__NOTOC__ A Lester Award is one of a range of awards given to

jockey A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing. The word "jockey" originated from England and was used to describe the individual ...

s at an annual ceremony in Great Britain. The awards are named in honour of Lester Piggott, an eleven-time British flat racing Champion Jockey who won thirty

British Classic Races The British Classics are five long-standing Group 1 horse races run during the traditional flat racing season. They are restricted to three-year-old horses and traditionally represent the pinnacle of achievement for racehorses against their own ...

from 1954 to 1992. The awards were inaugurated in 1990, and they recognise the achievements of jockeys from both

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and jump racing during the previous year. The ceremony to present the 2012 awards took place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, on 28 March 2013. The event was sponsored by

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. The awards ceremony had traditionally been held the night before

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, a day with no racing in Great Britain, but the start of Good Friday racing in 2014 led to the event being moved to a December date, with the 2014 ceremony honouring jockeys for their achievements in 2013 and 2014.

Flat Jockey of the Year

* 1990: Pat Eddery * 1991: Pat Eddery * 1992: Michael Roberts * 1993: Frankie Dettori * 1994: Frankie Dettori * 1995: Frankie Dettori * 1996: Pat Eddery / Frankie Dettori ''(tied)'' * 1997: Kieren Fallon * 1998: Kieren Fallon * 1999: Kieren Fallon * 2000:

Kevin Darley Kevin Darley (born 5 August 1960, in Penn, Wolverhampton) is a retired jockey, and a co-president of the Jockeys' Association of Great Britain. He was British flat racing Champion Apprentice in 1978 with 70 wins and Champion Jockey in 2000 wi ...

* 2001: Kieren Fallon * 2002: Kieren Fallon * 2003: Kieren Fallon * 2004: Frankie Dettori * 2005: Jamie Spencer * 2006: Ryan Moore * 2007: Jamie Spencer * 2008: Ryan Moore * 2009: Ryan Moore * 2010: Paul Hanagan * 2011: Paul Hanagan * 2012: Richard Hughes * 2013: Richard Hughes * 2014: Ryan Moore * 2015: Silvestre de Sousa * 2016:

Jim Crowley James Harold "Sleepy Jim" Crowley (September 10, 1902 – January 15, 1986) was an American football player and coach. He gained fame as one-fourth of the University of Notre Dame's legendary "Four Horsemen (American football), Four Horsemen" bac ...

* 2017: * 2018: Oisin Murphy * 2019: Oisin Murphy * 2020: Hollie Doyle

Jump Jockey of the Year

* 1990: Richard Dunwoody * 1991: Peter Niven * 1992: Richard Dunwoody * 1993: Richard Dunwoody * 1994: Richard Dunwoody * 1995: Richard Dunwoody * 1996: Tony McCoy * 1997: Tony McCoy * 1998: Tony McCoy * 1999: Tony McCoy * 2000: Tony McCoy * 2001: Tony McCoy * 2002: Tony McCoy * 2003: Tony McCoy * 2004: Tony McCoy * 2005: Timmy Murphy * 2006: Tony McCoy * 2007: Tony McCoy * 2008: Tony McCoy * 2009: Tony McCoy * 2010: Tony McCoy * 2011: Tony McCoy * 2012: Tony McCoy * 2013: Tony McCoy * 2014: Tony McCoy * 2015: Tony McCoy * 2016: Richard Johnson * 2017: * 2018: Richard Johnson * 2019: Richard Johnson * 2020: Brian Hughes

Apprentice Jockey of the Year

* 1990:

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* 1991: Darryll Holland * 1992: David Harrison * 1993: Jason Weaver * 1994: Michael Fenton * 1995:

Seb Sanders Seb Sanders (born 25 September 1971 in Birmingham, England) is a former flat race jockey. Sanders was British Champion Flat Jockey in 2007, a title he shared with Jamie Spencer. Early life Born in Birmingham, Sanders' father, a plumber introduc ...

