Grace Harris

Her most reliable ally in the saddle has been jockey Ray Dawson, and their numbers together are worth noting. Five wins from 42 rides is a win rate of around 12% — better than Harris's yard average — which means when Dawson is booked, the horses tend to run above their usual level. That kind of chemistry between trainer and jockey is hard to manufacture and usually takes time to develop. Four years in, they appear to have found something that works.

The most intriguing thread in her record is her partnership with The Big Reveal. Two wins from 16 races together does not leap off the page as a statistic, but 16 races is a long and loyal relationship between a trainer and a single horse. You do not keep running a horse that many times unless you believe in it, and the fact that Harris has coaxed two wins out of that partnership says something about her persistence and her ability to find the right opportunities. Knowing when and where to run a horse is half the job.

Harris is still in the early chapters of what looks like a career on an upward curve. Going from 80 career winners in four seasons, with a win rate climbing year on year, points to a trainer who is learning fast and placing her horses well. The next step will be whether she can push that 1-in-11 ratio closer to 1-in-8 or 1-in-9 — the kind of numbers that start attracting bigger owners and better horses. The foundations are clearly there.