Stevie Donohoe

The day-to-day numbers are solid rather than spectacular. Over the last 12 months, he has ridden 19 winners from 177 races — that's roughly 1 in every 9, or an 11% win rate — which is a respectable return across a busy schedule. In total he has ridden 62 career winners in four years, a steady accumulation that suggests a jockey building momentum rather than flashing briefly and fading.

One place where those numbers genuinely improve is Southwell. He has ridden 6 winners from 19 races there, which works out at almost 1 in every 3 — and that kind of dominance at a specific track is no accident. It usually means a jockey understands the quirks of the course, reads its rhythms well, and trainers who want a winner there are right to keep calling him. His record on wet or muddy ground also catches the eye: 1 win from 4 races at 25% is a small sample, but it hints at a rider who isn't fazed when conditions turn against the field.

His most regular partnership is with trainer Ivan Furtado, where he has ridden 3 winners from 25 races together — around 1 in every 8, or 12%. That's a steady, working relationship rather than a golden combination, but it represents a consistent source of rides and the kind of trust that takes time to build. The partnership with Sedgemoor hasn't clicked yet — three races together, no wins — but these things happen, and three races is far too small a sample to draw conclusions.

At 62 career winners and still only four years in, Donohoe is a jockey in the middle of writing his story. The Ascot and Windsor wins prove he belongs at the top table on the right day, and a course like Southwell where he genuinely excels gives him a reliable platform to keep adding to that tally.