[1] In August 2018, he won his first major race, the Stewards' Cup at Goodwood on the Hugo Palmer trained Gifted Master, and began to be noticed for the number of competitive handicaps he was winning at major courses.
He recorded 77 wins between 5 May and 20 October, which placed him tenth in the overall jockey rankings, and won him the Champion Apprentice title.
His total was higher than the previous three champions under the newer, shorter jockeys' championship season and the highest since Paul Hanagan who rode 81 in 2002.
[1] He finished the season with a win in his first group race - the Premio Lydia Tesio on God Given for Luca Cumani.
In consecutive days in October 2019, he won his first British Group 1 - the Fillies' Mile on Quadrilateral - and the Cesarewitch Handicap on Stratum.