“People have said, ‘You’re riding well at the moment’, but I’m not riding any differently. It’s just circumstances – I’ve gotten on good horses at the right time and given them the right rides,” Bradley said. “But it can be a snowballing effect. People like a jockey that’s winning and winning creates better opportunities.” Bradley was one of the country’s most consistent riders for many years. He rode at least 40 winners for 26 out of 27 seasons from 1989-90 to 2015-16, the one exception coming when he spent most of 2000-01 outside New Zealand. But things dropped away suddenly after 2015-16 and he hasn’t ridden more than 15 winners in any season since then.