Jack Mitchell brought up his 1000th winner as a jockey courtesy of a smooth success aboard Tawasol at Brighton.
Mitchell had finished runner-up three times since riding winner 999 just over a week ago, including by a short-head, but there were no nervous moments as Tawasol (10/11 favourite) eased to victory in the six furlong maiden on the south coast.
Trained by Simon and Ed Crisford, Tawasol was winning at the fourth attempt having finished second the last twice and Mitchell believes there should be more to come.
"Nice performance," he told Sky Sports Racing.
"I actually thought I'd pick up the Amo horse [Monsieur Fudge] quite easy at Catterick last time and I think his inexperience and race fitness got the better of him so he had that run under his belt and we were sure the ground was going to suit."
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He continued: "It's great to get the thousand, it's not just me, it's my agent Steve Croft and all the trainers and owners who support me so it's nice to get it done."
Asked by Matt Chapman to nominate the best horse he'd ridden, Mitchell, instead, opted for one that was close to his heart.
"An old favourite would be Double Or Bubble," he said.
"Unfortunately she passed away on Monday after giving birth bless her. It's very sad, sad for the whole team. She holds a special place."
Double Or Bubble was trained by the recently retired Chris Wall who Mitchell was apprenticed to at the start of his career.
"He was very good to me," he said. "I did my apprenticeship there and then went to ride out for Michael Jarvis and, obviously, Roger [Varian].
"Hopefully we can get close to another thousand now."
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