Jump Jockeys Championship odds & past winners list: Bowen backed

Coral ambassador Sean Bowen has been cut to 10/11 in this season’s Jump Jockeys Championship odds after getting his campaign off to a flying start.

The 25-year-old Welshman has established a healthy lead over three-time title holder Brian Hughes and fellow contender Harry Cobden.

“Although it’s very early days in this season’s National Hunt jockeys’ title race, Bowen is the first rider to register 50 winners for the campaign and the lead he currently has over Hughes hasn’t gone unnoticed by punters and he’s now clear favourite for the championship for the first time,” said Coral’s David Stevens.

Bowen, a former conditional riders’ championship winner, is aiming to dethrone the hat-trick seeking Hughes, who has drifted out to 2/1, with Cobden quoted at 3/1.

History of the National Hunt title race

The British Jump Jockeys Championship was originally decided on a calendar basis from 1900 to 1925, with Frank Mason winning six of the first eight renewals.

Fred Rees rattled of five victories in the 1920s before Billy Stott equalled that feat in consecutive seasons from 1927-28 to 1931-32.

Gerry Wilson went one better with six straights title triumphs in the 1930s and added another in 1940-41.

Fred Rimell, Tim Molony, Fred Winter, Stan Mellor, Josh Gifford and Terry Biddlecombe were among the other multiple winners before John Francome claimed seven victories in the 1970s and 80s.

Peter Scudamore then emerged as the dominant force with eight triumphs, notably becoming the first rider to reach a double century with 221 winners in 1988-89.

Richard Dunwoody completed a hat-trick in the 90s but Tony McCoy then smashed all previous records with an incredible run of 20 consecutive victories from 1995 to 2015.

AP hit a double ton nine times during that period and posted a landmark 289 wins in 2001-02.

His retirement paved the way for Richard Johnson, 17 times a runner-up, to secure four consecutive successes, before Hughes took over as the top dog.

There was no winner in 1943 and 1944 due to racing being suspended during World War II, while the title has been shared on three occasions.

Jump Jockeys Championship past winners list

2022–23 Brian Hughes (165)
2021–22 Brian Hughes (204)
2020–21 Harry Skelton (152)
2019–20 Brian Hughes (141)
2018–19 Richard Johnson (200)
2017–18 Richard Johnson (176)
2016–17 Richard Johnson (180)
2015–16 Richard Johnson (235)
2014–15 Tony McCoy (231)
2013–14 Tony McCoy (218)
2012–13 Tony McCoy (185)
2011–12 Tony McCoy (199)
2010–11 Tony McCoy (218)
2009–10 Tony McCoy (195)
2008–09 Tony McCoy (186)
2007–08 Tony McCoy (140)
2006–07 Tony McCoy (184)
2005–06 Tony McCoy (178)
2004–05 Tony McCoy (200)
2003–04 Tony McCoy (209)
2002–03 Tony McCoy (258)
2001–02 Tony McCoy (289)
2000–01 Tony McCoy (191)
1999–2000 Tony McCoy (245)
1998–99 Tony McCoy (186)
1997–98 Tony McCoy (253)
1996–97 Tony McCoy (190)
1995–96 Tony McCoy (175)
1994–95 Richard Dunwoody (160)
1993–94 Richard Dunwoody (197)
1992–93 Richard Dunwoody (173)
1991–92 Peter Scudamore (175)
1990–91 Peter Scudamore (141)
1989–90 Peter Scudamore (170)
1988–89 Peter Scudamore (221)
1987–88 Peter Scudamore (132)
1986–87 Peter Scudamore (123)
1985–86 Peter Scudamore (91)
1984–85 John Francome (101)
1983–84 John Francome (131)
1982–83 John Francome (106)
1981–82 John Francome/Peter Scudamore (120)
1980–81 John Francome (105)
1979–80 Jonjo O’Neill (115)
1978–79 John Francome (95)
1977–78 Jonjo O’Neill (149)
1976–77 Tommy Stack (97)
1975–76 John Francome (96)
1974–75 Tommy Stack (82)
1973–74 Ron Barry (94)
1972–73 Ron Barry (125)
1971–72 Bob Davies (89)
1970–71 Graham Thorner (74)
1969–70 Bob Davies (91)
1968–69 Terry Biddlecombe/Bob Davies (77)
1967–68 Josh Gifford (82)
1966–67 Josh Gifford (122)
1965–66 Terry Biddlecombe (102)
1964–65 Terry Biddlecombe (114)
1963–64 Josh Gifford (94)
1962–63 Josh Gifford (70)
1961–62 Stan Mellor (80)
1960–61 Stan Mellor (118)
1959–60 Stan Mellor (68)
1958–59 Tim Brookshaw (83)
1957–58 Fred Winter (82)
1956–57 Fred Winter (80)
1955–56 Fred Winter (74)
1954–55 Tim Molony (67)
1953–54 Dick Francis (76)
1952–53 Fred Winter (121)
1951–52 Tim Molony (99)
1950–51 Tim Molony (83)
1949–50 Tim Molony (95)
1948–49 Tim Molony (60)
1947–48 Bryan Marshall (66)
1946–47 Jack Dowdeswell (58)
1945–46 Fred Rimell (54)
1944–45 Frenchie Nicholson/Fred Rimell (15)
1941–42 Ron Smyth (12)
1940–41 Gerry Wilson (22)
1939–40 Fred Rimell (24)
1938–39 Fred Rimell (61)
1937–38 Gerry Wilson (59)
1936–37 Gerry Wilson (45)
1935–36 Gerry Wilson (57)
1934–35 Gerry Wilson (73)
1933–34 Gerry Wilson (56)
1932–33 Gerry Wilson (61)
1931–32 Billy Stott (77)
1930–31 Billy Stott (81)
1929–30 Billy Stott (77)
1928–29 Billy Stott (76)
1927–28 Billy Stott (88)
1926–27 Fred Rees (59)
1925–26 Ted Leader (61)
1925 E Foster (76)
1924 Fred Rees (108)
1923 Fred Rees (64)
1922 Jack Anthony (78)
1921 Fred Rees (65)
1920 Fred Rees (64)
1919 H Brown (48)
1918 George Duller (17)
1917 W Smith (15)
1916 C Hawkins (17)
1915 Ernie Piggott (44)
1914 Jack Anthony (60)
1913 Ernie Piggott (60)
1912 Ivor Anthony (78)
1911 W Payne (76)
1910 Ernie Piggott (67)
1909 R Gordon (45)
1908 P Cowley (65)
1907 Frank Mason (59)
1906 Frank Mason (58)
1905 Frank Mason (73)
1904 Frank Mason (59)
1903 Percy Woodland (54)
1902 Frank Mason (67)
1901 Frank Mason (58)
1900 H S Sidney Amateur (53)

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