The most striking detail in her record is how she performs on wet or soft ground. In those conditions, she has won 1 from 6 races — a 17% win rate, more than double her overall average. That suggests her horses are being prepared specifically to handle softer ground well, which is either smart training, shrewd race selection, or both. Either way, it's worth paying attention to when the forecast looks grey.
Her longest-running partnership is with Smackwater Jack, a horse she has taken to the track 14 times together for 1 win. That ratio tells a story of a horse that keeps running without quite delivering — but the fact that Foster has kept campaigning him suggests she believes there is more to come. Whether that faith is rewarded remains to be seen, but it speaks to her patience as a trainer.
Four years in, Foster is still building. The yard is not yet producing winners at a rate that turns heads in the national press, but the upward trend is real and the soft-ground figures hint at a genuine skill beginning to emerge. Trainers worth watching are not always the ones at the top of the table — sometimes they're the ones quietly climbing it.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navan | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Punchestown | 7 | 1 | 14.3% |
| Ballinrobe | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Fairyhouse | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Gowran Park | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Dundalk | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| The Curragh | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Limerick | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Leopardstown | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Down Royal | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Kilbeggan | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Cork | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Roscommon | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Thurles | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Tipperary | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Bellewstown | 1 | 0 | 0% |