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Chester Cup
The Chester Cup is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged four years or older. It is run over a distance of 2 miles, 2 furlongs and 140 yards () at Chester in May. History The event was established in 1824, and it was originally called the Tradesmen's Cup. It was initially a limited handicap with a minimum weight of . For a period the race was known as the Tradesmen's Plate. During this time it was open to horses aged three or older. The race was renamed the Chester Trades' Cup in 1874. From this point it was often referred to as the Chester Cup, and that became its usual title in 1884. The Chester Cup was formerly contested over 2 miles, 2 furlongs and 77 yards. It was abandoned in 1969, and extended by 20 yards in 1970. The distance of the race was changed to 2 miles, 2 furlongs and 117 yards in 1992. It was increased to its present length in 1994. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chester Racecourse
Chester Racecourse, also known as the Roodee, is a racecourse located in Chester, England. The horse racing venue is officially recognised by Guinness World Records as the "oldest racecourse still in operation". Horse racing in Chester dates back to the early sixteenth century, with 1539 cited as the year racing began, although some sources give a date of 1512 for the first races in Chester. It is also thought to be the smallest racecourse of significance in England at 1 mile and 1 furlong (1.8 km) long. History The racecourse lies on the banks of the River Dee, Wales, River Dee. The site was once a harbour during the Ancient Rome, Roman settlement of the city during the Early Middle Ages, sometimes referred to as the Dark Ages, but was closed as the river silted up thus making navigation impossible. Towards the centre of the in field is a raised mound which is decorated by a small cross known as a "rood". It is from this that the race course derives the name "Roodee"; ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Loates
Thomas Loates (6 October 1867 – 28 September 1910) was a three times British flat racing Champion Jockey and one of only seven jockeys to have won more than 200 races in a season in Great Britain. He won the English Triple Crown on Isinglass in 1892, as well as individual Classics on Donovan (1889 Derby) (for which he was a last-minute booking), Siffleuse (1893 1,000 Guineas) and St. Frusquin (1896 2,000 Guineas). On Isinglass, he also won the 1894 Eclipse and 1895 Ascot Gold Cup and he had another top class win on Desmond in Newmarket's July Stakes in 1898. Life Tommy Loates was born in Derby on 6 October 1867. He was regarded as the best of a family of four jockey brothers which included fellow Classic-winner, Sam Loates. He was apprenticed to Joseph Cannon at Newmarket and was known as "a good lightweight, with very good hands". For Donovan's Derby win, he weighed just 6 1/2 stone. Loates once narrowly escaped death when falling in the Liverpool Cup on Lord Der ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Smirke
Charles James William Smirke (1906–1993) was a British flat-race jockey. In a career that lasted from 1920 until 1959, he rode the winners of eleven British Classic Races. As a rider, he was known for his skill, strength and tactical intelligence, together with his self-confident and outspoken personality. Although he never won the Championship, he was regarded as one of the best jockeys of his era. The Racing Post ranked him as the fifth greatest jockey of the 20th Century and the greatest never to have been champion. Background Charlie Smirke was born in Lambeth, a working-class district of London in 1906. His family had no racing connections, his father being a fruit and fish dealer. After leaving school at the age of thirteen, Smirke left home to become an apprentice jockey. He has living children and grandchildren. Riding career Apprenticeship and suspension: 1920–1933 Smirke was apprenticed to the trainer Stanley Wootton at his Treadwell House stable at Epsom. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tommy Weston (jockey)
