3,000th win for Richard Johnson with Ludlow triumph

Richard Johnson secured his 3,000th career success under National Hunt rules on Garde La Victoire at Ludlow yesterday.
By The Newsroom
Published 13th Jan 2016, 00:00 BST
Richard Johnson. Picture: PARichard Johnson. Picture: PA
Richard Johnson. Picture: PA

Philip Hobbs’ charge, sent off the 1-6 favourite, won the Racing UK Winter Season Ticket Novices’ Chase in workmanlike fashion.

The landmark win took Johnson’s tally for the campaign to 176 as he continues to maintain a big lead in his bid to be champion jockey for the first time after being runner-up 15 times to Tony McCoy.