Andrew Balding – Flat Trainer of the Week
The best flat trainer of the week is Andrew Balding. The Englishman had a brilliant week over the last seven days winning top trainer of the week and managed to grab a total of 7 winners from 30 runners across Great Britain and Ireland gaining a 23.33 percent strike rate for his runners of the week. With this out of his 30 runners last week 14 of them went on to place, this is an outstanding record and equals out at a strike rate of 46.67 percent of his runs were in the top one, two or three depending on the runners.
Andrew Balding is a trainer bang in form and last week only missed out on this award by horses to place. He is one to keep an eye out for over the coming weeks with entries in big races and a lot of frequent runners across various racecourses over the rest of the flat racing calendar.
Joseph O'Brien – Jumps Trainer of the Week
The best jumps trainer of the week is Joseph O'Brien. The Irishman had a brilliant week over the last seven days winning top trainer of the week and managed to grab a total of 6 winners from 21 runners across Great Britain and Ireland gaining a 28.57 percent strike rate for his runners of the week. With this out of his 21 runners last week 9 of them went on to place, this is an outstanding record and equals out at a strike rate of 42.86 percent of his runs were in the top one, two or three depending on the runners.
Joseph O'Brien is a trainer bang in form and just pipped Willie Mullins to the prize this week winning on by one more win. He is one to keep an eye out for over the coming weeks with entries in big races mostly in Ireland over both the jumps and flats.
Jason Watson – Flat Jockey of the Week
The best flat jockey of the week is Jason Watson. The Englishman had a brilliant week over the last seven days winning top jockey of the week and managed to grab a total of 8 winners from 32 rides across Great Britain and Ireland gaining a 25 percent strike rate for his runners of the week. With this out of his 32 rides last week 19 of them went on to place, this is an outstanding record and equals out at a strike rate of 59.38 percent of his runs were in the top one, two or three depending on the runners.
Jason Watson is a jockey bang in form and just pipped Jim Crowley to the prize by winning by two more first places. He is one to keep an eye out for over the coming weeks with entries in big races and a he can become a very talented jockey if continuing on this path.
Richard Johnson – Jumps Jockey of the Week
The best jumps jockey of the week is Richard Johnson. The Englishman had a brilliant week over the last seven days winning top jockey of the week and managed to grab a total of 5 winners from 15 rides across Great Britain and Ireland gaining a 33.33 percent strike rate for his runners of the week. With this out of his 15 rides last week 10 of them went on to place, this is an outstanding record and equals out at a strike rate of 66.67 percent of his runs were in the top one, two or three depending on the runners.
Richard Johnson is a jockey bang in form and just pipped Sam Twiston-Davies to the prize this week winning by two more rides. He is one to keep an eye out for over the coming weeks with entries in big races and is he current champion jockey.