Champion jockey Craig Williams has scored a sixth win in the prestigious Scobie Breasley medal for riding excellent in Victoria.
Williams’ victory comes 20 years after he won the award for first time in 2006, going on to emulate the feat in 2007, 2008 and 2009.
His most recent victory in the Scobie Breasley Medal came in 2017.
The Scobie Medal Breasley is voted on by Racing Victoria stewards who cast their votes on a 3-2-1 basis on every Victorian metropolitan meeting through the season.
Incredibly honoured to receive the Scobie Breasley Medal at last night’s Victorian Racing Awards.
Unfortunately, Larysa and I weren’t able to attend, as we are currently in Ukraine 🇺🇦 continuing to support the people of Ukraine and their fight for freedom.
To receive an award… pic.twitter.com/BFoP1tiYeH
— Craig Williams (@CWilliamsJockey) August 9, 2026
Trailing runner-up Jamie Mott by one vote with one month remaining, Williams sealed victory collecting 11 votes in July to win by five from Mott, 52 to 47.
Despite stretches riding overseas, Damian Lane finished third on 37 ahead of Daniel Stackhouse (31) with apprentice Luke Cartwright rounding out the top five with 29 votes.
Williams was also acclaimed the leading Victorian metropolitan winner for the season winning 65 races through 2025-26.
Caulfield and Melbourne Cup winner Half Yours was voted the Victorian Racehorse of the Year, an award voted on by a panel of racing officials, journalists and broadcasters.
The Tony and Calvin McEvoy-trained stayer led home Cox Plate heroine Via Sistina ahead of the Godolphin-owned pair of Tentyris and Observer.
The McEvoy father-and-son combination also won the Most Outstanding Training Performance award for their Cups double success, preparing Half Yours to become the 13th horse to win the double defeating Cindy Alderson for her deeds with Jigsaw who won seven of his eight starts for the season including wins in Victoria, New Zealand and Western Australia.
Calvin McEvoy was presented with the Colin Alderson Rising Star Award which recognises a Victorian licensed trainer under 40 whose career is on an upward trajectory.
Praised for his media engagement and professionalism, Calvin McEvoy played a key role in the family stable preparing 91 winners nationally, including seven Stakes winners, at a strike rate of 18%.
Jamie Mott and Logan Bates collected the two peer-voted awards as the respective winners of the Victorian Jockeys’ Associations Damien Oliver Most Valuable Jockey and VJA Rising Star as determined by Victoria’s jockey fraternity.
The honours capped a big season for both riders with Bates landing his maiden Group 1, while Mott posted the most winners of his career to claim a maiden Victorian Jockeys’ Premiership with 128 victories.
Cartwright was celebrated for his breakout season which included 70 wins and a maiden Stakes success as he took home both the Victorian Apprentice Jockeys’ Premiership and Metropolitan Apprentice Jockeys’ Premiership for the first time.
The Tommy Corrigan Medal, voted on by RV Stewards on a 2-1 basis for the best rides at every jumps meeting, also saw a first-time winner with Dean Parker triumphant in his second full season since moving from New Zealand.
Ciaron Maher continued his domination of the Metropolitan Trainers’ Premiership for which he was awarded the Fred Hoysted Medal for the sixth successive year.
Maher also claimed the Victorian Trainers’ Premiership to end a memorable season that produced 220 winners across the state headlined by Group 1 successes with Observer, Pride Of Jenni, Jimmysstar and Light Infantry Man.
