The most striking part of her record is the four top-level wins she has collected in just four years. These are the biggest races in the calendar — the kind where the best horses in the country turn up and reputations are made. Hamilton has won at Ayr, Doncaster, Haydock Park and Kelso at that level, which is an extraordinary return for a yard of her age and size. Most trainers spend careers chasing a single win like that.
Her partnership with jockey Danny McMenamin is one of the most productive in the north. Of the 30 times McMenamin has ridden for her, they have won together 9 times — that is 1 in every 3 rides, a win rate of 30%. For context, even the very best trainer-jockey combinations rarely sustain that kind of figure over a meaningful number of races. When these two combine, it is well worth paying attention.
There is also a geographical edge worth noting. At Carlisle, Hamilton has won 6 races from just 12 runners — exactly half. That is not luck; that is a trainer who knows how to place a horse at a track, understands its demands, and keeps going back because it works. She also does her best work on normal ground, winning 4 from 13 races in those conditions, a rate of 31%. It suggests her horses are built for consistency rather than being specialists who only shine in the mud or the heat.
Four Class 1 wins, a 1-in-5 season-wide record, and a jockey partnership that wins nearly every third time out — Hamilton has built something real, and quickly. The northern training scene has plenty of experience and tradition to compete with, but on the evidence of the last four years, she is not waiting her turn.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle | 12 | 6 | 50% |
| Kelso | 9 | 1 | 11.1% |
| Newcastle | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| Sedgefield | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Perth | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Hexham | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Wetherby | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Ayr | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Musselburgh | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% |