His first win in a point-to-point came two years later in 2001, when he rode Eyze to victory at Bramblestown for trainer Mags Mullins.
He went on to become one of the most successful point-to-point jockeys in recent history, and by the time he retired from point riding in 2021, he had a total of 972 wins under his belt.
[9] Codd won his first Grade One race in 2014, winning the Irish Champion Bumper at Punchestown on Shaneshill.
He is the leading jockey since 1946 in the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup, having won the race on four runnings - his first Cheltenham win came in the 2009 running of the race on Character Building,[14] then in 2012 on Junior, in 2015 on The Package[15] and most recently in 2016 on Cause of Causes.
[24] He rode in the Grand National again in 2019 and 2021 on Mala Beach[25] and Milan Native, but both horses pulled up before the finish.