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Venetia Williams

There are trainers who operate quietly at the fringes of the sport, and then there are trainers who have won 33 top-level races at venues like Ascot, Cheltenham, and Newbury. Venetia Williams is firmly in the second category. In four years since setting up in 2021, she has sent out 208 career winners, a number that tells you this is not a yard still finding its feet — it is an established operation that knows how to win at the highest level.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Role
Trainer
Based
Kings Caple, H'fords
Record
16 wins from 223 races
Win rate
7.2%
Top jockey
Best course
Ludlow (21.4% from 14 races)
Best going
Soft (muddy)

📊 Key Numbers

A snapshot of this trainer's performance over the last 12 months
223
Races
16
Wins
7.2%
Win rate
avg ~10%
31.4%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Trainer Breakdown
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The 2025 season has offered three reminders of what Williams can do on the biggest stages. She landed top-level wins at Ascot in February, Wetherby in November, and Huntingdon in December — three different tracks, spread across the calendar, which speaks to a yard with genuine depth rather than one that peaks for a single festival and disappears. Those 33 top-level wins in total are a serious body of work.

The most reliable partnership in the yard is with jockey Charlie Deutsch, who has ridden 152 times for Williams and turned 12 of those into winners — roughly 1 in every 13 rides. That is a working relationship built on repetition and trust, the kind that tends to show up on the days that matter. Then there is Falco Des Pins, who has won 2 of 10 races alongside Williams — not a dominant record in raw numbers, but a horse the yard clearly keeps returning to for good reason.

The one area worth watching is the overall win rate this season. Williams is currently converting 16 winners from 223 runners — roughly 1 in every 14, or 7% — compared to 14% at the same stage last year. That drop is noticeable, and anyone paying close attention will want to see whether it is a temporary dip or something the yard needs to work through. For context, the big-occasion wins have kept coming regardless, which suggests the quality is still there even if the volume is down. In racing, a trainer who wins 1 in 14 but keeps finding the winners' enclosure at Ascot and Cheltenham is not a trainer in trouble — they are a trainer having a complicated season. There is a difference.

📈 Form Trend

How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2025–2026
17.6%
Feb
3.3%
Mar
3.8%
Apr
0%
May
0%
Jun
0%
Oct
10%
Nov
9.1%
Dec
0%
Jan
11.1%
Feb
8.1%
Mar
0%
Apr

🎯 Where This Trainer Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Soft (muddy)
Good to soft
Ok
Heavy (very wet)
Ok
Good (firm-ish)
Ok
🏅 Competition Level
Class 1
Class 2
Avoids
Class 3
Ok
Class 4
Class 5
Loves
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, tight
Loves
Right-handed, wide and galloping
Right-handed, undulating
Left-handed, wide and galloping
Ok
Left-handed, tight turning
Ok
Right-handed, tight turning
Ok
Wide and galloping
Avoids

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

The riders they work with most, sorted by rides together
Charlie Deutsch First Choice
7.9%
Win rate
12/152
Won / Rode
Ned Fox
7.7%
Win rate
3/39
Won / Rode
11.1%
Win rate
1/9
Won / Rode
Murray Dodd
0%
Win rate
0/5
Won / Rode
Shane Quinlan
0%
Win rate
0/5
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

Top Horses

The strongest horses currently associated with this trainer
Form: -63112
Form: 37-332
Form: 29-633
Form: 4-22
Form: 6-6324
Form: 5-1252
Form: P-69
Form: 76-461
Form: P-1
Form: 00/3/P

🏟 Course Record

Win rate at each course, sorted by number of races
CourseRacesWinsWin rate
Cheltenham 15 2 13.3%
Ludlow 14 3 21.4%
hereford 14 0 0%
Chepstow 14 0 0%
Plumpton 12 1 8.3%
Uttoxeter 11 2 18.2%
Sandown Park 11 0 0%
Ffos Las 11 0 0%
Leicester 10 1 10%
Bangor-on-Dee 10 1 10%
Warwick 10 0 0%
Huntingdon 8 1 12.5%
Exeter 8 0 0%
Newbury 8 0 0%
Wincanton 7 2 28.6%
Fontwell Park 7 1 14.3%
Lingfield Park 6 0 0%
Stratford-on-Avon 6 0 0%
Ascot 6 0 0%
Haydock Park 5 0 0%
Newton Abbot 5 0 0%
Carlisle 4 0 0%
Newcastle 3 1 33.3%
Market Rasen 3 0 0%
Doncaster 3 0 0%
Taunton 2 0 0%
Kempton Park 2 0 0%
Aintree 2 0 0%
Windsor 2 0 0%
Wetherby 1 1 100%
Cartmel 1 0 0%
Goodwood 1 0 0%
Chester 1 0 0%

📅 Recent Results

The last 20 results, most recent first
4 Apr
Carlisle · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
4 Apr
Carlisle · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
5th
4 Apr
Carlisle · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
6th
31 Mar
Bangor-on-Dee · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
6th
28 Mar
Uttoxeter · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
26 Mar
Warwick · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
4th
23 Mar
Wincanton · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
3rd
22 Mar
Exeter · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
4th
21 Mar
Bangor-on-Dee · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
2nd
20 Mar
Newbury · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
7th
20 Mar
Newbury · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
3rd
17 Mar
Exeter · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
2nd
17 Mar
Exeter · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
7th
15 Mar
Chepstow · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
14 Mar
Uttoxeter · 1m6f – 2m · Soft
7th
14 Mar
Fontwell Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
3rd
14 Mar
Fontwell Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
2nd
14 Mar
Uttoxeter · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
3rd
14 Mar
Uttoxeter · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
14 Mar
Fontwell Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
Won