The headline achievements are genuinely impressive. Lavelle has won 7 top-level races in her career — the biggest prizes British racing has to offer — at venues including Cheltenham, Warwick, and Kempton Park. Cheltenham is the sport's cathedral, the place where reputations are built or buried, so landing a Class 1 race there in January 2026 matters enormously. Add wins at Warwick and the famous King George card at Kempton on Boxing Day 2022, and a clear picture emerges: this is a trainer who can prepare a horse for a big occasion and deliver.
One detail worth noting is how Lavelle's yard performs when the weather turns and the ground gets wet and muddy. On soft or heavy ground, her runners win 2 from 9 races — roughly 1 in every 4 or 5 — which is a noticeably better return than her overall average. It suggests her horses are prepared to handle conditions that catch other yards off guard.
Her most productive partnership is with jockey Harry Cobden, and the numbers here are striking. Together they have combined for 17 wins from 68 rides, winning roughly 1 in every 4 races — a 25% win rate that comfortably outperforms the yard's overall average. When a trainer and jockey consistently click like this, it usually means something beyond good luck: shared understanding, trust, and a horse presented in exactly the right shape to run its best race.
Four years in, with 204 winners, 7 top-level victories, and a yard clearly capable of rising to the biggest moments, Emma Lavelle is not a trainer to overlook.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newbury | 27 | 2 | 7.4% |
| Warwick | 20 | 1 | 5% |
| Kempton Park | 19 | 3 | 15.8% |
| Chepstow | 17 | 3 | 17.6% |
| Uttoxeter | 15 | 1 | 6.7% |
| Ascot | 14 | 2 | 14.3% |
| hereford | 14 | 1 | 7.1% |
| Wincanton | 14 | 0 | 0% |
| Cheltenham | 13 | 3 | 23.1% |
| Fontwell Park | 13 | 1 | 7.7% |
| Doncaster | 12 | 3 | 25% |
| Worcester | 12 | 2 | 16.7% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 11 | 3 | 27.3% |
| Plumpton | 11 | 1 | 9.1% |
| Haydock Park | 10 | 2 | 20% |
| Taunton | 9 | 2 | 22.2% |
| Windsor | 9 | 1 | 11.1% |
| Exeter | 8 | 3 | 37.5% |
| Ludlow | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Market Rasen | 7 | 2 | 28.6% |
| Goodwood | 6 | 1 | 16.7% |
| Leicester | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Lingfield Park | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Bath | 5 | 2 | 40% |
| Salisbury | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Newton Abbot | 4 | 2 | 50% |
| Huntingdon | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| Southwell | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Newmarket | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Nottingham | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Ffos Las | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Epsom Downs | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Sandown Park | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Wolverhampton | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Perth | 1 | 0 | 0% |