I was brought up in a farming family near Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk. I started riding at the age of ten following the Pony Club/Hunting route then progressing to Point-to-Pointing. On leaving school I spent a year at agricultural college before working in Point-to-Point yards during the winter, spending the summers riding out in Newmarket for Harry Thomson Jones and Mark Tompkins.
I then spent two years as Pupil Assitant to Nicky Henderson at Windsor House in Lambourn. During Mr Henderson's quieter summers I rode out at Herringswell Bloodstock Centre where Flat horses are prepared to go into training and worked for a National Hunt Trainer in America. On leaving Mr Henderson's I started my own Point-to-Point and Hunting livery yard, which I ran successfully for twelve years. In my time I trained over fifty Point-to-Point and Hunter Chase winners including two trebles (including training and riding a treble at Cottenham) and a double. |
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