RECENT HIGHLIGHTS / MILESTONES

2013 / 2014 SEASON
04 April 2014	Choc rides Avispa to victory in Aintree Festival’s Mares’ Standard Open NH Flat Race (Listed). Winner’s Prize £13,074.
25 January 2014	Choc rides Valdez to victory in Doncaster’s Lightning Novices’ Chase (Grade 2). Winner’s Prize £17,370.
01 November 2013	Choc rides a treble at Uttoxeter – Carraig Mor (Novices’ Hurdle), Raya Star (Beginners’ Chase) and Wilde Blue Yonder (Standard Open NH Flat Race).
17 September 2013	Choc returns from 6-months on the injury sidelines (having broken his upper right arm for the second time) with a winner, Letsby Avenue, at Stratford on his first ride back.

2011 / 2012 SEASON
21 April 2012	Choc rides the Alan King trained Raya Star to win the Scottish Champion Hurdle (Grade 2 Limited Handicap) at Ayr. Winner’s Prize £22,780.
13 April 2012	Choc rides the Alan King trained Lovcen to win the Sefton Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 1) at Aintree. Winner’s Prize £56,270.
12 April 2012	Choc rides the Alan King trained Grumeti to win the Anniversary 4-year-old Juvenile Hurdle (Grade 1) at Aintree. Winner’s Prize £56,270.
24 March 2012	Choc rides the Alan King trained Tante Sissi to win the EBF Mares’ National Hunt Novices’ Hurdle Finale (Limited Handicap – Listed Race). Winner’s Prize £20,502.
10 March 2012	Choc rides the Alan King trained Call Me A Star to win Mares’ Standard Open NH Flat Race Final (Listed). Winner’s Prize £11,390.
25 February 2012	Choc rides the Alan King trained Grumeti to win the Dovecote Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 2) at Kempton Park. Winner’s Prize £12,073.
18 February 2012	Choc rides the Alan King trained Invictus to win the Reynoldstown Novices’ Chase (Grade 2) at Ascot. Winner’s Prize £14,068.
01 November 2011	Choc rides the Alan King trained Medermit to victory in the Haldon Gold Cup Chase (Grade 2 Limited Handicap) at Exeter. Winner’s Prize £34,170.

2010 / 2011 SEASON
28 March 2011	Choc rides his 1,000th career winner (994 National Hunt and 6 on the flat) aboard the Alan King trained Araldur in a Novices’ Hurdle at Towcester.
15 March 2011	Choc rides his 16th Cheltenham Festival winner aboard the Alan King trained Bensalem in The Stewart Family Spinal Research Handicap Steeplechase. Winner’s Prize £42,758.
05 March 2011	Choc rides the Alan King trained Montbazon to victory in the DBS Spring Sales Bumper (Standard Open NH Flat Race) at Doncaster. Winner’s Prize £34,585.
19 February 2011	Choc rides Mille Chief to victory, by a nose, over Celestial Halo in the Kingwell Hurdle at Wincanton (Grade 2). Winner’s Prize £39,907. This was the second leg of a treble for Choc at Wincanton today, the other winners being Jetnova and Smad Place.
05 February 2011	Choc rides the Alan King trained Medermit to win the Novices’ Chase (formerly The Scilly Isles Novices’ Chase) at Sandown Park (Grade 1) (Class 1). Winner’s Prize £21,094.
30 December 2010	Meally and Choc’s first child is born – William Robert, weighing in at 6 lbs 13 ozs.
13 December 2010	Choc rides Jetnova to win a National Hunt Novices’ Hurdle at Plumpton. Choc’s first winner since returning from a serious knee injury which kept him sidelined for a 5-month period.

2009 / 2010 SEASON
08 April 2010	Choc wins the Silver Cross Handicap Hurdle at Aintree (Listed) (Class 1) aboard the Alan King trained Sir Harry Ormesher. Winner’s Prize £28,505
28 February 2010	Choc wins the National Spirit Hurdle at Fontwell Park (Grade 2) (Class 1) aboard the Alan King trained Trenchant. Winner’s Prize £33,798
23 January 2010	Choc wins the Sportingbet.com Champion Hurdle Trial (Grade 2) (Class 1) at Haydock Park aboard the Alan King trained Medermit. Winner’s Prize £25,654.
31 October 2009	Choc wins the Best Odds Guaranteed At Bet365 Mares’ Hurdle (Listed) (Class 1) at Wetherby aboard the Alan King trained Santia. Winner’s Prize £22,804.
08 August 2009	Choc marries his fiancée, Meally Greenwood, at their local village church in Guiting Power, Gloucestershire.

2008 / 2009 SEASON
25 April 2009	Choc rides 119 winners during the 2008/2009 season, beating his previous best by 14. This places him 3rd in the NH Jockeys Championship behind AP McCoy and Richard Johnson (the same position as last year).
09 April 2009	Choc wins the Lester Award for National Hunt Ride of the Year – for his ride aboard Nenuphar Collonges at the Cheltenham Festival 2008. He was voted for by the general public via the At The Races website.
04 April 2009	Choc is presented with the Leading Jockey Award for riding 3 winners at the Aintree Festival 2009. His winners were Walkon, Oh Crick and Voy Por Ustedes.
03 April 2009	Choc celebrates back-to-back successes aboard Voy Por Ustedes in the Grade 1 John Smith’s Melling Steeplechase at Aintree. Winner’s Prize £114,020.
02 April 2009	Choc rides Walkon to victory in the Grade 1 Matalan Anniversary Novices’ Hurdle (4-year-olds) at Aintree. Winner’s Prize £74,113.
02 April 2009	Choc wins the John Smith’s Red Rum Handicap Chase (Grade 3) (Class 1) at Aintree aboard Oh Crick. Winner’s prize £45,608.
27 March 2009	Choc celebrates his first ever 4-timer when riding to victory Call Me A Legend, Blazing Desert, Hills of Aran and High Gales.
27 March 2009	Choc wins the Dandennis at equestrianfencing.com Handicap Hurdle (Class 2) at Fontwell Park aboard Hills of Aran. Winner’s Prize £21,777.
27 March 2009	Choc records his best ever seasonal total of 106 winners (and still counting) when triumphing aboard Blazing Desert at Fontwell Park.
09 March 2009	Choc records his 100th winner of the current campaign when riding Silk Hall to victory in a Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle at Stratford Upon Avon. This was his second ever century, following 2007/2008 when he went on to ride 105 winners.
21 February 2009	Choc wins the Williamhill.com Dovecote Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 2) (Class 1) aboard Trenchant at Kempton Park. Winner’s Prize £17,103.
14 February 2009	Choc wins the Grade 1 Betfair Ascot Steeplechase aboard Voy Por Ustedes. Winner’s Prize £84,495.
24 January 2009	Choc wins the Wragge & Co. Juvenile Novices’ Hurdle (Grade 2) (Class 1) aboard Walkon at Cheltenham. Winner’s Prize £17,103.
27 December 2008	Choc wins the Coral Future Champions Finale Juvenile Hurdle aboard Walkon (Class 1) (3-year-olds) at Chepstow. Winner’s Prize £28,505.
06 December 2008	Choc wins the Betinternet.com Henry III Novices’ Chase (Grade 2) (Class 1) aboard Araldur at Sandown Park. Winner’s Prize £22,804.
18 October 2008	Choc wins the feature race, the Dick Francis (Silks) Handicap Chase (Class 2), aboard Ouzbeck at the Cheltenham Showcase Meeting. Winner’s prize £31,310.