John Mangle was an English
flat racing
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jockey
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and
trainer, who was five time winning rider in the
St Leger Stakes
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.
He served his riding apprenticeship with Isaac Cape in
Middleham
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, North Yorkshire, before joining John Hoyle's stable. He married Hoyle's daughter Hannah and took over the stable when Hoyle died,
employing
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and
Ben Smith as jockeys.
He went on to both train and ride the winners of three consecutive St Legers - Paragon in 1786, Spadille in 1787 and Young Flora in 1788, all for
Lord Archibald Hamilton
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. A further potential winner, Zango, was disqualified after passing the post first in 1789. Off the back of these successes, he built a second stable nearby at Brecongill. Blindness forced him to retire from training
[ and he died at Middleham on 1 January 1831.
As a younger man, he had the nickname "Crying Jackie" for his tendency to cry after losing.
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Major wins
Great Britain
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* St Leger Stakes
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– ''Ruler'' (1780), ''Paragon'' (1786), ''Spadille'' (1787), ''Young Flora'' (1788), ''Tartar'' (1792)
See also
*List of jockeys
This is a list of notable jockeys, both male and female, covering jockeys who have competed worldwide in all forms of horse racing.
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* Eddie Ahern
* Robby Albarado
* Anna Lee Aldred
* Tony Allan
* Goncalino Almeida
* Junior Alvar ...
References
Bibliography
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English jockeys
1751 births
1831 deaths
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