Trainer And Jockey Of The Week 15/10/18

Flat Trainer Of The Week

Aidan O'Brien – Flat Trainer of the Week

The best flat trainer of the week for the first time in months is Aidan 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 7 winners from 37 runners across Great Britain and Ireland gaining a 18.92 percent strike rate for his runners of the week.

With this out of his 37 runners last week 16 of them went on to place, this is an outstanding record and equals out at a strike rate of 43.24 percent of his runs were in the top one, two or three depending on the runners.

The Ballydoyle maestro is a trainer bang in form aftr his bad spell this season and last week at Newmarket picked up some lovely winners. 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.

aidan o'brien

Jumps Trainer Of The Week

Gordon Elliott – Jumps Trainer of the Week

The best jumps trainer of the week is Gordon Elliott 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 36 runners across Great Britain and Ireland gaining a 22.22 percent strike rate for his runners of the week.

With this out of his 36 runners last week 13 of them went on to place, this is an outstanding record and equals out at a strike rate of 36.11 percent of his runs were in the top one, two or three depending on the runners.

Gordon is a trainer bang in form and just got pipped to the prize last week coming second by a single horse. He is one to keep an eye out for over the coming weeks with entries in big races mostly in Ireland over the jumps.

Gordon Elliott

Flat Jockey Of The Week

Oisin Murphy – Flat Jockey of the Week

The best flat jockey of the week is the brilliant Oisin Murphy. The Irishman had a brilliant week over the last seven days winning top jockey of the week and managed to grab a total of 10 winners from 49 rides across Great Britain and Ireland gaining a 20.41 percent strike rate for his runners of the week.

With this out of his 49 rides last week 23 of them went on to place, this is an outstanding record and equals out at a strike rate of 46.94 percent of his runs were in the top one, two or three depending on the runners.

Oisin Murphy is a jockey bang in form and was clear of the other jockeys this week by a good three winners. He is one to keep an eye out for over the coming weeks with entries in big races and is doing his best to try and catch SDS for the jockey title.

Oisin Murphy v Silvestre de Sousa

Jumps Jockey Of The Week

Richard Johnson – Jumps Jockey of the Week

The best jumps jockey of the week again for the third week in a row 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 30 rides across Great Britain and Ireland gaining a 16.67 percent strike rate for his runners of the week.

With this out of his 30 rides last week 11 of them went on to place, this is an outstanding record and equals out at a strike rate of 36.67 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 is now leading the jumps jockey championship. He is one to keep an eye out for over the coming weeks with entries in big races just as the jumps season is properly starting.


richard johnson and native river