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Simon Dow

Four years into his training career, Simon Dow has quietly built something worth paying attention to. Since taking out his licence in 2021, he has sent out 59 winners — a solid foundation for a yard still finding its feet at the top level. This season tells a similar story: 14 winners from 156 runners, which works out at roughly 1 in every 11 races. That might sound modest, but in a sport where most horses lose most of the time, consistency at that level takes genuine skill to maintain.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
Quick Facts
Role
Trainer
Based
Epsom, Surrey
Record
14 wins from 156 races
Win rate
9.0%
Top jockey
Best course
Lingfield Park (10.4% from 77 races)
Best going
Soft (muddy)

📊 Key Numbers

A snapshot of this trainer's performance over the last 12 months
156
Races
14
Wins
9.0%
Win rate
avg ~10%
26.9%
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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What makes Dow particularly interesting right now is his recent form. In the last two weeks alone, he has sent out 1 winner from just 5 runners — a 20% hit rate that is more than double his season average. Small sample, yes, but that kind of spike often signals a yard coming into form, with horses peaking at the right moment and everything clicking behind the scenes.

There is also a course where Dow's numbers genuinely stand out. At Lingfield Park, he has trained 8 winners from 77 runners — and for context, Lingfield is one of the busiest all-weather tracks in Britain, used year-round by competitive yards. Clocking up 8 wins there is not a fluke. It suggests Dow knows the track, understands the horses that suit it, and keeps going back with the right ones.

On wet or muddy ground, his record is striking: 2 wins from just 5 races, a 40% success rate that puts him among the best in those conditions. That kind of figure on a small sample should be taken seriously — it hints that Dow is adept at identifying which horses genuinely thrive when the ground is testing, rather than running them regardless.

His most productive jockey partnership is with Paddy Bradley, who has ridden 8 winners from 84 races for the yard — winning roughly 1 in every 10 times they team up. That is a meaningful relationship built over dozens of rides together. Perhaps the more eyecatching number, though, is with Jack Langley: 3 wins from just 15 races, a 1-in-5 success rate that suggests real chemistry when those two combine. For a trainer still in the early stages of his career, having reliable pilot options and a home track to exploit is exactly the kind of platform Dow appears to be building on.

📈 Form Trend

How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2025–2026
0%
May
13.3%
Jun
10%
Jul
8%
Aug
9.5%
Sep
18.2%
Oct
12.5%
Nov
6.7%
Dec
9.1%
Jan
11.1%
Feb
0%
Mar
11.1%
Apr

🎯 Where This Trainer Thrives

Performance broken down by ground, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Soft (muddy)
Loves
Standard (all-weather)
Standard to slow (all-weather)
Ok
Heavy (very wet)
Unknown
Good (firm-ish)
Avoids
Good to soft (some give)
Avoids
Good to firm (drying out)
Avoids
🏅 Competition Level
Class 2 (high-level)
Unknown
Class 3 (mid-level)
Avoids
Class 4 (standard)
Ok
Class 5 (entry-level)
Class 6 (grassroots)
🏟 Track Shape
Left-handed, tight turns
Right-handed, long straights
Left-handed, hilly
Ok
Left-handed, tight
Unknown
Right-handed, hilly
Avoids
Long straights
Avoids
Right-handed, tight turns
Avoids

🏇 Jockey Partnerships

The riders they work with most, sorted by rides together
Paddy Bradley First Choice
9.5%
Win rate
8/84
Won / Rode
14.3%
Win rate
3/21
Won / Rode
16.7%
Win rate
2/12
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/6
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/5
Won / Rode
33.3%
Win rate
1/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/3
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/2
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Jack Callan
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Rose Dawes
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode
Ashley Lewis
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
Jack Dace
0%
Win rate
0/1
Won / Rode

Top Horses

The strongest horses currently associated with this trainer
Form: 131-24
Form: 6497-2
Form: 5706-7
Form: 939-16
Form: 13-415
Form: 18321-
Form: 00609-
Form: 2914-3
Form: 5935-5
Form: 35-300

🏟 Course Record

Win rate at each course, sorted by number of races
CourseRacesWinsWin rate
Lingfield Park 77 8 10.4%
Kempton Park 48 4 8.3%
Epsom Downs 10 1 10%
Brighton 7 0 0%
Goodwood 5 0 0%
chelmsford 4 0 0%
Windsor 3 0 0%
Sandown Park 1 1 100%
Chester 1 0 0%

📅 Recent Results

The last 20 results, most recent first
30 Apr
Lingfield Park · 5f – 6½f · Standard
7th
28 Apr
Epsom Downs · 1m1f – 1m2f · Good
8th
27 Apr
Lingfield Park · 7f – 1m · Standard
Won
20 Apr
Lingfield Park · 5f – 6½f · Standard
6th
20 Apr
Lingfield Park · 1m1f – 1m2f · Standard
11th
14 Apr
Lingfield Park · 7f – 1m · Standard
9th
14 Apr
Lingfield Park · 1m1f – 1m2f · Standard
4th
14 Apr
Lingfield Park · 1m1f – 1m2f · Standard
3rd
6 Apr
Kempton Park · 5f – 6½f · Standard_To_Slow
5th
30 Mar
Kempton Park · 7f – 1m · Standard_To_Slow
2nd
27 Mar
Lingfield Park · 1m6f – 2m · Standard
6th
20 Mar
Lingfield Park · 1m1f – 1m2f · Standard
3rd
20 Mar
Lingfield Park · 1m1f – 1m2f · Standard
5th
18 Mar
Kempton Park · 1m3f – 1m4f · Standard_To_Slow
6th
18 Mar
Kempton Park · 1m1f – 1m2f · Standard_To_Slow
9th
28 Feb
Lingfield Park · 1m6f – 2m · Standard
27 Feb
Lingfield Park · 1m3f – 1m4f · Standard
25 Feb
Kempton Park · 1m1f – 1m2f · Standard_To_Slow
25 Feb
Kempton Park · 7f – 1m · Standard_To_Slow
14 Feb
Lingfield Park · 5f – 6½f · Standard
3rd