The facts and figures behind 50 years of success as a jockey and trainer

Full name Robert Henry Alner

Born Locketts Farm, Droop, Dorset, November 21, 1943

Family Father: Henry Alner (farmer & permit-holder). Wife: Sally (nee Coleman, married 1970). Children: Jennifer and Louise

First winner as rider Heart Of Oak, Isle of Wight point-to-point meeting at West Morden, Dorset, May 6, 1961

First winner as rider under rules Heart Of Oak, Devon & Exeter, June 1, 1963

Cheltenham Festival winner as rider Domason (1970 National Hunt Chase)

Champion point-to-point rider 1992 (31 wins)

Total wins as rider 51 under rules, 212 in point-to-points

Stables Locketts Farm, Droop, Dorset

First winner as trainer under rules Ponteus Pilot, Folkestone, May 21, 1990

Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Cool Dawn (1998)

Other Cheltenham Festival winners Flyer's Nap (1995 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Chase, 1997 NH Handicap Chase), Honey Mount (2000 Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Chase)

Betfair Chase winner Kingscliff (2005)

Lexus Chase winner The Listener (2006)

Irish Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup winner The Listener (2008)

Welsh National winner Miko De Beauchene (2007)

Whitbread Gold Cup winner Harwell Lad (1997)

Other big-race winners Cool Dawn (1997 Betterware Cup), Super Tactics (1998 Racing Post Chase, Desert Orchid South Western Pattern Chase, 1999 Silver Trophy Chase), Kates Charm (2000 Ascot Hurdle, 2002 Cleeve Hurdle), Sir Rembrandt (2003 Rehearsal Chase), Distant Thunder (2005 Reynoldstown Novices' Chase), The Listener (2007 Punchestown Chase), Miko De Beauchene (2008 Red Square Vodka Gold Cup)

Cheltenham Gold Cup runner-up Sir Rembrandt (2004)

Most notable 1-2s 1997 Whitbread Gold Cup (Harwell Lad, Flyer's Nap), 1997 Betterware Cup (Cool Dawn, Harwell Lad)

Last winner Mibleu, Worcester, June 23, 2010

Highest position in trainers' championship Seventh in 1997-98

Most wins in a season 42 in 1998-99

Total wins as trainer under rules 538 (including 4 in Ireland)