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Jo Davis

Four years into her training career, Jo Davis has established herself as a patient builder rather than a high-volume operator. This season tells a modest story on paper — 3 winners from 43 runners, which works out at roughly 1 in every 14 — a dip from the 1 in every 9 she was achieving this time last year. That kind of slide is worth watching, but in a small yard it can come down to a handful of horses having an off season rather than anything more structural.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Role
Trainer
Based
East Garston, Berkshire
Record
3 wins from 43 races
Win rate
7.0%
Top jockey
Best course
Ascot (100% from 1 races)
Best going
Soft (muddy)

📊 Key Numbers

A snapshot of this trainer's performance over the last 12 months
43
Races
3
Wins
7.0%
Win rate
avg ~10%
16.3%
Place rate (top 3)
avg ~30%

🔍 Full Analysis

TrackLab's AI-generated assessment based on career data and recent form
TrackLab's Trainer Breakdown
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The relationship that defines Davis's career so far is the one with Jolie Baie, a horse that has won 4 of the 18 races they have tackled together. That is a remarkable return — winning more than 1 in every 5 outings with a single horse suggests a trainer who really understands what she has in front of her, picking the right races at the right moments. For a yard still finding its feet, having a horse like that in the string is invaluable.

Her most regular jockey partnership is with Gavin Sheehan, who has been aboard for 16 of her runners and converted 2 of them into winners — a win rate of around 1 in 8. That is a decent working relationship, and the consistency of the booking suggests a genuine trust between the two. Sheehan is an experienced rider, and having a settled jockey who knows the horses well is one of those quiet advantages that does not always show up in the numbers.

Davis is still relatively early in her training career, and the honest truth is that four years in, the trajectory matters more than any single season. The dip this year is real, but the Jolie Baie record in particular shows she is capable of getting results when conditions are right. The next twelve months will tell us a great deal about whether this is a yard settling into a groove or one still searching for it.

📈 Form Trend

How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2025–2026
22.2%
Mar
0%
Apr
0%
May
0%
Jun
0%
Jul
0%
Sep
0%
Oct
0%
Nov
14.3%
Dec
0%
Jan
0%
Feb
16.7%
Mar

🎯 Where This Trainer Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Soft (muddy)
Good to soft (some give)
Good (firm-ish)
Ok
Heavy (very wet)
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 3 (mid-level)
Avoids
Class 4 (standard)
Ok
Class 5 (entry-level)
Avoids
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, long straights
Loves
Left-handed, tight
Loves
Long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Avoids
Left-handed, long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, hilly
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

The riders they work with most, sorted by rides together
Gavin Sheehan First Choice
12.5%
Win rate
2/16
Won / Rode
Finn Lambert
0%
Win rate
0/6
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/5
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
Tabitha Worsley
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
100%
Win rate
1/1
Won / Rode
Isabelle Ryder
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

Top Horses

The strongest horses currently associated with this trainer
Form: 3-6305
Form: 5-U584
Form: P0-43P
Form: -6891P
Form: 35-0P3
Form: 5604
Form: P443-P
Form: 8/05-
Form: 30P-5

🏟 Course Record

Win rate at each course, sorted by number of races
CourseRacesWinsWin rate
Huntingdon 6 1 16.7%
Fontwell Park 5 1 20%
Uttoxeter 5 0 0%
Chepstow 4 0 0%
Exeter 4 0 0%
Leicester 3 0 0%
Worcester 2 0 0%
hereford 2 0 0%
Lingfield Park 2 0 0%
Wincanton 2 0 0%
Ascot 1 1 100%
Taunton 1 0 0%
Market Rasen 1 0 0%
Newbury 1 0 0%
Bangor-on-Dee 1 0 0%
Warwick 1 0 0%
Ffos Las 1 0 0%
Kempton Park 1 0 0%

📅 Recent Results

The last 20 results, most recent first
21 Mar
Bangor-on-Dee · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
5th
18 Mar
Huntingdon · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
14 Mar
Fontwell Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
Won
14 Mar
Fontwell Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
5th
6 Mar
Exeter · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
1 Mar
Huntingdon · 1m6f – 2m · Soft
24 Feb
Leicester · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
3rd
20 Feb
Exeter · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
4th
20 Feb
Exeter · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
4th
19 Feb
Huntingdon · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
16 Feb
Lingfield Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
5 Feb
Huntingdon · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
5th
2 Feb
Kempton Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
8th
30 Jan
Ffos Las · Long Distance (2m+) · Heavy
15 Jan
Wincanton · 1m6f – 2m · Soft
14 Jan
Newbury · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
14th
9 Jan
Exeter · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
8 Jan
Taunton · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
22 Dec
Huntingdon · 1m6f – 2m · Good_To_Soft
Won
16 Dec
Wincanton · 1m6f – 2m · Soft
12th