Nico de Boinville Racing Odds and Info

On the run up to Cheltenham, we’re hearing a lot about the likes of Constitution Hill and Balco Coastal from Nicky Henderson’s stables, but what about the man who rides them in their races?

Nico de Boinville, the Seven Barrows stable jockey, is part of the Winners’ Enclosure furniture at major National Hunt meetings, but how did he become such a success?

Who is Nico de Boinville?

Nico de Boinville is an English National Hunt jockey who rides principally for Lambourn-based, dual Champion Trainer Nicky Henderson. His major wins include the 2015 Cheltenham Gold Cup aboard Coneygree and three Queen Mother Champion Chases with Sprinter Sacre and Altior.

Nico’s race-riding career began while he was still a student at Newcastle University; having initially not planned for a racing career, he gave up his studies to pursue a potential career in the saddle by going to work at Seven Barrows. This led to some race-riding as an amateur jockey, and eventually as a professional.

He is renowned for his tactical ability in a race and, although he has ridden just shy of 500 winners in his career, Nico is more concerned with the quality of his rides and winners than of their quantity.