Trainer Profile

Trainers/J G Murphy

J G Murphy

Fethard, Co Tipperary · IRE
Flat
Career Overview

J G Murphy is a horse trainer based in Fethard, Co Tipperary, specialising in Flat racing. From 2592 career runners, he has saddled 203 winners, at a 7.8% strike rate. He has earned £5.4M in prize money. He currently has 280 horses in his stable. His strongest record is at Ballinrobe (IRE) (6w from 17r).

AI summary — career highlights, form & what to expect

Career Statistics

Win Rate

7.8%

Total Wins

203

Total Runs

2,592

Active Horses

280

Prize Money

£5.4M

Recent Form

Season Performance

Win Rate % · Prize Money (£k) · Runs

22 seasons
2006200820102011201220132014201520162017201820202022202420260%25%50%95%0k250k500k750k1000k
  • Runs
  • Prize £k
  • Win Rate %

Recent Results

Last 20 runners
DateHorseCourseRacePosJockeySPPrize £
01 NovLady Lilac (IRE)Curragh (IRE)Keadeen Hotel Premier Handicap2Paddy Harnett12/1£10k
20 OctMarjorie Daw (IRE)Curragh (IRE)1xBet.ie Supports The Curragh Handicap12G. F. Carroll40/1£0
05 OctAlphecca (IRE)Killarney (IRE)Irish Stallion Farms EBF Navigation Stakes (Listed)4G. F. Carroll14/1£2.5k
05 OctMarjorie Daw (IRE)Killarney (IRE)Killarney Grand Apprentice Handicap10Adam Browne-Souza10/1£0
04 OctLady Lilac (IRE)Curragh (IRE)1xBet.ie Proud Supporters Of Irish Racing Handicap5G. F. Carroll8/1£1.1k
04 OctPivotal Attack (GB)Curragh (IRE)Hailey Equine Irish EBF Brigid's Pastures Stakes (Listed)6G. F. Carroll7/1£1.1k
27 SeptImmutable (IRE)Curragh (IRE)Friends Of The Curragh Irish Cesarewitch20G. F. Carroll25/1£0
21 SeptAlphecca (IRE)Listowel (IRE)John McGuire Handicap2G. F. Carroll22/1£10k
13 SeptLord Massusus (IRE)Curragh (IRE)Irish Stallion Farms EBF Northfields Handicap2Gary Carroll40/1£30k
12 SeptPivotal Attack (GB)Leopardstown (IRE)Coolmore America 'Justify' Matron Stakes (Group 1)9Oisin Murphy80/1£0
12 SeptTahcawin (IRE)Leopardstown (IRE)World Pool Bet With Tote Autumn Fillies Handicap17W J Lee28/1£0
12 SeptImmutable (IRE)Leopardstown (IRE)Irish Stallion Farms EBF Petingo Handicap1Luke McAteer25/1£90k
29 AugPivotal Attack (GB)Curragh (IRE)Snow Fairy Fillies Stakes (Group 3)8Gary Carroll6/1£0
29 AugLord Massusus (IRE)Curragh (IRE)Tote Irish Cambridgeshire10Gary Carroll18/1£0
14 AugTahcawin (IRE)Cork (IRE)NFP Irish EBF Platinum Stakes (Listed)5Gary Carroll12/1£1.5k
02 AugLord Massusus (IRE)Galway (IRE)Irish Stallion Farms EBF Ahonoora Handicap5Gary Carroll28/1£3.3k
31 JulImmutable (IRE)Galway (IRE)Guinness Handicap2Gary Carroll12/1£22k
30 JulPivotal Attack (GB)Galway (IRE)Arthur Guinness Irish EBF Corrib Fillies Stakes (Listed)1Gary Carroll3/1£31.5k
28 JulLord Massusus (IRE)Galway (IRE)COLM QUINN BMW Mile Handicap15Paddy Harnett14/1£0
28 JulLady Lilac (IRE)Galway (IRE)COLM QUINN BMW Mile Handicap10Reese Holohan33/1£0

Strike Rate by Course & Distance

Win % by course (rows) and distance band (columns). Min 1 run to show a cell.

Course5f6f7f1m1m2f1m4f+
Curragh (IRE)14%9%10%8%3%0%
Leopardstown (IRE)—33%0%14%14%4%
Gowran Park (IRE)——21%27%4%0%
Dundalk (AW) (IRE)0%17%5%18%—10%
Naas (IRE)0%26%20%20%18%8%
Cork (IRE)0%8%0%10%0%18%
Galway (IRE)——33%14%0%14%
Killarney (IRE)———24%—17%

Going Performance

Based on the 1022 most recent results stored in our database for this trainer.

