"Barnes. The first of the episodes, ""Odds Against"", used a Francis title; the others were created for the program. Three TV films of 1989 were adaptations of ""Bloodsport"", ""In the Frame"", and ""Twice Shy"", all starring Ian McShane as protagonist David Cleveland, a character used only once by Francis, in the novel ""Slayride"". Dick Francis Richard Stanley Francis CBE FRSL (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British crime writer, and former steeplechase jockey, whose novels centre on horse racing in England. After wartime service in the RAF, Francis became a full-time jump-jockey, winning over 350 races and"
"Richard Dunwoody Thomas Richard Dunwoody MBE (born 18 January 1964 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a retired British jockey in National Hunt racing. He was a three-time Champion Jockey. Dunwoody's race victories include the King George VI Chase four times - twice on Desert Orchid in 1989 and 1990 and twice on One Man in 1995 and 1996. He also won the 1986 and 1994 Grand Nationals on West Tip and Miinnehoma respectively, the 1988 Cheltenham Gold Cup on Charter Party and the Champion Hurdle on Kribensis. He received the Lester Award for ""Jump Jockey of the Year"" on five"
"Newmarket correspondent in 1990 and left to join the Daily Telegraph racing team in 1993 and remains a racing correspondent there. He also contributes a column to Horse and Hound. He was champion tipster for the 2008-09 jump season. He married Amber in 2003. He has three children: Arthur, born in 2004; Molly, born in 2006; and Arabella, born in 2011. Marcus Armytage Marcus Armytage (born 17 July 1964) in Oxford is a journalist and former National Hunt jockey who won the Grand National as an amateur in 1990, riding Mr Frisk. He was educated at Eton College. Armytage's win"
"1985–86, Peter Scudamore 1986–88 Fred Winter Frederick Thomas Winter, (20 September 1926 – 5 April 2004) was a British National Hunt racing racehorse jockey and trainer. He was British jump racing Champion Jockey four times and British jump racing Champion Trainer eight times. He is the only person to have won the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and Grand National as both jockey and trainer. Winter won the Grand National four times, as a jockey in 1957 (Sundew) and 1962 (Kilmore), and as a trainer in 1965 (Jay Trump) and 1966 (Anglo). His most famous victory as a jockey was"
"Crown series. Following their 1989 Triple Crown with the colt With Approval, in 1990 they repeated the feat with Izvestia, an achievement that has never been equaled. Don Seymour retired in 1994 having won the Sovereign Award as Canada's top jockey a record four times. In 1995 he was voted the Avelino Gomez Memorial Award in recognition of his significant contribution to the sport of horse racing. In 1999, he was inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Don Seymour Donald J. Seymour (born 1960 in Hamilton, Ontario) is a Canadian jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who is"
"John Francome John Francome (13 December 1952) is a former National Hunt Champion Jockey, television pundit and author. Born in Swindon, Wiltshire, the son of a railway fireman, his family had no connection with the horse racing world. At sixteen years old he became apprentice to Lambourn trainer Fred Winter and so began his career as a jockey. He rode a total of 1,138 winners, his last being in April 1985. During the course of his career he was Champion Jockey seven times, between 1976 and 1985. Francome is the third most successful National Hunt jump jockey of all time"
"and the Hambletonian Stakes, all for NBC. In 2011, she released the book, """"Inside Track: Inside Guide to Horse Racing"""". Donna Barton Brothers Donna Barton Brothers (born April 20, 1966 in Alamogordo, New Mexico) is a former jockey who won over 1,100 horse races and serves as a horse-back riding reporter and analyst for NBC Sports Triple Crown coverage and a reporter and analyst for TVG Network. She also exercises horses at Churchill Downs. She is one of the most decorated female jockeys of her time, retired in 1998 with 1,130 career wins and still ranks second on the money"
"""Forfeit"" in 1970, ""Whip Hand"" in 1981, and ""Come To Grief"" in 1996. Britain's Crime Writers Association awarded him its Gold Dagger Award for fiction in 1979 and the Cartier Diamond Dagger Lifetime Achievement Award in 1989. He was granted another Lifetime Achievement Award. Tufts University awarded him an honorary doctorate in 1991. In 1996 he was given the Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Award, the highest honour bestowed by the MWA. In 2000, he was granted the Malice Domestic Award for Lifetime Achievement. He was created an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1983"
