Instead of focusing on sick people or organic chemistry, he kept coming up with moneymaking ideas -- selling T shirts atrave concerts and Filofaxes to fraternities and stationery stores.
He was second on filly Sundrop in the 1, 000 Guineas at Newmarket, and also runner-up in the Epsom Derby on Rule of Law, before earning rave reviews for his tactically brilliant ride on the same colt to win the St Leger at Doncaster.