The 2017 British Flat Jockeys Championship was the competition to find the British flat racing Champion Jockey, the jockey with the most wins in Great Britain during the peak period of the British flat racing season from the start of the Guineas Meeting on Saturday 6 May to British Champions Day on Saturday 21 October 2017.
[1] He finished with 155 winners in the qualifying period, ahead of the reigning champion, Jim Crowley.
De Sousa had in fact passed 200 winners for the year at Lingfield on 18 October, and had effectively won the title many weeks before.
[2][3] De Sousa was presented with award in a ceremony at Ascot.
I've worked really hard this year and I always wanted to win the title again and I finally did.