Jack Channon

The headline achievements are two wins at the very top level of British racing. In the space of two months in 2024, Channon landed a Class 1 race at Goodwood in May and another at Pontefract in July. Goodwood is one of the most celebrated venues in the sport, a track where horses and trainers are judged by the sharpest eyes in the game. To win there at the highest level, only months after doing the same at Pontefract, is the kind of thing that makes people in racing sit up and take notice of a young trainer.

One track where Channon has been particularly hard to beat is Newcastle, where he has won 5 races from just 10 runners. That is a 50% win rate — in a sport where even the very best trainers rarely win more than 1 in 4 — and it suggests he either understands that track exceptionally well or knows exactly which horses to send there. Probably both.

His most productive partnership in the saddle is with jockey George Bass, who has ridden 82 times for the yard and come home in front on 11 of those occasions, winning roughly 1 in every 7 rides. That is a steady, reliable combination that speaks to a real working relationship rather than a one-off arrangement. The one partnership that has not clicked yet is with Crest Of Fire, who has gone out five times for Channon without a win — though in racing, five races together is still early days, and plenty of successful duos have taken time to find their rhythm.

Three years in, 158 winners, two top-level wins, and a vice-like grip on Newcastle. Channon is building something worth watching.