Lucy Wadham

The headline numbers this season tell a slightly mixed story. Wadham has recorded 18 winners from 144 runners, which works out at roughly 1 in every 8 races — a 12% win rate, down from 18% last year. That dip is worth noting, though context matters: more runners can sometimes mean a yard is casting the net wider, testing horses at different levels, and that is not always a bad thing. The raw total of winners is still healthy, and as recently as February 2026 she was winning at Kempton Park.

Where Wadham really catches the eye is at Fakenham, a tight, quirky little track in Norfolk that suits horses who know their job. She has won 4 races there from just 12 runners — a remarkable 1 in 3, and the kind of course record that suggests she sends horses there with a very clear plan. Getting a third of your runners home in front anywhere is exceptional; doing it at a track as particular as Fakenham suggests someone who understands exactly where her horses will thrive.

Her most reliable ally in the saddle is jockey Tom Cannon, who has ridden 78 of her horses and brought 13 of them home as winners — roughly 1 in every 6 rides. That is a productive, well-established combination. The standout individual horse in her yard has been Brother Boris, who has won 2 of their 13 races together. Two wins from 13 sounds modest on paper, but it represents a real partnership — a trainer who clearly knows the horse well enough to keep finding the right opportunities.

Five Class 1 victories in four years, 102 winners in total, and a genuine stranglehold on a track she clearly loves. The current season may not be running quite as hot as last year, but the foundations Wadham has built since 2021 are solid. She is the kind of trainer worth paying attention to — particularly if you see her name on the racecard at Fakenham.