Paul Mulrennan

The headline number this year does represent a slight dip. Twelve months ago he was winning at closer to 15%, or around 1 in every 7 races, so the current form is a touch below his own standard. But the quality has been there when it counts. Eight top-level races won across a career is a meaningful tally — these are the biggest races in Britain, the days when the best horses in the country turn up and the margin for error disappears entirely. He has won at Ayr, at Haydock Park, and at Ascot, which is about as varied and demanding a set of big-occasion venues as you could ask for. The Ascot win came in June 2025, with Haydock following just weeks earlier — a strong run through the summer at the very top level.

His most productive partnership is with trainer Jim Goldie, and the numbers there are striking. Across 248 races together — a sample large enough to be genuinely meaningful — they have combined for 38 wins, a rate of roughly 1 in every 6.5 rides. That kind of sustained success between a jockey and a trainer suggests something beyond luck: a shared understanding of horses, timing, and tactics that takes years to develop.

If there is a course that feels like home, it is Ayr. Fifteen winners from 79 races there is the sort of record that makes trainers think twice about who they put on a horse at that track. He also clearly benefits from fast, dry ground — on those conditions he has won 20 from 124 races, a 16% rate, or roughly 1 in every 6. When the sun is out and the ground is quick, Mulrennan tends to run well above his seasonal average.

The one partnership that stubbornly refuses to fire is with Yorkshire Glory — six races together, no wins. Racing throws up these inexplicable blanks from time to time, and no one has a satisfying explanation for them. It remains the one outstanding puzzle in an otherwise productive career.