Trainer Details

William Durkan

79 Runs 11 Wins (13.9%) 16 Places (20.3%)
(Top 10) Jockeys for William Durkan
Jockey Runs Wins Places Win%
Philip Byrnes 25 5 11 20.0%
Jamie Orr 13 2 1 15.4%
John Shinnick 1 1 0 100.0%
Patrick M O'Brien 10 1 3 10.0%
Chris Hayes 9 1 0 11.1%
Gary Carroll 2 1 0 50.0%
Ms K M Ryan 2 0 0 0.0%
Wesley Joyce 2 0 1 0.0%
Ronan Whelan 3 0 0 0.0%
J J Slevin 1 0 0 0.0%
Owners with William Durkan
Owner Horses
William Durkan 1
William Durkan's Yard (20 Horses) (Last 12 months)
Horse R W P Last Run
Wandering Rocks (GB)
5 G
1 - - 09/01/26
Eagle Fang (IRE)
4 G
4 1 - 01/01/26
Holy See (IRE)
4 G
7 1 2 29/12/25
Laafi (FR)
5 G
3 - 1 27/12/25
Jerk (FR)
5 G
3 - - 26/12/25
Live Your Dreams
4 G
1 - - 26/12/25
Court Compliance
5 G
2 - 2 26/12/25
Cherry Pink (IRE)
5 M
9 2 - 17/12/25
Wizard Of Odds (IRE)
3 G
3 1 1 30/11/25
Touch The Moon (IRE)
4 G
3 - 2 16/11/25
Baltic Bird (GB)
5 G
8 1 2 25/10/25
Time Bender (IRE)
2 C
3 1 - 18/10/25
Hopes Are High (IRE)
3 C
4 2 2 14/10/25
Parkside Lad (IRE)
2 C
7 1 1 11/10/25
Bill Silvers (GB)
5 G
7 - 1 11/09/25
Shigar (IRE)
6 G
5 - - 15/08/25
Fairbanks (GB)
5 G
5 1 2 28/07/25
Jordann (FR)
5 G
1 - - 17/03/25
Gear Flat (IRE)
7 M
2 - - 07/02/25
Medical Man (IRE)
3 G
1 - - 28/01/25
Recent Runs - Last 12 Months (Showing 79)
Date/Time Course Distance Horse Jockey Position Beaten By Weight SP Comment
09/01/26
15:55
Dundalk (AW) (IRE) 1m4f Wandering Rocks (GB) Jamie Orr 4 .5 9-4 66/1
In touch with leaders - headway 2f out - switched left 1f out - kept on(op 50/1)
01/01/26
12:50
Cheltenham 2m4½f Eagle Fang (IRE) Philip Byrnes 5 9 11-9 4/1
In touch with leaders - weakened after 2 out - lost fourth last(op 9/2)
29/12/25
13:42
Limerick (IRE) 2m3f Holy See (IRE) John Shinnick 1st Won 11-7 11/2
Prominent throughout - challenging after 2 out - led home turn - ridden after 2 out - ridden out towards finish - always doing enough(op 13/2 tchd 6/1 and tchd 15/2)
27/12/25
14:22
Leopardstown (IRE) 2m Laafi (FR) Philip Byrnes 5 3 11-10 18/1
Prominent - led from 1st - headed but prominent from 3rd - led again after 2 out - headed approaching last - weakened run-in(tchd 20/1)
26/12/25
13:23
Down Royal (IRE) 2m4½f Jerk (FR) Patrick M O'Brien 9 4.5 11-7 14/1
Midfield - lost ground and towards rear after 3rd - reminders after 6th - struggling 4 out - tailed off from 3 out(op 12/1)
26/12/25
12:15
Down Royal (IRE) 2m1f Live Your Dreams Philip Byrnes 9 38 11-6 10/1
In rear throughout - tailed off(op 11/1 tchd 9/1)
26/12/25
11:40
Down Royal (IRE) 2m4f Court Compliance Philip Byrnes 2nd 1.25 11-4 5/6F
Prominent - pressed winner 2 out - no extra run-in - no match for winner
17/12/25
19:55
Dundalk (AW) (IRE) 1m2½f Cherry Pink (IRE) Jamie Orr 7 0.2 8-13 12/1
Slowly into stride - soon midfield - headway over 3f out - stayed on(tchd 11/1)
30/11/25
12:35
Fairyhouse (IRE) 2m Wizard Of Odds (IRE) Philip Byrnes 5 2 10-10 9/1
In touch with leaders - weakened before last(op 10/1 tchd 15/2)
28/11/25
20:30
Dundalk (AW) (IRE) 1m2½f Cherry Pink (IRE) Jamie Orr 9 .5 8-13 15/2
Took keen hold - towards rear(op 8/1 tchd 7/1 and tchd 17/2)
23/11/25
15:20
Cork (IRE) 2m5f Jerk (FR) Patrick M O'Brien 99 - 11-7 16/1
Prominent - left in lead 7th - headed before 8th - pressed leaders when mistake and fell 3 out(op 12/1 tchd 11/1)
