The headline number this season is three winners from 46 rides, which works out at roughly 1 in every 15 races. That sounds modest, but context matters: last year his win rate sat at just 3%, and it has now more than doubled to 7%. That is a real, meaningful improvement, not a rounding error, and it suggests someone who is learning from the saddle up.
His most important professional relationship is with trainer Seamus Mullins, and the numbers reflect genuine trust on both sides. All three of his winners this season have come through that yard, from 45 rides together — a 7% win rate that mirrors his overall figures exactly. For a young jockey, having a trainer who keeps putting you up, race after race, is how careers get built. Mullins clearly sees something worth investing in.
One detail that stands out is how Sansom performs on normal ground conditions. In those circumstances he has won 2 from 19 races this season, a win rate of 11% — noticeably better than his overall average. That is the kind of pattern that experienced observers notice, and it hints at a jockey who rides with more confidence and fluency when the ground beneath him is predictable and consistent.
The partnership with Hilltown has yet to produce a winner across three races together, which is a reminder that racing rarely runs to a neat script. But at 46 rides in a season with a steadily climbing win rate and a stable trainer behind him, Daniel Sansom looks like a jockey on the right trajectory.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stratford-on-Avon | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Newton Abbot | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Fontwell Park | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Lingfield Park | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Fakenham | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Leicester | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Kempton Park | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Wincanton | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Plumpton | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Doncaster | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Cheltenham | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Exeter | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Uttoxeter | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| hereford | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Worcester | 1 | 0 | 0% |