David Loughnane

The top-level wins are what really set Loughnane apart at this stage of his career. Winning at the highest level at Ascot, Newmarket, Lingfield Park, Goodwood, and Nottingham — and doing it six times in four years — tells you this is not a trainer content to operate quietly at the lower end of the game. The Goodwood win in August 2024 and the Nottingham win two months later in October are the most recent examples of a yard that knows how to produce a horse on a big occasion.

Right now, Loughnane looks to be hitting a rich vein of form. Over the last two weeks he has had 3 winners from just 17 runners — an 18% win rate that is nearly double his season average of 10%. That kind of short-term spike is exactly what punters and racing fans watch for, and it suggests the horses in his care are arriving at the track in particularly good shape at the moment.

There are a couple of patterns worth noting. On wet or muddy ground, Loughnane's runners have won 3 from 20 races — a 15% win rate that is noticeably better than his overall average, suggesting he has an eye for placing horses when conditions suit them. His most productive partnership with a jockey is with Rossa Ryan, who has ridden 7 winners from 59 races together — roughly 1 in every 8. That is a working relationship built on enough shared experience to be meaningful. And with the horse Far Too Fizzy, he has two wins from 13 races together — a combination worth keeping an eye on.

For a trainer only four years into his career, the CV already reads like someone operating well above his pay grade. Six top-level wins, consistent results across some of Britain's most prestigious tracks, and a yard that looks to be peaking right now — Loughnane is one of the more compelling stories in British training at the moment.