Dylan Robinson

The bulk of his career has been built alongside trainer P J Rothwell, with whom he has partnered on 89 of those 93 rides for those same 2 wins. That kind of loyalty between a jockey and a yard matters in racing — it means Robinson knows these horses, knows how Rothwell likes them ridden, and is trusted with the bulk of the stable's bookings even when the results have been lean. Whether that trust begins to pay off more regularly will be one of the more interesting questions hanging over Robinson's next season.

One small detail stands out in an otherwise thin statistical picture: on slightly soft ground, Robinson wins 1 in every 19 races — five times better than his overall rate. That is not a huge sample, but it is a consistent enough signal to suggest he either rides with more confidence when conditions are testing, or that the horses Rothwell sends him out on are particularly well-suited to that kind of surface. Punters who follow him closely would do well to pay attention when the forecast turns wet.

At 2% overall, Robinson is operating at the very bottom end of the professional scale, and there is no point dressing that up. But four years in, still riding, still building a book of rides, and improving on last year's zero — that is the quiet, unglamorous reality of how most jockeys spend the early part of their careers. The ones who eventually break through are rarely the ones who burst onto the scene; more often they are the ones who simply kept showing up.