23/11/25
12:13
Punchestown (IRE) 2m6f Court Compliance Philip Byrnes 2nd .5 11-12 25/1
Prominent - pressed leader 3 out - led 2 out - headed last - sustained duel with winner run-in - no extra towards finish(tchd 22/1 and tchd 28/1)
21/11/25
19:45
Dundalk (AW) (IRE) 1m2½f Cherry Pink (IRE) Jamie Orr 1st Won 8-12 14/1
Midfield - steady headway over 3f out - ridden to lead inside final furlong - soon faced challenge - stayed on(tchd 12/1)
20/11/25
15:45
Thurles (IRE) 2m Holy See (IRE) Ms K M Ryan 4 0.2 11-5 11/2
Prominent - disputing third after 2 out - kept on(op 17/2)
20/11/25
11:45
Thurles (IRE) 2m6f Eagle Fang (IRE) Philip Byrnes 1st Won 11-12 7/1
Prominent - led narrowly before 3 out - not fluent 2 out - ridden before last - kept on(op 6/1 tchd 11/2)
16/11/25
15:30
Cheltenham 2m½f Laafi (FR) Philip Byrnes 12 4.75 11-8 33/1
Took keen hold - midfield - headway before 3 out - weakened before last(op 25/1 tchd 22/1)
16/11/25
13:15
Cheltenham 2m½f Touch The Moon (IRE) Philip Byrnes 6 4 11-4 5/1
Took keen hold - held up in midfield - headway before 3 out - no extra approaching last(op 6/1 tchd 13/2)
07/11/25
18:15
Dundalk (AW) (IRE) 1m4f Cherry Pink (IRE) Jamie Orr 0 0 9-1 9/1
(op 10/1 and tchd 11/1)
01/11/25
11:50
Down Royal (IRE) 2m1f Wizard Of Odds (IRE) Philip Byrnes 2nd 4 11-4 5/1
(op 13/2 tchd 9/2)
25/10/25
16:05
Cheltenham 3m1f Baltic Bird (GB) Patrick M O'Brien 7 21 11-7 40/1
In touch with leaders - lost position 9th - weakened 2 out (usual 4 out)(tchd 33/1)
18/10/25
17:20
Leopardstown (IRE) 1m Time Bender (IRE) Wesley Joyce 6 0.3 9-9 - -
18/10/25
13:45
Limerick (IRE) 2m½f Touch The Moon (IRE) Philip Byrnes 3rd 7.5 11-7 5/4F
Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - prominent on outer 3 out - led home turn - headed 2 out - lost second and weakened before last(op 10/11)
14/10/25
14:05
Punchestown (IRE) 2m Hopes Are High (IRE) Philip Byrnes 2nd 6.5 11-8 11/4
In rear - in touch with leaders 5th - challenging 2 out - already led narrowly when hit last - soon headed - kept on(op 3/1 tchd 5/2 and tchd 10/3)
12/10/25
13:42
Cork (IRE) 1m7½f Wizard Of Odds (IRE) Philip Byrnes 1st Won 11-0 6/1
Midfield - headway on outer after 4 out - going easily when led narrowly before 2 out - good jump last - kept on well run-in (jockey said gelding wandered a little bit both ways between the second last and the last)(op 11/2 tchd 4/1 and tchd 13/2)
11/10/25
15:10
Naas (IRE) 6f Parkside Lad (IRE) Wesley Joyce 3rd .75 8-12 14/1
Prominent - ridden over 1f out - kept on inside final furlong - went third towards finish(op 16/1 tchd 12/1)
10/10/25
20:00
Dundalk (AW) (IRE) 1m2½f Cherry Pink (IRE) Jamie Orr 1st Won 9-3 11/1
In rear - headway from over 4f out - ridden and led 1f out - kept on well final furlong(op 9/1 tchd 17/2)
02/10/25
17:00
Clonmel (IRE) 3m Baltic Bird (GB) Patrick M O'Brien 3rd 6 11-2 14/1
Led - headed 4 out - lost second and no extra after 2 out (usual 3 out) - mistake last(op 16/1 tchd 12/1 and 18/1)
21/09/25
14:28
Listowel (IRE) 2m Hopes Are High (IRE) Philip Byrnes 1st Won 11-4 5/2
In touch with leaders - headway 3 out - hung left and led 2 out - pushed out run-in(tchd 9/4 and tchd 11/4)
20/09/25
13:25
Navan (IRE) 2m Touch The Moon (IRE) Philip Byrnes 2nd 0.1 11-10 8/1
