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British flat racing Champion Trainer

British horse trainer whose horses won the most prize money during a season

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. The Championship was originally run from November until the end of the following October but since 2016 it has spanned from January until December.

Championship winners by trainer

Rank	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.	Aidan O'Brien	7	2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2024
7.	Fred Darling	6	1926, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947
	John Gosden	2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
9.	Cecil Boyd-Rochfort	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.
2015 - John Gosden
2016 - Aidan O'Brien
2017 - Aidan O'Brien
2018 - John Gosden
2019 - John Gosden
2020 - John Gosden
2021 - Charlie Appleby
2022 - Charlie Appleby
2023 - John Gosden and Thady Gosden
2024 - Aidan O'Brien

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 & 2024) 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.

References

"Horse Racing - Flat". Sports Records.co.uk.
(13 April 2016). "Flat trainers' championship scrapped after season has started". The Guardian.
"TRAINERS' CHAMPIONSHIP". Great British Racing.
"OUR HISTORY". richard hannon Racing.
"John Gosden hails stable team following championship victory". Racing UK.
(30 December 2016). "Aidan O'Brien crowned Champion Trainer for fifth time". British Champion Series.
"Delight for De Sousa as he's crowned champion jockey for second time". [[Racing Post]].
(6 December 2021). "'King George win the most satisfying' - Charlie Appleby crowned champion trainer". Racing Post.

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