Sam Twiston-Davies is a British

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. He was the retained jockey of ten-times

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Paul Nicholls. He won the 2015 Queen Mother Champion Chase on Dodging Bullets. His father is trainer

Nigel Twiston-Davies Nigel Twiston-Davies (born 16 May 1957, Crickhowell) is a British racehorse trainer specialising in National Hunt racing. He is based at stables at Naunton, Gloucestershire. He began training in 1981 and sent out his first winner, Last of the Fo ...

Career

His first Cheltenham Festival winner was Baby Run in the 2010

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. He made his Grand National debut in 2010. He came 5th on Hello Bud, who was trained by his father. In the 2010/11 season he won the Conditional Jockeys championship. His first century was in the 2013/14 season when he had 115 winners from 774 rides. Paul Nicholls announced on 28 April 2014 that Sam would be his number one principal jockey in the 2014/15 season. In the 2015 Cheltenham Festival he had a day two double, the

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with Dodging Bullets and with Aux Ptits Soins in the

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. In 2016 he had double on day one of the Cheltenham Festival with wins in the

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and

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. On Friday he won the

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for his third win at the 2016 Cheltenham Festival. In April 2016 he won the

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on Vincente. In April 2017 he won the Scottish Grand National again on Vincente. In May 2018 Sam announced he would become freelance.

Cheltenham Festival winners

Major wins

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- (1) - ''Clan des Obeaux (2021)''

References

Sam Twiston-Davies becomes number one jockey for Nicholls
1992 births Living people People from Cotswold District British people of English descent British people of Welsh descent British people of Irish descent English jockeys Lester Award winners

Sam Twiston-Davies Sam Twiston-Davies is a British National Hunt racing jockey. He was the retained jockey of ten-times British jump racing Champion Trainer Paul Nicholls. He won the 2015 Queen Mother Champion Chase on Dodging Bullets. His father is trainer Nig ...

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