Rider to be first choice following Richard Johnson’s retirement.

Noel Chance also praises retiring champion.

‘However good a jockey you think he is, he’s an even better person’

Great jockey content to bid farewell without fanfare.

‘Sometimes those who challenge us the most teach us the best’

Great jockey counts two Gold Cups and a Champion Hurdle among his successes.

Trainer and jockey have enjoyed a long and successful association.

Four-time champion jockey calls time on great career.

Consolation for Hobbs and Johnson amid Thyme Hill’s Festival absence.

Native River and Thyme Hill two big chances next week.