The headline figures tell a solid story. Over the last twelve months, Bell has sent out 47 winners from 355 runners — that is roughly 1 in every 8, a healthy return for any yard. But the number that really matters is two: Bell has won two Class 1 races in his career, which means the biggest, most prestigious races in Britain. He landed one at Ascot in April 2025 and another at Newmarket in October 2025. Winning at either track once would be a marker of quality. Winning at both, at the top level, within a single calendar year, is the kind of thing that makes owners start paying attention.
The partnership with jockey Hector Crouch is one of the most productive in the yard's short history. Across 72 rides together, they have combined for 22 wins — that is almost 1 in every 3, a remarkable ratio that suggests something beyond routine booking. When Bell puts Crouch on a horse, it wins nearly a third of the time. That is the kind of number that makes the combination worth following whenever it appears on a racecard.
Wolverhampton has been a productive venue for the yard too. Five winners from 23 runners there is a win rate of around 1 in 5, noticeably better than the overall average, suggesting Bell knows how to prepare a horse for the all-weather track and when to target it.
What makes Bell genuinely interesting as a trainer is the speed of the trajectory. Four years in, two top-level wins, a trusted jockey, a growing total of career winners — this is a yard that has skipped the slow build and gone straight to competing at the highest level. Whether that pace continues will be the story to watch.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| chelmsford | 34 | 5 | 14.7% |
| Kempton Park | 31 | 4 | 12.9% |
| Great Yarmouth | 28 | 6 | 21.4% |
| Wolverhampton | 23 | 5 | 21.7% |
| Southwell | 23 | 3 | 13.0% |
| Newmarket | 22 | 3 | 13.6% |
| Windsor | 21 | 2 | 9.5% |
| Chester | 18 | 3 | 16.7% |
| Lingfield Park | 17 | 2 | 11.8% |
| Ripon | 17 | 1 | 5.9% |
| Doncaster | 14 | 2 | 14.3% |
| Ascot | 14 | 1 | 7.1% |
| Goodwood | 13 | 2 | 15.4% |
| York | 9 | 1 | 11.1% |
| Newcastle | 9 | 1 | 11.1% |
| Newbury | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| Epsom Downs | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Sandown Park | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Nottingham | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Leicester | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| meydan | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Ffos Las | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Bath | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Musselburgh | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Brighton | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Chepstow | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Catterick Bridge | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Salisbury | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Hamilton Park | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Haydock Park | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Beverley | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| The Curragh | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Thirsk | 1 | 0 | 0% |