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Flat Jockeys Championship winners list: Every table topper back to 1840 Flat Jockeys Championship winners list: Every table topper back to 1840 Published: 11 May 2023, 10:45
With William Buick and Oisin Murphy set to fight out this year’s title race, we’re looking back at the past Flat Jockeys Championship winners list.
Buick topped the table for the first time last season with 157 strikes and is 4/6 favourite to prevail again.
However, 6/5 chance Murphy is back from a spell on the sidelines and keen to pick up where he left off after claiming a hat-trick of titles from 2019-2021.
Coral’s Lewis Knowles commented: “Buick and Murphy are two of the best jockeys in the world, so it will be fascinating to see how the battle to be crowned champion jockey plays out over the coming months.
“Murphy has obviously had some time away from the sport, but he’s returned seemingly right at the top of his game, so no doubt he’ll run the defending champion all the way.”
The title was traditionally decided on winners ridden between the Lincoln meeting at Doncaster in March and the November Handicap on Town Moor.
However, in 2015, the campaign was cut from approximately 32 weeks to 24 and the timeframe now runs from Newmarket’s Guineas festival to British Champions Day at Ascot in October.
Gordon Richards holds the record for most victories with 26 and also the highest number of wins in a season at 269, set in 1947.
The milestone for most consecutive titles is shared by Nat Flatman (1840-1852) and Fred Archer (1874-1886), with 13 apiece.
Flat Jockeys Championship winners list 1840: Nat Flatman (50 winners)
All odds and market correct at date of publication
Flat Jockeys Championship winners list: Every table topper back to 1840
