The headline moment arrived on 24 January 2026 at Doncaster, where Comley landed his first top-level Class 1 win — one of the biggest prizes available in British racing. Getting to that level in your fourth year of training is genuinely unusual, and it marks him out as someone operating well above the apprentice tier he was in not long ago.
The most telling detail in his record might be what happens when the weather turns. On wet or muddy ground, Comley's horses win 7 from 28 races — that's 25%, or roughly 1 in every 4. Across all conditions, he wins 1 in 8. So when it rains, his runners become twice as likely to win. Whether that reflects the types of horses in his yard, his preparation methods, or simply a sharp eye for when to run them, it is a pattern worth knowing about. Southwell also suits him well — 3 winners from just 7 runners there is a strong return from a small sample.
His most productive partnership is with jockey David Bass, who has ridden 53 times for the yard and won 7 of them — again, that 1-in-8 figure, entirely consistent with Comley's overall numbers. Bass is clearly the stable's trusted pilot. The one relationship that has not clicked, at least on paper, is with a horse called Lady Fortune: six races together and no wins yet. Sometimes the partnership that looks right on paper just does not translate on the track, and this one is still searching for its moment.
Four years in, one top-level winner, a win rate that has more than tripled in a single season — Comley is a trainer worth watching, particularly when the ground is soft and the venue is Doncaster.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Worcester | 14 | 2 | 14.3% |
| Market Rasen | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| Huntingdon | 11 | 1 | 9.1% |
| Southwell | 7 | 3 | 42.9% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 7 | 2 | 28.6% |
| Ffos Las | 7 | 1 | 14.3% |
| Chepstow | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| hereford | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Exeter | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Wincanton | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Newton Abbot | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Warwick | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| Catterick Bridge | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| Sandown Park | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Leicester | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Aintree | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Newbury | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Taunton | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Plumpton | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Sedgefield | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Cheltenham | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Fontwell Park | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Kempton Park | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Uttoxeter | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Ludlow | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Lingfield Park | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Doncaster | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Wetherby | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Wolverhampton | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Hexham | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Fakenham | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% |