New name at the top: Donnacha O'Brien crowned champion jockey with 111 winners

Magna Grecia: one of Donnacha O'Brien's big winners in stellar seasonCredit: Alan Crowhurst

Donnacha O’Brien and Shane Crosse are the new names at the top of the tree as the 2018 Irish Flat season ends at Naas on Sunday.

With 111 winners, 20-year-old O’Brien is champion jockey for the first time and finishing clear of last year’s victor Colin Keane and Declan McDonogh, who came second and third respectively.

Crosse, 17, is with the Joseph O’Brien yard and enters the meeting on the 27-winner mark, five clear of Ben Coen and Killian Leonard in the apprentice title race.

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Tony O'HehirRacing Post Reporter

Published on 3 November 2018inNews

Last updated 18:00, 3 November 2018

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