Mrs Sara V Bradstock

This season tells a story of quiet efficiency. Four winners from 25 runners works out at roughly 1 in every 6 races, a 16% win rate that holds up well for a yard of her size and experience. What makes those numbers more meaningful is where those wins have come from. A Class 1 victory at Haydock Park in January 2025 and another at Uttoxeter in March 2025 suggest Bradstock isn't just picking up races at small tracks on quiet afternoons — she is competing on big days and delivering.

The partnership with jockey Miss Lily Bradstock is the beating heart of the operation. Across 17 rides together, they have won 4 times — a win rate of 24%, or roughly 1 in every 4 races. That is a genuinely impressive number. When two people develop that kind of rhythm, it usually means they understand each other well: the trainer knows what a horse needs, and the jockey knows how to give it to them in the moment. It is the sort of combination that wins races before the starting gate even opens.

One name that hasn't clicked yet is Jurassic Pet, who has run three times for Bradstock without finding the winner's enclosure. That is not unusual — some horses take time, and some partnerships simply don't produce what the form suggests they should. It is worth watching whether that changes, because when a trainer of Bradstock's quality keeps running a horse, there is usually a reason.

Four years in, two top-level wins banked, and a jockey partnership firing at better than 1 in 4 — the foundations here are solid. The next question is whether Bradstock can start turning individual highlights into a sustained run at the top of the game. On current evidence, that feels less like an if and more like a when.