Justin Landy

The one puzzle in Landy's recent record is his partnership with Lipstick Traces, a horse he has run 6 times without a win. Six races together and still searching — that is the kind of stat that keeps a trainer up at night, though it does not necessarily mean the horse is without ability. Sometimes the right race, the right day, and the right conditions just haven't lined up yet. It remains unfinished business for the yard.

At just four years in, Landy is still in the early chapters of his training story. The improvement in results is the headline here — trainers who move in the right direction in their first few seasons are the ones who tend to keep climbing. The wins are coming more often, and that matters.