Three years into his training career, Thomas R Hughes is still in the early stages of building his reputation, but the numbers from the past 12 months tell a straightforward story: one winner from eight runners, which works out to roughly 1 in every 8 races. For a yard of this size and age, that is modest but not unusual — training racehorses is a long game, and most successful trainers spent years like this before things clicked.Based on TrackLab's AI analysis
A snapshot of this trainer's performance over the last 12 months
8
Races
1
Wins
12.5%
Win rate
avg ~10%
12.5%
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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The most striking detail in Hughes's record is his partnership with Rushford. Fifteen races together without a win is a lot of shared effort for no reward, and it raises questions about whether the horse simply hasn't found its best trip, its best ground, or its best day — or some combination of all three. Fifteen attempts is a significant investment of time and faith, and it will take something to finally get that partnership off the mark.
Where Hughes does show a sharper edge is on normal ground conditions — a dry, standard surface — where he has won 1 from 4 races, a win rate of 25%, or roughly 1 in every 4. That is a meaningful difference from his overall figures and suggests he times his best runners well when conditions suit.
📈 Form Trend
How this trainer's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2024–2026
0%
May
0%
Jun
0%
Jul
0%
Aug
0%
Oct
0%
Apr
100%
May
0%
Jul
0%
Aug
0%
Sep
0%
Feb
0%
Mar
🎯 Where This Trainer Thrives
Performance broken down by ground, class, and track type
🌧 Ground Conditions
Good (firm-ish)
Loves
Standard (all-weather)
Unknown
Yielding (slightly soft)
Unknown
Soft to heavy (wet)
Unknown
🏟 Track Shape
Right-handed, tight turns
Loves
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Unknown
Left-handed, tight turns
Unknown
🏇 Jockey Partnerships
The riders they work with most, sorted by rides together