The most eye-catching number from Morland's short career is also the one that requires the most context. Last year he was winning at a rate of 19%, which is genuinely impressive — that means almost 1 in every 5 runners was coming home first. This season that figure has dipped to 10%, or roughly 1 in every 10, with 14 winners from 143 runners. That sounds like a step backwards, but for a trainer in only their second season, simply having 143 runners is a sign that the yard is growing and attracting horses. The winners will follow.
One area where Morland already shows a clear edge is when the ground gets soft underfoot — think wet, slightly holding conditions after a spell of rain. In those circumstances his horses win at a rate of 22%, or 4 from every 18 races. That is more than double his overall average and suggests he knows how to prepare horses for a specific set of conditions, which is a real skill.
His most trusted partner in the saddle is jockey Daniel Muscutt, who has ridden for the yard 27 times and produced 3 winners — a win rate of 11%, or just over 1 in every 9 rides. That is a quietly productive combination that looks likely to keep building. Less fruitful, at least so far, is the partnership with Baandee, who has run three times for Morland without a win. Three races is a small sample, and that can easily change.
At just over a year into training, Morland is still very much in the early chapters of his story. The dip in win rate this season is the kind of thing that happens when a yard scales up and takes on more horses at different levels. What stands out is the soft-ground record, the growing volume of runners, and the fact that a working partnership with a jockey like Muscutt is already taking shape. The foundations look promising.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wolverhampton | 23 | 2 | 8.7% |
| Kempton Park | 12 | 1 | 8.3% |
| Great Yarmouth | 10 | 1 | 10% |
| chelmsford | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Lingfield Park | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Newcastle | 9 | 2 | 22.2% |
| Brighton | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Southwell | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| Haydock Park | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Leicester | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Bath | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Beverley | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| Redcar | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| Windsor | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Catterick Bridge | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Epsom Downs | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Pontefract | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Nottingham | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Newmarket | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Goodwood | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Carlisle | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Salisbury | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Ripon | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% |