Irish jump racing Champion Jockey explained

The Champion Jockey of National Hunt 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 1946. The current champion, as of 2023, is Paul Townend.

Champion Jockeys since 1946

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• 1946 – Martin Molony^[3]
• 1947 – Martin Molony
• 1948 – Martin Molony
• 1949 – Martin Molony
  • 1950 – Martin Molony 1951 – Martin Molony
• 1952 – Pat Taaffe
  • 1953 – Pat Taaffe 1954 – Pat Taaffe
• 1955 – Pat Taaffe
  • • 1956 – Toss Taaffe 1957 – Toss Taaffe 1958 – Bobby Beasley
  • 1959 – Bobby Beasley 1960 – Bobby Beasley
    • • 1961 – Pat Taaffe 1962 – Francis Shortt & Pat Taaffe 1963 – Bobby Coonan, Tony Redmond, Francis Shortt & Pat Taaffe 1964 – Pat Taaffe
• 1965 – B Hannon
  • 1966 – Pat Taaffe 1967 – Bobby Coonan
• 1968 – Bobby Coonan
• 1969 – Bobby Coonan
  • • • • • 1970 – Bobby Coonan 1971 – Bobby Coonan 1972 – Bobby Coonan 1973 – Tommy Carberry 1974 – Tommy Carberry 1975 – Frank Berry & Tommy Carberry
    • 1976 – Tommy Carberry 1977 – Frank Berry 1978 – Frank Berry
• 1979 – Joe Byrne
  • 1980 – Frank Berry 1981 – Frank Berry
    • • • 1982 – Frank Berry 1983 – Frank Berry 1984 – Frank Berry & Tony Mullins 1985 – Tommy Carmody 1986 – Frank Berry & Tom Morgan
  • 1987 – Frank Berry 1988 – Tommy Carmody
    • 1989–90 – Charlie Swan 1990–91 – Charlie Swan 1991–92 – Charlie Swan
• 1992–93 – Charlie Swan
  • 1993–94 – Charlie Swan 1994–95 – Charlie Swan
• 1995–96 – Charlie Swan - 147
  • • 1996–97 – Charlie Swan 1997–98 – Charlie Swan 1998–99 – Ruby Walsh
• 1999–00 – Barry Geraghty
• 2000–01 – Ruby Walsh – 84
• 2001–02 – Paul Carberry – 109
• 2002–03 – Paul Carberry – 106
• 2003–04 – Barry Geraghty – 110
• 2004–05 – Ruby Walsh – 111
• 2005–06 – Ruby Walsh – 90
• 2006–07 – Ruby Walsh – 125
• 2007–08 – Ruby Walsh – 131
• 2008–09 – Ruby Walsh – 121
• 2009–10 – Ruby Walsh – 108
• 2010–11 – Paul Townend – 80
• 2011–12 – Davy Russell – 104
• 2012–13 – Davy Russell – 103^[4]
• 2013–14 – Ruby Walsh – 122^[5]
• 2014–15 – Ruby Walsh – 79
• 2015–16 – Ruby Walsh – 105 ^[6]
• 2016–17 – Ruby Walsh – 131
• 2017–18 – Davy Russell – 119
• 2018–19 – Paul Townend – 109
• 2019–20 – Paul Townend – 105^[7]
• 2020–21 – Paul Townend - 100^[8]
• 2021–22 – Paul Townend - 84
• 2022–23 – Paul Townend - 107
• 2023-24 – Jack Kennedy

Records

• Most titles – 12, Ruby Walsh
• Most consecutive titles – 9, Charlie Swan
• Most wins in a season – 147, Charlie Swan^[9]

See also

• British jump racing Champion Jockey
• Irish flat racing Champion Jockey

Notes and References

1. Web site: Irish Jump Jockeys past champions 1947-2015. Go racing. 1 May 2016.
2. Web site: Molony brothers honoured at Limerick. Irish racing. 1 May 2016.
3. http://www.irishracinggreats.com/pages/leading-jump-jockeys-text2.htm Irish Racing Greats
4. News: Roll of Honour: Ireland . . London . 28 April 2013 .
5. Web site: National Hunt Championship Titles Awarded at Punchestown. hripressoffice.ie. 1 August 2014.
6. Web site: Punchestown 2016. Punchestown. 1 May 2016.
7. Web site: Forristal . . Richard . No Punchestown festival for 2020 as Horse Racing Ireland ends jumps season . 1 April 2020.
8. Web site: Boylan . Mark . Closutton to the fore as Irish champions are crowned at Punchestown . Racing Post . 1 May 2021 . 1 May 2021.
9. Web site: Cheltenham Festival Jockeys Charlie Swan. Fat Jockey. 20 February 2017. 18 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180818231725/http://www.fatjockey.com/cheltenham-festival/featured_cheltenham_races.php?Cheltenham-Festival-Top-Jockeys-Charlie-Swan-68. dead.