Novibet brand ambassador is closing in on his 200th winner after enjoying a massively successful Sunday at the Carlisle races over the weekend.
The champion has taken his season so far tally to 184, after recently becoming the first northern based jockey to ride 150 winners during a campaign.
Hughes teamed up with Donald McCain to ride home three winners on a sunny afternoon over the jumps.
The pair’s first win of the day came on the back of Forpaddytheplumber who won the Every Race Live On RacingTV Maiden Hurdle over two and a half miles.
They followed this up with success in the Stacey Bradley’s Birthday Bash Novices’ Limited Handicap Chase where Geromino saw off two rivals to take the win over two miles.
The third and final victory of the day belonged to the even money favourite in the Watch Irish Racing On RacingTV Novices’ Handicap Hurdle with Malpas over two miles and one furlong.
Hughes’ relentless march to 200 continues today at Wetherby.
Should Hughes reach his target of a double century, he will join Sir Anthony McCoy, Richard Johnson and Peter Scudamore as the only jockeys to have recorded 200 winners in a season over jumps.
