Tom Queally

In the last 12 months, Queally has ridden 9 winners from 162 races — roughly 1 in every 18, which represents a dip from last season's 1 in every 12 or 13. That kind of slide is worth watching. It doesn't necessarily signal anything alarming, but it does mean he'll be keen to reverse the trend before the season is out. Across his four years in the saddle since 2021, he has built his total to 97 career winners — not a headline figure, but solid evidence of a professional doing the job consistently.

His most reliable relationship is with the Gary and Josh Moore yard, where he has ridden 7 winners from 117 races together. That's the same 1-in-18 win rate as his overall season average, but 117 shared rides tells you this is a genuine working partnership rather than an occasional booking. When a stable keeps putting you up that regularly, it means they trust you — and that trust is worth something in a sport where yards have plenty of options.

Where Queally genuinely stands out is in the conditions. On fast, dry ground, he wins 4 from 33 races — that's 12%, or roughly 1 in every 8. More than double his usual rate. That's not a coincidence; it suggests a rider who either targets those conditions deliberately or simply gets the best out of horses when the ground is quick underfoot. Brighton tells a similar story: 4 winners from just 19 races at that tight, undulating seaside track. Brighton is not a course everyone takes to — the camber and the turns catch plenty of riders out — so mastering it is a genuine skill worth noting.

The Newmarket Class 1 win remains the headline on his record, a reminder that Queally has already shown he can handle the biggest stage. The question now is whether the current dip in his numbers is just a run of ordinary luck, or something he needs to actively turn around.