Ms L A Byrne(7)

What stands out most is how she performs when conditions are straightforward. On normal ground, she has won 1 from just 3 races — a win rate of 33%, or roughly 1 in every 3 rides. That's a striking number. For context, even the very best jockeys in Britain typically win around 1 in 4 or 5 races, so when the ground is playing fair, Byrne is operating at an elite conversion rate. Small sample size, yes — but you don't want to ignore a number like that either.

She is, by any measure, still at the very beginning. Eighteen rides in a year is a modest workload, which suggests she's being brought along carefully rather than thrown in at the deep end. That's often a good sign — it means the people putting her up on horses are being selective, and when she does get a ride, there's usually a reason for it. The winners are starting to come, and with more experience in the saddle, the numbers should only get more interesting.