From unbeaten streaks to handicap heroics: the ten biggest records set in 2022
John Randall with his top ten record breakers from this year
1 Aidan O'Brien
When Aidan O'Brien scored his record-breaking 41st British Classic victory with Tuesday in the Oaks on June 3 it may have been the greatest achievement of his phenomenal career.
He beat John Scott's record of 40 British Classic wins by a trainer that had stood for 159 years, which O'Brien had equalled with Snowfall in last year's Oaks.
The Ballydoyle maestro scored his first victory in this category with King Of Kings in the 1998 2,000 Guineas, and his score of 41 has been achieved with 38 different horses, including dual-winners Camelot, Minding and Love. He holds the trainers' record for both the 2,000 Guineas (ten) and the Derby (eight).
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