Thomas Weston (February 1902 – 1981), born Dewsbury, West Riding of Yorkshire, was a British horse racing jockey. One of the most successful jockeys of the inter-war years, he won eleven English Classic Races, English Classics, eight as stable jockey for the Edward Stanley, 17th Earl of Derby, Earl of Derby including two Derby Stakes winners in Sansovino (horse), Sansovino and Hyperion (horse), Hyperion. He was British flat racing Champion Jockey in 1926. Early life Weston was the son of a railway waggon driver.http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=977 Brief biography of Tommy Weston on Horseracing HistoryOnline (National Museum of Horseracing) Through his father, who was a fan of multiple championship winning jockey Steve Donoghue, he developed an interest in the sport of horse racing. Aged 14 and weighing just 4 st 3 lb (26.8 kg), he became apprentice to Middleham horse trainer, trainer Ned McCormack, a stable controlled by a bookmaker.W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Beary (jockey)
Michael Beary was an Irish flat racing jockey, who won four British Classics and eight Irish Classics in a career that spanned from the 1910s to the 1950s. He was Irish Champion Jockey in 1920. The Racing Post ranked him the 13th greatest jockey of the 20th Century. Early life Beary was born on 9 December 1894 (although some sources list 1896) in Clonmel, County Tipperary, into a racing and hunting family. He was the second son of John Beary, clerk of the Clonmel union, and Hannah (née Skeahan). Riding career Beary began his apprenticeship with Colonel MacCabe in Ireland. In 1912, he moved to England to become apprentice to Atty Persse in Stockbridge, Hampshire, where he came under the tuition of the stable jockey Steve Donoghue. His first win was on Hainesby at Bath in 1913, although he had to stowaway in the back of Donoghue's car to get there as the head lad had refused permission for him to leave the yard. Shortly afterwards, he returned to Ireland to complete his appr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Steve Donoghue
Steve Donoghue (8 November 188423 March 1945) was a leading English flat-race jockey in the 1910s and 1920s. He was Champion Jockey 10 times between 1914 and 1923 and was one of the most celebrated horse racing sportsmen after Fred Archer, with only Sir Gordon Richards and Sir Tony McCoy eclipsing him. Background Stephen Donoghue was born in Warrington, Lancashire. His father was a steel-worker and the family had no racing connections. At the age of twelve he left home and decided to become a jockey after winning a prize for riding a donkey at a circus. Donoghue was apprenticed to John Porter when he was 14 years old, but ran away after being beaten for allowing a horse to get loose on the gallops. After working as an apprentice and work rider at two other British stables he accepted an offer to ride in France. In 1905 he rode his first winner at Hyères, before moving to Ireland in 1907 and returning to England in 1911. Career Donoghue accepted the post of stable jocke ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sam Darling (jockey, Born 1852)
Sam Darling (11 March 1852 – 16 May 1921) was a British racehorse trainer. He was a trainer at Beckhampton, Wiltshire and trained two Derby winners, Galtee More and Ard Patrick. He wrote an autobiography titled ''Sam Darling's Reminiscences''. Biography Sam Darling was born at Bourton Hill, Moreton-in-Marsh on 11 March 1852. He died in Avebury on 16 May 1921. His son Fred Fred or FRED may refer to: People * Fred (name), including a list of people and characters with the name Mononym * Fred (cartoonist) (1931–2013), pen name of Fred Othon Aristidès, French * Fred (footballer, born 1949) (1949–2022), Fred ... (1884–1953) took over his stables and had further success. Publications * References British racehorse trainers 1852 births 1921 deaths British jockeys {{UK-horseracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alec Taylor Jr
Alec or Aleck is a Scottish form of the given name Alex. It may be a shortened form of the name Alexander or a given name in its own right. Notable people with the name include: People * Alec Aalto (1942–2018), Finnish diplomat * Alec Acton (1938–1994), English footballer * Alec Albiston (1917–1998), Australian rules footballer * Alec Alston (1937–2009), English footballer * Alec and Peter Graham (1881–1957), New Zealand mountaineers, guides, and hotel operators * Alec Anderson (American football, born 1894) (1894–1953), American NFL player * Alec Asher (born 1991), American MLB player * Alec Ashworth (1939–1995), English professional footballer * Alec Astle (born 1949), New Zealand former cricketer * Alec Atkinson (1919–2015), British Royal Air Force officer and civil servant * Alec B. Francis (1867–1934), English silent-film actor * Alec Bagot (1893–1968), South Australian adventurer, polemicist, and politician * Alec Baillie (died 2020), American ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Lambton