"Gordon Corrigan John Gordon Harvey Corrigan MBE (born 1942) is a former British soldier and historical writer and broadcaster. Corrigan was educated at the Royal School, Armagh, and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He served in the British Army's Royal Gurkha Rifles, mainly in the far east, and reached the rank of major. Between 1980 and 1987 he took a break from military service, joining the Royal Hong Kong Jockey Club where he was clerk of the course at the Happy Valley Racecourse from 1980 to 1982, and Racing Secretary from 1982 to 1987. Corrigan was awarded the MBE in"
"Lance O'Sullivan Lance Anthony O'Sullivan, ONZM (born 28 August 1963 in New Zealand), is a former New Zealand jockey. He won a record 2479 races by a New Zealand jockey, mainly in the 1980s, including the 1989 Japan Cup on champion mare Horlicks, which broke the world record over 2400m. He was also jockey of the unfortunate Waverley Star, finishing second to Bonecrusher, in the 1986 Cox Plate, dubbed the ""Race of the Century."" In the 2003 New Year Honours, O'Sullivan was made an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to thoroughbred racing. In 2006, O'Sullivan"
"15 years. He was chairman of the Crime Writers' Association (CWA) (1970–71), chairman of the Society of Authors (1983–84) and president of the Detection Club (1985–2000). He was a fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. He received the George N. Dove Award in 1995. In 1996 the CWA awarded him the Cartier Diamond Dagger for outstanding services to crime literature. He also wrote screenplays, was a reviewer and wrote a biography of Dame Agatha Christie entitled ""Agatha Christie: First Lady of Crime"". He died on 27 March 2011, aged 84. On his 80th birthday in 2006, members of the"
"forward. Following his suspension, Carberry vowed not to drink again until his career as a National Hunt jockey was complete. Paul Carberry Paul Carberry is a retired Irish National Hunt jockey. He was born on February 9, 1974. He hails from a racing family. He is the son of jockey Tommy Carberry, who was a famous National Hunt jockey in the 1960s and 1970s. His uncle is Arthur Moore, one of Ireland's leading National Hunt trainers. His younger siblings, Philip and Nina, were also successful Irish riders. Apprenticing for Jim Bolger, Carberry earned his first win in August 1990 on"
"Michael R. Matz Michael R. Matz (born January 23, 1951 in Collegeville, Pennsylvania) is an American race horse trainer and former Olympic equestrian team member who was inducted into the show jumping Hall of Fame. He lives in Coatesville, Pennsylvania. As a trainer, he has scored two wins in the Classics, the 2012 Belmont Stakes with Union Rags and the 2006 Kentucky Derby with Barbaro. Matz also was named ""person of the week"" by ABC News for his heroism in saving four children from the crash of United Airlines Flight 232 in 1989 on which he was a passenger. Matz"
"Charmayne James Charmayne James (born June 23, 1970) is a retired barrel racer who was inducted into the National Cowgirl Museum and Hall of Fame in 1992 and the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 2017. The August 2017 induction ceremony was ProRodeo's 38th annual event, and marked the first time in the event's history that the class of inductees included barrel racers from the Women's Professional Rodeo Association (WPRA). James' horse, Gils Bay Boy, nicknamed Scamper, was inducted into the ProRodeo Hall of Fame in 1996. By the end of 2017, James had won more World Barrel Racing Championships than"
"with Shoemaker for US$1,000,000. Shoemaker authored three murder mysteries. They were often compared to the large stable of best-selling horse mysteries by fellow jockey/author Dick Francis. Shoemaker's ""Stalking Horse"" (1994), ""Fire Horse"" (1995), and ""Dark Horse"" (1996) all featured jockey-turned-sleuth Coley Killebrew using his racetrack experience in and about his restaurant and the horse world. Shoemaker was inducted into the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1958. He was immortalized as part of a series of portraits by Andy Warhol in the mid-1970s. Bill Shoemaker William Lee ""Bill"" Shoemaker (August 19, 1931 – October 12, 2003) was"
"to the memory of Edith Pargeter, with funds raised by donations from admirers of the author. The Mystery Writers of America gave Pargeter their Edgar Award in 1963 for ""Death and the Joyful Woman"". In 1980, the British Crime Writers Association awarded her the Silver Dagger for ""Monk's Hood"". In 1993 she won the Cartier Diamond Dagger, an annual award given by the CWA to authors who have made an outstanding lifetime's contribution to the field of crime and mystery writing. Pargeter was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) ""for services to Literature"" in the 1994"
"Marcus Armytage Marcus Armytage (born 17 July 1964) in Oxford is a journalist and former National Hunt jockey who won the Grand National as an amateur in 1990, riding Mr Frisk. He was educated at Eton College. Armytage's win in the 1990 Grand National on Mr Frisk came in a record time of 8m 47.80sec. It remains now the only sub nine-minute National, smashing Red Rum's previous record from 1973 by some 14 seconds, even though the race has been shortened since 2013. Armytage remains the last amateur rider to win the race. Mr Frisk and Armytage went on to"
