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Joshua Bryan

Four years into his career, Joshua Bryan is already showing the kind of upward curve that makes people in racing sit up and take notice. Since his first winner in 2021, he has ridden 62 career winners — a solid foundation for a jockey still finding his ceiling. This season alone he has won 5 from 29 rides, roughly 1 in every 6, and that 17% win rate is almost double what he managed last year, when he was winning just 1 in every 11. That kind of improvement in a single season is not accidental. It suggests someone who has worked out what they are doing and why.Based on TrackLab's analysis
Quick facts
Role
Jockey
Record
5 wins from 29 races
Win rate
17.2%
Top trainer
Best course
Fakenham (100% from 1 race)
Best ground
Good to soft (some give)

📊 Key numbers

A snapshot of this jockey's performance over the last 12 months
29
Races
5
Wins
17.2%
Win rate
avg ~10%
31.0%
Top-3 rate
avg ~30%

🔍 Full analysis

Our model's view, based on this jockey's record and recent runs
TrackLab's jockey breakdown

The highlight of his career so far came at Haydock Park, where he landed a top-level race — the kind of occasion that most jockeys wait years for, if it ever comes at all. Winning at that level, even once, changes how trainers think about you. It proves you can hold your nerve when the stakes are highest and the competition is strongest.

His most productive partnership has been with Musique De Fee, a horse he has ridden to 3 wins from 7 races together. Winning 3 from 7 in any partnership is a healthy return — nearly 1 in every 2 — and that sort of chemistry between a jockey and a specific horse is worth its weight in gold. When you keep seeing the same jockey and horse cross the line together, it is rarely a coincidence.

One detail worth watching is how Bryan performs when conditions turn wet. On slightly soft ground he has won 3 from 9 races this season, a win rate of 33% — 1 in every 3. That is significantly better than his overall numbers, which hints at a jockey who either rides with particular confidence when the going gets testing, or whose preferred horses simply love that kind of surface. Either way, on a damp afternoon, Bryan is someone worth paying attention to. Still only four years in, the trajectory is pointing firmly in the right direction.

📈 Form trend

How this jockey's win rate has changed month by month
Monthly win rate
2024–2026
33.3%
Sep
0%
Oct
0%
Nov
0%
Dec
0%
Jan
0%
Feb
33.3%
Mar
0%
Apr
60%
May
0%
Nov
10%
Dec
20%
Jan

🎯 Where this jockey does best

Results split by ground, race level and track shape
🌧 Ground
Good to soft (some give)
Loves
Good (a little give)
Heavy (very wet)
Unknown
Soft (muddy)
Avoids
🏅 Race level
Class 2 (high-level)
Class 3 (mid-level)
Avoids
Class 4 (standard)
Class 5 (entry-level)
🏟 Track shape
Left-handed, tight
Loves
Left-handed, tight turns
Right-handed, hilly
Long straights
Ok
Left-handed, long straights
Unknown
Right-handed, tight turns
Unknown
Right-handed, long straights
Avoids

🏇 Trainers

The trainers they work with most, most rides first
Olly Murphy Main partner
28.6%
Win rate
2/7
Wins / rides
28.6%
Win rate
2/7
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/4
Wins / rides
33.3%
Win rate
1/3
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/2
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/2
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides
0%
Win rate
0/1
Wins / rides

⭐ Top horses

The highest-rated horses linked to this jockey right now
Form: 1312P0
Form: 418
Form: 2/0147
Form: 124544
Form: 253-4P
Form: 7
Form: 52-74P
Form: 243549
Form: 41-64P
Form: 7260F-

🏟 Course record

Win rate at each course, most races first
CourseRacesWinsWin rate
hereford 6 1 16.7%
Fontwell Park 3 0 0%
Exeter 2 1 50%
Cartmel 2 1 50%
Taunton 2 0 0%
Huntingdon 2 0 0%
Fakenham 1 1 100%
Warwick 1 1 100%
Catterick Bridge 1 0 0%
Wetherby 1 0 0%
Uttoxeter 1 0 0%
Kempton Park 1 0 0%
Newton Abbot 1 0 0%
Wincanton 1 0 0%
Leicester 1 0 0%
Lingfield Park 1 0 0%
Newbury 1 0 0%
Perth 1 0 0%

📅 Recent results

The last 20 results, most recent first
26 Jan
hereford · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
—
22 Jan
Huntingdon · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
4th
21 Jan
Catterick Bridge · 1m6f – 2m · Soft
9th
15 Jan
Wincanton · 1m6f – 2m · Heavy
4th
9 Jan
Exeter · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
Won
31 Dec
Warwick · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
Won
27 Dec
Kempton Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
10th
26 Dec
Fontwell Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
—
26 Dec
Fontwell Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
4th
26 Dec
Fontwell Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
4th
20 Dec
hereford · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
8th
20 Dec
hereford · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
—
13 Dec
Lingfield Park · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
6th
11 Dec
Taunton · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
14th
10 Dec
hereford · Long Distance (2m+) · Good_To_Soft
10th
29 Nov
Newbury · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
10th
27 Nov
Taunton · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
2nd
17 Nov
Leicester · 1m6f – 2m · Soft
3rd
15 Nov
Wetherby · Long Distance (2m+) · Soft
6th
11 Nov
hereford · Long Distance (2m+) · Good
5th