The headline achievement is his record at the top level. Owen has won 10 Class 1 races in his career — the kind of races that appear on the television and draw the biggest crowds — at venues including Cheltenham, Newmarket and Wetherby. That list matters because those tracks do not hand out prizes to anyone. Three of those wins have come at Cheltenham alone, with a top-level success there on New Year's Day 2026 following two more in the 2024-25 season. Landing one big Cheltenham win is something many trainers never manage. Three in just over a year suggests Owen knows exactly how to prepare a horse for the occasion.
At the other end of the scale, keep an eye on what he sends to Ludlow. Three winners from just 5 runners at that track is a remarkable conversion rate — 3 from 5 means he is winning 60% of the time there, which is the kind of figure that makes you wonder whether he has the place worked out in a way nobody else has quite caught on to yet.
His most regular jockey is Pat Cosgrave, and together they have built a genuinely productive combination. Thirteen wins from 117 rides together works out at 11% — roughly 1 in every 9 — which is a solid, consistent partnership rather than a flash-in-the-pan relationship. Cosgrave clearly understands how Owen's horses are trained to run.
What is most striking about Owen's story is the speed of it. Four hundred career winners in three years, Class 1 success at the sport's most demanding venues, and a yard running at 1 in 6 over the past season — this is not a trainer quietly finding his feet. This is someone who arrived knowing exactly what he was doing.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwell | 149 | 20 | 13.4% |
| Wolverhampton | 134 | 25 | 18.7% |
| Lingfield Park | 104 | 15 | 14.4% |
| Newmarket | 68 | 3 | 4.4% |
| Kempton Park | 67 | 10 | 14.9% |
| chelmsford | 66 | 6 | 9.1% |
| Newcastle | 37 | 5 | 13.5% |
| Huntingdon | 36 | 9 | 25% |
| Worcester | 34 | 9 | 26.5% |
| Great Yarmouth | 33 | 8 | 24.2% |
| Chester | 29 | 4 | 13.8% |
| Fakenham | 27 | 5 | 18.5% |
| Uttoxeter | 26 | 11 | 42.3% |
| Market Rasen | 24 | 8 | 33.3% |
| Goodwood | 23 | 4 | 17.4% |
| Leicester | 23 | 3 | 13.0% |
| Doncaster | 23 | 3 | 13.0% |
| Plumpton | 21 | 5 | 23.8% |
| Ascot | 21 | 0 | 0% |
| Cheltenham | 19 | 2 | 10.5% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 18 | 6 | 33.3% |
| Brighton | 17 | 3 | 17.6% |
| Newbury | 17 | 0 | 0% |
| Windsor | 16 | 1 | 6.2% |
| Sedgefield | 14 | 6 | 42.9% |
| Fontwell Park | 14 | 3 | 21.4% |
| Musselburgh | 14 | 2 | 14.3% |
| Warwick | 14 | 2 | 14.3% |
| Beverley | 13 | 5 | 38.5% |
| Bath | 13 | 3 | 23.1% |
| Chepstow | 12 | 4 | 33.3% |
| York | 12 | 1 | 8.3% |
| Sandown Park | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| Catterick Bridge | 11 | 1 | 9.1% |
| Haydock Park | 11 | 0 | 0% |
| Wetherby | 10 | 2 | 20% |
| Cartmel | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Nottingham | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Carlisle | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Ripon | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Newton Abbot | 7 | 1 | 14.3% |
| Hamilton Park | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Redcar | 6 | 1 | 16.7% |
| Thirsk | 6 | 1 | 16.7% |
| Ludlow | 5 | 3 | 60% |
| meydan | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Pontefract | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Wincanton | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Epsom Downs | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Kelso | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| hereford | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Hexham | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Salisbury | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Ayr | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Fairyhouse | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| saint-cloud | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Taunton | 1 | 0 | 0% |