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The champion jockey of flat racing in Great Britain is the rider who has the most wins during a season. For most of its existence, the jockeys championship was decided on the number of winners ridden between Lincoln Handicap Day and November Handicap Day, the traditional flat turf season.
The set period has varied over time, originally covering the calendar year when all flat racing was held on turf between March and November. Later, all-weather races outside the turf season were excluded, and from 2015 the championship season was further shortened to exclude the start and end of the turf season. [3]
The 2023 British Flat Jockeys Championship was the competition to find the winningmost jockey in Great Britain between the Guineas Festival on 6 May 2023 and British Champions Day at Ascot on 21 October 2023. It was won by William Buick for the second time in a row. On the same day Billy Loughnane was crowned Champion Apprentice. [1]
He also won the flat jockey of the year Lester award for the second year running. [32] Although Buick's champion jockey title came too late for Ian Balding to win on his 2006 bet that the jockey would win the championship by 2020, the Tote honoured a verbal bet the trainer had made and donated the £5,000 winnings to the Injured Jockeys' Fund. [33]
Jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. poses with owners from Sonata Stable after Ortiz rode Arzak to victory in the Grade 2 Shakertown Stakes at Keeneland. Ortiz won the leading jockey title for the 2024 Spring Meet.
The Champion Jockey of flat racing in Ireland is the jockey who has ridden the most winning horses during a season. The list below shows the Champion Jockey for each year since 1950. The list below shows the Champion Jockey for each year since 1950.
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Hollie Doyle (born 11 October 1996) is a British jockey who competes in flat racing.She set a new record for winners ridden in a British season by a female jockey in 2019. She came third in the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award 2020, and was also named The Sunday Times sportswoman of the yea