Siobhan Rutledge(3)

The one partnership that stands out — though perhaps not for the right reasons — is her five races alongside Alex Belardo, which have yet to produce a winner. Five races is not a huge sample, and blank runs between a jockey and a particular horse are not unusual, but it is the kind of combination you would want to see click eventually, simply because partnerships that persist without reward tend to say something about mutual belief from the yard. Whether that breakthrough comes will be one of the small storylines worth following.

At 52 career winners and still only four years in, Rutledge is in the building phase of what could be a durable career. The improvement in her win rate, however incremental, suggests she is learning and finding her feet at a level where very little comes easily.