They each have their own training regimes that can peek horses at certain times of the year.

It makes sense to keep an eye on the historic performance of trainers on a month by month basis.

This article is based on National Hunt trainers in the month of March with data taken from 2005 to 2010. March is the month where the biggest National Hunt meeting occurs – the Cheltenham Festival. Many of the top trainers therefore will be looking to peak in this month so the stats will hopefully be extremely enlightening.