The numbers behind his most-used jockey partnership, however, make for interesting reading. Harry Russell has ridden 52 times for Pears and come away with just 1 winner — a win rate of around 2%, or roughly 1 in every 52 rides. To put that in perspective, if you backed every horse Russell rode for Pears, you'd have been waiting a very long time between celebrations. It doesn't necessarily mean the partnership is a poor one — sometimes a trainer uses a jockey precisely for their style or their knowledge of a particular horse — but on paper, it's a combination that hasn't translated into results yet.
The pairing with Norcross Brow is similarly stark: six races together and no wins to show for it. Whether that changes in the near future will be one of the small storylines worth following as Pears continues to develop his string.
What's genuinely encouraging, though, is the bigger picture. Sixty-eight winners in four years represents real, consistent progress, and a 1-in-10 win rate over a full season suggests a yard punching at a reasonable level. Pears is still learning the craft, and trainers at this stage often improve sharply as they accumulate experience and attract better horses.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle | 19 | 2 | 10.5% |
| Redcar | 17 | 1 | 5.9% |
| Beverley | 17 | 0 | 0% |
| Southwell | 16 | 3 | 18.8% |
| Catterick Bridge | 15 | 0 | 0% |
| Pontefract | 6 | 2 | 33.3% |
| Thirsk | 6 | 1 | 16.7% |
| Wolverhampton | 6 | 1 | 16.7% |
| Carlisle | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Newton Abbot | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| Hamilton Park | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Wetherby | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Ripon | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| York | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Kelso | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Market Rasen | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| chelmsford | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Hexham | 1 | 0 | 0% |