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Emma-Jane Bishop

Four years into her training career, Emma-Jane Bishop is a trainer still finding her feet — but there are quiet signs that the picture is beginning to change. This season she has sent out 2 winners from 33 runners, winning roughly 1 in every 16 races, and while that number might not turn heads, it represents real progress: last year her win rate sat at 3%, and she has effectively doubled it in the space of twelve months. In a profession where improvement rarely comes in straight lines, that is worth noticing.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Role
Trainer
Based
Cleeve Hill, Gloucs
Record
2 wins from 33 races
Win rate
6.1%
Top jockey
Best course
Fakenham (50% from 2 races)
Best going
Good to soft

📊 Key Numbers

A snapshot of this trainer's performance over the last 12 months
33
Races
2
Wins
6.1%
Win rate
avg ~10%
18.2%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Trainer Breakdown
Auto-Generated

Her most regular jockey partnership is with Lilly Pinchin, who has ridden for the yard 17 times and brought home 1 winner together — a modest return on paper, but the volume of the partnership suggests a trust that goes beyond pure results. When a trainer keeps putting the same jockey up, it usually means something is working in the day-to-day, even when the winners are slow to come.

One small but genuine strength is how her horses run on slightly soft, wet ground. On those days, she has won 1 from 9 races — roughly 1 in 9 — which outperforms her overall average by a meaningful margin. That is the kind of pattern that a sharp observer would file away: when the ground is a little damp and Bishop has a runner, it is worth a closer look.

The most striking entry on her record, though, is her partnership with River Glance — six races together without a win. That is a long run of near-misses for any horse-trainer combination, and it suggests either that River Glance is a difficult horse to place, or simply that the breaks have not fallen the right way. In racing, six attempts without reward is genuinely frustrating, but it also speaks to persistence. Bishop keeps trying, which is its own kind of statement about where she believes the horse can get to.

At four years in, Bishop is still in the early chapter of what could be a long career. The numbers are modest, but the direction of travel is right, and trainers who double their win rate in a single season tend not to stop there.

📈 Form Trend

How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2024–2026
0%
Dec
0%
Jan
0%
Feb
0%
Mar
14.3%
Apr
0%
May
50%
Oct
0%
Nov
0%
Dec
0%
Jan
0%
Feb
0%
Mar

🎯 Where This Trainer Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to soft
Loves
Good (firm-ish)
Heavy (very wet)
Soft (muddy)
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 4
Avoids
Class 5
Loves
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, tight turning
Loves
Left-handed, tight
Left-handed, wide and galloping
Avoids
Wide and galloping
Avoids
Right-handed, wide and galloping
Avoids
Right-handed, undulating
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turning
Avoids

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

The riders they work with most, sorted by rides together
Lilly Pinchin First Choice
5.9%
Win rate
1/17
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/9
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
100%
Win rate
1/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

Top Horses

The strongest horses currently associated with this trainer
Form: 6-8P70
Form: -1322U
Form: 6-606
Form: 7P1P-U
Form: 08P
Form: U7584-
Form: P-47P2
Form: 7
Form: 4-

🏟 Course Record

Win rate at each course, sorted by number of races
CourseRacesWinsWin rate
hereford 4 0 0%
Huntingdon 4 0 0%
Chepstow 3 0 0%
Warwick 3 0 0%
Ludlow 3 0 0%
Leicester 3 0 0%
Southwell 3 0 0%
Fakenham 2 1 50%
Uttoxeter 2 1 50%
Lingfield Park 2 0 0%
Worcester 1 0 0%
Taunton 1 0 0%
Ffos Las 1 0 0%
Plumpton 1 0 0%

📅 Recent Results

The last 20 results, most recent first
18 Mar
hereford · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
16 Mar
Plumpton · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
5th
14 Mar
Uttoxeter · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
1 Mar
Huntingdon · 1m6f – 2m · Soft
1 Mar
Huntingdon · 1m6f – 2m · Soft
20 Feb
Ffos Las · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
2nd
18 Feb
Ludlow · 1m6f – 2m · Soft
10th
12 Feb
Leicester · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
2nd
2 Feb
Southwell · 1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Soft
7th
17 Jan
Taunton · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
12 Jan
hereford · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
8th
12 Jan
hereford · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
10th
28 Dec
Leicester · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
2nd
10 Dec
Leicester · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
7th
3 Dec
Ludlow · 1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Soft
11th
2 Dec
Southwell · 1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Soft
27 Nov
Lingfield Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
3rd
24 Nov
Ludlow · 1m6f – 2m · Good
14 Nov
Southwell · 1m6f – 2m · Soft
9th
11 Nov
Lingfield Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
4th