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Harry Cobden: Profile, Horses, Height & Earnings

Somerset-born and raised on the farm, Harry Cobden has fulfilled a dream to become one of the finest National Hunt jockeys of his generation whilst holding down the stable jockey job with Paul Nicholls at Ditcheat.

Cobden has been in the saddle since he was pony racing as a child and in 2024 he was crowned champion jockey in Britain for the first time.

Age: 26

Height: 5ft 11"

Wins: 942

Cheltenham wins: 5

Total winnings: £11,080,182

Net worth: Unknown

About Harry Cobden

Growing up in Somerset, a hotbed of National Hunt racing, the young Cobden spent his formative days on the beef farm that his parents run, ensuring animals were always going to be a part of his life.

He was pony racing before his 10th birthday and local trainer Ron Hodges was amongst the earliest outside influences on the youngster.

Having competed against Nicholls' daughter Megan on the pony racing circuit, Cobden soon found his summers being spent riding out at nearby Ditcheat, where his skills were honed watching the likes of Ruby Walsh at work.

By the age of just 19, Cobden had been named stable jockey for top jumps trainer Nicholls and claimed a first Cheltenham Festival win on Kilbricken Storm for Colin Tizzard, the man that really helped get his career on the move.

Harry Cobden Height

Townend is 5ft 11" tall.

Harry Cobden Achievements

Cobden's talents were clear from a young age and he was British Champion Conditional Jockey in 2015/16 as he took his fledgling steps under Rules.

Cobden's first win under Rules was actually for Anthony Honeyball in March 2015 and it came with a story attached.

The then 16-year-old Cobden skipped his English GCSE exam to ride El Mondo at Leicester for Honeyball's wife Rachael Green in a hunters' chase and brought the horse home in front at odds of 33/1.

Nicholls provided him with his first Grade 1 victory when he won the Fighting Fifth Hurdle in November 2016 on Irving.

He became champion jockey in Britain for the first time in 2024, holding off good friend Sean Bowen in a stellar duel for the title, with Cobden partnering 164 winners to take it.

The Grade 1 race that has served him best is the Challow Novices' Hurdle, with four wins on board Bravemansgame (2020), Stage Star (2021), Hermes Allen (2022) and Captain Teague (2023).

Harry Cobden Associated Trainers

Cobden was originally based at Tizzard's yard in Dorset and it was for the Venn Farm operation he partnered his breakthrough Cheltenham Festival winner, when outsider Kilbricken Storm won the Albert Bartlett in 2018.

Soon he would depart for Ditcheat, as Nicholls said that he 'had to act' with the knowledge that Tizzard was also keen to have Cobden as his stable jockey once his star was on the rise.

There he has remained ever since, establishing his position as one of the finest riders in Britain.

He gets plenty of outside rides, with the likes of Honeyball, James Owen, Neil Mulholland, Chris Gordon, Emma Lavelle and Ben Pauling all keen to secure his services when he's not required by his boss.

Harry Cobden Significant Horses

Cobden achieved the first key winner of his career when landing the Greatwood Hurdle at Cheltenham in November 2015 on Old Guard.

Since taking the job as Nicholls' top rider, Cobden has enjoyed partnering the likes of Topofthegame, Bravemansgame, Stay Away Fay and Stage Star.

Clan Des Obeaux was a big part of his success story too, winning the King George at Kempton in 2018 and back-to-back Aintree Bowls in 2021 and 2022, while Bravemansgame (2022) gave him a second success in the Boxing Day showpiece.

Cobden rode his first Festival winner on Kilbricken Storm in the 2018 Albert Bartlett.

In 2018/19, Cobden hit a century of winners as he established himself in the new role at Ditcheat, bagging the 2019 RSA Chase at the Cheltenham Festival on board Topofthegame.

In March 2023 he helped Britain's 14-time champion trainer to a Grade 1 brace as Stage Star won the Turners Novices' Chase and Stay Away Fay powered home to win the Albert Bartlett Novices' Hurdle, before Bravemansgame only gave best to the imperious Galopin Des Champs in the Gold Cup itself.

Cobden was on the winners' board again in 2024, partnering Monmiral to glory in the Pertemps Final in the Cotswolds and taking his Cheltenham Festival tally to five

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