That Cheltenham winner in January 2026 is worth dwelling on. Cheltenham is the sport's most demanding stage — the track that separates horses from great horses and trainers from great trainers. Landing a Class 1 race there, one of the top races in Britain, is not something most trainers manage once in a career, let alone as part of a growing collection. It followed another top-level win at Warwick in January 2024 and a Boxing Day success at Kempton Park in 2022, suggesting Lavelle has a knack for producing horses at the right moment on the right day.
This season tells a similar story. Forty-four winners from 316 runners works out to a win rate of 14 percent — roughly one winner in every seven runners she sends out. In a sport where most runners get beaten most of the time, that is a healthy return and reflects a yard that sends horses out ready to compete rather than just to take part.
Her most reliable weapon has been her partnership with jockey Harry Cobden. Together they have combined for 16 wins from 66 rides — that is almost one winner in every four times they team up, a 24 percent win rate that comfortably outstrips her yard's overall average. When Cobden is in the saddle for Lavelle, something usually happens.
Four years in, seven top-level wins, and a yard operating at consistent double-digit win rates — Lavelle is no longer a name to watch for the future. She already is the future, and the present.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newbury | 27 | 2 | 7.4% |
| Kempton Park | 21 | 2 | 9.5% |
| Warwick | 19 | 0 | 0% |
| Chepstow | 16 | 3 | 18.8% |
| Uttoxeter | 15 | 2 | 13.3% |
| Ascot | 14 | 2 | 14.3% |
| hereford | 14 | 1 | 7.1% |
| Wincanton | 14 | 0 | 0% |
| Cheltenham | 13 | 3 | 23.1% |
| Fontwell Park | 13 | 1 | 7.7% |
| Doncaster | 12 | 3 | 25% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 11 | 3 | 27.3% |
| Plumpton | 11 | 1 | 9.1% |
| Haydock Park | 10 | 2 | 20% |
| Taunton | 9 | 2 | 22.2% |
| Windsor | 9 | 1 | 11.1% |
| Market Rasen | 8 | 3 | 37.5% |
| Exeter | 8 | 3 | 37.5% |
| Worcester | 8 | 2 | 25% |
| Ludlow | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Lingfield Park | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Goodwood | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Bath | 5 | 2 | 40% |
| Huntingdon | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Salisbury | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Newton Abbot | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| Ffos Las | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| Southwell | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Newmarket | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Leicester | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Sandown Park | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Epsom Downs | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Nottingham | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Fakenham | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% |