British flat racing Champion Trainer explained

The Champion Trainer of flat racing in Great Britain is the trainer whose horses have won the most prize money during a season. The list below shows the Champion Trainer for each year since 1896.^[1] The Championship was originally run from November until the end of the following October but since 2016 it has spanned from January until December.^{[2] [3]}

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Championship winners by trainer

Rank	Based	Trainer	Titles	Winning Years
1.		Alec Taylor, Jr.	12	1907, 1909, 1910, 1914, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925
2.		Sir Henry Cecil	10	1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993
		Sir Michael Stoute		1981, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009
4.		Noel Murless	9	1948, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1973
5.		Frank Butters	8	1927, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1944, 1946, 1949
6.		Fred Darling	6	1926, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947
		Aidan O'Brien		2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017
		John Gosden		2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
9.		Cecil Boyd-Rochfort	5	1937, 1938, 1954, 1955, 1958
10.		Dick Hern	4	1962, 1972, 1980, 1983
		Richard Hannon Sr.		1992, 2010, 2011, 2013
		Saeed bin Suroor		1996, 1998, 1999, 2004
13.		Richard Marsh	3	1897, 1898, 1900
		George Lambton		1906, 1911, 1912
		Dick Dawson		1916, 1924, 1929
		Jack Jarvis		1939, 1951, 1953
		Paddy Prendergast		1963, 1964, 1965
18.		Joseph Lawson	2	1931, 1936
		Vincent O'Brien		1966, 1977
		Peter Walwyn		1974, 1975
		Charlie Appleby		2021, 2022
22.		Alfred Hayhoe	1	1896
		John Porter		1899
		John Huggins		1901
		Bob Sievier		1902
		George Blackwell		1903
		Peter Gilpin		1904
		Jack Robinson		1905
		Charles Morton		1908
		Richard Wootton		1913
		Charles Peck		1915
		Atty Persse		1930
		Walter Nightingall		1943
		Walter Earl		1945
		Charles Semblat		1950
		Marcus Marsh		1952
		Charles Elsey		1956
		Arthur Budgett		1969
		Ian Balding		1971
		Paul Cole		1991
		John Dunlop		1995
		Richard Hannon Jr.		2014
		Thady Gosden		2023

Championship winners by year

• 1896 - Alfred Hayhoe
• 1897 - Richard Marsh
• 1898 - Richard Marsh
• 1899 - John Porter
• 1900 - Richard Marsh
• 1901 - John Huggins
• 1902 - Bob Sievier
• 1903 - George Blackwell
• 1904 - Peter Gilpin
• 1905 - Jack Robinson
• 1906 - George Lambton
• 1907 - Alec Taylor, Jr.
• 1908 - Charles Morton
• 1909 - Alec Taylor, Jr.
• 1910 - Alec Taylor, Jr.
• 1911 - George Lambton
• 1912 - George Lambton
• 1913 - Richard Wootton
• 1914 - Alec Taylor, Jr.
• 1915 - Charles Peck
• 1916 - Dick Dawson
• 1917 - Alec Taylor, Jr.
• 1918 - Alec Taylor, Jr.
• 1919 - Alec Taylor, Jr.
• 1920 - Alec Taylor, Jr.
• 1921 - Alec Taylor, Jr.
• 1922 - Alec Taylor, Jr.
• 1923 - Alec Taylor, Jr.
• 1924 - Dick Dawson
• 1925 - Alec Taylor, Jr.
• 1926 - Fred Darling
• 1927 - Frank Butters
• 1928 - Frank Butters
• 1929 - Dick Dawson
• 1930 - Atty Persse
• 1931 - Joseph Lawson
• 1932 - Frank Butters
• 1933 - Fred Darling
• 1934 - Frank Butters
• 1935 - Frank Butters
• 1936 - Joseph Lawson
• 1937 - Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
• 1938 - Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
• 1939 - Jack Jarvis
• 1940 - Fred Darling
• 1941 - Fred Darling
• 1942 - Fred Darling
• 1943 - Walter Nightingall
• 1944 - Frank Butters
• 1945 - Walter Earl
• 1946 - Frank Butters
• 1947 - Fred Darling
• 1948 - Noel Murless
• 1949 - Frank Butters
• 1950 - Charles Semblat
• 1951 - Jack Jarvis
• 1952 - Marcus Marsh
• 1953 - Jack Jarvis
• 1954 - Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
• 1955 - Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
• 1956 - Charles Elsey
• 1957 - Noel Murless
• 1958 - Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
• 1959 - Noel Murless
• 1960 - Noel Murless
• 1961 - Noel Murless
• 1962 - Dick Hern
• 1963 - Paddy Prendergast
• 1964 - Paddy Prendergast
• 1965 - Paddy Prendergast
• 1966 - Vincent O'Brien
• 1967 - Noel Murless
• 1968 - Noel Murless
• 1969 - Arthur Budgett
• 1970 - Noel Murless
• 1971 - Ian Balding
• 1972 - Dick Hern
• 1973 - Noel Murless
• 1974 - Peter Walwyn
• 1975 - Peter Walwyn
• 1976 - Henry Cecil
• 1977 - Vincent O'Brien
• 1978 - Henry Cecil
• 1979 - Henry Cecil
• 1980 - Dick Hern
• 1981 - Michael Stoute
• 1982 - Henry Cecil
• 1983 - Dick Hern
• 1984 - Henry Cecil
• 1985 - Henry Cecil
• 1986 - Michael Stoute
• 1987 - Henry Cecil
• 1988 - Henry Cecil
• 1989 - Michael Stoute
• 1990 - Henry Cecil
• 1991 - Paul Cole
• 1992 - Richard Hannon Sr.
• 1993 - Henry Cecil
• 1994 - Michael Stoute
• 1995 - John Dunlop
• 1996 - Saeed bin Suroor
• 1997 - Michael Stoute
• 1998 - Saeed bin Suroor
• 1999 - Saeed bin Suroor
• 2000 - Sir Michael Stoute
• 2001 - Aidan O'Brien
• 2002 - Aidan O'Brien
• 2003 - Sir Michael Stoute
• 2004 - Saeed bin Suroor
• 2005 - Sir Michael Stoute
• 2006 - Sir Michael Stoute
• 2007 - Aidan O'Brien
• 2008 - Aidan O'Brien
• 2009 - Sir Michael Stoute
• 2010 - Richard Hannon Sr.
• 2011 - Richard Hannon Sr.
• 2012 - John Gosden
• 2013 - Richard Hannon Sr.
• 2014 - Richard Hannon Jr.^[4]
• 2015 - John Gosden^[5]
• 2016 - Aidan O'Brien^[6]
• 2017 - Aidan O'Brien^[7]
• 2018 - John Gosden
• 2019 - John Gosden
• 2020 - John Gosden
• 2021 - Charlie Appleby
• 2022 - Charlie Appleby
• 2023 - John Gosden and Thady Gosden^[8]

