John & Thady Gosden

The numbers this season are particularly striking. From 574 runners, they have produced 135 winners — that is roughly 1 in every 4 races, a 24% win rate. A year ago that figure sat at 18%, meaning the yard is measurably better than it was last season. Improvement of that kind does not happen by accident. It reflects sharper decisions about which horses run where and when.

On normal ground conditions — neither too wet nor too dry, just a standard surface — the yard operates at a genuinely extraordinary level: 38 wins from just 96 races, which means they are winning 4 in every 10 of those contests. That is the kind of number that makes other trainers uncomfortable. It suggests the horses arrive fit, ready, and placed perfectly.

Newcastle is worth singling out. Nine winners from just 16 runners at a single track is not a statistical blip — that is domination. When the Gosden team loads a horse onto a lorry headed north, you pay attention.

Their most productive jockey partnership is with Robert Havlin, who has ridden 35 winners from 185 rides for the yard — winning almost 1 in every 5. That consistency across nearly 200 races together points to a real working relationship, not just occasional bookings. Most recently the yard has been busy through the winter all-weather circuit, winning at Kempton, Lingfield, and Southwell in recent weeks — a reminder that while the big summer prizes get the headlines, this is a team that keeps winning in the quiet months too.