Double century for Brian Hughes is just reward for his McCoy-esque domination

Brian Hughes could have stopped riding at New Year and still been champion jockey this season.Credit: John Grossick (racingpost.com/photos)

Senior reporter Chris Cook on a landmark 200th winner of the season for the man who has dominated this year's jump jockeys' championship from start to finish . . .

"There's very little McCoy-esque about me," was the typically modest response from Brian Hughes a couple of months ago, when his dominance of this jumps season sparked comparisons with the now-retired champion of yore.

Like his fellow Northern Irishman, Hughes's appetite for work seems endless and is not sated by success or undermined by fatigue.

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Published on 20 April 2022inNews

Last updated 17:34, 20 April 2022

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