Jonny Peate

This season, though, has been a tougher one. Peate has managed 13 winners from 310 rides — that is roughly 1 in every 24 races, a 4% win rate — and that represents a real step back from where he was twelve months ago, when he was winning closer to 1 in every 13. Going from 8% to 4% might sound like a small shift in numbers, but in practice it means he has had to work twice as hard for every winner this term. At that volume of rides, a dip like this is noticeable, and it will be something he and the yards he rides for will be keen to turn around.

His most regular partnership this season has been with trainer J R Jenkins, though even that has yielded just 2 wins from 48 rides together. That is a long run of near-misses with one yard, and while frequency of rides shows there is a working relationship and mutual trust there, the results have not fired yet. Sometimes these partnerships take time to click — but 48 races is a decent sample, and Peate will know he needs those rides to start converting.

The bigger picture is not without encouragement. Over 107 career winners and four full seasons, Peate has shown he belongs in professional racing. The question for the months ahead is whether this season turns out to be a temporary blip — the kind of dry spell every jockey faces — or whether it signals something that needs addressing in how he is being placed or how he is riding. With 310 rides already this season, the opportunities are clearly there. It is the conversion that needs to come.