Bryan Carver

The headline achievement so far is a pair of top-level wins — the kind of races that represent the absolute best of British racing. One came at Windsor, and the other at Aintree on Boxing Day 2025, which is one of the most watched days in the jump racing calendar. Getting it right at Aintree, on a day when the crowd is enormous and the racing is fierce, marks a jockey out as someone who can handle the big occasion.

His most reliable working relationship is with trainer Harry Fry. From 85 rides for Fry's yard, Carver has ridden 17 winners — that's a win rate of roughly 1 in every 5, which comfortably outstrips his season-wide average of 1 in every 7. When Fry puts Carver up, something is clearly clicking between them, whether that's in race planning, communication, or simply the jockey understanding what the horses from that yard need.

Carver is also particularly sharp at Plumpton, a tight, turning track in East Sussex that suits jockeys who ride with precision rather than just pace. Four winners from just 9 rides there is a remarkable conversion rate — it suggests the track suits his style, and that he may well keep going back there to add to that tally.

What jumps out most right now, though, is his recent form. Over the last two weeks he has ridden 4 winners from just 10 rides — a 40% win rate against a season average of 13%. That is not luck; that is a jockey in the kind of confident rhythm where everything is going right. At 109 career winners and still only four years in, the next chapter looks interesting.