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Clare Hobson

Four years into her training career, Clare Hobson is operating at the sharp end of a tough numbers game. This season she has sent out 98 runners and come back with just 3 winners — that's roughly 1 win in every 33 races, and a win rate that has slipped from 6% last year to 3% this term. For context, most established trainers are working in double figures percentage-wise, so Hobson is currently fighting hard for every success she gets.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Role
Trainer
Based
Royston, Herts
Record
3 wins from 98 races
Win rate
3.1%
Top jockey
Best course
chelmsford (8.3% from 24 races)
Best going
Good (firm-ish)

📊 Key Numbers

A snapshot of this trainer's performance over the last 12 months
98
Races
3
Wins
3.1%
Win rate
avg ~10%
12.2%
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 one area where the numbers brighten is on normal ground conditions. From 13 races run on a standard surface, she has managed 1 winner — a win rate of 8%, or about 1 in every 13. That might sound modest in isolation, but it's comfortably her best return across any ground type, and it suggests she knows how to pick her spots when conditions are straightforward. It's the kind of detail a shrewd punter files away.

Her most regular jockey partnership is with Marco Ghiani, who has ridden 26 times for the yard and produced 1 winner together — roughly 1 in every 26 rides, a 4% win rate. That's a working relationship built on volume more than immediate results, and both will be hoping the wins start to follow the frequency. Her notable pairing with Walk The Plank tells a similar story: 1 win from 7 races together, a partnership that has shown promise without yet catching fire consistently.

At four years in, Hobson is still in the building phase that every small trainer knows well — assembling owners, finding the right horses, and waiting for the yard's identity to click into place. The dip this season will sting, but trainers who improve their win rate once can do it again, and the groundwork is clearly there.

📈 Form Trend

How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2025–2026
0%
May
0%
Jun
0%
Jul
0%
Aug
0%
Sep
12.5%
Oct
9.1%
Nov
0%
Dec
0%
Jan
0%
Feb
14.3%
Mar
0%
Apr

🎯 Where This Trainer Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good (firm-ish)
Loves
Standard (all-weather)
Heavy (very wet)
Standard to slow
Avoids
Good to soft
Avoids
Good to firm
Avoids
Soft (muddy)
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 2
Class 4
Avoids
Class 5
Ok
Class 6
Ok
🏟 Track Shape
Wide and galloping
Loves
Right-handed, wide and galloping
Loves
Right-handed, undulating
Left-handed, tight
Left-handed, undulating
Left-handed, wide and galloping
Avoids
Left-handed, tight turning
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turning
Avoids

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

The riders they work with most, sorted by rides together
Marco Ghiani First Choice
3.8%
Win rate
1/26
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/13
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/6
Won / Rode
Mr Jake Holman
0%
Win rate
0/5
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/4
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/4
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/4
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
50%
Win rate
1/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
Luke Catton
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

Top Horses

The strongest horses currently associated with this trainer
Form: 4-PP5P
Form: 5-366P
Form: 7670-4
Form: 111696
Form: 82980-
Form: 0-94
Form: P
Form: 7796-6
Form: 207-06

🏟 Course Record

Win rate at each course, sorted by number of races
CourseRacesWinsWin rate
chelmsford 24 2 8.3%
Lingfield Park 16 0 0%
Wolverhampton 12 0 0%
Southwell 9 0 0%
Huntingdon 7 1 14.3%
Kempton Park 7 0 0%
Nottingham 5 0 0%
Market Rasen 4 0 0%
Great Yarmouth 4 0 0%
Leicester 3 0 0%
Salisbury 2 0 0%
Windsor 2 0 0%
Fakenham 1 0 0%
Brighton 1 0 0%
Warwick 1 0 0%

📅 Recent Results

The last 20 results, most recent first
4 Apr
Huntingdon · 1m6f – 2m · Good
6th
27 Mar
Lingfield Park · 1m3f – 1m4f · Standard
12th
26 Mar
Southwell · 7f – 1m · Standard
11th
24 Mar
Southwell · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
24 Mar
Southwell · 1m6f – 2m · Good
7th
18 Mar
Huntingdon · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
Won
16 Mar
Wolverhampton · 1m1f – 1m2f · Standard
4th
7 Mar
chelmsford · 7f – 1m · Standard
4th
28 Feb
Lingfield Park · 7f – 1m · Standard
26 Feb
chelmsford · 5f – 6½f · Standard
26 Feb
chelmsford · 5f – 6½f · Standard
11 Feb
Southwell · 7f – 1m · Standard
8th
9 Feb
Wolverhampton · 5f – 6½f · Standard
2nd
8 Feb
chelmsford · 5f – 6½f · Standard
3rd
29 Jan
chelmsford · 7f – 1m · Standard
7th
28 Jan
Kempton Park · 5f – 6½f · Standard_To_Slow
7th
22 Jan
Huntingdon · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
22 Jan
Huntingdon · 1m6f – 2m · Soft
16 Jan
Market Rasen · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
16 Jan
Market Rasen · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
8th