"Stakes at his local course at Salisbury in April. He started favourite in a field of twenty runners and won easily, ridden by the Champion Jockey Gordon Richards. Richards sustained a badly broken leg when he was kicked by a horse at Salisbury in May, and Big Game was partnered his other races that year by Harry Wragg, a jockey whose tactical skill and timing led to his being nicknamed ""The Head Waiter"". The colt ran twice more over the same course and distance, recording easy wins in the Cranbourne Stakes and the Salisbury Plate. On his next appearance, he"
"bloodstock agent, while his daughter, Susan, married the jockey Manny Mercer. Mercer was killed in September 1959 at Ascot Racecourse after falling from a horse trained by his father-in-law. Harry Wragg died in October 1985 at the age of 83.He is buried in Newmarket Cemetery. In 1999, he was ranked 7th on the Racing Post list of top jockeys of the 20th century. It was also remarked that he was the only great flat jockey of the century to be a great trainer as well. In rhyming slang Harry Wragg was widely used to mean ""fag"" (cigarette) and it still"
"he described as the best horse he had ever ridden, to win the Oaks and Champion Stakes. Wragg had won his second Derby in 1930 riding Blenheim to victory after the horse had been rejected by the Aga Khan III's retained jockey Michael Beary. Low points of the decade included an indifferent ride on Sandwich in the 1931 Derby, when he appeared to misjudge the waiting tactics, and a broken leg sustained in a fall at Newcastle Racecourse in 1932. Between 1931 and 1953 Gordon Richards won 22 of the 23 jockey's championships. The only interruption in Richards run of"
"1950s and 1960s he won the Gran Premio del Jockey Club twice and the Grosser Preis von Baden on four occasions. Wragg trained many winners in Ireland including Fidalgo, who won the 1959 Irish Derby after finishing second in the English equivalent. Wragg retired from training in 1982, passing on the Abington Place stable to his son Geoff. In his last season he trained a two-year-old colt of apparently modest ability named Teenoso who went on to win the Derby in 1983 and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes a year later. Wragg's other son, Peter, became a"
"He also rode a number of Harry Wragg trained horses specifically Nagami (whom he rode to be third in all the colts Classic races of 1958) and Fidalgo (whom he rode to be second in the Derby and St Leger of 1959, but on whom he won the Irish Derby of that year). Despite winning his jockey championship with Henry Cecil, it was his relationship with the West Ilsley stable under Dick Hern for which he is most famous. Hern took over as trainer at West Ilsley at the end of 1962 on the retirement of Jack Colling, and there"
"classics for Lord Derby on Herringbone, Sun Stream and Garden Path. He retired from riding at the end of 1946, a year in which he won the Oaks on Steady Aim. Wragg began training in 1947 at Abington Place in Newmarket, sending out the winners of 25 races in his first season. His first big win came in 1948 when Billet won the Chester Cup and his first classic winner was Darius in the 1954 2000 Guineas. In 1961 Wragg trained his first Derby winner when Psidium, who was considered the stable's second string, won at Epsom at odds of"
"Geoff Wragg Geoff Wragg (9 January 1930 – 15 September 2017) was a Thoroughbred horse trainer who trained champion horses such as Teenoso and Pentire. He was the son of former jockey and trainer Harry Wragg, from whom he took over the licence at Abington Place, Newmarket in 1983 upon his father's retirement. Wragg retired in 2008 after 25 years of training and sold Abington Place to Sheikh Mohammed bin Khalifa Al Maktoum the following spring. He relocated to Yorkshire, the birthplace of his late father, Harry Wragg. He died in 2017. Wragg's father, Harry, was an extremely successful jockey"
"Wragg include Arcadian Heights, Most Welcome, Owington, First Island, First Trump, Pentire, Island House, Cassandra Go, Asian Heights and 2006 Derby runner up Dragon Dancer. Wragg was noted as targeting meetings like Chester's May Meeting and Glorious Goodwood with a great deal of success, most notably in handicaps with unexposed, improving three-year-olds. He also had a great knack of getting the best out of the fillies he trained, most notably the top-class Marling, Coronation Stakes winners Balisada and Rebecca Sharp and also the smart Danceabout. Arguably, the best horse that Wragg trained in his career was the top-class middle distance"
"Barclay Tagg Barclay Tagg (born December 30, 1937 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American thoroughbred horse trainer. A 1961 graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Animal Husbandry, he is best known for conditioning Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Funny Cide. Horses in Tagg's stable have included Showing Up and Nobiz Like Shobiz. Barclay trains horses year round, spending spring in New York and winter in Florida. Formerly a steeplechase jockey, Tagg won his first race in 1972 at Old Liberty Park. He has been a journeyman trainer for many years, and with"
"until his death in February 2004, and sister Susan was married to top jockey Manny Mercer until his untimely and tragic death in September 1959. Geoff's retirement in 2008 brought to an end a long and hugely successful association with the Wragg name in horse racing. Wragg enjoyed Classic success in his very first season as a trainer when Teenoso won The Derby under Lester Piggott in 1983. However, the closest Wragg would come to replicating Teenoso's win would be some 23 years later when the unconsidered 66/1 chance Dragon Dancer came within a short head of causing one of"
