Trainer And Jockey Of The Week 10/12/18

Flat Trainer of the Week

John Gosden – Flat Trainer of the Week

The best flat trainer of the week for the first time this month is John Gosden. The Englishman had a brilliant week over the last seven days winning top trainer of the week and managed to grab a total of 3 winners from 4 runners across Great Britain and Ireland gaining a 75 percent strike rate for his runners of the week which is the highest to date.

With this, out of his 4 runners last week 3 of them went on to place, this is an outstanding record and equals out at a strike rate of 75 percent of his runs were in the top one, two or three depending on the runners.

The Englishman is a trainer bang in form and has been brilliant all season but this week is his first time in a long time being top of the leaderboard. He is one to keep an eye out for over the coming weeks with plenty of newcomers and a lot of frequent runners across various racecourses in the off season.

John Gosden

Jumps Trainer of the Week

Willie Mullins – Jumps Trainer of the Week

The best jumps trainer of the week is Willie Mullins. The Irishman had a brilliant week over the last seven days winning top trainer of the week and managed to grab a total of 8 winners from 15 runners across Great Britain and Ireland gaining a 53.33 percent strike rate for his runners of the week.

With this out of his 15 runners 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.

Mullins is a trainer bang in form and is unleashing some of his big guns for there seasonal returns. He is one keep an eye out for over the coming weeks with entries in big races mostly in Ireland over the jumps and landed seven in his home country on Sunday.


Willie Mullins At Cheltenham

Flat Jockey of the Week

Tom Marquand – Flat Jockey of the Week

The best flat jockey of the week is the recent member of the 100 winners in a season club, Tom Marquand. 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 28 rides across Great Britain and Ireland gaining a 17.86 percent strike rate for his runners of the week.

With this out of his 28 rides last week 9 of them went on to place, this is an outstanding record and equals out at a strike rate of 32.14 percent of his runs were in the top one, two or three depending on the runners.

Tom Marquand is a jockey bang in form and was clear of the other jockeys this week by one winner. He is one to keep an eye out for over the coming weeks with entries in big races in Australia.

tom marquand

Jumps Jockey of the Week

Harry Cobden – Jumps Jockey of the Week

The best jumps jockey of the week is the Harry Cobden. The jockey 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 22 rides across Great Britain and Ireland gaining a 22.73 percent strike rate for his runners of the week.

With this, out of his 22 rides last week 15 of them went on to place, this is an outstanding record and equals out at a strike rate of 68.18 percent of his runs were in the top one, two or three depending on the runners.

Cobden is a rider bang in form and on the weekend did really well. He is one to keep an eye out for over the coming weeks with entries in big races just as the jumps season gets into the swing of things, usually riding for Paul Nicholls.