Dan Skelton Racing was established in 2013 and is set in the heart of the Warwickshire countryside - 888sport look at the standout runners for the yard this coming season.
Skelton’s set up is set across two yards, Lodge Hill and Badbury Hill Barn, which together offer some of the finest facilities for training the racehorse in the UK.
Since leaving his position as assistant to champion trainer Paul Nicholls, Skelton has built his squad up and up, and he won the 2025/26 British Jump Trainers' Championship for the first time in his career, securing the title in April 2026, and is among the leading contenders to defend his crown in 2026/27. - heading the horse racing betting market ahead of the new jumps campaign.
Here are five Skelton-trained horses that we will believe will bring him winners throughout the course of the season:
A SIGHT TO SEA
Before being acquired by Skelton, A Sight To Sea made a winning debut in an Irish point-to-point race at Lingstown, readily defeating the field as a heavily backed favourite.
Bloodstock agent Ryan Mahon secured him for a chunky payment of £190,000, specifically to send him into training with Dan Skelton for his client Stephen Bough.
This season Skelton will campaign him carefully in novice hurdle races to build up his education of racing under rules. He could well pick up some nice prizes along the way.
ALBIE LITTLEWOOD
Owned by Skelton's father, Nick Skelton, the seven-year-old gelding is viewed as a highly progressive type who could well go on to show plenty of potential.
After making his mark over smaller obstacles last season, Albie Littlewood will be switched to fences for a novice chasing campaign this autumn.
Winner of his last two consecutive starts over hurdles, the Skelton’s look like they will have plenty of family success with this chaser going forward.
DUBAI ARMANI
The three-year-old gelding, owned by George Waud, joined Skelton's yard after winning his sole career start on the flat at Sablé-sur-Sarthe in France.
He will be campaigned in juvenile hurdle races this season and could well offer excellent value early in the season.
KARANTE NEUF TROIS
This thee-year-old son of Magic Dream won for trainer François Nicolle in the Prix des Senonnettes at Senonnes-Pouancé over the summer, then was snapped up by Dan Skelton at a later date.
He is one of several talented French youngsters that have joined the champion trainer over the closed season, and he will be one to follow as he sets off over hurdles (presumably) this term.
MYDADDYPADDY
The highly-rated five-year-old made a massive breakthrough last season, culminating in a brilliant third-place finish in the Supreme Novices' Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.
Skelton recently confirmed that Mydaddypaddy will stay over smaller obstacles this season and will not be going down the novice chase route just yet.
In fact, Skelton is that keen on him as a top-class hurdler that he will campaign him with the ultimate objective of targeting the Grade 1 Champion Hurdle at Cheltenham next March.
