'You can get a bit of stick in this sport if you're a poster boy - and I got absolutely rinsed about the magazine cover'

If you happen to be looking for a three-bedroom semi in Somerset, Harry Cobden could be worth contacting. The one he is preparing to sell has just had a fresh kitchen installed and the champion jockey has completely redone the driveway, replacing a water feature with a brand new Toyota Hilux. 

Lest there be any doubt, the shiny pickup truck will not form part of any deal. Nor, for that matter, will the cardboard £200,000 cheque propped up in the corner of the large open-plan room where Cobden is making teas and coffees, one of which is for his hard-working driver Stuart Payne, who is currently mowing the back garden as part of his employer's efforts to make the property as attractive as possible.

Once the house in Keinton Mandeville is sold, Cobden intends to combine the proceeds with the windfall that came from finishing second in the inaugural David Power Jockeys' Cup and upgrade himself to somewhere with a bit of land, as befitting a young farmer who also has hundreds of cows and sheep at the nearby family farm.