Trainers in Form — Hot Trainers, Last 7 & 14 Days
Which horse trainers are in form right now? This table ranks UK and Irish trainers by wins over the last 14 days, with strike rates, placed runs (1st–4th) and £1 level-stakes profit/loss at Starting Price. The Today column shows how many declared runners each hot trainer has running today — the quickest way to spot an in-form yard with live chances on today's cards. For the freshest form, the last 7 days table shows who is red-hot this week, and hot and cold yards measures each yard with a runner today against its own usual.
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| # | Trainer | Runs | Wins | Win % | Placed | Place % | £1 P/L (SP) | Today |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Skelton | 100 | 20 | 20.0% | 55 | 55.0% | -40.92 | 7 |
| 2 | James Owen | 58 | 17 | 29.3% | 38 | 65.5% | +3.90 | 4 |
| 3 | Andrew Balding | 35 | 9 | 25.7% | 19 | 54.3% | +20.93 | 4 |
| 4 | Gavin Cromwell | 49 | 9 | 18.4% | 18 | 36.7% | +54.50 | 2 |
| 5 | Jamie Snowden | 20 | 8 | 40.0% | 16 | 80.0% | +3.46 | 5 |
| 6 | A P O'Brien | 25 | 8 | 32.0% | 15 | 60.0% | +8.17 | 3 |
| 7 | Olly Murphy | 31 | 8 | 25.8% | 20 | 64.5% | +1.30 | 3 |
| 8 | Paul Nicholls | 35 | 8 | 22.9% | 24 | 68.6% | +0.13 | 3 |
| 9 | Henry De Bromhead | 38 | 8 | 21.1% | 26 | 68.4% | -15.25 | 3 |
| 10 | Lucinda Russell | 43 | 8 | 18.6% | 30 | 69.8% | -2.50 | 12 |
| 11 | Gordon Elliott | 47 | 8 | 17.0% | 27 | 57.4% | -16.13 | 6 |
| 12 | Ed Bethell | 22 | 7 | 31.8% | 17 | 77.3% | +12.19 | 1 |
| 13 | Ed Walker | 24 | 7 | 29.2% | 15 | 62.5% | +10.52 | 3 |
| 14 | Joe Tizzard | 29 | 7 | 24.1% | 19 | 65.5% | -10.83 | 1 |
| 15 | William Haggas | 38 | 7 | 18.4% | 20 | 52.6% | -14.62 | 3 |
| 16 | Charlie Longsdon | 16 | 6 | 37.5% | 11 | 68.8% | +8.50 | 1 |
| 17 | W P Mullins | 20 | 6 | 30.0% | 12 | 60.0% | -8.01 | — |
| 18 | Neil Mulholland | 22 | 6 | 27.3% | 14 | 63.6% | +58.37 | 1 |
| 19 | Paul Nolan | 33 | 6 | 18.2% | 14 | 42.4% | +72.04 | 1 |
| 20 | Charlie Appleby | 14 | 5 | 35.7% | 9 | 64.3% | +7.40 | 1 |
| 21 | Ralph Beckett | 18 | 5 | 27.8% | 12 | 66.7% | +78.90 | 5 |
| 22 | Charlie Johnston | 19 | 5 | 26.3% | 8 | 42.1% | +14.00 | 3 |
| 23 | Jamie and Josh Moore | 26 | 5 | 19.2% | 12 | 46.2% | +7.50 | 1 |
| 24 | Jonjo O'Neill | 34 | 5 | 14.7% | 18 | 52.9% | -2.75 | 4 |
| 25 | Tim Easterby | 50 | 5 | 10.0% | 22 | 44.0% | -0.50 | 3 |
