Riders return from foreign climes – and Wolverhampton – to attack the new season

Top jocks back in the saddle and hungry for success after welcome break

Champion: Silvestre De Sousa accepts the plaudits of colleagues and crowd

Champion: Silvestre de Sousa accepts the plaudits at Ascot last yearCredit: Eamonn M. McCormack

As the Flat turf season approaches, Peter Thomas quizzes six top jockeys about their memories of 2017 and their preparations and ambitions for 2018

Silvestre de Sousa, 2017 British champion jockey

Hi Silvestre. Well done with last year's title – your second, with another personal best of winners, 206 from a career-high 1,081 rides. Did you have any time to relax after such a gruelling season?

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Published on 22 March 2018inNews

Last updated 17:00, 22 March 2018

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