Jumped right on occasions - held up in midfield - prominent 3 out - disputed lead before 2 out - led clearly approaching last - faced challenge and ridden run-in - headed but ran on well towards finish - just failed(tchd 7/1)
19/09/25
19:30
Dundalk (AW) (IRE) 1m2½f Cherry Pink (IRE) Jamie Orr 5 2 9-1 28/1
Bumped start - raced wide - midfield - towards rear over 3f out - some headway over 1f out - stayed on inside final furlong(op 33/1 tchd 40/1)
11/09/25
17:10
Clonmel (IRE) 1m1½f Bill Silvers (GB) Ronan Whelan 99 - 10-0 17/2
In rear - weakened from over 3f out - pulled up and dismounted over 1f out (vet said gelding had blood at both nostrils)(op 15/2)
06/09/25
14:15
Navan (IRE) 6f Parkside Lad (IRE) Chris Hayes 5 .5 9-4 9/1
In touch with leaders - went second over 2f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 15/2 tchd 7/1)
04/09/25
18:40
Laytown (IRE) 7f Cherry Pink (IRE) J J Slevin 7 1 10-13 10/1
Alone - kept on final furlong - never dangerous(op 8/1 tchd 7/1)
29/08/25
16:50
Down Royal (IRE) 2m1½f Hopes Are High (IRE) Philip Byrnes 3rd 5 11-4 11/4
Held up in rear - headway after 3rd - prominent when hit 4 out - pressed leader 2 out - weakened approaching last(op 10/3 tchd 5/2)
26/08/25
19:55
Bellewstown (IRE) 2m1½f Baltic Bird (GB) Ms K M Ryan 5 .5 11-9 25/1
Prominent - led after 3f - headed over 2f out - weakened over 1f out(op 12/1)
15/08/25
16:40
Dundalk (AW) (IRE) 1m Cherry Pink (IRE) Jamie Orr 4 0.2 9-4 33/1
Slowly into stride - held up in rear - headway over 1f out - went modest fourth inside final 110yds(op 28/1)
15/08/25
14:55
Dundalk (AW) (IRE) 7f Shigar (IRE) Chris Hayes 12 1.75 9-8 22/1
In touch with leaders - weakened over 1f out(tchd 25/1)
11/08/25
17:15
Ballinrobe (IRE) 2m½f Hopes Are High (IRE) Philip Byrnes 1st Won 11-0 14/1
Midfield - headway 2 out - led and ridden last - clear 1f out - reduced lead towards finish - always doing enough(op 12/1)
08/08/25
17:47
Tipperary (IRE) 7½f Time Bender (IRE) Chris Hayes 6 3.75 9-5 20/1
Took keen hold - led - headed over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong (jockey said colt ran keen)(op 14/1)
07/08/25
19:23
Leopardstown (IRE) 7f Cherry Pink (IRE) Jamie Orr 16 .5 9-6 25/1
Slowly away - always behind(op 16/1)
02/08/25
15:12
Galway (IRE) 2m6½f Baltic Bird (GB) Patrick M O'Brien 11 14 10-10 25/1
Midfield - lost position 3 out - no extra 2 out(tchd 28/1)
31/07/25
14:45
Galway (IRE) 1m½f Shigar (IRE) Jamie Orr 18 11 8-6 28/1
Never better than midfield - weakened under 2f out(op 25/1)
31/07/25
14:45
Galway (IRE) 1m½f Bill Silvers (GB) Chris Hayes 5 1.25 9-7 16/1
Midfield - headway on inner over 2f out - went fourth but short of room against far rail 1f out - kept on - not reach leaders(op 18/1 tchd 14/1)
28/07/25
18:40
Galway (IRE) 2m1f Fairbanks (GB) Mr D McGill 14 2.25 11-9 28/1
Pressed leader - disputed lead halfway - weakened over 1f out(op 33/1 tchd 40/1)
25/07/25
17:37
Cork (IRE) 5f Parkside Lad (IRE) Chris Hayes 4 3.25 9-6 11/2
Raced in third - in rear halfway - kept on final furlong - never near to challenge(op 15/2)
19/07/25
16:50
Curragh (IRE) 6f Parkside Lad (IRE) Gary Carroll 7 2.75 9-12 6/1
Led - headed and pressed leader over 4f out - weakened final furlong(tchd 8/1)
17/07/25
19:25
Leopardstown (IRE) 1m1f Shigar (IRE) Ronan Whelan 7 1 9-2 18/1
