Amanda Perrett

The most interesting relationship in Perrett's yard right now is with a horse called Lady Manzor. Three wins from 13 races together is a genuinely impressive record — that's nearly 1 in every 4 races, well above the yard's overall average. In a training career where the wins are still accumulating rather than flowing freely, having one horse you can consistently rely on matters enormously. Lady Manzor looks like the kind of partnership that anchors a yard's season.

The numbers around jockey Jack Dace are harder to spin positively. One win from 26 rides together — roughly 1 in every 26 — suggests this combination hasn't clicked the way Perrett might have hoped. That said, jockey-trainer partnerships are built on trust and familiarity as much as results, and 26 rides together shows real commitment to making it work.

One area where Perrett does show a clear edge is on normal ground conditions, where her runners have won 2 from 26 races this season — an 8% win rate that sits well above her overall seasonal average. It's a small but telling detail: when conditions are straightforward and predictable, her horses perform better. For anyone following the yard, it's a useful pointer.

The honest picture is of a trainer whose early promise — suggested by that stronger record last year — hasn't quite translated into results this season. Fifty-two career winners in four years is nothing to dismiss, and the connection with Lady Manzor shows what Perrett can do when horse and trainer are well matched. The question for the coming months is whether this season's dip is a blip or a trend. Given the foundation she's built, there's good reason to think the former.