The highlights this season have been genuinely impressive. Rodriguez has won two of the biggest races in British racing's calendar — a Class 1 at Newbury in September and another at Newmarket in October, both among the top races you can win anywhere in the country. Add a win at Haydock Park in August, and you have a jockey who keeps appearing on the biggest days. Across his career he has now won 12 top-level races at venues including Haydock Park, Newbury, and Goodwood. These are not lucky breaks — they are a pattern.
One of the more fascinating details in his record is how he performs when the ground gets wet. On soft or muddy ground his numbers jump sharply: 8 wins from just 30 races, which is 27% — closer to 1 in every 4. That is a significant uplift from his already solid overall average, and it suggests a real feel for riding in difficult conditions. Plenty of jockeys fade when the weather turns; Rodriguez appears to thrive.
His partnership with trainer Edward Bethell is worth paying attention to. Thirty wins from 188 rides together at a rate of 1 in every 6 — exactly matching his career average — suggests a deep working relationship built on mutual trust rather than the occasional one-off booking. When a trainer keeps coming back to the same jockey at that volume, it usually means they like what they see in the saddle and in the weighing room. And at Newbury specifically, Rodriguez has turned 3 of just 6 rides into winners — half a winner every time he goes there, which is a remarkable return at one of Britain's most prestigious tracks.
At just four years in, with 313 winners and 12 top-level wins already banked, the trajectory here is hard to ignore.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Southwell | 65 | 9 | 13.8% |
| Newcastle | 58 | 12 | 20.7% |
| Wolverhampton | 44 | 6 | 13.6% |
| Doncaster | 31 | 4 | 12.9% |
| Haydock Park | 29 | 6 | 20.7% |
| Redcar | 24 | 1 | 4.2% |
| York | 23 | 1 | 4.3% |
| Beverley | 21 | 5 | 23.8% |
| Thirsk | 21 | 2 | 9.5% |
| Hamilton Park | 18 | 6 | 33.3% |
| Kempton Park | 17 | 4 | 23.5% |
| Catterick Bridge | 16 | 6 | 37.5% |
| Nottingham | 16 | 4 | 25% |
| Carlisle | 16 | 3 | 18.8% |
| Musselburgh | 16 | 2 | 12.5% |
| Ripon | 15 | 1 | 6.7% |
| Ayr | 14 | 0 | 0% |
| Pontefract | 13 | 2 | 15.4% |
| Chester | 11 | 0 | 0% |
| Newmarket | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Ascot | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| Newbury | 6 | 3 | 50% |
| Great Yarmouth | 6 | 1 | 16.7% |
| Leicester | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Lingfield Park | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Goodwood | 2 | 2 | 100% |
| Wetherby | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| chelmsford | 1 | 0 | 0% |