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.[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]
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.