Talking Horses: has Sam Twiston-Davies made the right decision?


‘It gives me an opportunity to spread my wings,’ says jockey who has given up his post as Paul Nicholls’s main rider

So, as it turned out, Paul Nicholls’s first few runners of the new jumps season were ridden by Sam Twiston-Davies, despite their sort-of split that was announced on Friday. Twiston-Davies has decided to go freelance but both sides say he will continue to ride for the Ditcheat yard, though Harry Cobden has now been named as Nicholls’s first jockey.

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