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Gordon Elliott

Four years into his training career, Gordon Elliott has already compiled the kind of numbers that take most trainers a decade to build. Nearly 1,000 career winners and 24 victories at the top level of the sport — including at Aintree, Cheltenham, and Newbury — tell you this is not someone still finding his feet. This is a yard operating at the sharp end of the game.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Role
Trainer
Based
Longwood, Co Meath
Record
209 wins from 1426 races
Win rate
14.7%
Top jockey
Best course
Ayr (46.2% from 13 races)
Best going
Good (firm-ish)

📊 Key Numbers

A snapshot of this trainer's performance over the last 12 months
1426
Races
209
Wins
14.7%
Win rate
avg ~10%
41.2%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Trainer Breakdown
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The sheer volume of his operation is striking. This season alone, Elliott has sent out 1,426 runners and won with 209 of them — that's roughly 1 in every 7, a 15% win rate across a massive string of horses. Sustaining that kind of consistency at scale is genuinely hard. Any trainer can win with a small, carefully picked team. Winning at that rate across more than 1,400 runners means the whole yard is producing, not just the stars.

And there are stars. Elliott's partnership with Wodhooh borders on the ridiculous — 10 wins from just 11 races together. That's the kind of record that makes you wonder if the horse simply runs better knowing who saddled it. Whether it's the preparation, the race placement, or just an unusually good fit, that combination has been almost unbeatable. Meanwhile, his most productive alliance with a jockey is with Jack Kennedy, who has ridden 93 winners from 463 rides for the yard — winning at 1 in every 5, a 20% win rate that puts him well clear of the average.

Elliott also has a particular knack at Ayr, where his horses win at a remarkable rate — 6 winners from just 13 runners. When a trainer wins nearly half the time at a specific track, it's worth paying attention. That's not luck; that's knowing which horses to run there and when.

Three top-level wins in the space of six weeks — at Chepstow in October, then Ascot and Newbury within a week of each other in November 2025 — underlines what the career figures already suggest: Elliott doesn't just win races, he wins the big ones. Four years in, nearly a thousand winners, and a trophy cabinet filling up at the highest level. It's a remarkable start, and by most measures, it already looks like more than that.

📈 Form Trend

How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2025–2026
15.4%
May
12.3%
Jun
15.7%
Jul
12.9%
Aug
8.1%
Sep
16.7%
Oct
18.9%
Nov
24.5%
Dec
9.9%
Jan
16.2%
Feb
7.3%
Mar
14.3%
Apr

🎯 Where This Trainer Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good (firm-ish)
Heavy (very wet)
Good to yielding
Soft (muddy)
Good to firm
Yielding
Ok
Soft to heavy
Ok
Yielding to soft
Ok
Standard (all-weather)
Ok
Good to soft
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 1
Ok
Class 2
Ok
Class 3
Loves
Class 4
Loves
Class 5
Loves
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, undulating
Loves
Right-handed, tight turning
Right-handed, undulating
Left-handed, tight turning
Right-handed, wide and galloping
Ok
Left-handed, wide and galloping
Ok
Right-handed, tight
Ok
Left-handed, tight
Wide and galloping

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

The riders they work with most, sorted by rides together
Jack Kennedy First Choice
20.1%
Win rate
93/463
Won / Rode
13.6%
Win rate
24/176
Won / Rode
6.2%
Win rate
8/130
Won / Rode
7.4%
Win rate
7/94
Won / Rode
Mr J H Williamson
17.0%
Win rate
15/88
Won / Rode
20.3%
Win rate
15/74
Won / Rode
7.5%
Win rate
3/40
Won / Rode
Carl Millar
14.3%
Win rate
5/35
Won / Rode
37.5%
Win rate
12/32
Won / Rode
James Smith
9.7%
Win rate
3/31
Won / Rode
7.4%
Win rate
2/27
Won / Rode
Paddy Cleary
11.5%
Win rate
3/26
Won / Rode
26.1%
Win rate
6/23
Won / Rode
4.8%
Win rate
1/21
Won / Rode
26.3%
Win rate
5/19
Won / Rode
10.5%
Win rate
2/19
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/13
Won / Rode
Michael Kenneally
12.5%
Win rate
1/8
Won / Rode
20%
Win rate
1/5
Won / Rode
25%
Win rate
1/4
Won / Rode

Top Horses

The strongest horses currently associated with this trainer
Form: 112-11
Form: 3-P321
Form: 4
Form: 1-4116
Form: 1-F023
Form: 3123
Form: -U0244
Form: 4
Form: 1-4233

🏟 Course Record

Win rate at each course, sorted by number of races
CourseRacesWinsWin rate
Punchestown 146 15 10.3%
Fairyhouse 138 20 14.5%
Navan 129 15 11.6%
Leopardstown 96 21 21.9%
Cheltenham 81 3 3.7%
Down Royal 77 17 22.1%
Naas 69 7 10.1%
Downpatrick 68 11 16.2%
Galway 55 5 9.1%
Kilbeggan 50 4 8%
Cork 49 8 16.3%
Clonmel 48 12 25%
Limerick 44 6 13.6%
Killarney 35 6 17.1%
Thurles 33 4 12.1%
Gowran Park 31 5 16.1%
Perth 30 6 20%
Wexford 30 2 6.7%
Tramore 29 5 17.2%
Tipperary 25 3 12%
Ballinrobe 23 5 21.7%
Bellewstown 22 5 22.7%
Sligo 19 4 21.1%
Listowel 19 4 21.1%
Roscommon 17 3 17.6%
Ayr 13 6 46.2%
The Curragh 12 0 0%
Dundalk 7 1 14.3%
Ascot 6 1 16.7%
Chepstow 5 1 20%
Worcester 3 2 66.7%
Newbury 3 1 33.3%
Hexham 2 1 50%
Newmarket 2 0 0%
Laytown 1 0 0%
Goodwood 1 0 0%
Doncaster 1 0 0%
Haydock Park 1 0 0%
Carlisle 1 0 0%
Cartmel 1 0 0%
York 1 0 0%
Kelso 1 0 0%
Chester 1 0 0%
Sandown Park 1 0 0%

📅 Recent Results

The last 20 results, most recent first
4 Apr
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft
7th
4 Apr
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft
11th
4 Apr
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft
6th
4 Apr
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft
4 Apr
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft
4 Apr
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft
4 Apr
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft
Won
4 Apr
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft
4 Apr
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft
4 Apr
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft
4 Apr
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft
2nd
4 Apr
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft
10th
4 Apr
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft
5th
4 Apr
Fairyhouse · Long Distance (2m+) · Yielding_To_Soft
2 Apr
Clonmel · 1m6f – 2m · Soft
5th
2 Apr
Clonmel · 1m6f – 2m · Soft
4th
2 Apr
Clonmel · 1m6f – 2m · Soft
Won
2 Apr
Clonmel · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
2 Apr
Clonmel · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
9th
2 Apr
Clonmel · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
2nd