Harry Cobden will change into the No 1 rider for main proprietor JP McManus in Britain and Eire from subsequent season.
Champion jockey in Britain within the 2023/2024 marketing campaign and at the moment steady jockey to Paul Nicholls, Cobden is predicted to begin his new position in Might.
Talking earlier than racing at Hereford on Monday, Cobden, 27, instructed Sky Sports activities Racing: “It is a large alternative for subsequent season and clearly I am very a lot trying ahead to it.
“It’s obviously nice and a privilege to be asked. It’s a huge position, they’ve got lots of very good horses and I’m looking forward to it.
“Eire is clearly the place the vast majority of the inexperienced and gold horses are. There’s a lot of high quality there, it is nice.”
Cobden was eager to reward 14-times champion coach Nicholls for the half he has performed in his profession thus far and insists his “primary focus” is on doing in addition to he can for his present boss earlier than his new position begins.
He added: “I’ve actually had one job in racing and that is with Paul Nicholls, so I would not be the place I’m at present with out him.
“The support I’ve had off him and his owners over the last 10 years has been unbelievable and without them an opportunity like this wouldn’t have come along because nobody would know who I am.
“I might similar to to say an enormous thanks to Paul and all his workforce as a result of I’ve had probably the most improbable 10 years there and fingers crossed I can nonetheless experience loads of winners for them.”
Mark Walsh has been McManus’ chief rider in Eire since Barry Geraghty’s retirement 5 years in the past, however Cobden seems set to take over that position in addition to being the proprietor’s go-to man in Britain.
When requested whether or not he plans to have a base in Eire, Cobden added: “I don’t know, we’ll take it as it comes. It’s obviously a big opportunity and one that I’m very much looking forward to, but I suppose my primary focus between now and the end of the season is to not leave anything behind and do as well as I can on all of Paul’s horses and ride as many winners as I possibly can.”
