Sam Day (1802–66) was an English jockey who won
The Derby on 3 occasions: in 1821 aboard the grey
Gustavus, in 1830 on
Priam
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and once again atop
Pyrrhus The First
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in the 1846 Derby.
He also won a
1,000 Guineas
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/
Oaks double in 1846 on
Mendicant
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.
The son of John Day, and brother of
John Barham Day
John Barham Day (1793–1860) was a British jockey and trainer. For much of his career he was usually known simply as John Day; when his son of the same name rose to prominence, the older man was referred to as John Barham Day, John Day, S ...
, he became apprenticed to a trainer called Cooper, who trained for the
Duke of York
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in
Newmarket. After his second Derby win, he retired to a farm near
Reading
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, but when this was not a financial success he
wasted
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back down to 7
stone
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12
pounds and, with help from his nephew
John
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, resumed riding. When eventually he retired again, he trained on a small scale at
Ascot.
He was one of several horsemen from the Day family, but was reputed to be more honest than other family members. He was a cheerful, hardy man and a tough, wiry, elegant rider.
See also
*
List of significant families in British horse racing
This is a list of male line families (i.e. those families that share a surname) of which at least three members have gained some notability in horse racing in Great Britain.
Arnull
* Sam Arnull, jockey; younger brother of
* John Arnull, jockey; ...
References
Bibliography
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English jockeys
19th-century English people
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