Miss Chelsea Edwards(7)

Edwards only took her first recorded ride in March 2026, which means she is about as new to this as it gets. In the last twelve months she has had just the one race, and it did not result in a winner. But that single outing tells us almost nothing about what she is capable of — it simply means she has shown up and done it for real, which is more than most people ever do.

The (7) beside her name is the important detail here. That number is an allowance — a small weight reduction given to inexperienced jockeys to help level the playing field while they find their feet. It is the racing world's way of saying: this person is learning, give them a chance. As she rides more and wins more, that allowance will shrink, and eventually disappear entirely. Watching how quickly that happens will tell you a great deal about how good she might become.