Crowley living the dream

Jim Crowley says “it would mean everything” if he could win the Stobart Flat jockeys’ championship.

An unconsidered 40-1 shot in the spring, the former jumps jockey has been the surprise package in this year’s title race and is now odds-on to dethrone current champion Silvestre de Sousa.

“It’s good fun at the moment,” Crowley told At The Races.

“I’m enjoying it and getting on some nice horses and they’re winning. I hope it keeps going.

“I probably thought about it (the championship) seriously just after Goodwood.

“I had a couple of winners at Windsor one night. It had been a good week and my agent said, ‘Do you want to give it a go?’, and I said, ‘Yes, let’s give it a kick’.

“I didn’t think I’d be in this position in the first couple of years I switched to the Flat, but, as time has gone and I’d ridden a lot more winners, things became a little more realistic.

“At the start of the season, it (winning the title) was something I wanted to do. I just made a slow start, but, as time has gone on, …

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