Michael William O'Meara

The most compelling story from O'Meara's short career so far is his partnership with Roman Bull. Across 21 races together, the pair have combined for 2 wins — not a headline-grabbing ratio, but 21 races is a serious commitment to a single horse, and that kind of long-running relationship tells you something about the patience and belief inside the yard. Training is as much about knowing a horse deeply as it is about placing it cleverly, and O'Meara clearly has both.

With only four years on the job and a small string of runners, O'Meara is very much a trainer to watch rather than one to assess — the sample size is simply too small to draw firm conclusions. But a 1-in-6 win rate from limited opportunities in your early years is nothing to be dismissed. Plenty of yards take far longer than that to get off the mark at all.