What's particularly striking is that the momentum is building rather than levelling off. Last season he won roughly 1 in every 7 races his horses entered. This season, that figure has jumped to 1 in every 5 — 37 winners from 195 runners, a 19% win rate that puts him firmly among the sharper operators in the training ranks. He also won a top-level race at Ascot in February 2026, following top-level victories at Aintree in April 2025 and April 2024. Back-to-back wins at Aintree across consecutive years at the sport's biggest spring festival is the kind of record that gets people talking.
The jockey Lacey trusts most is Stan Sheppard, and the numbers back up that loyalty. Together they have clicked for 25 wins from 130 races — also roughly 1 in every 5 — a partnership that functions almost like an extension of the same operation. Finding a jockey who wins at the same rate as your yard overall is a rare alignment, and it clearly works. Meanwhile, Market Rasen has become a happy hunting ground: 4 winners from just 6 runners there, meaning the yard wins more than 2 out of every 3 races it contests at that track. That kind of dominance at a specific course suggests Lacey knows exactly which horses to send where.
One name that hasn't clicked yet is Myrighthandman, who has run four times for Lacey without winning. Given the yard's overall form, that stands out as unfinished business rather than a source of concern — a partnership yet to deliver on what the surrounding numbers suggest it should.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chepstow | 18 | 2 | 11.1% |
| Uttoxeter | 15 | 2 | 13.3% |
| Warwick | 13 | 2 | 15.4% |
| Huntingdon | 10 | 5 | 50% |
| Cheltenham | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Kelso | 9 | 1 | 11.1% |
| Ascot | 8 | 3 | 37.5% |
| Southwell | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Newton Abbot | 7 | 3 | 42.9% |
| Market Rasen | 6 | 4 | 66.7% |
| Haydock Park | 6 | 1 | 16.7% |
| Kempton Park | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Plumpton | 5 | 2 | 40% |
| Worcester | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| hereford | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Ludlow | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Aintree | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Newbury | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Sandown Park | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| Doncaster | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| Taunton | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Fakenham | 3 | 2 | 66.7% |
| Fontwell Park | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Exeter | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Catterick Bridge | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Lingfield Park | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Ayr | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Wolverhampton | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Carlisle | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Cartmel | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Ffos Las | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Newcastle | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Wetherby | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Wincanton | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| chelmsford | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Perth | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Musselburgh | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% |