Trainers and Owners have horses that peak at certain times of the year. Here we have a look at a few of the leading owners and trainers for the month of December:

December Owners (since 2010)

Mr Simon Munir and Mr Isaac Soude: 13/30 (43.3%) – best month by far and this follows 0% in October and 18% in November

Gigginstown House Stud: 74/388 (19.1%) – not a great month compared to 30.8% in October and 21.9% in November

JP McManus: 108/757 (14.3%) – no real difference from previous months. October 14.7% and November 13.2%.

Mrs S Ricci: 36/94 (38.3%) – November would be their best month 45.6% but still a high strike rate. October was 37.5%.

Bloomfields: 23/86 (26.7%) – Better than November which was only 18.2% and just short of October which was 27.7%

Andrea and Graham Wylie: 16/58 (30.8%) – better than October 28.6% but not as good as November 36.5%.

December Trainers: (since 2010)

Paul Nicholls: 92/390 (23.6%) – slightly worse than both October 26.5% and November of 24.4%

Willie Mullins: 119/404 (29.5%) – worse than both October 31.50% and November 38.3%

Gordon Elliott: 42/242 (17.4%) – better than November 14.1% but not as good as October 22.1%

Nicky Henderson: 107/390 (27.4%) – better than both October of 23.3% and November of 25.3%

Philip Hobbs: 57/312 (18.3%) – no real difference from October 18.8% and November 19.1%

David Pipe: 59/363 (16.3%) – no real difference from October 16.3% and November 15.7%