* 1996: Dane O'Neill * 1997:

Royston Ffrench Royston Ffrench (born 5 September 1975) is a professional flat jockey. He was the 1997 British Champion Apprentice Jockey and has won multiple Grade 1 races in Europe and the Middle East. Early life Ffrench was bought up in Telford, and is the ...

* 1998:

Neil Pollard Neil is a masculine name of Gaelic and Irish origin. The name is an anglicisation of the Irish ''Niall'' which is of disputed derivation. The Irish name may be derived from words meaning "cloud", "passionate", "victory", "honour" or "champion".. A ...

* 1999: Robert Winston * 2000:

Lee Newman Lee Newman (born 1 May 1973) is a Welsh male athlete who competes in the shot put and discus events. He has personal best distances of 18.85 metres and 60.48 metres respectively in these events. Newman was National Record Holder in the Discus for ...

* 2001:

Keith Dalgleish Keith may refer to: People and fictional characters * Keith (given name), includes a list of people and fictional characters * Keith (surname) * Keith (singer), American singer James Keefer (born 1949) * Baron Keith, a line of Scottish barons i ...

* 2002: Paul Hanagan * 2003: Ryan Moore * 2004: Tom Queally * 2005:

Hayley Turner Hayley Turner (born 3 January 1983) is an English jockey who competes in flat racing. Originally from Nottingham, she is based in Newmarket. In 2008 Turner became the first woman to ride 100 UK flat race winners during a calendar year. She ...

* 2006: Stephen Donohoe * 2007: William Buick * 2008: William Buick * 2009:

Frederik Tylicki Frederik 'Freddy' Tylicki (born c.1986) is a German-born former flat racing jockey in Great Britain. He was British flat racing Champion Apprentice in 2009, when he also won the Lester Award for Apprentice Jockey of the Year. His Polish-born fa ...

* 2010: Martin Lane * 2011: Martin Harley * 2012: Amy Ryan * 2013: * 2014: * 2015:

Tom Marquand Tom Marquand (born 30 March 1998) is a British jockey who competes in flat racing. Background Marquand spent his childhood near Cheltenham and, although not from a racing background, grew up around horses. After pony racing and riding out f ...

* 2016:

Josephine Gordon Josephine Gordon (born 16 May 1993) is a British jockey who competes in Flat racing. In 2016 Gordon won the British flat racing Champion Apprentice title, becoming only the third female jockey to win that title after Hayley Turner and Amy Ryan ...

* 2017: * 2018: Jason Watson * 2019:

Cieren Fallon Cieren Richard Fallon (born 17 June 1999) is a British jockey who competes in flat racing. Background Fallon's parents, jockeys Kieren Fallon and Julie (Bowker) Fallon, separated when he was a young child and he grew up in Wigan with his mother, ...

* 2020:

Conditional Jockey of the Year

* 1990: Derek Byrne * 1991: Adrian Maguire * 1992: Mick Fitzgerald * 1993:

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* 1994: Tony Dobbin * 1995: Tony McCoy * 1996: Richard Johnson * 1997:

Barry Fenton Barry may refer to: People and fictional characters * Barry (name), including lists of people with the given name, nickname or surname, as well as fictional characters with the given name * Dancing Barry, stage name of Barry Richards (born c. 1950 ...

* 1998: Robert Thornton * 1999:

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* 2000:

Noel Fehily Noel Fehily (born 24 December 1975) is a retired Irish professional horse racing jockey. Throughout his professional career, he has enjoyed substantial success including the King George VI Chase and Champion Hurdle, despite enduring significant inj ...

* 2001: Liam Cooper * 2002:

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* 2003:

* 2004: Jamie Moore * 2005: Paddy Brennan * 2006: William Kennedy * 2007: Tom O'Brien * 2008: Brian Hughes * 2009: Aidan Coleman * 2010:

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* 2011: Sam Twiston-Davies * 2012: Henry Brooke * 2013: * 2014: * 2015:

Sean Bowen Sean Bowen (born 5 September 1997) is a Welsh jockey who competes in National Hunt racing. Bowen is the son of horse racing trainer Peter Bowen. Career Bowen was an accomplished point-to-point jockey, who won the Wilkinson Sword title for his a ...

