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Although his profile dipped sharply after joining Murphy, he came back into the sport's consciousness through his involvement with several improving chasers and hurdlers, and moved into second place in the 2007–08 jockeys championship. In so doing he also became only the fourth
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Following a series of serious injuries he announced that he would switch from
National Hunt to flat racing in April 2012. He previously endured a stint as a flat jockey in 1995 and has always held a dual licence. He came third in the
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Lee missed the 2006 Scottish
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Johnson permanently in 2002, after leaving the stables of Malcolm Jefferson and was largely responsible for the schooling and on-track development of horses owned by
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Lee spent a lot of his time working with former
Middlesbrough FC fitness coach Chris Barnes working in the gym improving on fitness and injury recovery times.
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in 2004, by riding topweight Grey Abbey to win by a distance Lee became one of only three jockeys, along with Brian
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as well as being capped for his national team. His brother, Malcolm Lee was a flat jockey, as is his cousin Dean
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in ten years (following Robert
Thornton, Richard Johnson and Timmy Murphy), at the time displacing Richard Johnson.
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He rode his 1000th career winner on 7 January 2012.
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