Andrew Slattery

The last two weeks have been eye-catching. Slattery has ridden 3 winners from just 11 races — a win rate of 27%, more than three times his season average. Whether that is the start of a hot streak or a short-term purple patch remains to be seen, but jockeys who suddenly find that kind of form tend to attract attention, and rides tend to follow.

His most important relationship in racing is with trainer Andrew Slattery — notably sharing the same surname — and that partnership has produced 20 winners from 199 races together, a win rate of around 1 in every 10. In racing, a reliable jockey-trainer combination is worth more than the raw numbers suggest. It means the trainer trusts the jockey with their horses, the jockey knows how the yard likes its horses ridden, and that familiarity often shows up on race day.

One detail worth noting is how Slattery performs when the ground turns wet and muddy. In those conditions he has won 4 races from 32, a 12% win rate that sits comfortably above his season average. That might not sound dramatic, but riding well in difficult conditions is a real skill — horses are harder to handle, races become more unpredictable, and jockeys who keep their composure in the mud tend to be remembered for it.

Still only four years into his career and riding at a frequency — 339 races in a year — that shows he is keeping himself busy and in demand, Slattery is at exactly the stage where a jockey either builds momentum or stalls. Right now, with form figures pointing upward and a strong partnership providing a steady stream of rides, the momentum looks to be with him.