First ride: Power Source at Listowel, September 21st, 1992

First winner: Vicosa at Dundalk, June 11th, 1993, for trainer Tom Lacy, to whom he was apprenticed

Champion apprentice: 1995, 1996

First stakes race win: Token Gesture for Dermot Weld and Moyglare Stud Farm in the 1996 C.L. Weld Park Stakes at the Curragh

First Group 1 winner: Tarascon for Tommy Stack in the 1997 Moyglare Stud Stakes

Retainer: Appointed first jockey to the Dermot Weld stable in 1999

Classic winners: Vinnie Roe (Irish St Leger 2001, 2002, 2003 & 2004, Prix Royal-Oak 2001), Refuse To Bend (2000 Guineas, 2003), Grey Swallow (Irish Derby, 2004), Nightime (Irish 1000 Guineas, 2006), Bethrah (Irish 1000 Guineas 2010), Covert Love (Irish Oaks 2015), Harzand (Derby, Irish Derby, 2016),

Other Group 1 winners: Refuse To Bend (National Stakes 2002), Grey Swallow (Tattersalls Gold Cup 2005), Benbaun (Prix de l’Abbaye 2007), Casual Conquest (Tattersalls Gold Cup 2009), Chinese White (Pretty Polly Stakes 2010), Rite Of Passage (Gold Cup 2010), Emulous (Matron Stakes 2011), Free Eagle (Prince of Wales’s Stakes 2015), Covert Love (Prix de l’Opera 2015), Fascinating Rock (Tattersalls Gold Cup 2016)

USA big race winners: Dress To Thrill (Matriarch Stakes 2002), Evolving Tactics (American Derby 2003), Simple Exchange (American Derby 2004), Muhannak (Breeders’ Cup winner 2008).

Other notable winners: Famous Name (21 wins including 20 at listed or group level). He rode eight Royal Ascot winners.

Champion jockey: 2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2014, 2015 & 2016 (nine titles)

Most winners in a season: 129 in 2016

Final winner: Togoville, Dundalk, March 16th, 2018

Total winners in Ireland and Britain: 1,892