D M Christie

What stands out, though, is what happens when the ground gets soft and the rain comes down. On wet or muddy ground, Christie's record reads 1 winner from just 5 races — a 20% win rate, meaning 1 in every 5. In a sport where trainers often spend years chasing that kind of return on any surface, doing it specifically in difficult conditions suggests something deliberate. Whether it's the horses being sourced with soft ground in mind, or a preparation style that suits them when the going gets testing, that edge is real and worth noticing.

The overall career tally of 33 winners across four years shows this isn't a yard that stumbled into training by accident. That's a genuine body of work. The current lean run is the story of right now, but lean runs end — and trainers who know how to get horses ready for wet ground tend to find their way back to the winner's enclosure before long.