Good
35W / 280R13%
Soft
15W / 132R11%
Yielding
12W / 112R11%
Good To Yielding
10W / 101R10%
Good To Firm
13W / 98R13%
Heavy
10W / 86R12%
Standard
10W / 86R12%
Yielding To Soft
10W / 57R18%
Soft To Heavy
9W / 40R23%
Good To Soft
2W / 15R13%
Firm
0W / 9R0%
Fast
0W / 5R0%
Very Soft
0W / 1R0%

Distance Performance

Based on the 1022 most recent results stored in our database for this trainer.

Sprint
48W / 372R13%
Mile
53W / 389R14%
Middle
16W / 181R9%
Staying
9W / 80R11%

Course Specialists

Where this trainer wins most often (minimum 3 runners at a track).

#1Ballinrobe (IRE)
6W / 17R35%
#2Newbury
1W / 3R33%
#3Dundalk (IRE)
1W / 3R33%
#4Listowel (IRE)
8W / 31R26%
#5Down Royal (IRE)
3W / 12R25%
#6Galway (IRE)
11W / 56R20%
#7Killarney (IRE)
9W / 45R20%
#8Newmarket
1W / 5R20%
#9Naas (IRE)
13W / 70R19%
#10Sligo (IRE)
2W / 11R18%

Class Performance

Win rates by race class (1–7).

C1C2C3C4C5015304560

Seasonality

Monthly win rate across stored results.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec05101520

Jockey Partnerships

Most successful retained jockeys (minimum 3 rides).

#1Gary Carroll
68W / 422R16%
#2Pat Smullen
9W / 54R17%
#3Chris Hayes
7W / 59R12%
#4Danny Mullins
4W / 18R22%
#5Connor King
4W / 26R15%
#6Wayne Lordan
4W / 32R13%
#7Barry Browne
3W / 7R43%
#8Oisin Orr
3W / 12R25%
#9T G M Ryan
3W / 13R23%
#10Tony Hamilton
2W / 3R67%

Owner Partnerships

Top owners sending horses to this trainer (minimum 2 runners).

#1Joseph G Murphy
17W / 127R13%
#2T Egan
10W / 105R10%
#3John N Bourke
7W / 42R17%
#4Mrs Patricia Mullane
7W / 101R7%
#5Gerard Kervick Crampscastle Bloodstock Ltd
6W / 22R27%
#6Gerard Kervick
6W / 25R24%
#7T Egan Mrs Bridget Dillon
6W / 27R22%
#8Alfred Sweetnam
6W / 32R19%
#9T Howley Jnr
6W / 43R14%
#10Mrs C C Regalado Gonzalez
5W / 26R19%

Surface Split

Turf vs All-Weather strike rates.

Turf

Runs

931

Wins

116

Win Rate

12%

AW

Runs

86

Wins

10

Win Rate

12%

Dirt

Runs

5

Wins

0

Win Rate

0%

Flat vs Jumps

Separate stats for each racing code.

Flat

Runs

897

Wins

113

Win %

13%

Place %

35%

Jumps

Runs

125

Wins

13

Win %

10%

Place %

29%

Biggest Wins

Most valuable victories from stored results.

#1

Coronation Stakes (Fillies' Group 1) (Rnd)

Cercene (IRE) · Ascot · 20 Jun 2025

£411.6k
#2

Irish Stallion Farms EBF Petingo Handicap

Immutable (IRE) · Leopardstown (IRE) · 12 Sept 2026

£90k
#3

Topaz Mile E.B.F. Handicap

Ask Jack (USA) · Galway (IRE) · 27 Jul 2010

£72k
#4

Irish EBF Auction Series Race Final

Alphecca (IRE) · Naas (IRE) · 12 Oct 2025

£70.8k
#5

Lodge Park Stud Ebf Park Express Stakes (group 3)

Ardbrae Lady (GB) · Curragh (IRE) · 25 Mar 2007

£65.1k
#6

Guinness Handicap

Sionnach Eile (IRE) · Galway (IRE) · 29 Jul 2022

£64.9k
#7

BoyleSports Ulster Derby (Premier Handicap)

Vorfreude (IRE) · Down Royal (IRE) · 21 Jun 2025

£59k
#8

Colm McLoughlin Celebration Stakes (Listed)

Lord Massusus (IRE) · Curragh (IRE) · 30 Jun 2024

£59k
#9

Weatherbys Ireland Greenlands Stakes (Group 2)

Gustavus Weston (IRE) · Curragh (IRE) · 22 May 2021

£59k
#10

Naas November Handicap

Swamp Fox (IRE) · Naas (IRE) · 5 Nov 2017

£59k

Market Performance

Starting prices of winners — average, extremes, and distribution.

