What is harder to explain away is the partnership with jockey Shane Fenelon, who has ridden for her more than anyone else — 11 times without a winner between them. That is a long run without reward for the yard's most regular rider, and at some point the team will need that combination to click if they are going to build momentum. Similarly, her most notable individual horse, Ferando, has run three times for Thorpe without winning. Three runners, zero wins — not a crisis, but a storyline worth watching.
For now, Thorpe is very much a trainer to file away rather than bet the house on. A year in, three winners, and a slowly improving picture — the building blocks are there, even if the breakthrough result has not arrived yet.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ffos Las | 21 | 1 | 4.8% |
| Newton Abbot | 12 | 1 | 8.3% |
| Bath | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| Sedgefield | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Uttoxeter | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Warwick | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Hexham | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Worcester | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Wolverhampton | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Fakenham | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Fontwell Park | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| hereford | 1 | 0 | 0% |