Held up in rear - brief headway over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 16/1 tchd 14/1 and tchd 20/1)
17/07/25
17:15
Leopardstown (IRE) 7f Time Bender (IRE) Chris Hayes 1st Won 8-13 33/1
Made virtually all - faced challenge 1f out - ridden clear final 110yds - jinked right towards finish (jockey said colt ducked right at finish line)(op 28/1 tchd 40/1)
09/07/25
17:30
Fairyhouse (IRE) 1m6f Baltic Bird (GB) Chris Hayes 6 18 9-10 14/1
In touch with leaders - lost ground quickly and pushed along over 5f out - rallied over 3f out - edged left and weakened quickly from over 2f out - eased inside final furlong - tailed off (jockey said gelding was never travelling)(op 8/1 tchd 16/1)
07/07/25
18:43
Roscommon (IRE) 2m Fairbanks (GB) Philip Byrnes 2nd 12 11-8 5/2
Disputed lead early - disputing second 2nd - went second 4th - no chance with winner from 2 out - kept on(op 3/1)
03/07/25
18:32
Bellewstown (IRE) 5f Parkside Lad (IRE) Gary Carroll 1st Won 8-13 EvensF
Prominent - ridden over 1f out - ran on and led towards finish(op 11/8 tchd 10/11)
23/06/25
18:40
Ballinrobe (IRE) 1m1½f Bill Silvers (GB) Chris Hayes 12 6 10-0 5/1
Soon in touch with leaders - weakened from 2f out(tchd 9/2)
17/06/25
18:10
Ascot 1m6f Fairbanks (GB) Chris Hayes 14 0.3 9-9 28/1
Raced wide early - took keen hold - never better than midfield(op 22/1)
12/06/25
18:50
Leopardstown (IRE) 1m1f Bill Silvers (GB) Jamie Orr 2nd 1.5 8-9 13/2
In touch with leaders on inner - headway and went second against far rail under 2f out - kept on final furlong - no match for winner(op 9/2)
08/06/25
13:30
Punchestown (IRE) 3m1f Baltic Bird (GB) Patrick M O'Brien 4 3.5 11-3 5/2
Towards rear but in touch with leaders - not fluent 2nd - briefly went third after 5 out - outpaced 3 out - rallied 2 out - no extra last(op 4/1)
07/06/25
14:00
Navan (IRE) 5f Parkside Lad (IRE) Seamie Heffernan 4 1.5 9-7 40/1
Towards rear - switched left over 3f out - headway towards far side over 1f out - went third inside final furlong - no extra inside final 110yds (jockey said colt got squeezed out at start)(op 20/1)
05/06/25
18:55
Leopardstown (IRE) 1m1f Bill Silvers (GB) Ronan Whelan 6 .5 10-0 9/1
In touch with leaders - kept on from over 1f out (jockey said gelding got no luck in running)(op 15/2)
27/05/25
18:30
Ballinrobe (IRE) 2m½f Fairbanks (GB) Philip Byrnes 1st Won 11-12 8/15F
Prominent - led 3rd - pushed along after 2 out - faced challenge last - ridden and kept on well run-in - won going away(tchd 4/7)
23/05/25
20:25
Curragh (IRE) 1m Shigar (IRE) Jamie Orr 17 1.25 9-5 28/1
Prominent - disputed lead halfway - weakened quickly over 1f out(op 20/1)
23/05/25
17:10
Curragh (IRE) 6f Parkside Lad (IRE) Seamie Heffernan 5 .75 8-13 18/1
In touch with leaders - prominent halfway - went second over 1f out - weakened inside final furlong(op 14/1)
06/05/25
19:08
Cork (IRE) 1m Shigar (IRE) Jamie Orr 10 0.1 9-11 20/1
Midfield - no extra from over 2f out(op 14/1)
05/05/25
15:20
Down Royal (IRE) 2m3½f Baltic Bird (GB) Patrick M O'Brien 1st Won 11-5 6/5F
Disputing third - headway and pressed leader before 3 out - led 2 out - bumped last - ridden clear run-in(op 13/8 tchd 11/10)
05/05/25
13:35
Down Royal (IRE) 2m1½f Fairbanks (GB) Patrick M O'Brien 2nd .75 11-5 4/6F
