William Buick

The partnership with trainer Charlie Appleby is worth paying close attention to. Of the 226 races Buick has ridden for Appleby's yard, 70 have ended in victory. That is 31 wins from every 100 rides together, or roughly 7 from every 22 — a remarkable return that suggests the two have built something close to a genuine working rhythm. When a trainer keeps putting you on their best horses and you keep winning, that relationship becomes self-reinforcing.

There are two conditions where Buick really stands out. On wet or muddy ground, he has won 16 from 34 races — nearly 1 in every 2, which is an extraordinary figure. Many jockeys find heavy conditions disruptive; Buick seems to find them clarifying. He is also particularly sharp at Kempton Park, where he has turned 15 winners from just 31 races, a win rate of almost exactly 1 in 2. He was back there on 1 December 2025 and won again, which feels almost routine at this point.

The two Class 1 wins at Newbury on the same afternoon in October 2025 are the kind of day that gets people talking. Winning one top-level race is an achievement. Winning two on the same card at the same track is the sort of thing that sticks in the memory. For a jockey still relatively early in his career, a haul of 141 wins at that level already puts him in genuinely distinguished company.