| 26 | Patrick J Flynn | 8 | 4 | 50.0% | 4 | 50.0% | +15.33 | — |
| 27 | Harry Charlton | 9 | 4 | 44.4% | 8 | 88.9% | +4.71 | — |
| 28 | Owen Burrows | 11 | 4 | 36.4% | 9 | 81.8% | +15.86 | 1 |
| 29 | Graeme McPherson | 11 | 4 | 36.4% | 5 | 45.5% | +12.25 | 1 |
| 30 | George Boughey | 14 | 4 | 28.6% | 7 | 50.0% | +4.20 | 1 |
| 31 | Kim Bailey | 17 | 4 | 23.5% | 9 | 52.9% | -2.23 | 1 |
| 32 | Michael Herrington | 18 | 4 | 22.2% | 9 | 50.0% | -5.50 | 2 |
| 33 | Michael Easterby | 19 | 4 | 21.1% | 11 | 57.9% | +14.00 | 5 |
| 34 | Sam England | 20 | 4 | 20.0% | 9 | 45.0% | +2.33 | 4 |
| 35 | Harry Derham | 24 | 4 | 16.7% | 9 | 37.5% | -1.21 | 1 |
| 36 | Anthony Honeyball | 33 | 4 | 12.1% | 22 | 66.7% | -20.16 | 1 |
| 37 | Richard Fahey | 36 | 4 | 11.1% | 16 | 44.4% | +6.00 | 5 |
| 38 | Adrian Paul Keatley | 7 | 3 | 42.9% | 4 | 57.1% | +5.30 | — |
| 39 | Henrietta Knight | 9 | 3 | 33.3% | 8 | 88.9% | +2.63 | 1 |
| 40 | Seamus Mullins | 10 | 3 | 30.0% | 6 | 60.0% | +14.00 | — |
Minimum 3 runs. Placed = finished 1st–4th. P/L = £1 level stakes at Industry Starting Price. Trainer names link to full RaceMetrics profiles.
Trainers in form — last 7 days
Red-hot this week: the yards winning most over the last seven days (minimum 3 runs).
| # | Trainer | Runs | Wins | Win % | £1 P/L (SP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dan Skelton | 64 | 12 | 18.8% | -33.45 |
| 2 | James Owen | 36 | 10 | 27.8% | -3.25 |
| 3 | Jamie Snowden | 12 | 6 | 50.0% | +7.69 |
| 4 | Paul Nicholls | 25 | 6 | 24.0% | -3.25 |
| 5 | Charlie Longsdon | 10 | 5 | 50.0% | +12.50 |
| 6 | Neil Mulholland | 19 | 5 | 26.3% | +53.87 |
| 7 | Jamie and Josh Moore | 20 | 5 | 25.0% | +13.50 |
| 8 | Gavin Cromwell | 24 | 5 | 20.8% | +60.50 |
| 9 | Sam England | 10 | 4 | 40.0% | +12.33 |
| 10 | W P Mullins | 15 | 4 | 26.7% | -6.53 |
| 11 | Paul Nolan | 23 | 4 | 17.4% | +43.71 |
| 12 | Lucinda Russell | 24 | 4 | 16.7% | -2.25 |
| 13 | Gordon Elliott | 28 | 4 | 14.3% | -20.74 |
| 14 | Charlie Johnston | 7 | 3 | 42.9% | +10.88 |
| 15 | Graeme McPherson | 7 | 3 | 42.9% | +13.00 |
Hot and cold yards with runners today
Every yard with a runner today, measured against its own five-season strike rate (Form Temperature: 50 is the yard's usual, 95 and over is a fortnight that rarely comes round by chance). These are the three running hottest and the three running coldest.
