Tom Marquand

The top-level results are what really set him apart. He has won 68 of the sport's most prestigious races, at venues like York, Goodwood, and Newbury — the kind of tracks where reputations are made and the best horses in the country show up. In October 2025 alone he won three Class 1 races inside a fortnight, at Bath, York, and Newbury. Three of the biggest prizes in the sport, three different tracks, fourteen days. That is not a lucky run. That is a jockey in full command of his craft.

His most consistent working relationship is with trainer William Haggas, and the numbers there are striking. From 289 races together, Marquand has ridden 65 winners — a win rate of 22%, or roughly 1 in every 4 and a half rides. In a sport where the average jockey wins perhaps 1 in 8 or 9, that kind of ratio with a single yard tells you the trust runs deep and the results back it up. When Haggas saddles a runner and puts Marquand on top, something clicks.

There are also specific conditions where Marquand noticeably raises his game. On wet or muddy ground — the kind of heavy going that puts some jockeys off their rhythm entirely — he wins 12 from 49 races, a 24% win rate, or nearly 1 in 4. Riding in the rain, on a slippery track, with horses that are harder to settle and slower to respond, is a skill in itself. Marquand has it. He also has a particular affinity for Brighton, where 3 winners from just 10 rides suggests a course that suits his style well.

At four years into his career with 569 winners and 68 top-level victories already banked, the trajectory is obvious. The bigger question is just how far it goes.