With Fred it is very difficult to decide if he had greater prowess as a jockey or a trainer. He is in fact the only man ever to have won the Grand National, the Champion Hurdle and the Gold Cup as both a trainer and a jockey. His outstanding record in these big races is unsurpassed. Fred in fact won the Gold Cup twice as a jockey and once as a trainer, the Grand National twice as both jockey and trainer and the Champion Hurdle a staggering three times as a trainer and four times as a jockey.

His riding record showed 923 winners and he was Champion Jockey four times. He somehow managed to beat this as a trainer with eight championships, including five in a row between 1971 and 1975.