P J Healy

Healy has been training since 2022, so this is still very much a career in its early chapters. Small yards can sometimes post flattering numbers simply because they are selective about where they run their horses, and with only four runners in the past twelve months that context matters here. But winning half of them is still half of them, and that is a figure most established trainers would be quietly envious of.

The one relationship that tells a more complicated story is his long-running partnership with Ta Se Rua. Together they have contested 13 races and won just 1 — a win rate of roughly 1 in 13, which sits in sharp contrast to the yard's overall numbers. That suggests Ta Se Rua is a horse that has taken some figuring out, or one that competes at a level where winning is genuinely hard. One from thirteen is not failure — plenty of horses never win at all — but it does hint that this particular combination has been on a longer journey than Healy's overall record might suggest.