Going back to my points based system for last season. There were 191 Class 1 races last season so giving these races more weight in terms of points but ensuring one graded race wasn’t worth more than the next you could use the following points based system:
Class 1 Grade 1 – 25 points
Class 1 Grade 2 – 20 points
Class 1 Premier H’cap – 15 points
Class 1 Listed – 10 points
For the remaining classes of race these would be scored as follows;
Class 2 – 4 points
Class 3 – 3 points
Class 4 – 2 points
Class 5 – 1 point
Had that system been in place in 2025/26 the trainers championship would have looked like this;
1st Skelton 931 pts (194 wins)
2nd Henderson 472 pts (87 wins)
3rd Nicholls 397 pts (94 wins)
4th Murphy 370 pts (144 wins)
5th Pauling 339 pts (94 wins)
6th Mullins 300 pts (16 wins)
7th Snowden 243 pts (86 wins)
8th F O’Brien 210 pts (82 wins)
9th G&J Moore 191 pts (57 wins)
10th Derham 190 pts (53 wins)
This gives those winning at the highest level more points but not have it skewed by prize money for one particular race (say the National) and placed horses who in my view should have no baring whatsoever on the trainers title.
Skelton won 31 Class 1 races in 2025/26 with the next best Henderson with 14 and Mullins with 13. Henderson won 73 races at Class 2 or lower whereas Mullins won just 3. My points based system reflects that more than the current system.