Adam Wedge

What makes Wedge's record more impressive is where he has won. He has claimed seven top-level races, the kind of big-occasion victories that earn a jockey a reputation across the sport. Cheltenham, Ascot, and Haydock Park are on his CV — these are not tracks where journeymen rack up numbers. His most productive partnership is with trainer Evan Williams, for whom he wins roughly 1 in every 5 races (13 wins from 65 rides, a 20 percent win rate), a relationship that speaks to Williams's confidence in him and Wedge's ability to get the best out of a yard's horses.

There is a tactical edge to Wedge's riding, too. On dry, fast ground — the kind of conditions that suit certain styles of horsemanship — he converts at 30 percent, winning 3 of his last 10 races on such surfaces. That specificity suggests he knows his strengths and how to execute them. His standout individual partnership is with Yorgunnabeplucky, a horse he has ridden four times for one win, but it is the longevity of his work with Williams that truly tells the story: a jockey whom trainers call on again and again because he delivers.