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British & Irish Champion Trainers (Flat & Jumps)

In horse racing, the Champion Trainer award is given to the trainer who has earned the most prize money across a one year period. As with the Champion Jockey awards, there is a Champion Jumps Trainer and a Champion Flat Trainer for each year.

Prize money won from races in Britain, organised by the British Horse Racing Authority, contributes to the British Champion Trainer Awards whilst races in Ireland, run by Horse Racing Ireland, contribute to the Irish versions of the awards. Whereas it is unlikely a jockey can with both the British and Irish Championships, it is possible for a trainer to win both if competing regularly on both sides of the Irish sea.

British & Irish Champion Flat Trainers

The Champion Flat Trainer is the trainer who has earned the most prize money from racing in a calendar year, January 1st to December 31st. Prior to 2016, the cut-off was the official end of the flat season in November.

In Britain, the Champion Flat Trainer can be tracked back to 1896, when it was won by Palace House based Alfred Hayhoe. The most successful British Champion Trainer is Alec Taylor Jr, who won the title on twelve occasions between 1907 and 1925.

The Irish Champion Trainer race was first recorded in 1950, won by P J ‘Paddy’ Prendergast. By far the most successful Irish Champion Flat trainer is Ballydoyle’s Aidan O’Brien who has taken the title on 25 consecutive occasions between 1999 and 2023. O’Brien has also won the British title on six occasions. In addition, Aidan O’Brien was the Champion Jumps Trainer in Ireland for five seasons between 1993/94 and 1997/98.

Season British Irish
2023 John & Thady Gosden A P O’Brien
2022 Charlie Appleby A P O’Brien
2021 Charlie Appleby A P O’Brien
2020 John Gosden A P O’Brien
2019 John Gosden A P O’Brien
2018 John Gosden A P O’Brien
2017 Aidan O’Brien A P O’Brien
2016 Aidan O’Brien A P O’Brien
2015 John Gosden A P O’Brien
2014 Richard Hannon Jr. A P O’Brien
2013 Richard Hannon Sr. A P O’Brien
2012 John Gosden A P O’Brien
2011 Richard Hannon Sr. A P O’Brien
2010 Richard Hannon Sr. A P O’Brien
2009 Sir Michael Stoute A P O’Brien
2008 Aidan O’Brien A P O’Brien
2007 Aidan O’Brien A P O’Brien
2006 Sir Michael Stoute A P O’Brien
2005 Sir Michael Stoute A P O’Brien
2004 Saeed bin Suroor A P O’Brien
2003 Sir Michael Stoute A P O’Brien
2002 Aidan O’Brien A P O’Brien
2001 Aidan O’Brien A P O’Brien
2000 Sir Michael Stoute A P O’Brien
1999 Saeed bin Suroor A P O’Brien
1998 Saeed bin Suroor D K Weld
1997 Michael Stoute A P O’Brien
1996 Saeed bin Suroor D K Weld
1995 John Dunlop J M Oxx
1994 Michael Stoute D K Weld
1993 Henry Cecil D K Weld
1992 Richard Hannon Sr. J S Bolger
1991 Paul Cole J S Bolger
1990 Henry Cecil D K Weld
1989 Michael Stoute D K Weld
1988 Henry Cecil M V O’Brien
1987 Henry Cecil M V O’Brien
1986 Michael Stoute Sir M Stoute
1985 Henry Cecil D K Weld
1984 Henry Cecil M V O’Brien
1983 Dick Hern D K Weld
1982 Henry Cecil M V O’Brien
1981 Michael Stoute M V O’Brien
1980 Dick Hern M V O’Brien
1979 Henry Cecil M V O’Brien
1978 Henry Cecil M V O’Brien
1977 Vincent O’Brien M V O’Brien
1976 Henry Cecil F Boutin
1975 Peter Walwyn P Walwyn
1974 Peter Walwyn P Walwyn
1973 Noel Murless S McGrath
1972 Dick Hern M V O’Brien
1971 Ian Balding P Lallie
1970 Noel Murless M V O’Brien
1969 Arthur Budgett M V O’Brien
1968 Noel Murless R F Johnson- Houghton
1967 Noel Murless R F Johnson-Houghton
1966 Vincent O’Brien G Todd
1965 Paddy Prendergast P J Prendergast
1964 Paddy Prendergast J M Rogers
1963 Paddy Prendergast P J Prendergast
1962 Dick Hern E Pollet
1961 Noel Murless S McGrath
1960 Noel Murless A S O’Brien
1959 Noel Murless M V O’Brien
1958 Cecil Boyd-Rochfort J Oxx
1957 Noel Murless S McGrath
1956 Charles Elsey H Wragg
1955 Cecil Boyd-Rochfort S McGrath
1954 Cecil Boyd-Rochfort M Hurley
1953 Jack Jarvis P J Prendergast
1952 Marcus Marsh P J Prendergast
1951 Jack Jarvis P J Prendergast
1950 Charles Semblat P J Prendergast
1949 Frank Butters
1948 Noel Murless
1947 Fred Darling
1946 Frank Butters
1945 Walter Earl
1944 Frank Butters
1943 Walter Nightingall
1942 Fred Darling
1941 Fred Darling
1940 Fred Darling
1939 Jack Jarvis
1938 Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
1937 Cecil Boyd-Rochfort
1936 Joseph Lawson
1935 Frank Butters
1934 Frank Butters
1933 Fred Darling
1932 Frank Butters
1931 Joseph Lawson
1930 Atty Persse
1929 Dick Dawson
1928 Frank Butters
1927 Frank Butters
1926 Fred Darling
1925 Alec Taylor Jr.
1924 Alec Taylor Jr.
1923 Alec Taylor Jr.
1922 Alec Taylor Jr.
1921 Alec Taylor Jr.
1920 Alec Taylor Jr.
1919 Alec Taylor Jr.
1918 Alec Taylor Jr.
1917 Alec Taylor Jr.
1916 Dick Dawson
1915 Charles Peck
1914 Alec Taylor Jr.
1913 Richard Wootton
1912 George Lambton
1911 George Lambton
1910 Alec Taylor Jr.
1909 Alec Taylor Jr.
1908 Charles Morton
1907 Alec Taylor Jr.
1906 George Lambton
1905 Jack Robinson
1904 Peter Gilpin
1903 George Blackwell
1902 Bob Sievier
1901 John Huggins
1900 Richard Marsh
1899 John Porter
1898 Richard Marsh
1897 Richard Marsh
1896 Alfred Hayhoe

