Most people will remember John as the rider who won the void Aintree National of 1993 on Esha Ness, the Wexford born jockey completed in 9 of his 11 attempts in the World's most famous race, he took the runner-up spot with The Tsarevich in 1987, throw in a few Cheltenham Festival winners, steeped in racing, John's parents bred the 1976 Supreme Novices winner, Bannow Rambler.