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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 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 ground
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%
Top-3 rate
avg ~30%

🔍 Full analysis

Our model's view, based on this trainer's record and recent runs
TrackLab's trainer breakdown

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 does best

Results split by ground, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Heavy (very wet)
Loves
Soft (muddy)
Good (a little give)
Ok
Good to soft (some give)
Ok
🏅 Race level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 3 (mid-level)
Avoids
Class 4 (standard)
Ok
Class 5 (entry-level)
Ok
🏟 Track shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Long straights
Left-handed, tight turns
Ok
Left-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids

🏇 Jockeys

The riders they work with most, most rides first
James Best Main partner
5.4%
Win rate
3/56
Wins / rides
Shane Fenelon
0%
Win rate
0/14
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/14
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/6
Wins / rides
20%
Win rate
1/5
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/2
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/2
Wins / rides
Paddy Hanlon
0%
Win rate
0/2
Wins / rides
Miss Jess Stewart(7)
100%
Win rate
1/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides

⭐ Top horses

The highest-rated horses linked to this trainer right now
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, most races first
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