Jimmy Dalton(7)

The headline figure is five winners from 140 rides in the last twelve months, which works out at around 1 in every 28 races — a 4% win rate. That sounds modest, and honestly at this stage it is, but the direction of travel matters more than the raw number. Twelve months ago that figure was 0%. He didn't have a winner to his name. Getting off the mark, then getting to five, is exactly the kind of slow, steady progress that yards look for in a young rider they're investing time in.

The most interesting thread in his record is the partnership with trainer Andrew Slattery. Three of his five wins have come through that yard — 3 from 52 rides, which is a 6% win rate, meaningfully better than his overall average. That's not a coincidence. When a trainer keeps putting a young jockey up, ride after ride, it usually means they like what they see in the mornings and trust the rider to do a job. Slattery clearly believes in him, and those three winners together suggest something real is developing there.

He also shows a slightly sharper edge on normal ground conditions — 2 wins from 32 races at 6%, compared to his wider average. It's a small sample, but it's a pattern worth noting as he continues to develop. At this point in a conditional jockey's career, every small edge matters, and every winner gets added to a CV that will eventually determine whether he makes it as a professional rider long-term. Five winners from 140 rides in year one is a foundation. What he builds on it in the next twelve months will tell us a great deal more.