Jennie Candlish

This season tells a slightly more complicated story. Candlish has sent out 61 winners from 495 runners, winning roughly 1 in every 8 races — a solid return by most standards, but a step back from last year's 18% win rate, when she was winning closer to 1 in every 5. Whether that dip reflects a tougher draw of races, a quieter squad, or just the natural ebb of a training career is hard to say from the numbers alone, but it's worth watching to see if she finds her way back to that sharper level.

Her strongest jockey partnership is with George Wood, who has ridden 116 times for the yard and converted 12 of those into wins — roughly 1 in every 10 rides. That's a steady, dependable combination rather than a fireworks show, but 12 winners from a single jockey relationship is a meaningful contribution and speaks to a genuine working alliance built over time.

One course worth flagging is Newton Abbot. Three winners from just six runners there gives Candlish a 50% win rate at that track — winning 1 in every 2 races. That's the kind of number that makes you pay attention whenever she loads a horse onto the lorry heading to Devon. Small samples can flatter, but halving a field every time you turn up somewhere is not a coincidence.

The partnership with Lewisham Grove is harder to read — one win from seven races together is modest on paper, but the fact that Candlish keeps running that horse says something about patience and a long-term plan. At 198 career winners in just four years, Candlish is clearly building something with purpose, and the next milestone — 200 winners — is close enough to feel like a moment worth watching for.