Led - raced in second from 3rd - led again 3 out - faced challenge 2 out - kept on but headed towards finish(op Evens)
25/04/25
16:35
Limerick (IRE) 1m Bill Silvers (GB) Leigh Roche 12 - 9-8 18/1
Towards rear on outer - outpaced over 2f out - no impression(op 14/1 tchd 12/1)
21/04/25
15:50
Fairyhouse (IRE) 2m4f Eagle Fang (IRE) Philip Byrnes 5 5 11-3 11/1
Midfield - not fluent 1st - in touch with leaders before 5 out - disputing second after 3 out - no extra approaching last - lost fourth run-in(op 18/1 tchd 10/1)
21/04/25
14:40
Fairyhouse (IRE) 2m Holy See (IRE) Philip Byrnes 6 10 11-0 18/1
Towards rear - headway before 3 out - pressed leader when hit 2 out - soon weakened(tchd 14/1)
11/04/25
17:47
Ballinrobe (IRE) 2m1f Baltic Bird (GB) Patrick M O'Brien 3rd 2.5 11-0 9/2
Led - pressed leader when headed 3rd - led 5th - headed before 2 out - lost second approaching last - kept on(tchd 4/1)
11/04/25
17:12
Ballinrobe (IRE) 2m1f Holy See (IRE) Philip Byrnes 3rd 8.5 11-4 5/2
Prominent - not fluent 2nd - led after 4th - headed last - weakened run-in(op 9/4 tchd 11/4)
17/03/25
15:55
Wexford (IRE) 3m1½f Jerk (FR) Patrick M O'Brien 5 2 11-5 20/1
In rear - steady headway halfway - in touch with leaders on outer after 3 out - no impression when not fluent last(op 40/1 tchd 18/1 and 50/1)
17/03/25
14:10
Wexford (IRE) 2m Jordann (FR) Philip Byrnes 8 3.5 11-12 7/1
Took keen hold - in touch with leaders - headway before 3 out - weakening when not fluent 2 out(op 9/1 tchd 13/2 and 11/1)
16/03/25
15:45
Curragh (IRE) 1m Bill Silvers (GB) Leigh Roche 14 1.25 8-11 50/1
In rear - switched to near side over 4f out - some headway when hung right over 1f out - never dangerous(op 40/1)
12/03/25
14:40
Cheltenham 2m5f Eagle Fang (IRE) Oakley Brown 11 3.5 11-3 33/1
In touch with leaders on outer - raced wide on turn before last - weakened last(op 40/1)
11/03/25
16:40
Cheltenham 2m½f Holy See (IRE) Oakley Brown 99 - 10-10 33/1
Pressed leader early - soon in touch with leaders - weakened after 5th - pulled up before last(op 25/1)
08/02/25
13:20
Naas (IRE) 1m7½f Holy See (IRE) Oakley Brown 4 2 10-9 6/4F
In touch with leaders - mistake 3rd - prominent 4 out - not fluent 2 out - soon weakened(tchd 11/8)
07/02/25
19:30
Dundalk (AW) (IRE) 1m4f Gear Flat (IRE) Gabriella Hill 13 3 8-6 50/1
Soon led narrowly - prominent after 2f - weakened from over 2f out(op 33/1)
31/01/25
19:15
Dundalk (AW) (IRE) 1m2½f Gear Flat (IRE) Leigh Roche 12 12 9-2 18/1
Midfield - lost position under 3f out - detached from over 1f out - eased inside final furlong(tchd 20/1)
28/01/25
14:35
Limerick (IRE) 2m Medical Man (IRE) Oakley Brown 99 - 10-8 40/1
In touch with leaders - prominent 3rd - dropped to midfield when pushed along briefly after 5th - weakened 3 out - pulled up before 2 out(op 50/1 and tchd 66/1)
26/01/25
14:00
Naas (IRE) 2m Laafi (FR) Philip Byrnes 3rd 0.3 11-3 15/2
Raced in second - slow jump 4th - led narrowly 5th - pushed along before 2 out - headed when hit last - soon outpaced - weakened final 110yds - lost second towards finish(tchd 7/1)
26/01/25
13:30
Naas (IRE) 2m Holy See (IRE) Philip Byrnes 2nd 1.25 11-7 2/1
Prominent - went second before 4 out - briefly disputed lead before 2 out - kept on well - no match for winner(op 5/2 and tchd 11/4)