Horse Racing Trainers to Follow in March

Selection Process

With all things horse racing, personal preference is different for everyone, whilst we may find an interesting angle for a trainer, others might disagree and think another trainer would be better listed!

How Do We Pick the Trainers?

All of our research is done on HorseRaceBase, a site that we have used for many years, with key features in helping find the trainers every month.

There is a feature called 'Dig' where you can combine queries to find those profitable trainers, and then it's just a case of query after query looking for the right ones.

It's not all about profit either. We could put up trainers with bigger profits, but that is not what this is about; we want a trainer who has shown results year after year.

You could have a trainer who hits a 100/1 winner, which kind of skews the numbers, and we have to be careful, as the likelihood of them hitting another is low.

We would much rather have a trainer who hits a 25%-33% strike rate and makes a profit, so a winner every 3-4 runners, this is a more consistent trainer.

Nothing is Certain

Nothing is certain either, as things can drastically change within twelve months, let alone five years, so please do your own research into any picks that we put up on here.

A quick example of this would be Simon Crisford (July 2025), who had 4 out of 5 profitable months for the criteria, yet in 2025 returned 0-10 (0%) -10.00 for his picks!

Henry Daly is another (Feb 2025) who had strike rates of 22%, 27% & 30% for the previous three seasons, yet in 2025 saw just 1 winner from 20 (5%)!

Finding Consistency

Sometimes you have to dig deep to find the right formula of criteria, and by doing so, you hope to rule out as many losers as possible, which is as important as finding the winners.

The last thing you want is to be hitting winners but getting that profit wiped out by the losers, so it's about finding consistent trainers.

Between February & September, nine of the trainers listed returned a better strike rate in 2025 than they did in the previous five seasons combined, which is what we want!

Those nine trainers alone returned an LSP of +87.34, so if we can find consistency with the trainers we pick, then hopefully we can find more like those nine!

Monthly Statistics - Full List of Runners

Here is a full list of runners who have run under these conditions this month.

Monthly Statistics - Trainer Breakdown

This is a breakdown of how each trainer has performed in the current month.

Horse Racing Trainers to Follow March 2026

Trainers to Follow in March

March, which means one thing, the Cheltenham festival and three of the five trainers for this month are jump trainers.

Let's not forget the flat season gets underway at the end of the month, so expect more flat trainers coming into the mix in future months.

• Dermot A McLoughlin - NH (All) - Mares Only
• David Thompson - Flat (AW) - Newcastle over 7f to 1m2f
• George Boughey - Flat (AW/Turf) - Class 4 over 5f to 1m2f
• Nicky Richards - NH (All) - 7yo & 8yo Only
• Donald McCain Jnr - NH (Chases) - Novice Handicaps

Here is a table showing whether each trainer made a profit or a loss in each of the last five seasons, along with their overall figures over those five years.

*You can hover over the coloured symbols, which will display the trainer record for that year.

Horse Racing Trainers to Follow April 2026

Trainers to Follow in April

Here are the five trainers we are going with for April. Four of the five are over jumps, with the flat season only just getting going.

Big month for jump fans on the back of Cheltenham last month; we have the Aintree meeting this month, which includes the Grand National.

• Fergal O'Brien - NH (All) - 5yo or 6yo in a Handicap
• James Ferguson - Flat (AW/Turf) - When Daniel Muscutt is booked to ride
• Paul Nicholls - NH (All) - Runners in Class 3 Handicap, Not a LTO winner
• Olly Murphy - NH (All) - All runners at Perth
• Henry De Bromhead - NH (All) - All runners at Kilbeggan

Here is a table showing whether each trainer made a profit or a loss in each of the last five seasons, along with their overall figures over those five years.

*You can hover over the coloured symbols, which will display the trainer record for that year.

Horse Racing Trainers to Follow May 2026

Trainers to Follow in May

Here are the five trainers that we are going with for May: three on the flat and two over jumps.

With the flat season now well and truly up and running, we can look forward to both the British & Irish Guineas Festivals, the Chester May Meeting and the Dante Festival.

• Ed Walker - Flat (Turf) - 3yo Runners over 6f - 1m
• Adrian Nicholls - Flat (AW/Turf) - Irish-bred runners
• Tony Coyle - Flat (Turf) - Handicaps over 5f - 1m2f
• Dan Skelton - NH (All) - Class 5 runners
• Gary Hammer - NH (All) - GB-bred Sires

Here is a table showing whether each trainer made a profit or a loss in each of the last five seasons, along with their overall figures over those five years.

*You can hover over the coloured symbols, which will display the trainer record for that year.

Horse Racing Trainers to Follow February 2026

Year in Review

Here is a breakdown of how well the picks have gone over the past year. (Updated on the 1st of each month)