* 2016:

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* 2017: * 2018: James Bowen * 2019: Jonjo O'Neill jnr * 2020: Jonjo O'Neill jnr

Female Jockey of the Year

* 1990:

Alex Greaves Alex Greaves is a retired British flat racing jockey. Career She was the first woman to win a Group 1 horse race in Great Britain when she dead-heated in the 1997 Nunthorpe Stakes at York on Ya Malak. She became the first female apprentic ...

* 1991:

* 1992:

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* 1993:

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* 1994:

* 1995:

* 1996: Sophie Mitchell * 1997:

* 1998:

* 1999: Sophie Mitchell * 2000:

Joanna Badger Joanna is a feminine given name deriving from from he, יוֹחָנָה, translit=Yôḥānāh, lit=God is gracious. Variants in English include Joan, Joann, Joanne, and Johanna. Other forms of the name in English are Jan, Jane, Janet, Janice ...

* 2001:

* 2002:

* 2003:

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* 2004:

* 2005:

* 2006:

* 2007:

* 2008:

* 2009:

* 2010: Cathy Gannon * 2011 Cathy Gannon * 2012:

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* 2013: * 2014: * 2015: Cathy Gannon * 2016:

* 2017: * 2018: Nicola Currie * 2019: Hollie Doyle * 2020: Hollie Doyle

Jockey of the Year

* 1990: Pat Eddery * 1991: Alan Munro * 1992: Michael Roberts * 1993: Adrian Maguire * 1994: Frankie Dettori * 1995: Frankie Dettori * 1996: Frankie Dettori * 1997: Tony McCoy ** ''discontinued after 1997''

Honorary Lester

* 1996: Peter O'Sullevan * 1997: Willie Carson * 2000: Jim Foster ''(JAGB Treasurer for 30 years)'' * 2001: Michael Caulfield ''(JAGB Chief Executive)'' * 2016: Anne Saunders ''(Professional Jockeys Association director)''

Lifetime achievement award

* 2008: Mick Fitzgerald

Chief Executive Award

* 2007:

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PJA Directors Award

* 2008: Tony Dobbin

International Jockey of the Year

* 2007: Ruby Walsh * 2008: Ruby Walsh * 2009:

Michael Kinane Michael J. Kinane (born 22 June 1959, Killenaule, County Tipperary) is an Irish former flat racing jockey. He had a 34-year career, retiring on 8 December 2009. A prolific winner of the Irish, English and French Classic race ...

* 2010: Ruby Walsh

Flat Ride of the Year

* 1998: Darryll Holland on

Double Trigger Double Trigger (24 March 1991 – 23 February 2020) was a Thoroughbred racehorse and active sire. He was bred in Ireland, but trained in the United Kingdom throughout his racing career, which lasted from 1993 to 1998. A specialist stayer, ...

in the

Goodwood Cup The Goodwood Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 2 miles (3,219 ...

, 30 July. * 1999:

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in the Cambridgeshire Handicap, 2 October. * 2000:

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on Bangalore in the Chester Cup, 10 May. * 2001:

Steve Drowne Steve Drowne, (born 10 December 1971),''Racing Post, London, 10 December 2021, page 18. is a former professional flat racing jockey. Growing up, he attended Newmarket Racing School. His father was a Devon farmer. Drowne is one of racing's most r ...

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in the Cork and Orrery Stakes, 21 June. * 2002: Darryll Holland on

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at Newmarket, 25 May. * 2003: Martin Dwyer on

Persian Punch Persian Punch (1993–2004) was a Thoroughbred racehorse trained in the United Kingdom. He was frequently heralded by the Racing Post and his fans as the most popular horse in training during the final years of his career and had his own fan c ...

in the

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, 18 October. * 2004:

Paul Mulrennan Paul Mulrennan is an English flat racing jockey, whose biggest victories to date have been back to back wins on Mecca's Angel in the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes in 2015 and 2016. He also won six times on another sprinter Mabs Cross. Both were tr ...

