Clive Cox

The big-occasion record is what really stands out. Cox has won 18 top-level races across his career, at some of the most prestigious venues in British racing — Newmarket, Ascot, and Lingfield Park among them. Winning at that level once is a landmark; doing it 18 times means his horses keep turning up when it matters most. Most recently, he has been busy at Lingfield Park's all-weather track, landing winners there in both January and February 2026, as well as at Sandown Park in August 2025. These are not flukes — they are the product of a yard that knows how to get a horse ready to run.

One of the most interesting threads in Cox's recent record is his partnership with Fast Track Harry. Three wins from eight races together is a 38% hit rate — extraordinary by any measure, and the kind of statistic that suggests a real understanding between trainer and horse. When you see that combination declared, you pay attention.

His most productive working relationship with a jockey belongs to Rossa Ryan, who has ridden 87 times for the yard and come home in front on 15 of those occasions. That's just over 1 in every 6 rides — a 17% win rate — which reflects genuine trust between the two and a consistency that goes well beyond a one-off hot streak.

There is one more detail worth noting. On very wet, muddy ground — the kind of conditions that catch plenty of trainers out — Cox has won 1 from 5 races, a 20% success rate. Sample sizes are small, so you wouldn't bet the house on it, but it does suggest his horses are prepared and adaptable regardless of what the weather throws at them. Four years in, Cox looks like a trainer who is still finding his ceiling.