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flat racing Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic pr ...

Champion Jockey and Champion Apprentice titles are awarded annually to the jockey(s) and apprentice(s) respectively that have ridden the most winners (both turf and all-weather) in

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during a set period or championship 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. The list below shows the Champion Apprentice and the number of winners for each championship season since 1922. Following the changes in 2015, the Champion Apprentice is awarded a prize of £5,000. ---- * 1922 - R. A. Jones - 58 * 1923 - Charlie Elliott - 89 * 1924 - Charlie Elliott - 106 * 1925 - Charlie Smirke - 70 * 1926 - Charlie Smirke - 71 * 1927 - Sam Wragg - 38 * 1928 - G. Baines / L. Cordell - 33 * 1929 - C. Adley - 35 * 1930 - J. Simpson - 28 * 1931 - Fred Rickaby - 44 * 1932 - Fred Rickaby - 37 * 1933 - Eph Smith - 52 * 1934 - Eph Smith - 36 * 1935 - Eph Smith - 76 * 1936 - W. Wing - 37 * 1937 - Doug Smith - 45 * 1938 - G. Wells - 27 * 1939 - K. Mullins - 29 * 1940 - Geoff Littlewood - 13 * 1941 - K. Mullins - 9 * 1942 - K. Mullins - 7 * 1943 - Joe Sime - 5 * 1944 - Joe Sime - 9 * 1945 - Durr / Gosling - 10 * 1946 - Joe Sime - 40 * 1947 - Dennis Buckle - 20 * 1948 - Dennis Buckle - 25 * 1949 - Willie Snaith - 31 * 1950 -

Lester Piggott Lester Keith Piggott (5 November 1935 – 29 May 2022) was an English professional jockey and trainer. With 4,493 career flat racing wins in Britain, including a record nine Epsom Derby victories, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest ...

- 52 * 1951 -

- 51 * 1952 -

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- 26 * 1953 -

- 61 * 1954 -

Edward Hide Edward Hide (born 12 April 1937) is a retired multiple classic winning British jockey. He was, for a time at his peak, the sixth most successful jockey in British racing history and remains the ninth most successful jockey over 30 years after ...

- 53 * 1955 - Peter Robinson - 46 * 1956 -

- 75 * 1957 -

Greville Starkey Greville Michael Wilson Starkey (21 December 1939 – 14 April 2010) was an English jockey who rode almost 2,000 winners during a 33-year career on the flat. Starkey scaled the heights of his profession during his 33-year career in which ...

- 45 * 1958 - Peter Boothman - 37 * 1959 - Bobby Elliott - 27 * 1960 - Bobby Elliott - 39 * 1961 - Brian Lee - 52 * 1962 -

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- 13 * 1963 - David Yates - 24 * 1964 -

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- 46 * 1965 -

- 62 * 1966 - Sandy Barclay - 71 * 1967 - Ernie Johnson - 39 * 1968 - Coates / Dicey - 40 * 1969 - Clive Eccleston - 41 * 1970 - Philip Waldron - 59 * 1971 -

Pat Eddery Patrick James John Eddery (18 March 1952 – 10 November 2015) was an Irish flat racing jockey and trainer. He rode three winners of the Derby and was Champion Jockey on eleven occasions. He rode the winners of 4,632 British flat races, a f ...

- 71 * 1972 - Robert Edmondson - 45 * 1973 - Steve Perks - 41 * 1974 - Alan Bond - 40 * 1975 - Alan Bond - 66 * 1976 - David Dineley - 54 * 1977 - Jimmy Bleasdale - 67 * 1978 - Kevin Darley - 70 * 1979 - Philip Robinson - 51 * 1980 - Philip Robinson - 59 * 1981 - Bryn Crossley - 45 * 1982 -

Billy Newnes William Anthony Paul Newnes (born Liverpool, 6 December 1959) is an Epsom Oaks winning jockey, best known for his connection with the horse Time Charter, on which he won the Oaks, Sun Chariot Stakes and Champion Stakes in 1982. He was also Ch ...

- 57 * 1983 - Michael Hills - 39 * 1984 - Richard Quinn - 62 * 1985 -

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/ Ryan - 37 * 1986 - Gary Carter - 34 * 1987 - Gary Bardwell - 27 * 1988 - Gary Bardwell - 39 * 1989 -

Frankie Dettori Lanfranco Dettori (; born 15 December 1970), better known as Frankie Dettori, is an Italian horse racing jockey based in the United Kingdom. Dettori has been British flat racing Champion Jockey three times and has ...

- 71 * 1990 - Jimmy Fortune - 46 * 1991 -

Darryll Holland Darryll Paul Holland (born 14 June 1972 in Manchester, England) is a United Kingdom flat racing jockey who has ridden for trainers such as Luca Cumani, Geoff Wragg, and Mark Johnston. In 1991 he was the British Champion Apprentice and won the ...

- 79 * 1992 - David Harrison - 56 * 1993 -

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- 60 * 1994 - Stephen Davies - 45 * 1995 - Seb Sanders - 61 * 1996 -

Dane O'Neill Dane O'Neill is an Irish jockey, who has won over 1,700 races in Great Britain over a 25-year career, including the 2015 Commonwealth Cup at Royal Ascot. Career O'Neill was born in Dublin, but brought up in Monkstown, County Cork. His un ...

- 79 * 1997 - Royston Ffrench - 77 * 1998 - Carl Lowther - 72 * 1999 -

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- 49 * 2000 - Lee Newman - 87 * 2001 - Chris Catlin - 71 * 2002 -

Paul Hanagan Paul Hanagan (born 8 September 1980 in Warrington, Cheshire) is a leading British flat horse racing jockey. Hanagan has twice been crowned champion jockey on the flat in Britain, riding 165 winners in 2011 to defend his title, having won his f ...

- 81 * 2003 - Ryan Moore - 52 * 2004 -

Tom Queally Thomas P. Queally (born 8 October 1984 in Dungarvan, County Waterford, Ireland) is a Thoroughbred horse racing jockey. He is best known as the regular jockey of Frankel. He was first jockey to leading trainer Sir Henry Cecil. Queally is best ...

- 59 * 2005 - Golam /

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- 44 * 2006 - Stevie Donohoe - 44 * 2007 - Greg Fairley - 65 * 2008 - Buick / Probert - 50 * 2009 - Frederik Tylicki - 60 * 2010 - Martin Lane - 41 * 2011 -

Martin Harley Martin Harley (born 19 July 1989 in Donegal, Ireland) is a Group 1 winning Irish jockey. Career Harley had spells as stable jockey for Mick Channon and Marco Botti, before turning freelance. His first Group 1 victory was for Channon on Sami ...

- 57 * 2012 -

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- 40 * 2013 - Jason Hart - 51 * 2014 -

Oisin Murphy Oisin Murphy (born 6 September 1995) is an Irish jockey based in the United Kingdom who competes in flat racing. He has won a British Classic Races, British Classic and a number of Group races, Group 1 races. He was British flat racing Cham ...

- 76 * 2015 - Tom Marquand - 54 * 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 R ...

- 50 * 2017 - David Egan * 2018 - Jason Watson * 2019 - Cieren Fallon * 2020 - Cieren Fallon * 2021 - Marco Ghiani

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