LAST week’s column focused on the riders fighting out the Irish flat jockeys’ championship, and there’s no sign of any let-up between Dylan Browne McMonagle and Colin Keane in sight. Both men have continued to fire in the winners since that piece went to print.

It’s been said by some well respected judges in the sport that the best riders are the ones who both win on the horses they’re expected to win on, and manage to sneak some extra winners out of races where they probably shouldn’t have been able to win. The latter is where the Wins Above Expectations (WAX) metric can be a helpful tool.