Gary McGill has been training racehorses since 2021, giving him four years in the job — long enough to have learned the ropes, but his numbers tell the story of someone still waiting for that first breakthrough. In the past 12 months, his horses have gone to the races 37 times without once coming home in front. That is a tough run by any measure.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Quick facts
Role
Trainer
Based
Upperlands, Maghera
Record
0 wins from 37 races
Win rate
0%
Top jockey
Mr D McGill
Best course
Punchestown (0% from 6 races)
📊 Key numbers
A snapshot of this trainer's performance over the last 12 months
Our model's view, based on this trainer's record and recent runs
TrackLab's trainer breakdown
The horse he has turned to most often is Ocean Of Dreams, the two of them having teamed up four times together without a win to show for it. His most regular jockey partnership is with Mr D McGill — the shared surname suggesting this may well be a family operation — and across 10 rides together, they have yet to trouble the winner's enclosure either.
It would be easy to write off a record like this, but four years is still a relatively short career in a sport where building a yard takes time, patience, and often a lot of luck with the horses that come through the door. Every trainer who is now filling a trophy cabinet once had a season that looked a lot like this one. The first winner, when it comes, will mean something.
📈 Form trend
How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2025–2026
0%
Apr
0%
May
0%
Jun
0%
Jul
0%
Aug
0%
Sep
0%
Oct
0%
Nov
0%
Dec
0%
Jan
0%
Feb
0%
Mar
🎯 Where this trainer does best
Results split by ground, race level and track shape