Gray has been training for four years, having set up in 2021, and the record shows some prior success — last season produced a win rate of around 3%, or roughly one winner in every 33 runners. Modest, but it means winners have come before. This season, that thread has snapped entirely.
The most telling detail is the partnership with jockey James Davies. Eleven rides together without a win is a significant sample, and the fact that the combination keeps being used suggests Gray sees something worth persisting with. Similarly, the yard's most frequently run horse, Gingerbred, has gone six races without breaking through. Six races is enough to establish a pattern rather than dismiss it as bad luck. At some point, the question becomes whether a different race or different conditions might unlock something new.
Four years in, Gray is still in the building phase that many small yards go through — but a winless season is a real setback, and the numbers right now offer little to soften that fact.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taunton | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| Exeter | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Newton Abbot | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Wincanton | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Worcester | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% |