Kevin Stott

What makes this even more interesting is the trajectory. Last year his win rate sat at 9% — respectable, but unremarkable. This season it has jumped to 13%, and over the past two weeks it has climbed higher still: 5 winners from just 25 rides, a 20% conversion that is well above his seasonal average. When a jockey starts outperforming their own already-improved numbers, it tends to mean something has clicked.

The big days have come too. Stott has won 6 top-level races in his career — one of the highest grades of race in Britain — at venues including Newmarket and Epsom Downs, two of the most storied tracks in the sport. His most recent came at Beverley on 30 August 2025. That kind of roll call says he does not just pile up winners in smaller races; he can deliver when the occasion demands it.

His most consistent working relationship is with trainer Kevin Ryan, with whom he has ridden 13 winners from 114 races together — about 1 in every 9, slightly below his overall average, but over a large enough sample to represent a genuine and productive partnership. The sheer volume of rides they share suggests Ryan trusts him as a first call.

Two other details stand out. On wet or muddy ground Stott has won 3 from just 8 races, a 38% rate that is extraordinary — nearly 2 in every 5. Most jockeys do not have a meaningful edge in any specific conditions, so a number like that is worth noting. And at Kempton Park he has recorded 3 winners from 8 rides, making him a jockey to look for whenever that track comes up on the card. Four years in, Kevin Stott looks very much like a rider still on the way up.