Ryan Treacy

His most reliable working relationship is with trainer Mrs Julie Cashin, where he has ridden 16 times and come away with 1 winner — a win rate of around 6%, which doubles his overall average and suggests this is a partnership worth watching as it develops. When the ground turns soft and the conditions get a little testing underfoot, Treacy also shows a modest improvement, with 1 win from 17 races in those conditions — again around 6%, hinting that he may have a feel for riding on softer terrain that not every jockey naturally develops.

The honest truth is that 2 winners from 78 rides is a tough return, and Treacy is operating at the sharp end of the sport where margins are small and opportunities have to be earned. But every experienced jockey in the weighing room started somewhere, and four years in, the work being done with yards like Mrs Julie Cashin's represents exactly the kind of steady groundwork that careers are quietly built on.