This season he has brought home 21 winners from 183 rides — that's roughly 1 in every 9, an 11% win rate. For context, racing is a sport where even the very best jockeys lose far more often than they win, so converting at that level across a full book of rides is a solid, consistent return. He has done exactly the same across his last twelve months of work, which suggests this isn't a hot streak — it's simply what he does.
His most important professional relationship is with trainer Stuart Edmunds. Together they have produced 21 winners from 131 rides, winning at a rate of 16% — closer to 1 in every 6. That's a meaningful jump from his overall numbers, and it points to a genuine understanding between jockey and yard. When Edmunds saddles a horse and puts Hammond on top, something clicks.
One track where Hammond is quietly becoming a go-to name is Fakenham — a tight, quirky little circuit in Norfolk that rewards local knowledge and quick thinking. He has won 5 races from just 11 rides there, which is a remarkable hit rate. Nearly half his rides at that course have ended in victory. On normal ground conditions his numbers also improve sharply, winning 8 from 45 races at 18%, or roughly 1 in every 5.5 rides.
His longest-running partnership with a single horse has been with Innisfree Lass, a combination they've taken to the winner's enclosure three times from 16 races together. Three from sixteen might sound modest, but sticking with a horse through sixteen races and knowing when to deliver takes patience and trust from everyone involved. At 25, Hammond is still building. The career winners are stacking up, the big-race experience is already there, and the numbers suggest a jockey finding his level — and doing it convincingly.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uttoxeter | 20 | 1 | 5% |
| Southwell | 17 | 4 | 23.5% |
| Doncaster | 12 | 1 | 8.3% |
| Warwick | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| Fakenham | 11 | 5 | 45.5% |
| Market Rasen | 11 | 0 | 0% |
| Huntingdon | 9 | 2 | 22.2% |
| hereford | 7 | 1 | 14.3% |
| Leicester | 6 | 2 | 33.3% |
| Sandown Park | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Fontwell Park | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Newbury | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Newcastle | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Chepstow | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Wetherby | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Ludlow | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Hexham | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Catterick Bridge | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Wincanton | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Kempton Park | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Ffos Las | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Worcester | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Haydock Park | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Lingfield Park | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Aintree | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Cheltenham | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Newton Abbot | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Plumpton | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Carlisle | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Taunton | 1 | 0 | 0% |