Maryland Hunt Cup-winning jockey Teddy Davies set to make British debut

Entering the changing tent at a point-to-point fixture for the first time can be a daunting experience.

Yet when Teddy Davies, 18, takes those steps at Sheriff Hutton in Yorkshire on Sunday he will do so with a victory in the Maryland Hunt Cup, America’s most famous jumps race, on his CV. He landed the famous test – a crazy challenge for amateurs involving four miles and upright planks of wood to a height of 4ft 9ins – on the former Rebecca Curtis-trained Vintage Vinnie, who set a course record of 8mins 15secs in April.

Davies has a black-type pedigree as his father Joe won the big US race three times as a rider and has trained the six most recent winners, while his mum Blythe Miller also won it and later became a professional jockey.