"the team event at the European Championships Dressage 1989 Mondorf together with Otto Hofer, Daniel Ramseier and Ulrich Lehmann behind the teams of Germany and the Soviet Republic. Schatzmann was a doctor of law and entrepreneurs. He promoted the Westphalian horse breeding, as a breeder through cooperation with the North Rhine-Westphalian State Stud Warendorf. 2015 he was awarded for his contribution to the Westphalian breeding the silver badge of honor of Westphalia Stud Book. [1] For several years he was president of the Association Central Swiss Concours rider.. Samuel Schatzmann Samuel Schatzmann (12 October 1955 – 2 November 2016) was"
"John Oaksey John Geoffrey Tristram Lawrence, 4th Baron Trevethin and 2nd Baron Oaksey (21 March 1929 – 5 September 2012) was a British aristocrat, horse racing journalist, television commentator and former amateur jockey. He was twice British Champion Amateur Jump Jockey, before becoming a celebrated journalist and recognisable racing personality both on television and through his charitable work for the Injured Jockeys Fund, which he helped establish. He has been described as ""quite possibly the outstanding racing figure of modern times, touching so many via his compelling writing, broadcasting, race-riding and tireless fund-raising"". He was the son of the noted"
"the Daily Mail. He is involved with his son Michael’s yard in Herefordshire and his other son Tom Scudamore is also now a professional jockey. Peter is second cousin to current Chief Executive of the F.A. Premier League, Richard Scudamore. Peter Scudamore Peter Scudamore MBE (born 29 June 1958), often known as 'Scu', is a former jockey and trainer in National Hunt racing. He was an eight-time Champion Jockey (including one title shared with John Francome), riding 1,678 winning horses in his career. He received an MBE for his services to the sport of horse racing. Scudamore was born in"
"place-finish in the CCI*** at Rolex Kentucky. Darren Chiacchia Darren Chiacchia (born September 18, 1964 in Buffalo, New York) is an American equestrian. He won a bronze medal in team eventing at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, together with Kimberly Severson, John Williams, Amy Tryon and Julie Richards. He also competed in individual eventing, placing 12th. Chiacchia gained national attention in 2008 when he was thrown from a horse resulting in him being in a coma, the incident sparked debate about the safety of being an equestrian. He made headlines again in 2010 when a former sex partner who"
"greatest jump jockey never to end up as [British jump racing Champion Jockey]"". He announced his retirement from race riding on 28 October 2002, at the age of 31, following a fall at Warwick in March in which he broke his neck and was lucky to avoid paralysis. Maguire later became a racehorse trainer and is based in Lombardstown, County Cork. Maguire's nephew, Jason Maguire, is also a National Hunt jockey and won the 2011 Grand National on Ballabriggs. Adrian Maguire Adrian Maguire, born 29 April 1971 in Kilmessan, County Meath, Ireland, is a racehorse trainer and former jockey. Maguire"
"retired from stud duty. On 25 September 2013 Dayjur was euthanized Shadwell ""due to the infirmities of old age"". Dayjur Dayjur (6 February 1987 - 25 September 2013) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse. A specialist sprinter he ran eleven times between June 1989 and October 1990 and won seven races. In 1990 he dominated European sprinting, winning the King's Stand Stakes' the Nunthorpe Stakes, the Ladbroke Sprint Cup and the Prix de l'Abbaye de Longchamp. On his final racecourse appearance he finished second to Safely Kept in the Breeders' Cup Sprint. The ""Racing Post"" called him ""the world's fastest"
"Lester Award A Lester Award is one of a range of awards given to jockeys at an annual ceremony in Great Britain. The awards are named in honour of Lester Piggott, an eleven-time British flat racing Champion Jockey who won thirty British Classic Races from 1954 to 1992. The awards were inaugurated in 1990, and they recognise the achievements of jockeys from both flat and jump racing during the previous year. The ceremony to present the 2012 awards took place at the Hilton Birmingham Metropole Hotel, Birmingham, on 28 March 2013. The event was sponsored by Stobart. The awards ceremony"
"Donna Barton Brothers Donna Barton Brothers (born April 20, 1966 in Alamogordo, New Mexico) is a former jockey who won over 1,100 horse races and serves as a horse-back riding reporter and analyst for NBC Sports Triple Crown coverage and a reporter and analyst for TVG Network. She also exercises horses at Churchill Downs. She is one of the most decorated female jockeys of her time, retired in 1998 with 1,130 career wins and still ranks second on the money list. Brothers hails from a family of riders, including her sibling, as well as her mother who was, in 1969,"
