Alex Harvey

The most important relationship in Harvey's career so far is with trainer John C McConnell. Together they have combined for 15 wins from 139 rides — that's 11%, or just over 1 in every 9 — which is meaningfully better than Harvey's overall average and suggests the two have developed a real working understanding. When a trainer keeps putting you up race after race, it's usually because you're doing something right in the mornings as much as the afternoons.

Conditions make a real difference to how Harvey performs. On normal ground, the numbers jump sharply: 18 wins from 86 races, which is 21%, or better than 1 in every 5. That's a figure that would catch the eye of any trainer looking for a jockey who hits their stride when the ground is fair and the pace is honest. Killarney has also been a happy hunting ground — 3 winners from just 8 rides there — suggesting Harvey either knows the track exceptionally well or simply thrives in front of a summer crowd.

The career highlight, at least on paper, is a Class 1 win at Haydock Park — one of the top races in Britain. Getting that kind of result on your record early in a career is significant. It proves Harvey can hold their nerve when the occasion demands it, and those are the performances that open doors.

The partnership with Jumping Susie — 1 win from 8 races together — hasn't set the world alight, but eight races is enough time to build a proper understanding, and Harvey clearly knows this horse's quirks. Sometimes the value of a partnership isn't just in the wins. Four years in, 63 winners banked, and a top-level race already ticked off — Harvey is building something worth watching.