Billy Garritty

What makes Garritty worth paying attention to right now is his recent form. In just the last two weeks he has ridden 5 winners from 22 rides — a win rate of 23%, more than double his season average. That kind of hot streak is exactly the moment to watch a jockey closely, because confidence in the saddle is a real thing, and the horses tend to feel it too.

His most important professional relationship is with the yard run by Michael and David Easterby, where he has ridden 20 winners from 202 races together — winning 1 in every 10 rides for them. That is a long, productive partnership built on familiarity and trust. When a trainer keeps putting the same jockey up race after race, it means something; they know how he rides, and he knows their horses.

There are also a couple of specific edges worth noting. On wet, muddy ground — the kind of heavy going that some jockeys and horses quietly hate — Garritty has won 1 from 7 races, a 14% win rate that beats his overall average. It is a small sample, but it suggests he does not lose his nerve or his technique when conditions turn difficult. And at Thirsk racecourse in Yorkshire, he has landed 3 winners from 18 rides there — again, above his seasonal average, and the kind of local knowledge that matters on a track with its own particular quirks.

At 185 career winners in four years, Garritty is not a household name yet — but the trajectory is right, the form is sharp, and the Easterby connection gives him a steady flow of ammunition. The next few weeks, while he is riding like this, could be well worth following.