Peter Niven

At the time of his retirement from the saddle, in September 2001, Peter Niven was still only the sixth British jump jockey to ride 1,000 winners, having reached that milestone on Colourful Life in a novices’ hurdle at Wetherby the previous May Day. Previously pupil assistant to David Nicholson and then to Jimmy FitzGerald, Niven subsequently became assistant trainer to Mary Reveley in Saltburn, Cleveland, before taking out a combined training licence, in his own right, in 2002.

Based at Clovafield Stables in Barton-le-Street, near Malton, NorthYorkshire, where he has capacity for 20 or so horses, Niven has, so far, achieved a double-figure seasonal tally just once, under either code, since joining the training ranks. On the Flat, he enjoyed his most successful campaign, numerically, in 2016, when he saddled 10 winners from 65 runners at a strike rate of 15%. Under National Hunt Rules, in the 2005/06 season he managed nine winners from 69 runners at a strike rate of 13%.

Although hardly prolific, Niven is not averse to big race success, granted the right ammunition. His best horses to date have been the versatile Clever Cookie, who was a Grade 2 winner over hurdles and a Group 2 winner on the Flat and, more recently, the talented handicap steeplechaser Malystic, who collected three decent prizes for the yard in 2022/23.

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