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in the

Zetland Gold Cup The Zetland Gold Cup is a flat Handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three-year-old and up. It is run at Redcar over a distance of 1 mile 2 furlongs and 1 yard (2,013 metres), and it is scheduled to take ...

, 31 May. * 2005:

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, 4 July. * 2006: Martin Dwyer on

Sir Percy Sir Percy (foaled 2003) is a British Thoroughbred race horse and sire. In a career which lasted from July 2005 to June 2007 he ran ten times and won five races. he was among the leading British two-year-olds of 2005, when his win included the De ...

in the

Epsom Derby The Derby Stakes, also known as the Epsom Derby or the Derby, and as the Cazoo Derby for sponsorship reasons, is a Group 1 flat horse race in England open to three-year-old colts and fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs Racecourse in Surrey o ...

, 3 June. * 2007: Paul Hanagan on

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at York, 13 October. * 2008:

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in the Chester Cup, 7 May. * 2009: Tom Queally on Midday in the Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf, 6 November. * 2010: Paul Hanagan on

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at Ayr, 17 September. * 2011: Paul Hanagan on

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in the Nell Gwyn Stakes, 13 April * 2012: Michael O'Connell on Qubuh at Hamilton Park, 6 May * 2013: * 2014: * 2015:

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on Rex Imperator at Doncaster, 10 September * 2016: Robert Winston on Librisa Breeze at Ascot, 1 October * 2017: * 2018: Eoin Walsh on Storm Lightning at Wolverhampton, 22 September * 2019: Paul Hanagan on Dutch Decoy at Hamilton Park, 30 August * 2020: Dylan Hogan on Wanaash at Wolverhampton, 15 January

Jump Ride of the Year

* 1998:

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on One Man in the Queen Mother Champion Chase, 18 March. * 1999: Richard Johnson on

Anzum Anzum (foaled 6 April 1991) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse best known for his performances in National Hunt racing. After failing to win in eight races on the flat he made an immediate impact when switched to hurdle races, winning his fir ...

in the

Stayers' Hurdle The Stayers' Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt hurdle race in Great Britain. It is open to horses aged four years or older. It is run on the New Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 3 miles ...

, 18 March. * 2000: Tony Dobbin on

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in the Vincent O'Brien County Hurdle, 16 March. * 2001:

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Red Marauder Red Marauder (4 March 1990 – 22 November 2016) was a race horse that won the 2001 Grand National at 33/1. Only four horses completed the race successfully - two of those having been remounted - due partly to the desperate conditions at Aintree ...

in the Grand National, 7 April. * 2002:

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on Jurancon II at

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, 21 December. * 2003: Andrew Thornton on Kingscliff at Ascot, 22 November. * 2004: Timmy Murphy on Stormez in the Servo Computer Services Trophy, 13 November. * 2005:

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on King Harald in the Jewson Novices' Handicap Chase, 17 March. * 2006: Henry Oliver on

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at Chepstow, 18 April. * 2007: Andrew Thornton on

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in the Welsh National, 27 December. * 2008: Robert Thornton on

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in the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle, 14 March. * 2009: Tony McCoy on Wichita Lineman in the

William Hill Trophy The Festival Trophy is a Grade 3 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged five years or older. It is run on the Old Course at Cheltenham over a distance of about 3 mi ...

, 10 March. * 2010:

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on Lastroseofsummer at

, 19 November. * 2011:

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on Tarvini at Huntingdon * 2012: Tony McCoy on Synchronised in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, 16 March * 2013: * 2014: * 2015:

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in the Bet365 Gold Cup, 25 April * 2016:

Colm McCormack Colm is a male given name of Irish origin. Colm can be pronounced "Collum" or "Kullum". It is not an Irish version of Colin, but like Callum and Malcolm derives from a Gaelic variation on ''columba'', the Latin word for 'dove'. People *Colm Bro ...

on Fiddler's Flight at Sedgefield, 9 February * 2017: * 2018: James Bowen on Raz De Maree in the

Welsh Grand National The Coral Welsh Grand National is a Premier Handicap National Hunt racing, National Hunt Steeplechase (horse racing), steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to Horse racing, horses aged four years ...

