Kieran Shoemark

What lifts Shoemark above simply being a reliable producer of results is what he has done at the very top of the sport. He has won 21 Class 1 races — the highest-level races in Britain — at some of the most famous venues in the world. Three of those came in a remarkable spell in the second half of 2025 alone: wins at Ascot in June and again in October, sandwiched around a Newmarket victory in September. Ascot and Newmarket are the cathedrals of British racing, and winning at that level once is an achievement. Doing it repeatedly, across different seasons and different horses, is a mark of a jockey who rises when the occasion demands it.

His partnership with trainer Ed Walker is worth highlighting on its own. From 189 races together they have produced 28 wins, a win rate of around 1 in every 7 rides — noticeably better than his overall average, which already sits well above the ordinary. That kind of consistent overperformance with one yard usually means genuine trust and communication, the sort of relationship where a trainer will call a jockey first rather than last.

There is also a striking detail tucked inside the broader record: at Epsom Downs, one of the most technically demanding racecourses in the world, Shoemark has won 3 times from just 9 rides. That is 1 in every 3, a remarkable return on a track that humbles even experienced jockeys. Epsom's famously twisting, undulating course demands feel and timing that cannot simply be learned from a manual, and a record like that suggests Shoemark genuinely thrives where others find it hardest.

Four years into his career, with 336 winners, 21 top-level victories, and a habit of performing at his best on the biggest days, Shoemark looks very much like a rider still on the way up rather than one who has found his ceiling.