Miss Pippa Brown

Her most regular partnership is with trainer Victor Thompson, where she has ridden 16 times and taken 1 winner. That is a modest return on paper, but regular rides with one yard matter more than the numbers suggest — it means Thompson trusts her with his horses, she knows his string, and that kind of stable relationship is often where careers are quietly built.

The most eye-catching figure in her profile is what happens when the rain comes down. On wet or muddy ground, Brown has won 1 from 5 races — a 20% win rate, or roughly 1 in every 5. That is comfortably three times her overall average, and it is the sort of pattern that trainers and owners notice. If you have a horse that wants soft ground and you want someone who clearly handles those conditions well, Brown's name is going to come up.

Four years in, she is still in the building phase — but the direction of travel is good.