Kevin Sexton

This season tells a straightforward story: 12 winners from 173 rides, which works out at roughly 1 in every 14 races. A 7% win rate isn't going to set the world alight, but context matters. Riding at volume in jump racing means plenty of difficult assignments, unproven horses, and unfamiliar tracks — getting a winner from every fourteen rides in that environment is respectable, honest work. It's the kind of consistency that keeps phones ringing.

His most significant partnership is with Gordon Elliott, one of the most powerful training operations in Ireland and Britain. Sexton has ridden 40 times for Elliott's yard, producing 3 winners — roughly 1 in every 13 rides. That's in line with his overall season average, which tells you Elliott's team trust him enough to put him up regularly without expecting miracles, and Sexton delivers at a steady clip without letting anyone down. Getting repeat bookings from a yard of that calibre is its own kind of endorsement.

The most striking number in Sexton's record is what happens when the ground turns wet. On soft or muddy ground, he's won 3 races from just 10 — that's 30%, or roughly 1 in every 3. To put that in perspective, his overall win rate is less than half that figure. Whether it's his style, his weight distribution in the saddle, or simply a knack for picking horses that thrive in the mud, something clicks for Sexton when conditions deteriorate. Trainers with horses who love wet ground would do well to keep his number handy.

Fifty-two career winners in four years won't make him famous yet, but Sexton is doing the right things — riding consistently, maintaining a key stable connection, and showing a specific, demonstrable edge in testing conditions. In a profession where most riders never find any edge at all, that last point alone is worth watching.