He was the 1997 British Champion Apprentice Jockey and has won multiple Grade 1 races in Europe and the Middle East.
He credits his Uncle for getting him into horse racing, as Ffrench spent his teenage years working in a factory and valeting cars.
Ffrench was apprentice to Luca Cumani, and had his first public race ride in October 1995 before a first winner at Doncaster in March 1996.
[5] His first Group win, the St. Simon Stakes at Newbury, came in 1997 riding Kaliana for Cumani and owner HH Aga Khan IV.
In July 2018, he was involved in a fall on the flat whilst competing in the Group 3 Jebel Ali Mile which saw him out of action for seven months.