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Mickey Bowen

Three years into his training career and Mickey Bowen is already making a strong case that he belongs at this level. Since picking up his trainer's licence in 2022, he has sent out 49 career winners in total — and remarkably, 47 of those have come in just the last twelve months. That kind of momentum is almost unheard of for someone so new to the job, and it suggests a yard that has quietly figured something out.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Role
Trainer
Based
Haverfordwest, Pembrokes
Record
47 wins from 314 races
Win rate
15.0%
Top jockey
Best course
Newton Abbot (35.7% from 14 races)
Best going
Good to firm

📊 Key Numbers

A snapshot of this trainer's performance over the last 12 months
314
Races
47
Wins
15.0%
Win rate
avg ~10%
43.0%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Trainer Breakdown
Auto-Generated

This season, Bowen has won roughly 1 in every 7 races he has entered — 47 winners from 314 runners — which is a genuinely impressive number for a trainer still in the early stages of building a string. For context, many experienced trainers operating at a similar level would be pleased with that return. He is not just accumulating runners and hoping for the best; his horses are winning at a rate that reflects real preparation and good judgment about where to place them.

If you want to find Bowen at his very best, follow him to Perth. He has sent out 5 winners from just 9 runners there — that means his horses win more than half the time at that track. Whether it is the way the course is set up, the distances on offer, or simply a knack for reading which horses will travel well to Scotland, something about Perth suits his operation unusually well. Five winners from nine is the kind of number that makes other trainers take notice.

Conditions also appear to matter. On fast, dry ground Bowen's record sharpens considerably — 3 wins from 10 races, or 30%, meaning almost 1 in every 3 races. That is double his already-solid overall rate and hints that his horses may be particularly well suited to quicker surfaces.

His most regular jockey partner is Shane Fenelon, who has partnered Bowen's horses 93 times and ridden 8 winners together — winning roughly 1 in every 12 rides. That combination has plenty of room to grow, and with Bowen's overall yard performing so strongly this season, more winners together seem likely. For a trainer who has only been at it since 2022, the trajectory is striking. Most yards take years to build this kind of consistency. Bowen appears to be in something of a hurry.

📈 Form Trend

How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2025–2026
22.6%
May
22.2%
Jun
30.6%
Jul
17.4%
Aug
31.4%
Sep
11.4%
Oct
5.9%
Nov
0%
Dec
4.2%
Jan
0%
Feb
0%
Mar
20%
Apr

🎯 Where This Trainer Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good to firm
Loves
Good (firm-ish)
Good to soft
Ok
Soft (muddy)
Ok
Standard (all-weather)
Good to yielding
Yielding
Heavy (very wet)
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 1
Avoids
Class 2
Class 3
Class 4
Class 5
Ok
Class 6
Avoids
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, tight turning
Loves
Right-handed, tight turning
Loves
Right-handed, wide and galloping
Loves
Left-handed, undulating
Left-handed, tight
Ok
Left-handed, wide and galloping
Avoids
Right-handed, undulating
Avoids
Wide and galloping
Avoids

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

The riders they work with most, sorted by rides together
17.2%
Win rate
16/93
Won / Rode
Shane Fenelon First Choice
8.6%
Win rate
8/93
Won / Rode
24.7%
Win rate
20/81
Won / Rode
16.7%
Win rate
1/6
Won / Rode
33.3%
Win rate
1/3
Won / Rode
33.3%
Win rate
1/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
Mr D Doyle
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Toby McCain-Mitchell
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
William Maggs
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

Top Horses

The strongest horses currently associated with this trainer
Form: -83123
Form: 2-11
Form: 32
Form: 542114
Form: 1312P0
Form: 826
Form: 3P4232
Form: 2
Form: P-46P3

🏟 Course Record

Win rate at each course, sorted by number of races
CourseRacesWinsWin rate
Ffos Las 37 4 10.8%
Cartmel 30 4 13.3%
Market Rasen 25 7 28.0%
Uttoxeter 24 5 20.8%
Worcester 19 1 5.3%
Newton Abbot 14 5 35.7%
Sedgefield 13 3 23.1%
Stratford-on-Avon 12 3 25%
Chepstow 11 0 0%
Hexham 10 3 30%
Cheltenham 10 0 0%
Perth 9 5 55.6%
Kelso 9 1 11.1%
Fontwell Park 9 1 11.1%
Catterick Bridge 8 1 12.5%
Haydock Park 8 0 0%
Newcastle 7 1 14.3%
Ascot 7 0 0%
Doncaster 7 0 0%
Fakenham 6 0 0%
Southwell 5 1 20%
Bangor-on-Dee 4 2 50%
Newbury 4 0 0%
hereford 4 0 0%
Exeter 3 0 0%
Ludlow 3 0 0%
Listowel 2 0 0%
Windsor 2 0 0%
Ayr 2 0 0%
Kempton Park 2 0 0%
Warwick 2 0 0%
Salisbury 1 0 0%
Wincanton 1 0 0%
Leicester 1 0 0%
Taunton 1 0 0%
Sandown Park 1 0 0%
Plumpton 1 0 0%

📅 Recent Results

The last 20 results, most recent first
4 Apr
Haydock Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
5th
4 Apr
Haydock Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
2nd
4 Apr
Haydock Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
2 Apr
Chepstow · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
7th
1 Apr
Sedgefield · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
Won
31 Mar
Newcastle · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
8th
31 Mar
Newcastle · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
4th
31 Mar
Newcastle · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
3rd
28 Mar
Stratford-on-Avon · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
6th
28 Mar
Uttoxeter · 1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Soft
3rd
26 Mar
Chepstow · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
7th
24 Mar
Taunton · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
4th
21 Mar
Newbury · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
11th
16 Mar
Ffos Las · 1m6f – 2m · Soft
2nd
15 Mar
Market Rasen · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
15 Mar
Chepstow · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
9th
14 Mar
Fontwell Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
2nd
13 Mar
Cheltenham · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
11th
13 Mar
Doncaster · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
5th
10 Mar
Cheltenham · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
8th