[1] In 2002, a car crash caused his weight to spiral out of control, and he quit riding.
[1] His biggest British win was on Misty Eyed in the Group 3 Molecomb Stakes in 2000, which in that year was named in honour of the Queen Mother's 100th Birthday.
He then went full time again with trainer Fred Kersley in July 2016, riding at a minimum weight of 55 kg.
On 1 April 2017, he damaged his spleen and ribs in a three-horse pile up at Ascot in Australia, and spent five months recovering.
[1] He has also ridden two Group 3 winners in Australia - I'm Feeling Lucky in the La Trice Classic on New Year's Day 2018 and Gatting in the Hyperion Stakes on 15 June 2019.