British & Irish Champion Jumps Trainers

Unlike with flat trainers, the Champion Jumps Trainer is calculated from prize money won between the season ending Jumps Finale meetings at Sandown in Britain, and the Punchestown Festivals in Ireland. This is to avoid crowing the champion trainers at the mid-point of the season.

In Britain this title dates back to the 1945/46 season when it was won by Tommy Rayson following his Grand National triumph with Lovely Cottage. Martin Pipe is Britain most successful Champion Jumps Trainer, with fifteen titles, ten in a row between 1995/96 and 2004/05.

In Ireland, Willie Mullins has been dominant with a record eighteen titles. Seventeen of these have been in an unbroken run between 2007/08 and 2023/24.

Season British Irish
2023–24 Willie Mullins Willie Mullins
2022–23 Paul Nicholls Willie Mullins
2021–22 Paul Nicholls Willie Mullins
2020–21 Paul Nicholls Willie Mullins
2019–20 Nicky Henderson Willie Mullins
2018–19 Paul Nicholls Willie Mullins
2017–18 Nicky Henderson Willie Mullins
2016–17 Nicky Henderson Willie Mullins
2015–16 Paul Nicholls Willie Mullins
2014–15 Paul Nicholls Willie Mullins
2013–14 Paul Nicholls Willie Mullins
2012–13 Nicky Henderson Willie Mullins
2011–12 Paul Nicholls Willie Mullins
2010–11 Paul Nicholls Willie Mullins
2009–10 Paul Nicholls Willie Mullins
2008–09 Paul Nicholls Willie Mullins
2007–08 Paul Nicholls Willie Mullins
2006–07 Paul Nicholls Noel Meade
2005–06 Paul Nicholls Noel Meade
2004–05 Martin Pipe Noel Meade
2003–04 Martin Pipe Noel Meade
2002–03 Martin Pipe Noel Meade
2001–02 Martin Pipe Noel Meade
2000–01 Martin Pipe Willie Mullins
1999–00 Martin Pipe Noel Meade
1998–99 Martin Pipe Noel Meade
1997–98 Martin Pipe Aidan O’Brien
1996–97 Martin Pipe Aidan O’Brien
1995–96 Martin Pipe Aidan O’Brien
1994–95 David Nicholson Aidan O’Brien
1993–94 David Nicholson Aidan O’Brien
1992–93 Martin Pipe Anne-Marie O’Brien
1991–92 Martin Pipe Arthur Moore
1990–91 Martin Pipe Paddy Mullins
1989–90 Martin Pipe
1988–89 Martin Pipe Paddy Mullins
1987–88 David Elsworth
1986–87 Nicky Henderson Paddy Mullins
1985–86 Nicky Henderson Paddy Mullins
1984–85 Fred Winter
1983–84 Michael Dickinson Dessie Hughes
1982–83 Michael Dickinson Paddy Mullins
1981–82 Michael Dickinson Paddy Mullins
1980–81 Peter Easterby Edward O’Grady
1979–80 Peter Easterby Edward O’Grady
1978–79 Peter Easterby Edward O’Grady
1977–78 Fred Winter Edward O’Grady
1976–77 Fred Winter Jim Dreaper
1975–76 Fred Rimell Jim Dreaper
1974–75 Fred Winter Jim Dreaper
1973–74 Fred Winter Jim Dreaper
1972–73 Fred Winter Jim Dreaper
1971–72 Fred Winter Tom Dreaper
1970–71 Fred Winter Francis Flood
1969–70 Fred Rimell Tom Dreaper
1968–69 Fred Rimell Tom Dreaper
1967–68 Denys Smith Tom Dreaper
1966–67 Ryan Price Tom Dreaper
1965–66 Ryan Price Tom Dreaper
1964–65 Peter Cazalet Tom Dreaper
1963–64 Fulke Walwyn Tom Dreaper
1962–63 Keith Piggott Tom Dreaper
1961–62 Ryan Price Tom Dreaper
1960–61 Fred Rimell Paddy Sleator
1959–60 Peter Cazalet Paddy Sleator
1958–59 Ryan Price Paddy Sleator
1957–58 Fulke Walwyn Paddy Sleator
1956–57 Neville Crump C ‘Noel’ Sleator
1955–56 William Hall Paddy Sleator
1954–55 Ryan Price Paddy Sleator
1953–54 Vincent O’Brien Tom Dreaper
1952–53 Vincent O’Brien Tom Dreaper
1951–52 Neville Crump Vincent O’Brien
1950–51 Fred Rimell Vincent O’Brien
1949–50 Peter Cazalet
1948–49 Fulke Walwyn
1947–48 Fulke Walwyn
1946–47 Fulke Walwyn
1945–46 Tommy Rayson

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