Paddy Twomey

Paddy Twomey is a racehorse trainer based in Golden, County Tipperary.

It seemed only fitting that Paddy was destined for success, having bred the future Group 1 winner Tagula at just 13 years old.

A graduate of the pinhooking business, Paddy initially trained under a restricted license, but success came quickly, and it wasn’t long before Paddy started making an impression on Irish Racing.

Since taking out a full training license in 2016, Paddy has established himself as one of the top trainers in Ireland, finishing in the first five of the trainers championship for the past two seasons despite having a much smaller string of horses than his closest competitors.

Between 2019-2024 Paddy Twomey provided around 1% of the runners in Irish Flat races, while winning 8% of the country’s Black Type races in the same period.

Paddy established a training operation on what was essentially a stud farm where he has purpose-built the facilities and gradually improved them as the years went on. After beginning with just one horse and no gallop, everything has been upgraded bit by bit.

Though still in the early stages of his training career, Paddy has boasts a blistering strike rate over the past five seasons that no trainer in the country can replicate.

  • 12 individual Group 1 performers

    2 Group 1 winners: La Petite Coco & Pearls Galore, 10 other Group 1 performers Decrypt, Foxtrot Liv, Erosandphyche, Rosscarbery, Impact Warrior, Purple Lily, A Lilac Rolla, Just Beautiful, Sonaiyla & French Claim

    Group 1 performers in Ireland England, France and USA

    17 Group wins (14%), 40 Group places (48%) from 119 starts

    17 Listed wins (24%), 22 Listed places (55%) from 71 starts

    2021-2024: 150 starts in Group/Listed races for 31 wins (21%) and 46 places so 51% of runners finished in the first three

  • 2021-2024: not including 2yo’s of 2024 Paddy Twomey’s stable ran 84 different horses of which 57 (68%) are winners of 97 races. 24 (29%) are Black Type winners & 36 (43%) are Black Type performers

    The Paddy Twomey Stable has in this period provided around 1% of the runners in Irish Flat races, while winning 8% of the country’s Black Type races in the same period

    This remarkably high strike rate in Black Type races has been achieved without the support of any large ownership group. In this period Paddy Twomey has won races for 42 different owners, only 2 of whom had more than twenty starts

  • Overall Results between 2021 - 2024 (not incl. 2yo’s of 2024)

    Non handicap 2yo’s: 88 starts 29 wins (33%), 25 places. Win or place 61%

    Non handicap 3yo’s: 115 starts 34 wins (30%), 40 places. Win or place 64%

    Non handicap 4yo’s: 99 starts 30 wins (30%), 24 places. Win or place 55%

    2yo+ non handicaps: 214 starts 64 wins (30%), 63 places. Win or place 59%