Leading amateur jockey Will Biddick’s career spanned 23 years and saw him ride some of the best horses for many of the top point-to-point trainers, mainly based in the Wessex and Devon and Cornwall areas. 

He formed an initial association with Richard Barber and then, following Barber's retirement at the end of the 2013-14 point-to-point season with three titles to Will's name, Barber’s grandson Jack started training and supported him to make it six titles in a row.

Under rules he won the Champion Hunter Chase at Punchestown twice and the Walrus Hunter Chase at Haydock twice, including in 2023 on Famous Clermont, a horse he also rode to win the Aintree Foxhunters. 

Although victory at the Cheltenham Festival as an amateur eluded him – he trained Porlock Bay to win the Foxhunters in 2021 but couldn’t ride him because of Covid restrictions – he did ride a Festival winner during an early stint as a conditional jockey for Venetia Williams, partnering Something Wells to win the 2009 Plate.

He announced his retirement with immediate effect on New Year’s Day 2026, aged 39, ending his time in the saddle with 705 winners, 623 of them in British point-to-points. An eight-time men’s champion, a record he shares with David Turner, he rode a record 68 winners in the 2014-15 point-to-point season, more than double the number of runner-up John Mathias, a mark likely to stand for many years.

Explaining the reason behind his retirement, he said: “I’ve lost the buzz. I’m not broken and the sport has been great to me, but I had a word with my wife, Harriet, at Christmas and decided it was time. I have had some amazing times and met wonderful life-long friends.”