Clive Boultbee-Brooks

Over the last 12 months, Boultbee-Brooks has posted 9 winners from 103 runners, which works out at roughly 1 in every 11 races — a 9% win rate that sits a touch below the industry average but tells only part of the story. The more revealing numbers come when you look at where and when those winners tend to arrive. On wet, muddy ground, the yard transforms: 4 wins from just 17 races gives a win rate of 24%, or nearly 1 in every 4 runners. That is a striking figure, and it suggests Boultbee-Brooks either targets those conditions deliberately or has a good eye for the types of horses that relish a proper test of stamina in the mud.

Geographically, Ffos Las in South Wales has become something of a happy hunting ground — 5 winners from 15 runners there is a return that any trainer would be pleased with, and it hints at a yard that has worked out which tracks suit its horses best rather than simply casting the net wide.

The most reliable ally in the saddle has been jockey Richard Patrick, who has partnered Boultbee-Brooks horses to 5 wins from 75 rides together — roughly 1 in every 15, a win rate of 7%. That volume of rides over four years points to a genuine working relationship, the kind of understanding between trainer and jockey that takes time to build. One partnership that has not yet clicked, at least on paper, is with Welcheston Warrier — 10 races together and still searching for a win. Whether that changes remains to be seen, but sometimes the right race on the right ground is all it takes.

Still in the early chapters of his training career, Boultbee-Brooks looks like someone assembling a yard with a clear identity: muddy ground, a loyal jockey, and a particular fondness for Ffos Las. That is a sensible foundation to build from.