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Sarah-Jayne Davies

Four years into her training career, Sarah-Jayne Davies is a trainer on the move. She only started sending horses out in 2021, and the early numbers were modest — a 2% win rate in her previous season meant winning roughly 1 in every 50 races. This season that figure has more than doubled to 5%, or about 1 in every 21, and the last fortnight has been genuinely eye-catching: 2 winners from just 6 runners, a hit rate of 33%. That is the kind of purple patch that gets people in the weighing room talking.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Role
Trainer
Based
Leominster, H'fords
Record
5 wins from 105 races
Win rate
4.8%
Top jockey
Best course
hereford (6.2% from 16 races)
Best going
Heavy (very wet)

📊 Key Numbers

A snapshot of this trainer's performance over the last 12 months
105
Races
5
Wins
4.8%
Win rate
avg ~10%
18.1%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Trainer Breakdown
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Over the course of this season, her most regular ally has been jockey James Best, who has partnered her horses 56 times for 3 wins. That is the same 5% win rate as the yard overall, which tells you Best is very much the steady, trusted operator rather than a specialist weapon she deploys in spot situations. The more interesting partnership is with Dj Pete — 2 wins from 12 races together is a 17% win rate, more than three times better than the yard's seasonal average. Something clearly clicks between that combination.

One detail worth noting for anyone thinking of following her runners: Davies has a surprisingly strong record on wet and muddy ground, winning 1 from 8 races in those conditions — a 12% win rate when the rain has been down. For a small yard still building its numbers, that is a meaningful edge, and it suggests her horses may be specifically suited to testing conditions rather than just tolerating them. If you see a Davies-trained runner declared on a soft track in winter, it is worth a closer look.

She is still at an early stage, and 5 winners from 105 runners in a season is a modest headline figure. But the direction of travel is clear — the win rate is rising, the recent form is strong, and the building blocks of a productive training operation are starting to show.

📈 Form Trend

How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2025–2026
0%
Apr
0%
May
0%
Jun
20%
Jul
0%
Aug
0%
Sep
0%
Oct
0%
Nov
9.1%
Dec
0%
Jan
9.1%
Feb
22.2%
Mar

🎯 Where This Trainer Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Heavy (very wet)
Loves
Soft (muddy)
Good (firm-ish)
Ok
Good to soft
Ok
🏅 Competition Level
Class 2
Class 3
Avoids
Class 4
Ok
Class 5
Ok
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, wide and galloping
Loves
Left-handed, wide and galloping
Wide and galloping
Left-handed, tight turning
Ok
Left-handed, tight
Right-handed, undulating
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turning
Avoids

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

The riders they work with most, sorted by rides together
James Best First Choice
5.4%
Win rate
3/56
Won / Rode
Shane Fenelon
0%
Win rate
0/14
Won / Rode
Tabitha Worsley
0%
Win rate
0/14
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/6
Won / Rode
20%
Win rate
1/5
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
Miss Jess Stewart(7)
100%
Win rate
1/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

Top Horses

The strongest horses currently associated with this trainer
Form: 25P415
Form: 4-5455
Form: 218944
Form: -52724
Form: 72P/1/
Form: -8474P
Form: 44-F4P
Form: F46-63
Form: /57-97

🏟 Course Record

Win rate at each course, sorted by number of races
CourseRacesWinsWin rate
Worcester 20 1 5%
hereford 16 1 6.2%
Ludlow 12 0 0%
Uttoxeter 10 0 0%
Huntingdon 8 1 12.5%
Bangor-on-Dee 8 1 12.5%
Ffos Las 7 1 14.3%
Leicester 5 0 0%
Chepstow 4 0 0%
Stratford-on-Avon 2 0 0%
Market Rasen 2 0 0%
Warwick 2 0 0%
Kempton Park 2 0 0%
Taunton 2 0 0%
Ascot 1 0 0%
Fakenham 1 0 0%
Southwell 1 0 0%
Haydock Park 1 0 0%
Cartmel 1 0 0%

📅 Recent Results

The last 20 results, most recent first
23 Mar
Kempton Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
21 Mar
Bangor-on-Dee · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
Won
19 Mar
Ludlow · 1m6f – 2m · Good
19 Mar
Ludlow · 1m6f – 2m · Good
18 Mar
hereford · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
Won
18 Mar
hereford · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
5th
14 Mar
Uttoxeter · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
2nd
1 Mar
Huntingdon · 1m6f – 2m · Soft
1 Mar
Ffos Las · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
26 Feb
Ludlow · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
24 Feb
Leicester · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
4th
22 Feb
hereford · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
4th
22 Feb
hereford · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
20 Feb
Ffos Las · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
Won
19 Feb
Huntingdon · 1m6f – 2m · Heavy
5th
18 Feb
OGradys Hill
Ludlow · 1m6f – 2m · Soft
5th
11 Feb
hereford · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
11 Feb
hereford · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
5 Feb
Huntingdon · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
4th
1 Feb
Market Rasen · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
5th