Running hot
| Trainer | Runners today | Won / ran (14 days) | Win % | Usual | Temp | A fortnight this good comes round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charlie Longsdon | 1 | 6/16 | 38% | 13.5% | 99 Hot | about 1 time in 68 |
| James Owen | 4 | 17/58 | 29% | 17.8% | 98 Hot | about 1 time in 46 |
| Ed Walker | 3 | 7/24 | 29% | 14.3% | 97 Hot | about 1 time in 22 |
Running cold
| Trainer | Runners today | Won / ran (14 days) | Win % | Usual | Temp | A fortnight this quiet comes round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Philip Hobbs | 3 | 0/23 | 0% | 13.7% | 2 Cold | about 1 time in 29 |
| K R Burke | 2 | 0/15 | 0% | 16.8% | 3 Cold | about 1 time in 16 |
| Tony Carroll | 11 | 1/39 | 3% | 10.5% | 4 Cold | about 1 time in 13 |
Last 14 days. A yard needs 3 runs in the fortnight and 50 over five seasons to be scored. Hot & Cold Trainers lists every yard with its runners at every meeting, over 14 or 28 days (RaceMetrics Enterprise, RaceMetrics Pro and Proform Premium).
Trainers with runners today (most runners first)
- Lucinda Russell 12 runners
- Tony Carroll 11 runners
- Michael Appleby 9 runners
- Nigel Twiston-Davies 8 runners
- N W Alexander 7 runners
- Dan Skelton 7 runners
- Christian Williams 7 runners
- Gordon Elliott 6 runners
- Lawrence Mullaney 6 runners
- Michael Easterby 5 runners
- Jamie Snowden 5 runners
- John Patrick Ryan 5 runners
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Create your free accountHow to read this table
Runs counts every completed run for the trainer in the window, including non-finishers. Wins and Win % are outright wins and the win strike rate. Placed counts finishes in the first four. £1 P/L (SP) is the profit or loss from backing every one of the trainer's runners to a £1 level stake at the Industry Starting Price — a positive number means blindly backing the yard's runners in this window would have made a profit.
A high strike rate with a negative P/L usually means the market has already priced the yard's form in. The interesting rows combine form with profit — yards the market is still underestimating.
What is a "hot trainer"?
A hot trainer is a yard whose recent results are running well above its normal strike rate — stable form tends to come in waves, driven by the yard's health, seasonal targets and campaign planning. A 14-day window is the standard punting yardstick for trainer form: long enough to be more than a single good afternoon, short enough to catch a yard before the market fully reacts.
Where this data comes from
RaceMetrics is built on the Proform Racing database — British and Irish racing data professionals since 1995. Results feed in daily, and this page recalculates from the full results database. The same data powers RaceMetrics Ratings, Form Expert and the System Builder, and the free Longest Travellers list shows which yards have sent runners furthest to race today. RaceMetrics provides data analysis only — we do not accept bets or provide gambling services.
Common questions
Which horse trainers are in form right now?
These tables list the horse trainers in form across UK and Irish racing over the last 14 days and the last 7 days, ranked by wins, win strike rate, placed runs and £1 level-stakes profit or loss at Starting Price. They recalculate daily from official results, so the in-form horse trainers shown are current to the last completed day's racing.
What are hot trainers in horse racing?
In horse racing, hot trainers are yards whose recent results are running well above their normal strike rate. Stable form comes in waves, driven by the yard's health, seasonal targets and campaign planning. A 14-day window is the standard punting yardstick: long enough to be more than one good afternoon, short enough to catch a yard before the market fully reacts.
Where can I check trainer form?
This page is a free trainer form table covering all UK and Irish racing, with no account needed. For trainer form on an individual runner, a free RaceMetrics account adds trainer form columns on every racecard and full trainer profiles with course, distance and going breakdowns.
Which in-form trainers have runners today?
The Today column in each table shows how many declared runners each in-form trainer has on today's cards, and the runners-today table lists the yards with the most declarations. Together they are the quickest way to spot a hot trainer with live chances on today's racing.
Which trainers are running hot or cold today?
The hot and cold yards table measures every yard with a runner today against its own five-season strike rate, as a Form Temperature from 0 to 100 where 50 is the yard's usual. It lists the three running hottest and the three running coldest over the last 14 days, with how often a fortnight like that comes round by chance. RaceMetrics members see every yard at every meeting on the Hot & Cold Trainers page.