Her partnership with trainer Dominic Ffrench Davis stands out sharply. In eleven rides for the yard, she has won twice — a win rate of 18 percent, or roughly one in every five and a half rides. That is a completely different story from her overall record, and it suggests that when the pair click, something clicks properly. In racing, a jockey-trainer partnership that works is worth its weight in gold, because the trainer knows how to put the rider on horses suited to their strengths and the jockey learns to read that trainer's horses intimately.
More intriguingly still, Chalmers has a pronounced edge on wet ground. She has won two of her four races on such conditions — a 50 percent win rate — which is genuinely striking. Some riders seem to have a natural feel for racing when the going gets heavy and muddy, and early evidence suggests she may be one of them. For a jockey building her career in Britain, where wet weather comes regularly, that could become a valuable calling card.
At this stage Chalmers is still paying her dues and gathering experience in small increments. The numbers are modest, but the pattern is encouraging. A developing partnership with a trainer who believes in her, combined with a demonstrable skill on soft ground, gives her something to build on. Racing is a game of fine margins, and one good run — a
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bath | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| Lingfield Park | 10 | 1 | 10% |
| Kempton Park | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| chelmsford | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Brighton | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Chepstow | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Wolverhampton | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Newbury | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Nottingham | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Goodwood | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Great Yarmouth | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Salisbury | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Southwell | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Ffos Las | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% |