Walter Kempton Cannon (1879–1994), usually known as Kempton, was a Classic-winning British

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. He was the third son of the three-times Champion Jockey,

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, while his brothers were another champion, Morny Cannon,

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and Charles Cannon. He was named after Kempton Park Racecourse. He rode his first winner at fourteen and went on to win the 1901

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on Doricles and the 1904 Derby on St. Amant by three lengths for Leopold de Rothschild. He quit riding shortly before World War I (during which he served in the

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) and ran a garage in Newmarket. He ultimately retired to Hove on the south coast. He was married to the widow of another jockey, Jack Watts.

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