P J Rothwell

This season tells a story of volume and consistency. Thirty-six winners from 640 runners works out at roughly 1 in every 18 races — a 6% win rate that, while modest on paper, represents a serious amount of runners going through the yard. Training at that scale means managing horses of all kinds across a full season, and keeping the winners ticking over is no small thing. It is worth noting the win rate has nudged down slightly from 7% last year, so there is a marginal dip to keep an eye on, though one season's drift rarely tells the whole story.

Where Rothwell clearly thrives is on normal ground conditions. From 139 races run in standard conditions, the yard has produced 12 winners — a 9% win rate, or roughly 1 in every 11. That is a meaningful jump above the seasonal average and suggests Rothwell has a feel for placing horses when the ground suits them, rather than running them wherever and hoping for the best.

The most reliable partnership in the yard right now is with jockey Tiernan Power Roche. Nineteen wins from 269 rides together at a 7% win rate — just under 1 in every 14 — points to a combination that has developed genuine understanding over time. That kind of repetition between trainer and jockey matters: communication sharpens, and both parties learn which horses need what.

On the individual horse front, the standout story is Give Him A Chance, who has won 3 of his 14 races in Rothwell's care. Three from fourteen might not sound spectacular, but in a sport where landing even one race takes patience and planning, finding a horse who keeps delivering is exactly the kind of asset a yard builds its reputation on. At four years in, with 140 winners already banked and a stable jockey partnership working well, Rothwell looks like a trainer worth following — particularly when the ground is riding normally and Give Him A Chance is in the field.