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James 'Jemmy' Grimshaw was a
Classic-winning
jockey
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and the
British flat racing Champion Jockey
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of 1864. He rode 164 winners in that year, a then record, and one that would stand for another 11 years, until the emergence of
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.
In his early career, he was apprentice to a trainer called Mr Brown and had his first race in 1860. Between 1860 and 1865 he won 114 of 351 races, including the 1862
Cesarewitch Handicap on Hartington, the 1864 Cesarewitch on Thalestris, the
Northumberland Plate on Queen of Trumps, the
Portland Handicap on Persuasion, the Liverpool Autumn Cup on
Tartar
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and the
Ascot Stakes
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on Hippolyta.
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Between 1865 and 1869 he rode for the ]Marquis of Hastings
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History
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, on a retainer of £600 per year, plus £5 per win and £3 per loss (which amounted to around £2,000 - £3,000 per year), but was sacked for refusing to ride what he considered an unsafe horse.[ During this time, he was second by a neck in the 1867 ]Derby
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on Marksman.
In 1870, he won two Classics - the 1000 Guineas
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on Hester and the St Leger Stakes on Hawthornden. He then moved abroad and for a while he was a successful jockey and trainer in Austria
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and Germany
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, but he died penniless of cancer in Pardubitz
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on 12 December 1889, leaving a widow and six children.[ One son, Herbert, also became a jockey, but was convicted of robbery.
A lightweight jockey, he was called "one of the most brilliant riders of his day", whose achievements in the 1860s were referred to as "a striking chapter in the Turf history of that time".][
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Major wins
Great Britain
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* 1000 Guineas Stakes
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- ''Hester (1870)''
* St Leger Stakes - ''Hawthornden (1870)''
See also
* List of jockeys
References
Bibliography
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British jockeys
British Champion flat jockeys