That improvement from 9% to 12% might sound modest on paper, but in a sport where margins are everything, it tells a story of a jockey who is learning fast and making better decisions in the saddle. Riding winners consistently is hard — there are plenty of jockeys who plateau early and never push through. Tabti appears to be moving in the right direction.
His most important professional relationship is with trainer Iain Jardine, and the numbers there are striking. From 131 races together, they have combined for 18 wins — a win rate of 14%, or roughly 1 in every 7 rides. That's meaningfully better than Tabti's overall average, which suggests Jardine is not just giving him horses to fill a saddle. When a trainer keeps putting you up and you keep delivering at that rate, it signals genuine trust built over time.
One area where Tabti particularly catches the eye is on wet or muddy ground. In those conditions, he has won 3 races from just 14 — that's a 21% win rate, or better than 1 in every 5 rides. Some jockeys simply handle difficult conditions better than others, and that kind of edge on a wet day is exactly the sort of thing that can get you noticed by bigger yards looking for a smart booking.
His partnership with Gemini Man — one win from three races together — is too small a sample to draw big conclusions from, but it's a relationship worth keeping an eye on. At 44 career winners and still improving, Tabti looks like a jockey in the middle of building something, not at the end of it.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newcastle | 40 | 6 | 15% |
| Hamilton Park | 26 | 3 | 11.5% |
| Ayr | 20 | 0 | 0% |
| Musselburgh | 18 | 4 | 22.2% |
| Wolverhampton | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| Carlisle | 8 | 2 | 25% |
| Catterick Bridge | 7 | 1 | 14.3% |
| Redcar | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| Ripon | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Doncaster | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| York | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Southwell | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Newmarket | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Haydock Park | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Pontefract | 1 | 0 | 0% |