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Richard Brabazon

Richard Brabazon is four years into his training career, and the numbers tell the story of a man still building his operation from the ground up. Over the last twelve months, he has sent out 26 runners for just 1 winner — that's roughly 1 win from every 26 races, a 4% win rate that reflects the reality of a small yard finding its feet in a competitive sport.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Quick facts
Role
Trainer
Based
Curragh, Co. Kildare
Record
1 wins from 26 races
Win rate
3.8%
Top jockey
Best course
Bellewstown (100% from 1 race)
Best ground
Good (a little give)

📊 Key numbers

A snapshot of this trainer's performance over the last 12 months
26
Races
1
Wins
3.8%
Win rate
avg ~10%
23.1%
Top-3 rate
avg ~30%

🔍 Full analysis

Our model's view, based on this trainer's record and recent runs
TrackLab's trainer breakdown

The most interesting thread running through his record is his partnership with God Knows. Two wins from 15 races together might not sound like headline figures, but when a trainer and a single horse account for the majority of a yard's success, it tells you something about the relationship that has developed there. God Knows is clearly the stable star, the horse Brabazon knows best and gets the most out of.

One bright spot in the statistics is how the yard performs on normal ground conditions — 1 win from just 5 runners in those conditions gives a 20% win rate, or roughly 1 in every 5 races. That is a meaningful number, and it suggests Brabazon is at his sharpest when the track is neither muddy nor rock hard. For anyone watching his runners, normal conditions is clearly when to pay closest attention.

Four years in, Brabazon is still very much at the beginning of his story. The yard is small, the winners are hard-earned, and the operation does not yet have the firepower to compete at the top level on a regular basis. But every successful trainer started somewhere, and the groundwork is being laid one runner at a time.

📈 Form trend

How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2025–2026
0%
Apr
0%
May
0%
Jun
50%
Jul
0%
Aug
0%
Sep
0%
Oct
0%
Nov
0%
Feb
0%
Apr
0%
May
0%
Jun

🎯 Where this trainer does best

Results split by ground, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Loves
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
Yielding to soft (damp)
Unknown
Standard (all-weather)
Avoids
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
Heavy (very wet)
Avoids
Soft (muddy)
Avoids
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
Long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids

🏇 Jockeys

The riders they work with most, most rides first
Gary Carroll Main partner
0%
Win rate
0/4
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/3
Wins / rides
Siobhan Rutledge(3)
0%
Win rate
0/3
Wins / rides
50%
Win rate
1/2
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/2
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/2
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
Jimmy Dalton
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
Shane O'Callaghan
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides

⭐ Top horses

The highest-rated horses linked to this trainer right now
Form: 522-09
Form: 8
Form: 055-
Form: 30/60-
Form: 07
Form: 034603
Form: 7767-0

🏟 Course record

Win rate at each course, most races first
CourseRacesWinsWin rate
The Curragh 7 0 0%
Dundalk 5 0 0%
Naas 3 0 0%
Navan 2 0 0%
Fairyhouse 2 0 0%
Bellewstown 1 1 100%
Leopardstown 1 0 0%
Clonmel 1 0 0%
Sligo 1 0 0%
Punchestown 1 0 0%
Gowran Park 1 0 0%
Laytown 1 0 0%

📅 Recent results

The last 20 results, most recent first
3 Jun
The Curragh · 5f – 6½f · Good_To_Yielding
2nd
26 May
Dundalk · 7f – 1m · Standard
9th
10 May
Leopardstown · 7f – 1m · Good
7th
3 May
Sligo · 1m3f – 1m4f · Yielding_To_Soft
—
19 Apr
The Curragh · 5f – 6½f · Soft
14th
19 Apr
The Curragh · 5f – 6½f · Soft
8th
26 Feb
Clonmel · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
—
2 Feb
Punchestown · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
—
12 Nov
Dundalk · 1m1f – 1m2f · Standard
5th
5 Nov
Dundalk · 7f – 1m · Standard
5th
5 Nov
Dundalk · 5f – 6½f · Standard
3rd
22 Oct
Navan · 1m6f – 2m · Soft
21th
21 Oct
The Curragh · 5f – 6½f · Heavy
14th
11 Oct
Naas · 7f – 1m · Yielding
16th
4 Oct
The Curragh · 5f – 6½f · Soft_To_Heavy
6th
22 Sep
Fairyhouse · 5f – 6½f · Yielding
4th
6 Sep
Navan · 1m3f – 1m4f · Good
9th
4 Sep
Laytown · 5f – 6½f · Standard
3rd
30 Aug
The Curragh · 5f – 6½f · Good_To_Yielding
19th
15 Aug
Dundalk · 7f – 1m · Standard
7th