champion jockey
noun/ˌtʃæmpiən ˈdʒɒki/
/ˌtʃæmpiən ˈdʒɑːki/
- (in the UK) the jockey who has won the most horse races in a season. There are two champion jockeys each year, the one who wins the most steeplechases (= races with jumps) in the winter, and the one who wins the most flat races (= ones without jumps) in the summer.
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