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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]

Championship winners by trainer

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Rank Based Trainer Titles Winning Years
1.  England Alec Taylor, Jr. 12 1907, 1909, 1910, 1914, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920, 1921, 1922, 1923, 1925
2.  England Sir Henry Cecil 10 1976, 1978, 1979, 1982, 1984, 1985, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1993
 England Sir Michael Stoute 1981, 1986, 1989, 1994, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2009
4.  England Noel Murless 9 1948, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1973
5.  England Frank Butters 8 1927, 1928, 1932, 1934, 1935, 1944, 1946, 1949
6.  Ireland Aidan O'Brien 7 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2024
7.  England Fred Darling 6 1926, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947
 England John Gosden 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2023
9.  England Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 1937, 1938, 1954, 1955, 1958
10.  England Dick Hern 4 1962, 1972, 1980, 1983
 England Richard Hannon Sr. 1992, 2010, 2011, 2013
 England Saeed bin Suroor 1996, 1998, 1999, 2004
13.  England Richard Marsh 3 1897, 1898, 1900
 England George Lambton 1906, 1911, 1912
 England Dick Dawson 1916, 1924, 1929
 England Jack Jarvis 1939, 1951, 1953
 Ireland Paddy Prendergast 1963, 1964, 1965
18.  England Joseph Lawson 2 1931, 1936
 Ireland Vincent O'Brien 1966, 1977
 England Peter Walwyn 1974, 1975
 England Charlie Appleby 2021, 2022
22.  England Alfred Hayhoe 1 1896
 England John Porter 1899
 United States John Huggins 1901
 England Bob Sievier 1902
 England George Blackwell 1903
 England Peter Gilpin 1904
 England Jack Robinson 1905
 England Charles Morton 1908
 England Richard Wootton 1913
 England Charles Peck 1915
 England Atty Persse 1930
 England Walter Nightingall 1943
 England Walter Earl 1945
 France Charles Semblat 1950
 England Marcus Marsh 1952
 England Charles Elsey 1956
 England Arthur Budgett 1969
 England Ian Balding 1971
 England Paul Cole 1991
 England John Dunlop 1995
 England Richard Hannon Jr. 2014
 England Thady Gosden 2023

Championship winners by year

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Records

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  • 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

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References

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  1. ^ "Horse Racing - Flat". Sports Records.co.uk.
  2. ^ Wood, Greg (13 April 2016). "Flat trainers' championship scrapped after season has started". The Guardian.
  3. ^ "TRAINERS' CHAMPIONSHIP". Great British Racing.
  4. ^ "OUR HISTORY". richard hannon Racing.
  5. ^ "John Gosden hails stable team following championship victory". Racing UK. Archived from the original on 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
  6. ^ "Aidan O'Brien crowned Champion Trainer for fifth time". British Champion Series. 30 December 2016.
  7. ^ Scully, Mark. "Delight for De Sousa as he's crowned champion jockey for second time". Racing Post. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  8. ^ Burn, James (6 December 2021). "'King George win the most satisfying' - Charlie Appleby crowned champion trainer". Racing Post. Retrieved 6 December 2021.
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