Tracy Waggott

Her most productive partnership is with jockey William Pyle, and it is a combination that clearly works. Together they have won 5 races from 42 rides — roughly 1 in every 8 — which at 12% is comfortably better than Waggott's overall win rate. When a trainer and jockey find a rhythm, it tends to show up in the numbers, and this one is showing up.

Then there is Lady Of The Garr — a horse Waggott has run 32 times, picking up 2 wins along the way. That is a modest return on paper, but 32 races is a long working relationship, and the fact that Waggott has kept campaigning her tells you plenty about the patience and care coming from the yard. Not every horse is a superstar; some are earners, and knowing how to place them is a skill in itself.

One pattern worth noting is how well Waggott's horses perform on normal ground — the kind of conditions you would call standard, neither too wet nor too firm. In those conditions, her runners have won 4 from 32, which is that same 12% figure again. It suggests her horses are trained to perform when the track is at its most straightforward, which is not a bad place to be.

Forty winners in four years will not put her in the headlines yet, but Waggott is doing the hard, unglamorous work of establishing herself — improving her win rate, finding a reliable jockey partnership, and learning which horses suit which conditions. The foundations are there. Watch this space.