The most interesting thread in his record so far is his partnership with Inchidaly Copper. Four wins from 20 races together is a genuinely encouraging return — that's 1 in every 5 races, comfortably above anything else in Ott's operation. When a trainer finds a horse that clicks, you tend to see them come back to that well again and again, and those four wins will have done plenty to keep the yard motivated through a tough overall season.
There is a small positive signal in how his horses perform on wet or muddy ground. With just 8 races on soft going to draw from, the sample is too small to be certain, but winning 1 of those 8 — a 12% win rate — is notably better than his overall average. Worth watching if conditions turn wet.
The one figure that stands out for the wrong reasons is his partnership with jockey Mr Andrew Burke-Ott. Fourteen rides together and no wins at all is a lean return, and it is the kind of statistic that invites questions about whether that combination is working as well as it might. That said, 14 races is still a fairly small sample, and loyalty to a jockey is not unusual in a young yard finding its feet.
At this stage, Ott looks like a trainer whose story is still being written. The Inchidaly Copper partnership gives him something to build on, and two years is genuinely early in any training career. The interesting question is whether the next twelve months bring the kind of step forward that separates trainers who establish themselves from those who don't.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cork | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| Killarney | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Clonmel | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Listowel | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Limerick | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Tramore | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Tipperary | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Thurles | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Wexford | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Kilbeggan | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Ballinrobe | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Gowran Park | 1 | 0 | 0% |