Henry Dwyer

What makes those numbers genuinely extraordinary is where that winner came from. Both of Dwyer's career victories have been Class 1 races — the highest level of competition in Britain — at two of the most famous venues in the sport. He won at Ascot in June 2024, just weeks into his training career, and then returned to the top table at York in August 2025. Ascot and York are not places where new trainers are supposed to win. They host the most competitive fields, attract the biggest names, and punish any weakness in preparation. To land two of them from four runners total is startling.

Much of Dwyer's early story is tied to one horse: Asfoora. The pair have raced together eight times and won twice, which is a 25% win rate from that partnership alone — a strong return at any level, but especially so when you consider the standard of race they have been targeting. Two wins from eight attempts in top-flight company is a result most established trainers would happily take. It suggests Dwyer knows this horse well and picks her spots carefully, which is itself a skill worth noting in someone so new to the job.

One year in, the sample size is tiny and it would be wrong to get too far ahead of the facts. But the facts themselves are hard to argue with. Henry Dwyer has trained four horses in twelve months and come home with two of the biggest prizes British racing has to offer. Whatever comes next, that opening chapter is one of the more eye-catching debuts the training ranks have seen in some time.