Brian Hughes on the double towards 200 winners
- Tom Reed
- 25 March 2022
Brian Hughes is going full bore towards 200 winners for the season after a double at Sedgefield. He'll join a select group if he makes it.
Top Northern jockey Brian Hughes is showing a relentless work ethic pays off as he got closer to an historic double tonne with two winners at Sedgefield.
Champion Jockey elect Hughes is already the first Northern-based jockey to ride 150 winners in a season when scoring with a four-timer at Carlisle in February and now he has hit the 186 mark for the season, just 14 shy of the double tonne.
It was a winning return to a track he does well at in Sedgefield and the 36-year-old left with a pair of winners.
First up came a 1/4 win on Red Vision in the novices' hurdle and he followed up on 6/4 shot Away At Dawn in the novices' chase to show his versatility
Hughes couldn't quite claim another winner on the day but did take a pair of thirds at the County Durham track with Blakeney Point for Donald McCain and En Couleur for the Easterbys.
Reaching 200 winners in a jumps season is considered a huge achievement and should he make it, Hughes will be only the fourth National Hunt jockey to do so, joining a select club including Sir Anthony McCoy, Richard Johnson and Peter Scudamore.
Hughes has six booked rides at
Musselburgh on Friday, March 25.
Make that 186! Brian Hughes and @donaldmccain are at the double at @SedgefieldRace as Away At Dawn wins wellpic.twitter.com/YVJOCkyJs6 https://t.co/qXjDCiWKrp
— Sky Sports Racing (@SkySportsRacing) March 24, 2022
