He also won the Lester Award for Flat Jockey of the Year in 2000, and won the Lester Special Recognition Award in 1997 and 2007.
He was associated with a number of trainers including Mark Johnston, for whom he won the English 1,000 Guineas, Irish 1,000 Guineas, Coronation Stakes and Sun Chariot Stakes on Attraction.
He also won the St Leger on Bollin Eric and French Derby on Celtic Swing.
[1] Married with two daughters, he retired as a jockey in November 2007, after a disappointing year blighted by niggling injuries.
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