Leading Jockey Award
Leading Jockey Award
The Leading Jockey Award also known as the Jockeys Championship is sponsored by Rooney Auctioneers, Eyre Square, Galway at the Galway Races Summer Festival Meeting, and have been doing so for thirty years. The jockeys with the highest number of winners during the week, under Rules of Racing and separately under the National Hunt rules will each be presented with a cheque for € 2,000. In addition to the prize fund a Galway Crystal Trophy will be presented to each winning jockey.
The lucky winners in 2012 are as follows: P.J. Smullen on the flat and the national hunt winner was Andrew McNamara.
Leading Jockey Winners in previous years:
Winners 2011
Leading Flat Jockey - P.J. Smullen
Leading National Hunt Jockey - Robbie McNamara
Winners 2010
Leading Flat Jockey - P.J. Smullen
Leading National Hunt Jockey - Robbie McNamara3.jpg)
Winners in 2009
Leading Flat Jockey - P.J. Smullen
Leading National Hunt Jockey- Ruby Walsh
Winners in 2008
Leading Flat Jockey – P.J. Smullen,
Leading National Hunt Jockey – Ruby Walsh
Winners in 2007
Leading Flat Jockey - P.J Smullen
Leading National Hunt Jockey - Davy Russell.
Winners in 2006
Leading Flat Jockey - Declan McDonogh
Leading National Hunt Jockey - Ruby Walsh.