Horse Racing Trainers to Follow

Horse Racing Trainers to Follow May 2025

The flat season is well underway now, which shows with four of the top trainers coming on the flat, the only exception being Skelton over the jumps.

The combined top five trainers for May show a profit of +386.78 over the five seasons since 2019 (No racing in 2020) with a 25% strike rate.

**We have included 2019 for April as no racing took place in April 2020

Here is how the five trainers included below have combined over the past five years:

Ed Walker (FLAT - 2yo/3yo Only)

Here are the top three winners from Ed Walker from the past five years when using this criteria:

• Primo Bacio (14/1)
• Hotsy Totsy (12/1)
• Stage Effect (10/1)

Ed Walker appears twice on this list for this month, first of all when focusing on just his 2yo and 3yo runners.

2019 wasn't the best of years with just 2-26 but he has show a profit in each of the last four seasons under these conditions.

Charles Hills (FLAT - 7½f to 1m2f / Ignore 4yos)

Here are the top three winners from Charles Hills from the past five years when using this criteria:

• Remarkable Flight (28/1)
• Miletus (16/1)
• Phoenix Of Spain (16/1)

Charles Hills has shown a profit in three of the five seasons that we have looked at for runners who were out from 7½f up to 1m2f.

We have excluded his four-year-old runners as these have a very poor record under these conditions, last year was a bumper year with a 42% strike rate and an LSP of +53.00.

Ed Walker (FLAT - Class 4-6 Novice Races)

Here are the top three winners from Ed Walker from the past five years when using this criteria:

• Sea Of Thieves (66/1)
• Hotsy Totsy (12/1)
• Union Court (9/1)

Ed Walker's second appearance on the list, and it is likely that you will get some cross-overs between the two conditions.

This one focuses on his runners who are competing in Class 4-6 novice races, for which the last three seasons have all produced profits.

Dan Skelton (NH - Class 5 races)

Here are the top three winners from Dan Skelton from the past five years when using this criteria:

• Hot Fizzy Lizzy (40/1)
• Shes So Lovely (10/1)
• Angel Of The North (9/1)

The only jumps trainer to make the list for this month is Dan Skelton; there is no slowing down for the jumps trainer!

Here we are focusing on his runners which are entered in Class 5 races, a fairly low class for a trainer of this type but it looks like he finds the right races for his runners.

Jack Channon (FLAT - Class 4 Handicaps)

Here are the top three winners from Jack Channon from the past five years when using this criteria:

• Burdett (14/1)
• Tiriac (11/1)
• Sixties Chic (7/1)

Jack Channon rounds out the list, having taken over from his dad. Jack is still relatively new as a sole trainer but is already impressing.

Over the past two seasons for his runners in Class 4 handicaps he is showing an excellent strike rate of 43% along with an LSP of +36.96.

Monthly Statistics

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

Here are the monthly figures based on runners who fall under the criteria supplied in this article.

Also, here is a full list of runners who have run under these conditions for this month.