Charlie Johnston

Charlie Johnston is, of course, the elder son of Mark Johnston, who, on August 23, 2018, officially became the most successful trainer in the history of British Flat racing. A narrow victory for Poet’s Society in the Clipper Logistics Handicap at York took his career record to 4,194 winners, thereby beating the previous record held by Richard Hannon Snr.. Having gained a licence, Johnston Jnr. first started training alongside his father, in a partnership, on January 1, 2022. However, the following December, Mark Johnston stepped down for the partnership, leaving Charlie in sole charge of the family yard at Kingsley Park Farm in Middleham, North Yorkshire.

In his first season at the helm, ably assisted by his father, Johnston saddled 1,261 runners, which yielded 174 winners, at a strike rate of 14%, and £2.8 million in prize money. His first ‘black type’ winner in his own right was Dear My Friend in the Listed Burradon Stakes at Newcastle in April 2023, but he went on to enjoy further high-profile successes with Sacred Angel in the Group 3 Princess Margaret Stakes at Ascot and Carolina Reaper in the Group 3 Zukunfts-Rennen at Baden-Baden later in the year. In 2024, so far, Johnston has continued the good work, saddling 27 winners from 169 runners, at a strike rate of 16%, and amassing £367,942 in prize money to lie third in the Flat Trainers’ Championship at the time of writing.

 

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