No comments have so far been submitted. thesun.co.uk — NICO'S COLUMN De Boinville is looking forward to the Aintree Festival but will have to do without Altior and Santini after both were ruled out. Three weeks ago, Nico de Boinville was in winning form right at the start of the 2020 Cheltenham Festival. engagement was announced 16 November, 2017, between Nicolai (Nico) Chastel de Boinville, jockey, scion of that landed family, of Walkern Hall, Stevenage, Herfordshire, son of Mr Simon Murdoch Chastel de Boinville, of Baughurst, Hampshire, and the late Mrs Shaunagh Chastel de Boinville (d 2016), & Serena Louise Cookson [born 1986], descended from the Barons Hemphill, daughter of … 1. The royal took to Instagram to praise her pal who she met at school and has since gone on to launch a charity, The Anti-Slavery Collective, together. Nico de Boinville. Nico de Boinville. He had initially intended to study Politics at Newcastle, but left during his first year, in order to pursue a career in horse racing. There are no short-cuts. Two very different memories for Nico De Boinville. Stats. Patrick Mullins, 27, strolled past in all his glory while Nico de Boinville was being interviewed in a changing room at the Cheltenham Festival … Nico de Boinville chats Champ's prep for Cheltenham. Stats ; Future entries ; Nico de Boinville Vital UK stats. Nico de Boinville is looking forward to partnering dual Champion Hurdle winner Buveur D’Air for the first time in The New One Unibet Hurdle at Haydock Park on Saturday.. Yesterday I was with Hughie and Mary Morrison in my old haunt of East Ilsley.. ... and almost 400 more than such as Nico De Boinville, albeit the latter had a spell out this term with injury. Follow horse racing with Alex Hammond on Sky Sports - get live racing results, racecards, news, videos, photos, stats (horses & jockeys), plus daily tips. 1. Jockey Nico de Boinville statistics and form. We are no longer accepting comments on this article. From 2002–2007, Nico de Boinville was educated at Bradfield College, a boarding independent school for boys in the village of Bradfield in Berkshire, followed by the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. The Nicky Henderson-trained ten-year-old, who stormed to back-to-back Champion Hurdle victories at the Cheltenham Festival in 2017 and 2018, is on course to make his first start in more than a year in the Grade Two race. Did well to get that beat. Get full unlimited access to our content and archive. Shishkin overcame a troubled passage to win the Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle and looks a real star in the making. Notable people with the name include: Nico, born Christa Päffgen, singer with The Velvet Underground. Tap to unmute. Having won races such as the Gold Cup, Queen Mother, the Arkle and the Supreme Novices on board horses of the calibre of Sprinter Sacre, Altior and Conyegree, Nico’s pedigree is unquestionable. De Boinville's victory last year was the result of hard graft and natural horse racing quality. Prev Next. Please click here to … Get … 13.43 EST. He died on the retreat from Moscow at the … Earlier this year I lost a great friend, Shaunagh de Boinville, from Baughurst in Hampshire, who I've known for twenty two years. In Italian it may also be short for Domenico and for Nicodemo. Filter results by race type, check out win ratios, total prize money won plus much, much more. The jockey recalled: ‘I wanted to at least give racing a good go otherwise I would regret it for the rest of my life. “The Gold Cup was a massive turning point for me,” reflected de Boinville, 28, who gets married to Serena Cookson in the summer. Published: 22:32 GMT, 14 March 2016 | Updated: 23:57 GMT, 14 March 2016. The jockey’s first Cheltenham Festival winner came on Whisper in 2014 while he was still an amateur; soon after he had turned professional, and within the year he had won the Cheltenham Gold Cup on Coneygree, the first novice to win the race in over 40 years. Unlimited access to The Irish Field via your computer, mobile device, tablet or newspaper delivered to your door. The jockey reshuffle prompted by the retirement of AP McCoy thrust De Boinville to the top of the Henderson pecking order and he has a career-best 59 winners this season. Nico de Boinville had big wins on Altior last season Credit: Reuters. Serena Cookson, granddaughter of Lady Hemphill of the famous Tulira Stud is engaged to well known British National Hunt Nico de Boinville. He attended the Bradfield College in Berkshire from 2002 to 2007. Photograph: Tim Ireland/PA. This is an independent boarding school for boys, after which he went on to study at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne. Nico De Boinville riding Coneygree to victory in last year's Gold Cup at the Cheltenham Festival.