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
| 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. | England |
Fred Darling | 6 | 1926, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1947 |
 Ireland |
Aidan O'Brien | 2001, 2002, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017 | ||
| 8. | England |
Cecil Boyd-Rochfort | 5 | 1937, 1938, 1954, 1955, 1958 |
| England |
John Gosden | 5 | 2012, 2015, 2018, 2019, 2020 | |
| 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 | ||
| 21. | 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 |
Charlie Appleby | 2021 |
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[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)
- 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
References
- ↑ "Horse Racing - Flat". Sports Records.co.uk.
- ↑ "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. Archived from the original on 2015-11-27. Retrieved 2017-02-01.
- ↑ "Aidan O'Brien crowned Champion Trainer for fifth time". British Champion Series.
- ↑ Scully, Mark. "Delight for De Sousa as he's crowned champion jockey for second time". Racing Post. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ↑ 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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