Tim Vaughan

Day to day, Vaughan operates at a steadier pace. Over the last twelve months he's sent out 142 runners and turned 11 of them into winners — roughly 1 in every 13, or an 8% win rate. That's a modest return on the surface, but for a trainer still in the early stages of building a yard, consistent winners matter more than the percentage. Seventy career winners in four years is a respectable foundation.

His most reliable local track is Ffos Las, the Welsh course that sits closest to home territory. Three winners from 18 runners there — roughly 1 in 6 — suggests horses from his yard arrive at Ffos Las tuned up and ready. It's the kind of course record that tells an owner exactly where to aim a horse if they want a realistic chance of winning.

Conditions matter too. On slightly wet ground — not heavy mud, but ground that has a bit of softness underfoot — Vaughan's horses have won 4 of 32 races, about 1 in every 8. That's a 12% return and meaningfully better than his overall average, which is worth knowing when the autumn rain arrives and the ground starts to ease.

His most regular partnership with a jockey is James Davies, who has ridden for Vaughan 22 times and converted 2 of those into winners. That's a modest 9% win rate — roughly 1 in 11 — and honest rather than spectacular. Interestingly, his flagged partnership with Diligent Militia has produced nothing from four attempts together, a reminder that even the most talked-about combinations don't always click. What Vaughan's career story actually says, four years in, is that the Cheltenham win was no fluke — it was evidence of what this yard is building toward.