I don't like to sound mean spirited. However, after following two-year-old horse racing for umpteen years I've come to the conclusion there are a few horse trainers who are either unlucky, lack any real ammunition or simply not very good at winning races. Whatever the reason, I would definitely stick a label on these following 5 horse trainers saying:
'Do not touch!'
The other 4 will be detailed in the following weeks.
Yes, I said it was a touch harsh.
Tim Easterby -
I don't know why, but Tim Easterby is one of those two-year-old trainers who simply makes hard work of everything. His debut runners have very little hope of winning. In fact, as soon as I see one of his horses running I consider they have next to no chance of winning and one less horse to think about. Even his juveniles on their second start are near hopeless. The stats back this point up as his strike rate for even fancied horses is poor. I can remember the good old days when he would send a decent horse to Ripon. Those days seem to have gone. I'm not being nasty, but you'll be doing yourself a favour by not betting on any.
You may be critical of my rambling about the Yorkshire man. It's not personal (I want to see him win races). But look at the following facts from my personal database:
From a sample of almost 800 debut runners he has a 2% win rate.
Strangely, 50% of his debut winners arrived in the month of April (not that it would do you any favours following that stat).
From 124 debut runners priced 10/1 and less sp he had just 12 winners. And 8 of those were priced 9/2 and less.
As stated, second time out stats are poor as hell. With over 100+ horses priced 13/2 and less sp having a 13% win rate. Truly dire.
Sadly, Mick Easterby isn't much better either. Although he did have a two-year-old debut winner this season in Scatter Penny.