The (5) next to her name is her allowance — a weight concession she claims because she is still an apprentice, which means horses she rides carry less weight than they would with a fully qualified jockey. That is genuinely useful to trainers, and it explains why opportunities keep coming even when winners are not flowing freely.
Where Wonnacott does look most comfortable is on normal ground conditions, where she has won 3 of 22 races — that is 14%, or roughly 1 in 7. Compare that to her overall figure of 1 in 13, and it is clear she performs noticeably better when the track is riding as expected rather than testing or unpredictable. That is a thread worth watching as her career develops.
The one surprising stat is her record alongside trainer Harry Charlton — 15 rides together and no winners yet. Fifteen is a decent sample, and a blank return is the kind of thing that tends to get noticed in a yard eventually. It does not mean the partnership is broken, but it will need a winner soon to keep the bookings coming from that stable.
Five winners from 64 rides is a modest start, but Wonnacott is three years in and still claiming,
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton Park | 10 | 0 | 0% |
| Lingfield Park | 9 | 2 | 22.2% |
| Bath | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Wolverhampton | 7 | 1 | 14.3% |
| Windsor | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Salisbury | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Southwell | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Chepstow | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Ffos Las | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| chelmsford | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Brighton | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Leicester | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Epsom Downs | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Haydock Park | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Redcar | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Sandown Park | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Newcastle | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Nottingham | 1 | 0 | 0% |