James Keane is one of the newest names in British training, with his first recorded result coming as recently as February 2026. In a profession where it typically takes years to build a string of horses, a client base, and a reputation, he is still very much at the beginning of that journey — so everything here should be read with that in mind.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Trainer Breakdown
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The early numbers are modest but not unusual for a yard finding its feet. One winner from 13 runners this season works out at roughly 1 in every 13 races, which is below the average you'd hope for eventually, but sample sizes this small rarely tell the full story. What is slightly encouraging is that on normal ground, the team has won 1 from 5 — that's 20%, or 1 in every 5, which is a meaningful uptick and suggests the yard's horses may perform better when conditions are straightforward rather than testing.
Jack Mitchell has been the go-to jockey, partnering Keane's horses on 12 occasions for that single winner. The most regular horse in the yard, Miletus, has run four times without winning, which is something to watch rather than worry about at this stage. Four races is not enough to draw firm conclusions about any horse.
At this point, Keane is simply a trainer to keep an eye on rather than one to make bold claims about. The story is only just starting to be written.
📈 Form Trend
How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2026
0%
Feb
16.7%
Mar
0%
Apr
🎯 Where This Trainer Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Standard (all-weather)
Loves
Good (firm-ish)
Unknown
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Unknown
Good to soft (some give)
Unknown
Good to firm (drying out)
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 4 (standard)
Unknown
Class 6 (grassroots)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, long straights
Likes
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Unknown
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
The riders they work with most, sorted by rides together