The small print makes for interesting reading. His most regular jockey is James Davies, who has partnered his horses on 19 occasions without either of them breaking through for a win. His most frequent runner, a horse called Vendant, has gone out nine times under his care with the same result. At some yards, a horse running that often without winning would quietly disappear — the fact that Vendant keeps lining up suggests Rowe sees something worth persevering with.
Where the stats do offer a genuine bright spot is on wet, muddy ground. From seven races run in those conditions, Rowe has trained one winner — a win rate of 14%, or roughly 1 in every 7. For a trainer whose overall numbers are modest, that is a meaningful edge, and it hints that when the ground comes up soft and the right horse is ready, he knows what he is doing.
Four years in, Rowe is still very much in the building phase. One winner from 47 is not where any trainer wants to be, but the direction of travel — from nothing to something — is at least pointing the right way.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fontwell Park | 19 | 0 | 0% |
| Lingfield Park | 12 | 1 | 8.3% |
| Plumpton | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Huntingdon | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Exeter | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Warwick | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Wincanton | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Kempton Park | 1 | 0 | 0% |