The most interesting thread in Carmichael's career so far is his partnership with trainer Eve Johnson Houghton. Of his 6 winners this season, 4 have come riding for her yard — that is 4 from 35 races together, or roughly 1 in every 9. For a young jockey, having a trainer who keeps putting you up and clearly believes in you is worth more than any single result. It gives you experience, it gives you rhythm, and it tends to be how careers are built.
Where Carmichael genuinely catches the eye is on normal ground — the kind of conditions you get on a dry but not baked-hard summer's day. In those conditions he has won 3 from 21 races, or 1 in every 7, which is comfortably ahead of his overall average. Whether that reflects a preference in the horses he is given, or something in his riding style that suits a predictable surface, it is a pattern worth watching. The (7) next to his name, by the way, simply means he is an apprentice who claims a 7lb weight allowance — in practice, that means the horses he rides carry less weight than they would under a senior jockey, which makes trainers more likely to book him.
At 6 winners and two years in, Carmichael is not yet a name casual racegoers will recognise. But the foundation is there — a reliable trainer partnership, a clear strength on certain ground, and still enough runway to grow into a more consistent performer.
| Course | Races | Wins | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kempton Park | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Brighton | 8 | 1 | 12.5% |
| Wolverhampton | 7 | 1 | 14.3% |
| Southwell | 7 | 1 | 14.3% |
| Great Yarmouth | 7 | 0 | 0% |
| Lingfield Park | 5 | 1 | 20% |
| Leicester | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Salisbury | 4 | 0 | 0% |
| Goodwood | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Haydock Park | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Bath | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Newcastle | 3 | 0 | 0% |
| Windsor | 2 | 1 | 50% |
| Newmarket | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Newbury | 2 | 0 | 0% |
| Ascot | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Chester | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Chepstow | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| Sandown Park | 1 | 0 | 0% |
| chelmsford | 1 | 0 | 0% |