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Don Cantillon

Two winners from three runners in the past year. That is not a typo — Don Cantillon has converted 2 of his 3 runners into winners over the last twelve months, a win rate that most trainers with yards ten times the size would genuinely envy.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Quick facts
Role
Trainer
Based
Newmarket, Suffolk
Record
2 wins from 3 races
Win rate
66.7%
Top jockey
Best course
Haydock Park (100% from 1 race)

📊 Key numbers

A snapshot of this trainer's performance over the last 12 months
3
Races
2
Wins
66.7%
Win rate
avg ~10%
66.7%
Top-3 rate
avg ~30%

🔍 Full analysis

Our model's view, based on this trainer's record and recent runs
TrackLab's trainer breakdown

Cantillon has been in the training game since 2022, making him a relatively fresh face with just four years on the job. Small operations like this one can be easy to overlook, but the numbers here tell a clear story: when Cantillon sends a horse to the track, it tends to come back with a win. Winning 2 races from only 3 runners is not luck — it suggests a trainer who picks his spots carefully, prepares his horses thoroughly, and does not run them just to fill a race card.

Four years in, the sample size is still small, and it would be unfair to draw enormous conclusions. But the early signs are that Cantillon is a name worth watching. Trainers who quietly win at this kind of rate with limited ammunition have a habit of making a lot of noise once they get more horses to work with.

📈 Form trend

How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2024–2026
0%
May
0%
Dec
0%
Jan
0%
Feb
100%
Apr
100%
May
0%
Mar

🎯 Where this trainer does best

Results split by ground, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good (a little give)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
🏅 Race level
Class 3 (mid-level)
Unknown
Class 5 (entry-level)
Unknown
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown

🏇 Jockeys

The riders they work with most, most rides first
Sean Bowen Main partner
100%
Win rate
1/1
Wins / rides
100%
Win rate
1/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides

⭐ Top horses

The highest-rated horses linked to this trainer right now
Form: 31-632
Form: 1

🏟 Course record

Win rate at each course, most races first
CourseRacesWinsWin rate
Haydock Park 1 1 100%
Market Rasen 1 1 100%
Newbury 1 0 0%

📅 Recent results

The last 20 results, most recent first
21 Mar
Newbury · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
7th
10 May
Haydock Park · 1m6f – 2m · Good
Won
20 Apr
Market Rasen · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
Won