The partnership with jockey Lewis Saunders is where Pickard has found his best results, with 1 win from 10 races together — a 10% win rate that, while modest in isolation, stands out as the most productive combination in the yard. When a young trainer finds a jockey who understands how his horses run, that relationship tends to matter more than the numbers suggest. Whether Saunders becomes a long-term ally is one of the more interesting threads to follow as the yard develops.
The most notable horse in Pickard's care right now is Inchagoill Lady, who has run 18 times for the yard and won once. That's a tough record to dress up, but 18 races together speaks to a genuine commitment to the horse rather than a quick turnaround. Some horses take time, and small yards often have the patience that bigger operations don't. Whether Inchagoill Lady can find her best form again is probably the most pressing question Pickard faces heading into the next few months.
Two years in, with a win rate that has slipped but a foundation that clearly exists, Pickard is at one of those early crossroads that shapes whether a training career grows or stalls. The experience is piling up — 33 runners in a season is real, meaningful data — and the question now is whether this season's lean spell is a blip or a pattern.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taunton | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Warwick | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Newton Abbot | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| hereford | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Wetherby | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Wincanton | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Plumpton | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Ludlow | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Kempton Park | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Sandown Park | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% |