Neil Callan

What lifts Callan above the ordinary is where some of those wins have come. Five of his career victories have been in Class 1 races — the very top tier of British racing — at venues like Ascot, Newmarket, and Sandown Park. These are the biggest stages the sport offers, and riding five winners at that level is not something that happens by accident. Most recently, he landed the Newmarket July race on 12 July 2025, one of the summer's more prestigious prizes, at one of the country's most demanding and famous tracks.

His record on wet or muddy ground is also worth noting. Across 39 races on slow conditions, he has won 7 times — that's roughly 1 in every 5-and-a-half, or 18%, compared to his overall season rate of 1 in 9. Some jockeys never quite find their feet when the ground turns heavy; Callan clearly does. It's the kind of stat that tends to matter in a British summer, when the weather can change everything.

Perhaps the most eye-catching number right now is what has happened in the last two weeks. Two winners from 7 rides is a 29% return — nearly three times his season average. Form like that is hard to ignore, and it suggests he is riding with real confidence at the moment. His most regular partnership is with trainer Tom Clover, though that particular combination has produced just 1 win from 27 attempts together so far, meaning there may be more to come from that pairing if the pieces fall into place.

Four years into a career that has already touched the sport's highest level, Callan looks like a jockey still building toward something. The big-race experience is real, the current form is sharp, and the wet-ground record gives him an edge whenever the skies open. Plenty of reasons to keep an eye on where he turns up next.