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Kieren Fallon is Top Jockey at Goodwood
30/07/05

Kieren Fallon just came out on top in a three-way photograph to be the top jockey over the five days of the Glorious Goodwood meeting. He, Martin Dwyer and John Egan all had three winners, but Fallon came out on top after a countback for placed rides.

This was the fourth time that Fallon has won this particular prize, as he also took it in 2003, 1998 and 1997, but his score of three is the lowest winning tally since Steve Cauthen was successful with just two in 1984.

Fallon’s three winners were Gift Horse in today’s Vodafone Stewards’ Cup, Afrad in
Thursday’s Goodwood Stakes and Evaluator in the very first race of the meeting.

After he had been presented with his award by Lester Piggott, who received a great reception from the spectators, Fallon said: “It is always very nice to win a prize like this at a big meeting like Goodwood, and although none of us talks about it during the meeting, we are all thinking about it.

“The highlight of my week is winning the Vodafone Stewards’ Cup, even if I may have said that it was one of the worst races I have ever ridden. I had a terrible time trying to get outside Eddie Ahern and I almost needed a machine to get me out.

“The racing here is always very competitive and it is all very tight - the toughest meeting of the year. Though I won the big race today, it takes away from the pleasure of winning if you know that you have not ridden a good race.

“While it is nice to be top jockey at the meeting, a total of three winners in a week is pretty quiet for the book of rides I had. Three winners in a day is the sort of thing you should start getting excited about.”

There was a sting in the tail for Fallon who was suspended for one day (August 10) for careless riding on Wise Dennis in the Vodafone Thoroughbred Stakes.

2005 LEADING JOCKEY AWARD
1st 2nd 3rd
Kieren Fallon 3 2 4
Martin Dwyer 3 1 1
John Egan 3 1 1
Kerrin McEvoy 2 2 2
Joe Fanning 2 1 3
Mick Kinane 2 1 -
Adrian Nicholls 2 - -
Seb Sanders 2 - -
Ryan Moore 1 3 3
Ted Durcan 1 2 1
Neil Callan 1 1 1
Johnny Murtagh 1 1 1
Steve Drowne 1 1 -
Graham Gibbons 1 1 -
Frankie McDonald 1 - 2
Kevin Manning 1 - 1
Alan Munro 1 - 1
Richard Quinn 1 - 1
Chris Catlin 1 - -
Saleem Golam 1 - -
Frannie Norton 1 - -
Amir Quinn 1 - -
Jimmy Quinn 1 - -
Philip Robinson 1 - -
Richard Hughes - 4 2
Eddie Ahern - 4 1
Richard Hills - 2 1
Jimmy Fortune - 1 1
Michael Hills - 1 1
Darryll Holland - 1 1
Travis Block - 1 -
Eddie Creighton - 1 -
Greg Fairley - 1 -
Paul Hanagan - 1 -
Adrian McCarthy - 1 -
David Allan - - 1
Victoria Behan - - 1
Sam Hitchcott - - 1
Niall McCullagh - - 1
Jamie Spencer - - 1
Willie Supple - - 1

LEADING TRAINERS
1st 2nd 3rd
Mark Johnston 3 3 5
David Nicholls 3 - 2
Sylvester Kirk 2 1 -
Mark Tompkins 2 - 1
Mick Channon 1 3 -
John Dunlop 1 2 3
Richard Hannon 1 2 3
Saeed bin Suroor 1 2 1
Ed Dunlop 1 2 -
David Elsworth 1 2 -
Jeremy Noseda 1 1 1
Sir Michael Stoute 1 1 1
Richard Fahey 1 1 -
Eoghan O’Neill 1 1 -
Clive Brittain 1 - 1
William Muir 1 - 1
David Barker 1 - -
Jim Bolger IRE 1 - -
Jim Boyle 1 - -
Patrick Chamings 1 - -
Peter Chapple-Hyam 1 - -
Roger Charlton 1 - -
Nicky Henderson 1 - -
Lady Herries 1 - -
Bob Jones 1 - -
Nick Littmoden 1 - -
Brian Meehan 1 - -
Terry Mills 1 - -
Marcus Tregoning 1 - -
Gerard Butler - 2 1
Milton Bradley - 2 -
John Gosden - 2 -
Barry Hills - 1 2
James Fanshawe - 1 1
John Quinn - 1 1
Brian Ellison - 1 -
Michael Jarvis - 1 -
Hughie Morrison - 1 -
Amanda Perrett - 1 -
Christian Wroe UAE - 1 -
Gary Moore - - 2
Aidan O’Brien IRE - - 2
Michael Dods - - 1
Nerys Dutfield - - 1
Tim Easterby - - 1
Rod Millman - - 1
Jamie Poulton - - 1
Patrick Prendergast IRE - - 1
Brooke Sanders - - 1