Horse Racing Trainers to Follow in July

Selection Process

With all things horse racing, personal preferences differ 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 July 2026

Trainers to Follow in July

We have a couple of jump trainers sneaking onto the list for July, despite it being flat season, with these trainers looking to keep their horses fresh.

We have the July Festival at Newmarket to look forward to this month, as well as Glorious Goodwood. The Coral-Eclipse at Sandown is one of the standout races for July.

• 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.

Horse Racing Trainers to Follow August 2026

Trainers to Follow in August

We are still looking at mainly flat trainers for August, although we do have a couple of jump trainers on the list with plenty of summer jump racing available this time of the year.

The main feature in August is the York Ebor Festival, four days of action with the Ebor Handicap on the Saturday. Elsewhere, we have the Shergar Cup earlier in the month and some top-class action from abroad too.

• P J McBride - Flat (Turf) | 2-4yo's | 5f - 7f
• W J Haggas - Flat (Turf) | 2-3yo's | 6f
• D McCain Jnr - Jumps | Gelding or Mare | Stallion GB bred
• John C McConnell - Jumps | Jockey is A Harvey | 5-6yo's
• Grant Tuer - Flat (Turf) | 3yo Only | Class 5-6

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.

Horse Racing Trainers to Follow September 2026

Trainers to Follow in September

We are still focusing mainly on flat trainers in September, with the last couple of months of the flat season ahead of us, although we will see plenty of summer jump racing in September too.

Doncaster will stage the St Leger Festival in September, with the St Leger the highlight, and there is also the Irish St Leger over at the Curragh to look forward to.

For handicap lovers, we have the Cambridgeshire meeting at Newmarket with the Cambridgeshire Handicap the feature race.

• M Appleby - Flat (Turf) | 3-4yo | Under 1m1f
• J A Osborne - Flat | Saffie Osborne | Class 3-6 | Under 1m4fs
• Eve Johnson Houghton - Flat | 3yo | Class 5-6
• Miss Lucinda V Russell - Jumps | IRE Bred | Class 4-5
• Charlie Appleby - Flat (Turf) | William Buick | Class 1-3 | GB-Bred

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.

Horse Racing Trainers to Follow June 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)