Adrian Wintle

One horse has become something of a calling card for the yard: Eutropia. Together they have won 3 of their 8 races, which works out at a win rate of 37% — well over 1 in every 3 outings. That is an extraordinary hit rate for any trainer-horse combination and suggests Wintle really understands what makes that particular horse tick.

His most reliable jockey partnership is with Finley Marsh, who has ridden 122 times for the yard and converted 14 of those into wins — roughly 1 in every 9 rides. That volume of shared experience matters. When a jockey and trainer work together that consistently, there is a shorthand between them that pays dividends on the big day.

Wintle also has a sharp eye for conditions. On fast, dry ground his runners win at 16% — 3 from 19 — which is well above his overall average and suggests he knows exactly how to prepare a horse for a quick track. Ffos Las in Wales has been particularly fruitful, with 4 winners from just 17 runners there. That works out at nearly 1 in every 4 runners trained there ending up in the winner's enclosure, which is the kind of course record that sharp punters quietly file away.

Still only four years into the job, Wintle is at the stage where the foundations are clearly laid and the wins are starting to stack up. Eighty-three career winners is a solid platform, and if the improvement from last season to this one continues, the next few years could be very interesting indeed.