Avg Winner SP

8.3/1

Shortest Winner

0.2/1

Biggest Winner

40/1

Winner SP Distribution

Evens–2/1
15
2/1–4/1
32
4/1–8/1
41
8/1–16/1
25
16/1+
13

Age Performance

Win rates by horse age, based on the current stable roster.

3yo4yo5yo+0481216

Active Stable Roster — Top 50 by rating

HorseFormORWinsRunsPrize £Type
Swamp Fox (IRE) (IRE)—155736£306.1kJumps
Immutable (IRE) (IRE)—123419£82.3kFlat
John Cannon (GB) (GB)—120314£40.4kJumps
Gustavus Weston (IRE) (IRE)—115443£191.3kFlat
Cercene (IRE) (IRE)—11329£628.8kFlat
Mon Coeur (IRE) (IRE)—112223£57.7kJumps
Gabriel Ranger (IRE) (IRE)—111219£19.7kJumps
Euphrasia (IRE) (IRE)—110322£145.8kFlat
Zemario (IRE) (IRE)—109142£14.9kFlat
Lord Massusus (IRE) (IRE)—109736£328.2kFlat
Only Mine (IRE) (IRE)—108518£206.7kFlat
Ardbrae Lady (GB) (GB)—105223£235.7kFlat
Ask Jack (USA) (USA)—104647£186.4kFlat
Sionnach Eile (IRE) (IRE)—104319£96.3kFlat
Upyaboya (GB) (GB)—103114£8.6kFlat
Northgate (IRE) (IRE)—103539£123.5kFlat
Silverkode (IRE) (IRE)—103333£99kFlat
Alpheratz (IRE) (IRE)—10326£44.7kFlat
Away To Sea (FR) (FR)—102017£16.5kFlat
Pivotal Attack (GB) (GB)—10216£33.8kFlat
Rose Hip (IRE) (IRE)—101533£116.4kFlat
Gemini Gold (IRE) (IRE)—9816£23.8kFlat
Gatamalata (IRE) (IRE)—98126£20.5kFlat
Pale Iris (IRE) (IRE)—98223£41.8kFlat
Dhushan (GB) (GB)—97112£3.6kJumps
Agrimony (GB) (GB)—9715£12kFlat
Ask Carol (IRE) (IRE)—96119£24.1kFlat
Shekiba (IRE) (IRE)—96121£22.2kFlat
Vitudurum (IRE) (IRE)—95122£13.5kFlat
Francis Marion (IRE) (IRE)—9508£400Jumps
Daredevil Day (IRE) (IRE)—94325£38kJumps
Galtee Mist (IRE) (IRE)—94629£95.6kFlat
Hey Bob I (IRE) (IRE)—93212£12.1kJumps
Shiota (IRE) (IRE)—93310£78.2kFlat
Cnocan Gold (IRE) (IRE)—92214£37.1kFlat
Cercle Des Amis (FR) (FR)—9206£0Jumps
Vorfreude (IRE) (IRE)—9218£74.9kFlat
Pandora Lovegood (IRE) (IRE)—9029£27.3kFlat
Pink Sorrel (IRE) (IRE)—90111£23.6kFlat
Kocollada (IRE) (IRE)—89211£29.2kFlat
Silken Ladder (IRE) (IRE)—89216£16.4kFlat
Alphecca (IRE) (IRE)—8927£84.1kFlat
Gyldan (IRE) (IRE)—8814£8.1kFlat
Lady Lilac (IRE) (IRE)—88115£32.7kFlat
Twenty Times (IRE) (IRE)—87417£35.5kFlat
Fit For Function (GB) (GB)—87797£108.3kFlat
Tahcawin (IRE) (IRE)—8718£25.5kFlat
Angel's Amy (IRE) (IRE)—8625£31.7kFlat
Overheer (GB) (GB)—85428£38.4kFlat
Marjorie Daw (IRE) (IRE)—8515£16.5kFlat

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