Where Pearce does show a clear edge is on wet or muddy ground. In those conditions this season, he's won 2 from 11 races — an 18% win rate, or nearly 1 in every 5. That's a meaningful difference from his overall figures and suggests his horses are specifically well-suited when the ground is soft underfoot. If you ever see a Pearce runner on a rainy afternoon, it's worth paying attention.
His most productive partnership is with jockey Jack Mitchell, who has won 3 of 14 races together — a win rate of 21%, or just over 1 in every 5. That's comfortably better than Pearce's yard average, which makes Mitchell a name to note when the two team up. By contrast, the partnership with Kit Gabriel has produced just 1 win from 10 races together, a reminder that not every jockey-trainer combination clicks regardless of the individuals involved.
At 42 career winners in four years, Pearce is a trainer who is quietly building rather than making headlines — still young in the job, still ironing out the details. The current dip in form may simply reflect the natural ups and downs of a small yard finding its feet at a competitive level. But the wet-ground numbers and the Mitchell partnership give followers something concrete to work with while they wait to see which direction the next few months take him.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lingfield Park | 11 | 1 | 9.1% |
| Kempton Park | 10 | 1 | 10% |
| chelmsford | 10 | 1 | 10% |
| Wolverhampton | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Great Yarmouth | 6 | 1 | 16.7% |
| York | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Newcastle | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Windsor | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Haydock Park | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Bath | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Doncaster | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Southwell | 1 | 0 | 0% |