Talking Horses: Dan Skelton is jump racing's Christmas number one


The Warwickshire trainer has been the most reliable of the big names over the past fortnight and is having his best season yet

Dan Skelton 32% (38)
Nicky Henderson 31% (26)
Dr Richard Newland 29% (7)
Donald McCain 26% (23)
Nicky Richards 25% (8)
Lucinda Russell 25% (4)
Colin Tizzard 23% (39)
Emma Lavelle 23% (13)
Sue Smith 23% (13)
Warren Greatrex 20% (20)
Ben Pauling 20% (10)
Malcolm Jefferson 20% (5)
Jonjo O’Neill 19% (27)
Nigel Twiston-Davies 18% (33)
Kim Bailey 18% (22)
Peter Bowen 18% (11)
Fergal O’Brien 17% (18)
Evan Williams 15% (27)
Paul Nicholls 14% (43)
Tom George 14% (28)
Kerry Lee 14% (7)
Charlie Longsdon 13% (23)
Alan King 11% (18)
Gary Moore 10% (40)
David Pipe 10% (29)
Brian Ellison 8% (13)
Venetia Williams 8% (12)
Neil Mulholland 7% (29)
Philip Hobbs 5% (20)
Ian Williams 4% (25)
Tim Vaughan 0% (17)
Oliver Sherwood 0% (13)
Nick Williams 0% (11)
Harry Fry 0% (10)
Rebecca Curtis 0% (6)

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