Three years into his training career, Thomas R Hughes is still in the early stages of building his reputation, but the numbers from the past 12 months tell a straightforward story: one winner from eight runners, which works out to roughly 1 in every 8 races. For a yard of this size and age, that is modest but not unusual — training racehorses is a long game, and most successful trainers spent years like this before things clicked.Based on TrackLab's analysis
A snapshot of this trainer's performance over the last 12 months
8
Races
1
Wins
12.5%
Win rate
avg ~10%
12.5%
Top-3 rate
avg ~30%
🔍 Full analysis
Our model's view, based on this trainer's record and recent runs
TrackLab's trainer breakdown
The most striking detail in Hughes's record is his partnership with Rushford. Fifteen races together without a win is a lot of shared effort for no reward, and it raises questions about whether the horse simply hasn't found its best trip, its best ground, or its best day — or some combination of all three. Fifteen attempts is a significant investment of time and faith, and it will take something to finally get that partnership off the mark.
Where Hughes does show a sharper edge is on normal ground conditions — a dry, standard surface — where he has won 1 from 4 races, a win rate of 25%, or roughly 1 in every 4. That is a meaningful difference from his overall figures and suggests he times his best runners well when conditions suit.
📈 Form trend
How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2024–2026
0%
May
0%
Jun
0%
Jul
0%
Aug
0%
Oct
0%
Apr
100%
May
0%
Jul
0%
Aug
0%
Sep
0%
Feb
0%
Mar
🎯 Where this trainer does best
Results split by ground, race level and track shape