Charlie Price

The last two weeks have been encouraging. One winner from 7 rides might not sound like much, but that's a 14% win rate — double his seasonal average — and the kind of short-term form that suggests something may be clicking back into place. Jockeys go through patches like this all the time, and the ones who come out the other side are usually the ones with a strong support network behind them. For Price, that network is largely built around trainer Robbie Llewellyn. Their partnership has produced 6 wins from 60 rides together — winning 1 in every 10 races — which is meaningfully better than Price's overall numbers and points to a working relationship built on trust and communication.

There's also a clear pattern in the conditions Price performs best in. On slightly soft or wet ground, he wins 1 in every 5 races — 7 wins from 35 — which is a remarkable return compared to his overall figures. That's not luck; that's a jockey who rides differently when the ground rides slower, perhaps more patient, more willing to wait for gaps to open. It's the sort of detail that savvy trainers notice and use when deciding who to call.

His standout individual partnership is with Taxus Baccata, a horse he's ridden to victory twice in four races together — a 50% record that any jockey would be pleased with. That kind of consistency with a single horse often means the jockey understands it well, knows when to push and when to hold back.

Price is at an interesting point in his career. The overall numbers are a little softer than last year, but the building blocks are there — a trusted trainer, a knack for wet ground, and a run of form that suggests the lean spell may be ending. At just four years in, there's plenty of time for the graph to start pointing upward again.