On the numbers, his current season reads as 26 winners from 354 races — roughly 1 in every 14 rides converted into a win — and that 7% win rate represents a modest but meaningful improvement on the 6% he posted last year. In a sport where margins are everything, a jockey trending in the right direction is worth watching. Across his four-year career he has now ridden 110 winners in total, a solid foundation for someone still firmly in the building phase.
Where Best genuinely stands out is on wet and muddy ground. In those conditions he has won 4 of 29 races — around 1 in every 7 — more than double his overall win rate. That is not luck; that is a rider who stays patient, keeps horses balanced when the footing gets treacherous, and finds a way to the line when others are slipping and struggling. Trainers notice that kind of thing.
He has also quietly made Fontwell Park something of a home circuit, winning on 4 of his 15 rides there. That is a 27% win rate at a tight, turning track that rewards jockeys who know its rhythms — and it suggests Best has put in the work to understand the place rather than just turning up and hoping for the best.
The one number that raises an eyebrow is his record alongside trainer Harriet Dickin: just 1 win from 59 rides together, a win rate of barely 2%, or roughly 1 in every 59 races. That is an unusually lean return from what is clearly a regular and trusted partnership, and it is the kind of statistic that will itch at both of them until they put it right. But with 110 career winners on the board, two top-level wins already banked, and a clear edge in the conditions British racing produces most often, Best looks like a jockey with more big days still ahead of him.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Taunton | 36 | 2 | 5.6% |
| Chepstow | 28 | 3 | 10.7% |
| Ffos Las | 28 | 3 | 10.7% |
| Worcester | 27 | 0 | 0% |
| Exeter | 24 | 4 | 16.7% |
| Ludlow | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| Wincanton | 19 | 1 | 5.3% |
| Fontwell Park | 15 | 4 | 26.7% |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 15 | 3 | 20% |
| Huntingdon | 15 | 2 | 13.3% |
| Uttoxeter | 15 | 1 | 6.7% |
| hereford | 15 | 0 | 0% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 12 | 0 | 0% |
| Newton Abbot | 10 | 1 | 10% |
| Plumpton | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| Leicester | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| Warwick | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Lingfield Park | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Southwell | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Windsor | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Market Rasen | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Cheltenham | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Doncaster | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Kempton Park | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Hexham | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Haydock Park | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Sedgefield | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Ascot | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Fakenham | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Sandown Park | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Wetherby | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Punchestown | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% |