Connor Planas

One place where Planas has made himself particularly hard to ignore is Southwell. He has ridden 4 winners from just 13 races there, which works out at nearly 1 in every 3 rides — a remarkable return at any track, let alone one that draws a competitive and regular pool of runners. When a jockey wins that frequently at a specific venue, it usually means they understand its quirks instinctively, whether that's the tight turns, the all-weather surface, or simply knowing how to place a horse in a race there. Whatever his secret at Southwell, it's clearly working.

His numbers on wet or muddy ground are also worth noting — 1 win from just 4 races in those conditions gives him a 25% win rate when the rain arrives, which is a useful string to his bow and suggests he's comfortable adapting his style when the ground changes beneath him.

His most regular partnership with trainer David Loughnane has produced 2 wins from 27 races together — around 1 in every 13 — which is modest compared to his overall figures, but the volume of rides shows there is genuine trust between the two. With a career still only four years old and already 94 winners deep, the trajectory here is firmly pointing upward.