George Lambton (23 November 1860 – 23 July 1945) was a British thoroughbred horse racing, racehorse horse trainer, trainer. He was British flat racing Champion Trainer in the 1906, 1911 and 1912 seasons. Early life The Honourable George Lambton was born in London on 23 November 1860, the fifth son of George Lambton, 2nd Earl of Durham and his wife, Beatrix, daughter of James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn. He was educated at Winchester College, Winchester, Brighton College, Brighton and Eton College, Eton, and admitted to Trinity College, Cambridge on 11 June 1879. His entry in ''Alumni Cantabrigienses'' states "At Eton he was rather too near Ascot Racecourse, Ascot, and at Cambridge rather too near Newmarket Racecourse, Newmarket." He became a second lieutenant in the 2nd Derbyshire Militia in 1880, then a lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Sherwood Foresters. Horse racing As an amateur jockey he won the Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris on ''Parasang'' in 1888. After a fall at Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Frank Wootton (jockey)
Francis Leonard Wootton (14 December 1893 – 6 April 1940), known as "Frank" or "Frankie", and sometimes referred to as "The Wonderboy", was an Australian horse racing jockey who had great success as a teenager in the Edwardian era when he was British champion for four successive years. Early life He was born in Australia, the eldest son of Richard Wootton, a "tall, dark-visaged, hard-bitten Australian". His brother was Stanley, another jockey, and later, trainer and jockey coach. The boys were subjected to a very strict regime during their youth; their father was determined they would become jockeys and allegedly denied them food. Richard was sure Frank was ready to race ride from the age of 9, but Australian Jockey Club rules prohibited it. Thus, the Wootton family, together with another young prospective jockey, Bill "Midge" McLachlan, relocated to South Africa where age restrictions did not apply. Riding career Frank was successful in South Africa immediately. His fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Reiff
John "Knickerbocker" Reiff (1885–1974) was an American flat racing jockey, whose greatest successes came in Great Britain where he won three Classics. Reiff came to England with his older brother Lester to ride for the American trainer Enoch Wishard as part of an influx of American jockeys who gained success around the turn of the century. At the time, he weighed just over 5 stone and gained the nickname "Knickerbocker" because of his juvenile style of dress. Among the races he won as a young jockey were the Royal Hunt Cup and Stewards Cup on Royal Flush, the Ebor Handicap on Jiffy II and the Cambridgeshire Handicap on Watershed. In 1899, he registered 27 winners. In October 1901 his brother had his licence withdrawn by the Jockey Club for "pulling" a horse so that it did not win. It was a commonly held view that John would do likewise to suit the American gamblers with whom he associated. As a result of this incident, the younger Reiff moved to France, where, for a time he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Charlie Trigg
Charles George Trigg (5 January 1881 – 26 December 1945) was a British Flat racing, flat jockey of the early 20th century, winning Epsom Oaks, The Oaks in 1910. Early life Trigg was born the Legitimacy (family law), illegitimate son of Ellen TriggWestbury on Severn Parish Registers: Births, 1881. p. 197. in Minsterworth, Gloucestershire, and baptised at the parish church on 13 February 1881. He went to school at Walmore Hill, Westbury-on-Severn. In a 1936 interview with the ''Gloucester Journal'' he recalled his frequent travels to Gloucester with his beloved grandmother to sell eggs and other produce from the family farm. After his grandmother bought a Russian Empire, Russian pony, he could often be found riding it to deliver goods to her customers. He was apprenticed to Sir John Thursby after seeing an advertisement for the position by chance, in an old copy of the ''The Sportsman (1865 newspaper), Sportsman.'' After attending an interview at Sir John’s home in Park ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
