Brian Hughes surpassed his own high expectations when reaching a huge career milestone of 200 winners.
The haul, in one season, saw the northern rider join Sir Anthony McCoy, Richard Johnson and Peter Scudamore in the history books. Hughes' win on Dreams Of Home, just days before Sandown's grand finale of the National Hunt campaign, was witnessed by a big crowd at Perth.
"It's not something I ever thought I could achieve, it wasn't a target," he said. "It's always the aim to ride 100 winners [in a season] and 100 winners is a fair achievement, so it just shows the luck I've had and the support I've had from the trainers to get to double that.
