The 2017 British Flat Jockeys Championship was the competition to find the British flat racing Champion Jockey, the jockey with the most wins in Great Britain during the peak period of the British flat racing season from the start of the Guineas Meeting on Saturday 6 May to British Champions Day on Saturday 21 October 2017. It was won by Silvestre de Sousa for the second time.[1] He finished with 155 winners in the qualifying period, ahead of the reigning champion, Jim Crowley. De Sousa had in fact passed 200 winners for the year at Lingfield on 18 October, and had effectively won the title many weeks before.[2][3]

De Sousa was presented with award in a ceremony at Ascot. He said of the victory, "It's great to be here after a long season. I've worked really hard this year and I always wanted to win the title again and I finally did. For the last few weeks I've been very confident that no one could catch me. Whoever was in second and third, they were going to need to work twice as hard to catch me."[3]

The Championship was sponsored by Stobart.[1]

Final table

Rank Jockey Wins Rides Strike rate Total prize money (£)
1Silvestre De Sousa15585418%1,786,226
2Jim Crowley11163617%4,652,559
3Ryan Moore10545223%7,466,059
4Daniel Tudhope9351718%1,337,497
5James Doyle8941621%3,031,776
6Luke Morris8271711%1,071,084
7P. J. McDonald8055015%1,438,987
8Joe Fanning7851015%954,582
9Oisin Murphy7657813%2,079,196
10Andrea Atzeni7541218%2,786,970
11Paul Mulrennan7053813%652,115
12Jamie Spencer6741716%1,036,101
13Graham Lee6654312%621,988
14William Buick6428522%2,723,475
15David Probert6250712%756,001
16Adam Kirby6142414%1,486,389
17Paul Hanagan5852011%1,138,360
18Harry Bentley5737315%978,820
19Franny Norton5745513%814,939
20Pat Cosgrave5637315%737,832
21Dane O'Neill5334116%578,290
22Richard Kingscote5342912%799,198
23David Egan5344812%572,817
24Josephine Gordon5348011%866,361
25Kieran Shoemark5239313%592,073
26Ben Curtis5142012%398,595
27Tom Marquand4947010%587,040
28Tony Hamilton4947910%511,429
29David Allan4839512%756,027
30Kevin Stott4730216%483,091
31Sean Levey4738112%956,277
32Phillip Makin4335412%414,761
33Shane Kelly4242710%365,911
34Fran Berry424879%638,293
35Tom Eaves425078%548,227
36George Wood4129414%530,582
37James Sullivan414599%619,409
38Andrew Mullen414689%372,481
39Frankie Dettori4018522%4,441,849
40Charles Bishop4028114%453,691
41J F Egan4034811%414,400
42Martin Harley4036711%650,016
43Jason Hart4036711%319,527
44Robert Winston3833012%746,330
45Connor Beasley353869%326,256
46Hollie Doyle3126912%349,875
47Martin Dwyer313369%398,424
48Liam Keniry303798%202,049
49Lewis Edmunds2924412%242,248
50Dougie Costello283478%248,188
51Callum Rodriguez2719114%343,223
52Edward Greatrex2720313%240,520
53Martin Lane2720713%254,816
54Jack Garritty262919%207,887
55Pat Dobbs252978%403,367
56Adam McNamara2422411%242,890
57Hector Crouch2425210%161,655
58Adam Beschizza242609%164,451
59Clifford Lee2318712%257,480
60Rowan Scott2323110%183,428
61Charlie Bennett232499%163,315
62Daniel Muscutt232529%282,405
63Joshua Bryan2217413%136,448
64Joe Doyle222469%202,432
65Tom Queally223007%737,251
66Callum Shepherd212289%150,277
67Jack Mitchell2018311%208,606
68Stevie Donohoe203356%332,615
69Phil Dennis1917311%113,774
70Ben Robinson1918510%113,502
71Nathan Evans192129%165,734
72Steve Drowne192179%150,785
73Jane Elliott1818510%106,562
74Mitch Godwin182288%119,263
75David Nolan182427%179,218
76Georgia Cox1710916%160,412
77Connor Murtagh172098%203,011
78Kieran O'Neill172826%193,088
79Manuel Fernandes168120%79,838
80Robert Tart1611614%315,032
81Jamie Gormley1615211%191,153
82Finley Marsh1615910%119,292
83Timmy Murphy161978%91,147
84Fergus Sweeney162217%160,884
85Rob Hornby162626%164,490
86Sam James151749%133,556
87Barry McHugh152207%392,891
88Joey Haynes152237%196,250
89Sammy Jo Bell141499%134,820
90William Carson142107%124,073
91Rachel Richardson142306%231,247
92William Cox1311112%79,663
93Sam Hitchcott131548%121,734
94Royston Ffrench132166%132,325
95Gerald Mosse127915%243,332
96Jimmy Quinn121906%213,017
97Cam Hardie123234%147,359
98Paddy Pilley111308%87,064
99Kieren Fox111368%89,395
100Shane Gray112045%95,703

References

  1. 1 2 "Flat Jockeys' Championship". Professional Jockeys' Association. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  2. Scully, Mark (21 October 2017). "Delight for De Sousa as he's crowned champion jockey for second time". Racing Post. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Silvestre de Sousa crowned Champion Jockey at Ascot". Sky Sports. 21 October 2017. Retrieved 24 October 2017.
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