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Gillian Scott

Four years into her training career, Gillian Scott is still building — but there are genuine signs of progress. She has sent out 3 winners from 55 runners in the last 12 months, which works out at roughly 1 in every 18 races. That is a modest return on paper, but her win rate has crept up from 4% last season to 5% this year, and in a sport where small yards can take years to find their footing, steady improvement matters more than headline numbers.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Role
Trainer
Based
Ballingarry, Limerick
Record
3 wins from 55 races
Win rate
5.5%
Top jockey
Best course
Gowran Park (33.3% from 3 races)
Best going
Soft (muddy)

📊 Key Numbers

A snapshot of this trainer's performance over the last 12 months
55
Races
3
Wins
5.5%
Win rate
avg ~10%
21.8%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Trainer Breakdown
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The most interesting thread running through Scott's record is her performance on wet ground. When the rain comes and conditions turn soft or muddy, her horses win at 10% — 1 from 10 — which is double her overall rate. That is not a coincidence. It suggests Scott knows how to place horses that thrive when the ground rides slow, and it is the kind of edge that patient observers tend to notice before the wider world does.

Her standout partnership is with Way Down South, a horse she has run 18 times and won with twice. That is not a flashy record, but sticking with the same horse across 18 races tells its own story — she clearly believes in the partnership, and when it has clicked, it has delivered. Jockey Daniel King has been her most productive ally in the saddle, winning 1 from 11 rides together, a win rate of 9%. That is nearly 1 in every 10 — meaningfully better than her stable average — which suggests the pair have developed an understanding worth watching.

Scott is still at an early stage of what could be a long career. The numbers are small, but the direction of travel is right.

📈 Form Trend

How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2025–2026
0%
Jun
33.3%
Jul
0%
Aug
0%
Sep
0%
Oct
0%
Nov
0%
Dec
25%
Jan
0%
Mar
20%
Apr
0%
May
0%
Jun

🎯 Where This Trainer Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Soft (muddy)
Loves
Yielding to soft (damp)
Loves
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Avoids
Heavy (very wet)
Avoids
Good (firm-ish)
Avoids
Soft to heavy (wet)
Avoids
Good to yielding (mild give)
Avoids
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Loves
Right-handed, hilly
Loves
Right-handed, long straights
Ok
Right-handed, tight
Unknown
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

The riders they work with most, sorted by rides together
Daniel King First Choice
9.1%
Win rate
1/11
Won / Rode
W J Lee
0%
Win rate
0/9
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/7
Won / Rode
Darragh O'Sullivan
0%
Win rate
0/6
Won / Rode
25%
Win rate
1/4
Won / Rode
25%
Win rate
1/4
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Wayne Hassett(3)
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

Top Horses

The strongest horses currently associated with this trainer
Form: 71U2-3
Form: 079-22
Form: 634086
Form: 66-49
Form: 804-01
Form: 40105-
Form: 04555-
Form: 0666P
Form: 2-0539

🏟 Course Record

Win rate at each course, sorted by number of races
CourseRacesWinsWin rate
Cork 9 1 11.1%
Limerick 9 0 0%
Listowel 7 0 0%
The Curragh 7 0 0%
Killarney 5 1 20%
Thurles 4 0 0%
Gowran Park 3 1 33.3%
Leopardstown 3 0 0%
Galway 2 0 0%
Ballinrobe 2 0 0%
Roscommon 1 0 0%
Dundalk 1 0 0%
Tipperary 1 0 0%
Naas 1 0 0%

📅 Recent Results

The last 20 results, most recent first
3 Jun
The Curragh · 5f – 6½f · Good_To_Yielding
2nd
30 May
Listowel · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding
5th
30 May
Listowel · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
19 May
Cork · 1m3f – 1m4f · Soft_To_Heavy
10 May
Cork · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
3rd
4 May
The Curragh · 5f – 6½f · Good
9th
25 Apr
Limerick · 1m3f – 1m4f · Yielding
2nd
25 Apr
Limerick · 1m1f – 1m2f · Yielding
14th
16 Apr
Limerick · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
2nd
9 Apr
Gowran Park · 1m1f – 1m2f · Soft
2nd
9 Apr
Gowran Park · 1m1f – 1m2f · Soft
Won
31 Mar
Limerick · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
28 Mar
The Curragh · 5f – 6½f · Soft_To_Heavy
4th
19 Mar
Cork · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding
15 Mar
The Curragh · 1m1f – 1m2f · Heavy
18th
29 Jan
Thurles · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
3 Jan
Cork · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft
Won
3 Jan
Cork · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft
5th
3 Jan
Cork · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft
6th
29 Dec
Limerick · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft_To_Heavy
6th