Boudet sets riding record

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Jockey Pierre-Charles Boudot chalked up a new European Flat record when a four-timer at Chantilly saw him post his 275th winner of the year.

Sir Gordon Richards famously set a benchmark of 269 winners back in 1947, with German champion Peter Schiergen surpassing that target in 1995 with 271 victories.

Boudot has now topped both, with victories for Ambivalence, Firouzeh, Nalon and Djoko seeing him set the new standard on the level.

Sir Tony McCoy’s total of 289 wins in the 2001/2 jumps season is now in Boudot’s sights, although his agent Herve Naggar believes the rider will be eager to …

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