Bhupat Seemar

This season tells a similar story. Seemar has saddled 37 winners from 391 runners, which works out at roughly 1 in every 11 races — a 9% win rate that sounds modest until you consider the sheer volume of horses he is putting into races. Training at scale without losing quality is genuinely difficult, and that tally of winners suggests the operation is well-organised and consistent rather than built around one or two exceptional horses.

The most important relationship in the yard right now is the one with jockey Tadhg O'Shea. Across 169 races together, they have combined for 24 wins — that is nearly 1 in every 7, a 14% win rate that comfortably outpaces the yard's overall average. That gap matters. When a trainer's results improve significantly with one particular jockey, it usually means genuine trust and communication between the two. O'Shea clearly understands how Seemar's horses are being prepared, and Seemar clearly knows how to put his jockey in a position to deliver. It is the kind of partnership that tends to grow stronger over time.

The partnership with Devoirs Choice is, on paper, a thinner record — 1 win from 9 races together. But the fact that this stands out as a notable combination suggests Seemar has placed the horse carefully and kept faith with it across multiple outings. In training, persistence with a horse that takes time to come right is often what separates patient, skilled handlers from the rest.

Still only four years into the job, Seemar is operating at a pace that suggests bigger targets are not far away. The infrastructure looks solid, the jockey relationship is clearly working, and the winner count keeps climbing. The next question is whether he can convert that consistency into success at the top level — but the foundation, at least, looks extremely strong.