William Buick Career

William marks his first year as John Gosden's stable jockey by winning the G1 Dubai Sheema Classic on Dar Re Mi for Lord and Lady Lloyd-Webber and claims his first British Classic win in the St Leger at Doncaster aboard Arctic Cosmos.

Hits a century of British winners in a year for the first time. Adds five more European Group 1s including the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Nathaniel and a double at the Arc meeting in the Prix Marcel Boussac and the Prix de la Foret.

A famous treble on one afternoon at Royal Ascot, including Fallen For You in the G1 Coronation Stakes, lays the foundations for another banner year. William's nine Group 1 winners include a first Eclipse and Irish Oaks.

William wins a Group 1 in Godolphin's blue colours for the first time as Saeed bin Suroor's Sajjhaa takes the Jebel Hatta in Dubai. Another fine season is capped by brilliant mare The Fugue in the Irish Champion Stakes.

Following another top-level victory aboard The Fugue in the Prince Of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot, he helps Charlie Appleby and Godolphin to take the G1 Middle Park Stakes with Charming Thought shortly before it is announced he has joined the international operation.

The perfect start for William's partnership with Godolphin as he helps Prince Bishop secure the Dubai World Cup, then the richest race on the planet. Finishes second in the Derby at Epsom and then wins the Irish equivalent on Jack Hobbs for John Gosden and Godolphin.

A spectacular season in Godolphin blue. William helps Ribchester to Group 1 glory in the Prix Jacques Le Marois, Wuheida to the Prix Marcel Boussac and wins a second Eclipse, this time on Hawkbill.

Ribchester proves the star of the first part of the year, adding the G1 Lockinge as well as the Queen Anne Stakes, one of William's four winners at Royal Ascot that year. The season ends with William returning from a fractured vertebra to a first Breeders' Cup triumph, via Wuheida.

A major milestone as William claims the race he coveted most, with Godolphin homebred Masar taking the Derby at Epsom. William wins Group 1s in jurisdictions as far afield as Japan, Hong Kong, Dubai and America with collective prize-money earnings of over £5million.

After a brilliant start with two major winners at the Dubai World Cup meeting, William is sidelined for three months during the summer from a fall. Finishes the season with a flourish aboard Godolphin's exceptional two-year-old Pinatubo.

After a flying Dubai Carnival, the season is put on hold by the pandemic. William has a flying summer, collecting blue-chip Group 1s on Ghaiyyath in the Coronation Cup, Eclipse and International Stakes. His achievements are reflected by a second-place finish in the jockeys' championship.

William is named Flat Jockey of the Year for the first time at the Lester Awards. After an incredible late charge, he finishes just two winners behind Oisin Murphy in a title challenge which goes to the final day. His successes include a raft of Group 1s including the Irish Derby and the St Leger. William also marries his long-term partner, Jane Duncan.

A busy year sees William ride a double-century of British winners during the calendar. His total of 157 during the season sees him crowned British Champion Flat Jockey for the first time, fulfilling another lifetime ambition.

William retains the British title with a comfortable margin over his perennial rival, Oisin Murphy. Master Of The Seas and Nations Pride fly the flag for Godolphin with major victories across the Atlantic.

Another milestone achieved as William wins the 2,000 Guineas at Newmarket for the first time in his career through Notable Speech. Rebel's Romance, one of the most significant horses in his career, lands four global Group 1s, concluding in the Breeders' Cup Turf.

An explosive start to the 2025 season with victory in the first two classics of the season, as William lands a second consecutive 2,000 Guineas with victory aboard Ruling Court and his first 1,000 Guineas the following day with Desert Flower.

In July William reaches the incredible milestone of riding his 2000th British winner in the Princess of Wales Stake on El Cordobes at Newmarket.