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Cian Hughes

Cian Hughes is one of the newest names in British training, having only taken out his licence in June 2024 — meaning everything on his record has been built in just over a year. With 2 winners from 42 runners this season, that works out to roughly 1 in every 21 races, which is a modest return on paper but tells only part of the story for someone still in the earliest chapter of their career.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Role
Trainer
Based
Newcastle, Co. Dublin
Record
2 wins from 42 races
Win rate
4.8%
Top jockey
Best course
Dundalk (13.3% from 15 races)
Best going
Standard (all-weather)

📊 Key Numbers

A snapshot of this trainer's performance over the last 12 months
42
Races
2
Wins
4.8%
Win rate
avg ~10%
26.2%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Trainer Breakdown
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The most encouraging sign is the direction of travel. Hughes won just 2% of his races in his first year, and that figure has nudged up to 5% this season — a small but meaningful improvement that suggests he is starting to place his horses better and understand what they need. In a profession where experience counts for almost everything, learning that quickly matters.

Where he has genuinely found his feet is on normal ground conditions, winning 2 from 15 races in those circumstances — a 13% win rate, or roughly 1 in every 8. That is a real number, and it hints that Hughes knows how to get his horses ready when the track plays fair. His most frequent partnership is with jockey Eryka Snioch, who has taken 11 rides for the yard without a win so far, though for a small operation still finding its feet, simply having a regular jockey relationship is a building block worth noting. His most notable horse is Without Love, who has run 9 times together with Hughes without winning — a reminder that patience is as much a part of training as anything else.

Two winners from 42 runners is a quiet start, but quiet starts are not unusual ones. Most successful trainers spent years sending out horses before the big days arrived. Hughes is still in that phase, and the small signs — improving numbers, a strength on good ground, a stable jockey — suggest someone who is doing the unglamorous work of learning the job properly.

📈 Form Trend

How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2025–2026
0%
Mar
0%
May
0%
Jun
0%
Jul
0%
Aug
0%
Sep
0%
Oct
0%
Nov
0%
Dec
40%
Jan
0%
Feb
0%
Mar

🎯 Where This Trainer Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Yielding to soft
Soft to heavy
Good to yielding
Soft (muddy)
Good (firm-ish)
Avoids
Yielding
Avoids
Heavy (very wet)
Avoids
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, wide and galloping
Loves
Right-handed, wide and galloping
Avoids
Right-handed, undulating
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turning
Avoids

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

The riders they work with most, sorted by rides together
Eryka Snioch First Choice
0%
Win rate
0/11
Won / Rode
14.3%
Win rate
1/7
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/5
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
Patrick McGettigan(7)
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
Patrick McGettigan
100%
Win rate
1/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Rory Mulligan
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Sean Cleary-Farrell
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Carl Millar
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Aidan Kelly
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

Top Horses

The strongest horses currently associated with this trainer
Form: 0-3134
Form: 244-15
Form: 426-33
Form: 2895-0
Form: 834P-7
Form: 08-78
Form: 400334
Form: 0
Form: 0
Form: 0

🏟 Course Record

Win rate at each course, sorted by number of races
CourseRacesWinsWin rate
Dundalk 15 2 13.3%
The Curragh 4 0 0%
Naas 4 0 0%
Gowran Park 4 0 0%
Navan 3 0 0%
Fairyhouse 3 0 0%
Ballinrobe 2 0 0%
Leopardstown 2 0 0%
Down Royal 2 0 0%
Sligo 1 0 0%
Downpatrick 1 0 0%
Punchestown 1 0 0%

📅 Recent Results

The last 20 results, most recent first
20 Mar
Dundalk · 1m3f – 1m4f · Standard
13 Mar
Dundalk · 1m3f – 1m4f · Standard
12th
6 Mar
Dundalk · 1m6f – 2m · Standard
4th
4 Mar
Naas · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy
8th
22 Feb
Naas · 1m6f – 2m · Heavy
7th
11 Feb
Dundalk · 1m6f – 2m · Standard
3rd
6 Feb
Dundalk · 1m6f – 2m · Standard
5th
30 Jan
Dundalk · 1m3f – 1m4f · Standard
Won
16 Jan
Dundalk · 1m6f – 2m · Standard
3rd
15 Jan
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
7th
13 Jan
Dundalk · 1m3f – 1m4f · Standard
Won
1 Jan
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding
12th
26 Dec
Down Royal · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding
11th
12 Dec
Dundalk · 1m1f – 1m2f · Standard
8th
11 Dec
Punchestown · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
10th
5 Dec
Dundalk · 1m1f – 1m2f · Standard
12th
5 Dec
Dundalk · 1m1f – 1m2f · Standard
4th
19 Nov
Dundalk · 1m3f – 1m4f · Standard
4th
14 Nov
Dundalk · 1m6f – 2m · Standard
9th
12 Nov
Dundalk · 1m1f – 1m2f · Standard
6th