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The jockeys and trainers in the form of their lives in 2018

Scott Burton finds out the reasons behind this year's upturn in fortunes

Ben Curtis

Age 29
Winners in 2018 92
Season highlightsAfter going two years without a Listed or Group winner, Ben Curtis has hit the board five times in six weeks in black type races this summer and is now closing in on a first century

If you ask most jockeys whether they want quantity or quality when it comes to riding winners, they will tell you the answer is both.

For Ben Curtis, who was co-champion apprentice in Ireland with Joseph O'Brien and Gary Carroll, the numbers have been accumulating in recent years.

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