William Buick continues to assert his authority on the 2022 Flat Jockeys' Championship as he reached 150 winners Friday aboard the Charlie Hills-trained Pogo at Newmarket Racecourse.
The dominance of Buick's 2022 campaign is displayed by his current lead, sitting 61 winners ahead of Hollie Doyle in second place, just over a week ahead of lifting his first Champion Jockey title at QIPCO British Champions Day at Ascot Racecourse.
This is comfortably the biggest lead at this stage in a Flat Jockeys' Championship since the changing of the Championship parameters in 2015.
Biggest gaps between 1st and 2nd places in the Flat Jockeys' Championships on Oct. 7:
| Rank | Year | Jockey in 1st | Jockey in 2nd | Gap between 1st and 2nd |
| 1 | 2022 | William Buick (150) | Hollie Doyle (89) | 61 * |
| 2 | 2019 | Oisin Murphy (164) | Daniel Tudhope (126) | 38 |
| 3 | 2018 | Silvestre de Sousa (143) | Oisin Murphy (106) | 37 |
| 4 | 2015 | Silvestre de Sousa (130) | Paul Hanagan (94) | 36 |
| 5 | 2017 | Silvestre de Sousa (143) | Jim Crowley (109) | 34 |
*As of after the Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards Challenge Stakes at 3pm at Newmarket Racecourse. Others taken after racing on Oct. 7 in their respective years
34-year-old Buick said of making the milestone: “To reach 150 winners is great, and I am heading towards my best ever which is also nice but there is still more than a week left of the Jockeys' Championship so I will still be trying to ride as many winners as I possibly can. I couldn't have done this without all the support from trainers and the owners and I owe a huge thanks to them.”
Nothing has stopped Buick this year and the highlight of his season is undoubtably scoring two sensational five-timers. The first was at Newmarket (July) on Saturday, July 16, which saw his first ever five-timer at a single meeting. He then repeated the feat on Saturday, Aug. 27, at Goodwood aboard the likes of Hoo Yal Mal trained by George Boughey and Jadoomi trained by Simon and Ed Crisford. Buick's amazing run of form is reflected in his remarkable strike rate of 27 percent, far outreaching his fellow competitors.
Buick looks set to beat his previous Championship best of 151 wins, set last season.
You can see the latest Flat Jockeys' Championship table here and below.
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