S G Tighe is the trainer to follow right now. Over the last three months his runners have won at a 35.5% rate from 62 starts, with a further 21% running into the frame. Add those together and you get a combined win-or-place rate of 56.5% — more than half his runners finishing in the first two positions. That is a sustained level of form that cannot be explained by luck or a particularly soft run of opposition.
Today he sends four runners to Star Pelaw across three races. In the 15:03 sprint over 245 metres (D2 grade), Trevors Star breaks from trap 3. At 15:22 in the A4 over 435 metres, the trainer runs two simultaneously: Highmeadow Henry from trap 2 and Highmeadow Vodka from trap 3. Highmeadow Vodka then doubles back for the 16:18 D3 over the 245m sprint trip in trap 3 again. Completing the team is Deelish Crofty, stepping up to A2 grade over 435m from trap 5 in the 15:41.
Doubling up Highmeadow Vodka across two races in the same session is an interesting move — it suggests Tighe is confident the dog can handle the workload, or that conditions at Star Pelaw today suit her particularly well.
What stands out in Tighe's numbers is not just the win rate but the sample behind it. Sixty-two runs over three months is a meaningful dataset — this is not a trainer on a hot week, it is a yard producing results with consistency. When he turns up at a track with multiple runners on the card, that is usually a purposeful decision.