Sam Twiston-Davies is a talented and much respected National Hunt jockey. His illustrious sporting profile has profited a lot from Paul Nicholl’s able tutelage. Serving under Nicholls, the younger man has managed to sharpen his jockeying skills quite considerably. Nicholls has clinched the British jump racing Champion trainer honours on more than eight occasions and so is certainly a person able to bestow a great deal of racing knowledge.
In a similar vein, Twiston-Davies must also have learned from his father’s riding experience. Son of the iconic jockey Nigel Twiston-Davies, the father-inspired rider appears set on the ultimate goal of surpassing the older Twiston-Davies’s sporting milestones in the near future. And, going by what he’s accomplished at the moment, there’s no denying that this long-avowed dream is in the course of unfolding.
According to a recent face-to-face interview by a BBC interviewer, Twistin-Davies admitted that much of what he’s achieved so far is due to his parents’ involvement in racing. Asked what keeps him going, Sam said that he genuinely loves everything about horse racing. In short, the renowned jockey is in the game for the sheer thrill of it.
Sam Twiston-Davies registered his maiden win when he steered his father’s trainee – “Baby Run”. The outstanding achievement attracted thundering applause from the thousands of racing fans watching the Irish Champion Hunter Chase at Punchestown. The indomitable champion’s career received another boost after he pulled off a fourth-place finish in the 2010 Scottish Grand National aboard ‘Razor Royale’.
With a racing profile that goes from strength to strength, Sam Twiston-Davies had 100 winners within a single sporting season. These noteworthy exploits had been preceded by a whopping £1million earnings pocketed during the 2012/13 racing calendar.