Records

• Most titles - 12, Alec Taylor, Jr.
• Most consecutive titles - 7, Alec Taylor, Jr. (1917-1923)
• Father/Son Winners - Richard March (1897, 1998 & 1900) and Marcus March (1952), Richard Hannon Sr (1992, 2010, 2011 & 2013) and Richard Hannon Jr (2014), John Gosden (2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023) and Thady Gosden (2023)
• Longest time between first and last win - Sir Michael Stoute 28 years (1981-2009)
• Nationality - Irish based trainers have won the championship 3 times Paddy Prendergast (1963-65), Vincent O'Brien (1966 & 1977) and Aidan O'Brien (2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2016 & 2017) while French based Charles Semblat won the championship in 1950. In 1901 American trainer John Huggins was the first trainer from outside England to win the championship. Championship winner Cecil Boyd-Rochfort who trained out of Newmarket was Irish born while Frank Butters who was also Newmarket based was born in Vienna, Austria. Saeed bin Suroor is of Emirati nationality having been born in Dubai, United Arab Emirates. 1913 Champion trainer Richard Wootton who was born in Australia trained horses in Australia, the UK, and South Africa. Walter Earl was born in Bohemia in the present-day Czech Republic. Ian Balding the 1971 winner was born in the US, but his family returned to the UK in 1945.

See also

• British flat racing Champion Jockey
• British flat racing Champion Apprentice
• British flat racing Champion Owner
• British jump racing Champion Trainer
• British jump racing Champion Jockey
• Leading sire in Great Britain & Ireland

Notes and References

1. Web site: Horse Racing - Flat. Sports Records.co.uk.
2. Web site: Flat trainers’ championship scrapped after season has started. The Guardian.
3. Web site: TRAINERS’ CHAMPIONSHIP. Great British Racing.
4. Web site: OUR HISTORY. richard hannon Racing.
5. Web site: John Gosden hails stable team following championship victory. Racing UK. 2017-02-01. https://web.archive.org/web/20151127022617/http://www.racinguk.com/news/article/38592/john-gosden-hails-stable-team-following-championship-victory. 2015-11-27. dead.
6. Web site: Aidan O’Brien crowned Champion Trainer for fifth time. British Champion Series.
7. Web site: Scully. Racing Post. Mark. Delight for De Sousa as he's crowned champion jockey for second time. 23 October 2017.
8. Web site: Burn . James . 'King George win the most satisfying' - Charlie Appleby crowned champion trainer . Racing Post . 6 December 2021 . 6 December 2021.