"Cup, 1983 Kennedy Construction Gold Cup), Observe (1982 Kennedy Construction Gold Cup), Brown Chamberlin (1983 Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup), Half Free (1984 Mackeson Gold Cup, 1985 Mackeson Gold Cup), Plundering (1986 Whitbread Gold Cup), Celtic Shot (1987 Mecca Bookmakers' Hurdle) Last runner and winner: Stag Dinner, Stratford, 4 June 1988 Champion trainer: 8 times: 1970–71 to 1974–75; 1976–77, 1977–78, 1984–85. Most wins in a season: 99 in 1975–76 Total wins over jumps in Britain: 1,557 in 24 seasons (1964–88) Main jockeys: Eddie Harty 1964–68, Bobby Beasley 1968–69, Paul Kelleway 1969–72, Richard Pitman 1972–75, John Francome 1975–85, Ben de Haan/Jimmy Duggan"
"Nancy Kerrigan Nancy Kerrigan (born October 13, 1969) is an American actress and former figure skater. She won bronze medals at the 1991 World Championships and the 1992 Winter Olympics, silver medals at the 1992 World Championships and the 1994 Winter Olympics, and she was the 1993 US National Figure Skating Champion. Kerrigan was inducted into the United States Figure Skating Hall of Fame in 2004. In January 1994, Kerrigan was attacked with a police baton by an assailant hired by the ex-husband of her rival Tonya Harding. The attack injured Kerrigan and led to Harding being permanently banned from"
"Fred Rimell Thomas Frederic Rimell (24 June 1913 – 12 July 1981), better known as Fred Rimell, was a British champion National Hunt racing jockey and horse trainer. He was champion jockey three times and leading trainer five times. Rimell was the first jumping trainer to earn £1 million in prize money for his owners. Rimell gained the title of “Mr Grand National”, having trained four winning horses of the steeplechase. They were ESB (1956), Nicolaus Silver (1961), Gay Trip (1970) and Rag Trade, who beat Red Rum in the 1976 Grand National After his death in July 1981, his"
"a Jamaica (N.Y.) Hospital window while awaiting an operation. The cause of death was said by TIME magazine to be suicide but it has been reported that he may have been disoriented from his illness and fell accidentally. On its creation, Laverne Fator was inducted in the United States' National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in 1955. Laverne Fator Laverne Fator (1902 – May 16, 1936) was an American Hall of Fame jockey. Born in Hailey, Idaho, Laverne Fator and his brothers Mark and Elmer all became jockeys. The most successful of the three, Laverne Fator's riding career"
"Paul Carberry Paul Carberry is a retired Irish National Hunt jockey. He was born on February 9, 1974. He hails from a racing family. He is the son of jockey Tommy Carberry, who was a famous National Hunt jockey in the 1960s and 1970s. His uncle is Arthur Moore, one of Ireland's leading National Hunt trainers. His younger siblings, Philip and Nina, were also successful Irish riders. Apprenticing for Jim Bolger, Carberry earned his first win in August 1990 on Petronelli. He was also the jockey for racehorse owner Robert Ogden. Carberry learned his trade through hunting, show-jumping and point-to-pointing"
"died in 2009. $150,000 Ford Grand Prix Result & Photo Hilton Flight Hilton Flight (1993-2009) was a horse ridden in international show jumping by Richard Spooner. He stood 17.0 hh (173 cm). He was bred by Jennifer Giles, Kilmurray, Kilmacanogue, Bray, Co. Wicklow. Hilton Flight is by the Irish Sport Horse stallion Errigal Flight, who is a son of the great Irish Draught producer of show jumpers, King of Diamonds. Errigal Flight also sired Ado Annie, ridden by Will Simpson. He was ridden successfully as a young horse in Ireland by Clement McMahon before being sold to the U.S. where"
"Carl Nafzger Carl A. Nafzger (born August 29, 1941 in Plainview, Texas) is an American Hall of Fame horse trainer. Before he was involved in horseracing he was a championship Rodeo bullrider. Nafzger trained Unbridled who won the 1990 Kentucky Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic. In 1990 he was voted the Eclipse Award for Outstanding Trainer and the Big Sport of Turfdom Award. In 1994, he wrote a book on the training of Thoroughbred horses titled ""Traits Of A Winner"" that was published by R. Meerdink Co. (). In 1998, Nafzger trained Banshee Breeze who won that year's Eclipse Award"
"Gold Dagger The Gold Dagger is an award given annually by the Crime Writers' Association of the United Kingdom since 1960 for the best crime novel of the year. From 1955 to 1959, the organization named their top honor as the Crossed Red Herring Award. From 1995 to 2002 the award acquired sponsorship from Macallan and was known as the Macallan Gold Dagger. In 2006, because of new sponsorship from the Duncan Lawrie Bank, the award was officially renamed as the Duncan Lawrie Dagger, and gained a prize fund of £20,000. It was the biggest crime-fiction award in the world"