Miss Lily Jones

The partnership with Enjoy d'Allen is the most compelling thread in her career so far. Two wins from five races together might sound modest, but winning 40% of the time with the same horse points to a genuine understanding between rider and animal — the kind of relationship that takes time to build and is genuinely difficult to replicate. When those two line up together, the smart money pays close attention.

Perhaps the most intriguing detail is what happens when the rain arrives. On wet or muddy ground, Jones has won 2 of her 4 races — a 50% win rate that is extraordinary by any measure. Half of her races in those conditions have ended in victory. Some jockeys find soft ground difficult to read, the pace unpredictable and the horses harder to settle. Jones, it seems, thrives in it. Whether that's confidence, technique, or simply a shrewd eye for which horses suit those conditions, it's the kind of edge that makes her someone trainers will increasingly want in the saddle when the weather turns.

Four years in, with numbers like these, the trajectory is pointing firmly upward.