This season he has ridden 37 winners from 341 races — roughly 1 in every 9, an 11% win rate — which represents a slight dip from the 14% he managed last year. That kind of drop can happen for all sorts of reasons: a tougher book of rides, a run of near-misses, the natural ebb and flow of a season. At 341 races in a year he is clearly keeping himself busy, and 37 winners from that volume of work is a solid return, even if he will want to push that number back up.
His most reliable alliance is with the Jonjo and A J O'Neill yard, where he has ridden 11 winners from 106 races together — again around 1 in every 10. It is not a glamorous ratio, but 106 rides in a partnership tells you there is genuine trust on both sides. Trainers do not keep putting a jockey up if they have doubts about them.
One number that stands out is his record on wet or muddy ground: 6 wins from 36 races, a 17% win rate, or roughly 1 in every 6. That is noticeably better than his overall figures, and it suggests McLernon is a jockey who rides with confidence and commitment when conditions get tough — exactly the kind of quality that earns you the phone call on a filthy February afternoon when a trainer needs someone they can trust to deliver. With two top-level wins already on his record and a Cheltenham victory fresh in the memory, the foundations are there for McLernon to push on and make 2026 a season to remember.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cartmel | 32 | 7 | 21.9% |
| Worcester | 32 | 3 | 9.4% |
| Fontwell Park | 26 | 4 | 15.4% |
| Plumpton | 20 | 1 | 5% |
| Uttoxeter | 20 | 1 | 5% |
| Sedgefield | 15 | 2 | 13.3% |
| Wetherby | 12 | 3 | 25% |
| Warwick | 12 | 3 | 25% |
| Ludlow | 11 | 0 | 0% |
| Newcastle | 10 | 1 | 10% |
| Haydock Park | 10 | 1 | 10% |
| Cheltenham | 9 | 2 | 22.2% |
| Newton Abbot | 9 | 0 | 0% |
| Punchestown | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| hereford | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Southwell | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Stratford-on-Avon | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| Chepstow | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| Huntingdon | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Taunton | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Ayr | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Market Rasen | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Newbury | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Ffos Las | 5 | 2 | 40% |
| Doncaster | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Carlisle | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Wincanton | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Perth | 4 | 1 | 25% |
| Hexham | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Ascot | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Kempton Park | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Kelso | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Fakenham | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Musselburgh | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Exeter | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Lingfield Park | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| York | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Aintree | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Catterick Bridge | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Leicester | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Bangor-on-Dee | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Windsor | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Sandown Park | 1 | 0 | 0% |