Gary Harrison

The most telling number in Harrison's record is the partnership with jockey Alistair Rawlinson. The pair have teamed up 17 times without a winner between them, which is the kind of statistic that speaks to the difficulty of converting opportunities into results at this level. Similarly, his most regular runner, Thank The Lord, has gone eight races without visiting the winner's enclosure, suggesting the yard is doing its work with horses that are competing consistently but not yet finding a way to win.

None of this is unusual for a trainer still in the early stages of building a yard from the ground up — success at this level is slow, and one winner from a small string is a reminder of how competitive racing is even at the bottom of the ladder. The question for Harrison will be whether the next twelve months bring the kind of small improvements that eventually turn a 2% win rate into something more meaningful.