, 6 January * 2019: Matty Bachelor on Noble Glance at Fontwell, 22 August * 2020: Jack Tudor on Potters Corner in the

, 27 December 2019

Flat Jockey Special Recognition Award

* 1996: Jimmy Quinn * 1997:

* 1998:

George Duffield __NOTOC__ George Duffield MBE (born 30 November 1946) is an English retired flat racing jockey. He served a seven-year apprenticeship with Jack Waugh, and rode his first winner on 15 June 1967 at Great Yarmouth Racecourse on a horse called Syl ...

* 1999:

* 2000: Ray Cochrane * 2001:

* 2002: Pat Eddery * 2003: Pat Eddery * 2004: Willie Ryan * 2005:

John Carroll John Carroll may refer to: People Academia and science *Sir John Carroll (astronomer) (1899–1974), British astronomer *John Alexander Carroll (died 2000), American history professor *John Bissell Carroll (1916–2003), American cognitive sci ...

* 2006: Richard Quinn * 2007:

* 2008:

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* 2009:

* 2010: Paul Hanagan * 2011: Philip Robinson * 2012: Michael Hills * 2013: * 2014: * 2015: Jack Berry * 2016:

Tom O'Ryan Tom or TOM may refer to: * Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name) Characters * Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head'' * Tom Beck, a character ...

* 2017: * 2018: George Baker * 2019:

Pat Smullen Patrick Joseph Smullen (22 May 1977 – 15 September 2020), was an Irish jockey who won the Irish flat racing Champion Jockey title nine times. In a career running from 1992 to 2018 he rode 1,845 winners in Ireland and 47 in Britain. Amongst his ...

* 2020: Hollie Doyle

Jump Jockey Special Recognition Award

* 1996: Andrew Thornton * 1997: Andrew Thornton * 1998:

Simon McNeill Simon may refer to: People * Simon (given name), including a list of people and fictional characters with the given name Simon * Simon (surname), including a list of people with the surname Simon * Eugène Simon, French naturalist and the genus ...

* 1999:

Gary Lyons Gary may refer to: *Gary (given name), a common masculine given name, including a list of people and fictional characters with the name *Gary, Indiana, the largest city named Gary Places ;Iran * Gary, Iran, Sistan and Baluchestan Province ;Uni ...

* 2000: Peter Niven * 2001:

Willie Worthington Willy or Willie is a masculine, male given name, often a diminutive form of William or Wilhelm, and occasionally a nickname. It may refer to: People Given name or nickname * Willie Aames (born 1960), American actor, television director, and scr ...

* 2002:

Brian Storey Brian Storey (born 4 September 1971) is a Canadian sailor. He competed in the men's 470 event at the 1996 Summer Olympics The 1996 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXVI Olympiad, also known as Atlanta 1996 and commonly referr ...

* 2003: Norman Williamson * 2004:

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* 2005:

Jim Culloty Jim Culloty is a racehorse trainer and retired professional National Hunt jockey who won both the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand National in the same season. Culloty and Mick Fitzgerald both worked for Jackie Retter, who trained at Whitstone, nea ...

* 2006:

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* 2007:

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* 2008:

* 2009:

Jimmy McCarthy James MacCarthy (born 1953) is an Irish singer-songwriter. Early life and career (1953–1979) MacCarthy was born in Macroom, County Cork, Ireland to Ted MacCarthy (died 1998) and Betty MacCarthy (died 2009). He has 11 siblings. The family ha ...

* 2010:

* 2011: Anna O'Brien, physiotherapist * 2012:

Campbell Gillies Campbell Gillies (27 June 1990 - 26 June 2012) was a Scottish National Hunt jockey most notable for his victory on Brindisi Breeze in the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle at the 2012 Cheltenham Festival. In total, he rode 131 winners in his car ...

* 2013: * 2014: * 2015: Tony McCoy * 2016:

* 2017: * 2018: Andrew Thornton * 2019:

* 2020: Leighton Aspell

References

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