Johnson hits 200 at Warwick Richard Johnson completed the first double century of his career with victory on Cheat The Cheater in the Listers Audi Novices' Handicap Chase at Warwick. He earned every penny of his fee on the Claire Dyson-trained nine-year-old, who looked well held after being prominent in the early stages of the three-mile contest. Glendermot seemed certain to land the spoils when kicking clear of long-time leader Kapricorne, but he put the brakes on turning for home with two fences left to jump. That threw the race wide open and Johnson took full advantage on Cheat The Cheater. Rousting his mount to challenge, the 4-1 joint-favourite outfought his fellow market leader, who although getting a second wind, could not match Cheat The Cheater on the run-in. Johnson kept his horse up to his work to prevail by three and a half lengths. He is setting a cracking pace in his bid to win his first UK jump jockeys' championship after finishing runner-up 15 times to the now-retired Sir Anthony McCoy. The success took the 38-year-old to another landmark this season as he reached 3,000 career winners at Ludlow last month. Johnson told Racing UK: "The season has gone so well and to get to 200 has been amazing. I'll be here all day thanking all the people who have given me rides, and the support I've had from racegoers around the country has been amazing. "Even when you have an odds-on shot it doesn't always go quite as planned, so you never take anything for granted. I'm lucky I ride fancied horses on a daily basis and so I was pretty sure I would get to 200 at some point, but you never quite know when. "Being champion jockey has always been my goal since I was 19 and it's taken me a long time to get there. This year has gone so well and to get to 200 is an extra bonus, which I realistically did not think of at the start of the season. "The championship was always the number one ambition for the season."
