R P Cody

The last 12 months tell a similar story: 6 winners from 79 runners, which works out at roughly 1 in every 13 races. That is a modest return by the numbers, but context matters — small yards often operate on tight margins, and every winner represents a meaningful moment for the team. Getting horses to the track consistently is a job in itself, and 79 runners in a year is a real workload.

Where Cody does show a clearer edge is on normal ground, where his horses have won 3 from 25 races — a 12% win rate, or roughly 1 in every 8. That is notably better than his overall figure, hinting that when conditions are straightforward and predictable, the yard is better placed to perform. It is a small but useful signal for anyone following the stable.

His most regular jockey partnership is with Mr P J Cody — almost certainly a family connection — who has partnered the yard's horses 14 times in the past year for 1 win. One from 14 is a 7% win rate, which trails even the yard's modest overall average, so that combination has not yet found its best form together. Whether that changes as the partnership matures remains to be seen.

At four years in, Cody is still in the relatively early stages of a training career. Thirty-eight winners is a foundation, not a peak, and the trajectory from here will depend on the horses coming through the yard and the opportunities they get. There is nothing flashy in these numbers — but every trainer in the sport started somewhere, and Cody is doing the steady, unglamorous work of building something from the ground up.