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Portrait of Billy Loughnane
RED CORNER · LEADER Billy Loughnane 74 winners

Flat Jockeys' Championship 2026

Wins to date
74 67
Prize (£)
£2,160,727 £1,714,366
Strike rate
0.0% 0.0%
Projected wins
133 120
Portrait of Oisin Murphy
BLUE CORNER · CHALLENGER Oisin Murphy 67 winners

On the undercard

Portrait of Rossa Ryan
Rossa Ryan 52 winners
Portrait of William Buick
William Buick 35 winners

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The Tale of the Tape

Weigh-in

Stat Billy Loughnane Oisin Murphy Rossa Ryan William Buick
Wins to date 74 AHEAD 67 52 35
Prize (£) £2,160,727 AHEAD £1,714,366 £549,490 £1,837,214
Races run 0 AHEAD 0 0 0
Strike rate 0.0% AHEAD 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
Projected wins 133 AHEAD 120 93 62

Round 1

The season, round by round

Every month is a round. Whoever added the most winners takes the round; the running score builds toward the final decision.

Round 1

May

Oisin Murphy takes the round with 11 winners.

Billy Loughnane 0
Oisin Murphy 0
Rossa Ryan 0
William Buick 0
Round won Oisin Murphy Biggest pot William Buick wins the BOYLE Sports Lockinge Stakes (Group 1) at Newbury · £226840
Season Oisin Murphy 11 Rossa Ryan 11 Billy Loughnane 10 William Buick 6
Round 2

June

Billy Loughnane takes the round with 27 winners.

Billy Loughnane 0
Oisin Murphy 0
Rossa Ryan 0
William Buick 0
Round won Billy Loughnane +2 Biggest pot William Buick wins the Prince Of Wales's Stakes (Group 1) at Ascot · £567100
Season Billy Loughnane 37 Oisin Murphy 36 Rossa Ryan 29 William Buick 13
Round 3

July

Billy Loughnane clears out — 34 winners, 7 clear of the pack.

Billy Loughnane 0
Oisin Murphy 0
Rossa Ryan 0
William Buick 0
Round won Billy Loughnane +7 Biggest pot Billy Loughnane wins the Visit Qatar Sussex Stakes (Group 1) at Goodwood · £680520
Season Billy Loughnane 71 Oisin Murphy 63 Rossa Ryan 52 William Buick 35
Round 4

August

Billy Loughnane clears out — 30 winners, 5 clear of the pack.

Billy Loughnane 0
Oisin Murphy 0
Rossa Ryan 0
William Buick 0
Round won Billy Loughnane +5 Biggest pot William Buick wins the Sky Bet City Of York Stakes (Group 1) at York · £340260
Season Billy Loughnane 101 Oisin Murphy 88 Rossa Ryan 64 William Buick 43

Round 2

The rate

Wins per riding day. It’s the form check — is anyone getting hotter, is anyone cooling off?

Billy Loughnane LEAD
0.000
wins / day
ACCELERATING
Oisin Murphy
0.000
wins / day
ACCELERATING
9% behind leader
Rossa Ryan
0.000
wins / day
COOLING
30% behind leader
William Buick
0.000
wins / day
COOLING
53% behind leader

Billy Loughnane finding another gear — the rate is accelerating, the gap is opening.

Round 3

The forecast

The lines meet at today, then extrapolate to season end. The gold band is where the truth probably lives — the 95% cone around the leader’s projection.

WINS Billy Loughnane — 74 to date; 133 projected; 95% band 110–156 (95%) 133 Oisin Murphy — 67 to date; 120 projected 120 Rossa Ryan — 52 to date; 93 projected 93 William Buick — 35 to date; 63 projected 63
Billy Loughnane 74 to date · 133 projected Band 110–156 (95%) Oisin Murphy 67 to date · 120 projected Rossa Ryan 52 to date · 93 projected William Buick 35 to date · 63 projected

TOO CLOSE TO CALL

Portrait of Billy Loughnane

Billy Loughnane & Oisin Murphy

0 winners clear

The projection has Billy Loughnane ahead by 13 — but the 95% bands overlap. This one goes to the wire.

133 winners to 120 · 95% band 110–155

Projected wins
0
Prize projected
£0
Strike rate
0.0%

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