Pat Eddery reached his 27th century of winners in the past 28 British seasons by scoring on Give The Slip in the Tote Ebor at York today.
The jockey gave his mount a vintage ride, tacking over from his draw in stall 16 to lead the field.
Favourite Boreas seemed set to pick him up in the final furlong but Amanda Perrett`s charge found reserves and repelled the market leader by three-quarters of a length.
Eddery`s only rival for longevity at the top in recent years is the now-retired Willie Carson who reached three figures for the 23rd time in 1995, having missed the target just twice in the previous 25 seasons.
Since the Irishman first reached 100 winners in 1973 in his second full season out of apprenticeship he has repeated the feat every year bar 1982 when he rode in Ireland on Saturdays and won the jockeys` championship here.
Injury nearly prevented his making it last year but the Irishman rode on the all-weather after the end of the turf season in order to keepup his record.
Eddery became only the third man in British racing history to partner 4,000 domestic winners when riding Silver Patriarch to victory in the St Leger at Doncaster in 1997.
He was the youngest man to reach the landmark, which had been achieved previously only by Sir Gordon Richards and Lester Piggott.
The 48-year-old is now involved in a three-way battle with Kevin Darley and Richard Quinn as he aims to beat Piggott`s tally with a 12th jockeys` championship.
