The headline achievement is his collection of 15 top-level wins — the kind of races that represent the very best of British racing. Venues like Ascot and Sandown Park are where reputations are made, and De Sousa has delivered on the biggest stages more than once. His most recent Class 1 victory came at Musselburgh on 7 June 2025, a reminder that he performs at the top level not just at the glamour tracks but wherever the race takes him.
Newcastle is worth paying particular attention to. Seven winners from just 25 rides there translates to winning more than 1 in every 4 races at the track — a remarkable return at any level. When a jockey wins at that rate on a specific course, it usually means something: familiarity with the track's unique shape, a knack for reading how races unfold there, or simply a confidence that feeds into performance. Whatever the reason, punters who ignore De Sousa at Newcastle do so at their peril.
His most productive trainer partnership is with Michael Costa, yielding 7 wins from 77 rides together — roughly 1 in every 11. That's a shade below his overall average, but 77 rides represents a meaningful, ongoing relationship built on trust. Trainers don't keep booking the same jockey unless they believe in them, and 7 winners together is a solid foundation for a partnership that could yet produce something more memorable.
Four years into his career and already 285 winners deep, De Sousa looks like a jockey still on the right side of his trajectory. The combination of big-race wins, course form at Newcastle, and a steady volume of winners each season paints a picture of someone who has found his footing in British racing and is making the most of every opportunity he gets.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| meydan | 92 | 12 | 13.0% |
| jebel_ali | 56 | 2 | 3.6% |
| Great Yarmouth | 40 | 11 | 27.5% |
| Ascot | 35 | 2 | 5.7% |
| Windsor | 31 | 5 | 16.1% |
| Kempton Park | 29 | 5 | 17.2% |
| Lingfield Park | 29 | 5 | 17.2% |
| Newmarket | 27 | 2 | 7.4% |
| Newcastle | 25 | 7 | 28.0% |
| Haydock Park | 25 | 4 | 16% |
| chelmsford | 25 | 3 | 12% |
| Wolverhampton | 23 | 4 | 17.4% |
| Doncaster | 22 | 3 | 13.6% |
| abu_dhabi | 19 | 2 | 10.5% |
| Sandown Park | 17 | 1 | 5.9% |
| Goodwood | 17 | 1 | 5.9% |
| York | 13 | 1 | 7.7% |
| Chester | 12 | 1 | 8.3% |
| Southwell | 11 | 2 | 18.2% |
| Catterick Bridge | 9 | 2 | 22.2% |
| Nottingham | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Newbury | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Salisbury | 8 | 0 | 0% |
| Thirsk | 6 | 1 | 16.7% |
| Epsom Downs | 6 | 1 | 16.7% |
| sharjah | 6 | 0 | 0% |
| Leicester | 5 | 0 | 0% |
| Bath | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Musselburgh | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Beverley | 3 | 1 | 33.3% |
| Ayr | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Pontefract | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Carlisle | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Hamilton Park | 2 | 0 | 0% |