Hawick jockey Jason Hart hits century of wins for fifth time in six flat-racing seasons
Hawick jockey Jason Hart this week notched up a century of wins for the fifth time in six flat-racing seasons.
The 31-year-old’s 100th winner for the current season, from 733 rides, was Battenburg Belle at 3-1 at Catterick Racecourse on Tuesday.
Hart rode the three-year-old bay filly, trained by County Durham’s Rebecca Menzies, to victory over almost six furlongs in the 3.03pm Fifth Regiment Royal Artillery Handicap at the North Yorkshire track, finishing a length and a half in front of Patrick McDonald on 6-4 favourite Methgal.
That class-six outing was one of five rides for the Borderer at that meeting and the £4,004 top prize he picked up helped take his earnings for this term to £1,256,251.
It was his second win on Battenburg Belle at Catterick in the space of two weeks, following another over the same distance on Wednesday, August 26, landing a payout of £3,664.00.
His latest century is his second on the bounce and fifth in the last six years after previously hitting treble figures in 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2025.
“I’ve just got to keep kicking,” he told Racing TV afterwards.
“I missed one year of getting 100 but my agent’s worked hard.
“We had a bit of a lull in the middle of the year but we’re back on target.”