Jockeys' championship

Disappointed that Pontefract has been abandoned today. Really fancied Miss Ella in the last.

Just had another look at the jockeys' championship. We are almost half-way through the flat season and the leader, RL Moore is on 70 wins. Buick (63) and Hughes (53) are next. These are not huge totals. The key to the final winner's total depends on two factors in my view. Will Hughes maintain his challenge if he is still off the pace come August? Will a head to head duel develop as it has done in recent years? Hanagan v De Sousa last year and Hanagan v Hughes in 2010 were great contests which went down to the wire.

I have a feeling it won't be like that this year and the winner could post the smallest total since Fallon won in 2002 with 144 winners. Obviously more abandoned meetings will play a part in shrinking the ultimate total!

I have had two bets with Ladbrokes two minutes ago:

5pts on jockey champion winning total 135 - 145 @ 7/1 Ladbrokes
5pts on jockey champion winning total 146 - 156 @ 7/2 Ladbrokes