EARLIER this year, Christophe Soumillon made it quite clear his intentions to beat the record total of 300 winners in a season set by Pierre-Charles Boudot only last year and the 36-year-old Belgian is well on course to achieve his goal as he has already ridden 228 winners.

He is 43 winners ahead of the current champion Boudot with whom he shared the title in 2015. Last Sunday, Soumillon picked up two races at Le Pin au Haras and then zipped down to Tours, a 125-mile trip, to gain another success.