Mar
Cork · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding
19 Mar
Cork · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding
19 Mar
Cork · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding
15th
19 Mar
Cork · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding
2nd
8 Mar
Naas · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy
Won
8 Mar
Naas · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy
Won
7 Mar
Gowran Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
3rd
7 Mar
Gowran Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
5th
5 Mar
Thurles · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
5th
4 Mar
Naas · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy
6th
4 Mar
Naas · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy
9th
4 Mar
Naas · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy
Won
2 Mar
Leopardstown · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy
26 Feb
Clonmel · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
26 Feb
Clonmel · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
22 Feb
Naas · 1m6f – 2m · Heavy
3rd
21 Feb
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
7th
21 Feb
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
3rd
21 Feb
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
3rd