"direct links with horse racing, Wragg's father, Arthur, had had some success as an amateur boxer and athlete. Two of Wragg's younger brothers became successful jockeys: Sam Wragg (b. 1909) won three classics including the Derby on Pont l'Eveque, while Arthur Wragg (1912–1954) finished sixth in the jockey's championship in 1944. Wragg took up riding in his early teens and moved to Newmarket where he was apprenticed to the trainer George Colling. He rode his first winner in 1919. Wragg attracted the attention of important figures including the trainer Richard Marsh and the owner Solomon Joel, and in 1925 he"
"66/1. Abermaid won the 1000 Guineas in 1962 and at the end of the decade, Wragg completed a classic double when Full Dress won the 1000 Guineas and Intermezzo won the St Leger in 1969. He never won the trainers' championship being narrowly beaten to the title in 1961 and 1962 by Noel Murless and Dick Hern respectively. During his training career, Wragg was always willing to employ new methods, regularly weighing his horses and timing their training gallops at a time when these practices were relatively rare in Britain. He was also keen to exploit international opportunities: in the"
"form and was retired in October 2009 after a spate of low-key efforts. Geoff Wragg died at Newmarket on 15 September 2017 at the age of 87. Great Britain Canada France Hong Kong Ireland Italy Geoff Wragg Geoff Wragg (9 January 1930 – 15 September 2017) was a Thoroughbred horse trainer who trained champion horses such as Teenoso and Pentire. He was the son of former jockey and trainer Harry Wragg, from whom he took over the licence at Abington Place, Newmarket in 1983 upon his father's retirement. Wragg retired in 2008 after 25 years of training and sold Abington"
"son-in-law, Rev Peter Pearson. Charlie Trigg Charles George Trigg (5 January 1881 – 26 December 1945) was a British flat jockey of the early 20th century, winning The Oaks in 1910. Trigg was born the illegitimate son of Ellen Trigg 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 pony, he could often"
"with most racing sports the speeds began to climb again. Weishaar was inducted into the Motorcycle Hall of Fame in 1998. Ray Weishaar Lawrence Ray Weishaar (September 9, 1890 – April 13, 1924) was a Class A Racing Champion in the 1910s and 1920s. He rode for the Harley-Davidson 'Wrecking Crew,' and helped to popularize the nickname 'hog' in reference to Harley-Davidson by carrying the team's mascot, a small pig, around on victory laps. Lawrence Ray Weishaar was born on September 9, 1890 in Oklahoma; he grew up in Wichita, Kansas. His father died when he was only nine years"
"William Higgs (jockey) William Arnold ""Billy"" Higgs (1880 - 1958) was a Thoroughbred horse racing jockey, trainer, owner and breeder, colloquially referred to as ""Farmer Higgs"". He was twice Champion Jockey of Britain. For the most successful period of his career, he was stable jockey to Sam Darling at Beckhampton. With Darling, he won the 1906 and 1907 flat jockeys' championship, and picked up his only British Classic - the 1907 2,000 Guineas on Slieve Gallion. He was a short priced favourite to follow up in the Derby, but the colt did not stay the distance and eventually finished third."
"Charlie Trigg Charles George Trigg (5 January 1881 – 26 December 1945) was a British flat jockey of the early 20th century, winning The Oaks in 1910. Trigg was born the illegitimate son of Ellen Trigg 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 pony, he could often be found riding it"
"Ray Weishaar Lawrence Ray Weishaar (September 9, 1890 – April 13, 1924) was a Class A Racing Champion in the 1910s and 1920s. He rode for the Harley-Davidson 'Wrecking Crew,' and helped to popularize the nickname 'hog' in reference to Harley-Davidson by carrying the team's mascot, a small pig, around on victory laps. Lawrence Ray Weishaar was born on September 9, 1890 in Oklahoma; he grew up in Wichita, Kansas. His father died when he was only nine years old, leaving him and his mother with little to live on. Weishaar sought work to help support his family, and as"
"Prince were again in opposition but Rheingold was made the odds-on favourite. The 1972 winner Roberto was withdrawn shortly before the race and his scheduled jockey Lester Piggott opted to take the ride on Rheingold, going back on an informal agreement to ride Moulton if he became available. The ride on Moulton therefore went to the Welsh jockey Geoff Lewis. As the confusion over the riding arrangements reached a peak in the early afternoon Harry Wragg reportedly said to his son Geoff ""I'm going to lunch. I'll leave it to you"". After being several lengths behind the leaders on the"
"Harry was given the nickname ""Shake"" by a visiting uncle. Who after reading a popular magazine called ""Fragments"", within its pages were a series of cartoons featuring a sergeant-major glaring at a new recruit shouting ""Before you come on parade tomorrow, Shakespeare get your hair cut."" Turning to the young Harry, who had a good thick crop of dark hair, he said ""Shakespeare, get your hair cut"". This was adopted as his nickname and over the years, Shakespeare was shorten to ""Shake"" a name that stayed with him all his life. Earnshaw started road racing in 1935 when he was"
"won the King Edward VII Stakes at Royal Ascot at odds of 1/3. When matched against older horses for the first time in the Eclipse Stakes he finished third behind the 25/1 outsider Caerleon. The St. Leger race is the oldest of the five British Classic races, the last in the year to be run, and it is also the longest. In this race in 1931, Sandwich was again ridden by Wragg, nicknamed ""The Head Waiter."" Sandwich's win in the St Leger was considered by some to be an upset as he bested the favorite, Cameronian, who was at the"
"success came in 1941, when he missed much of the season through injury. Wragg rode 71 winners including the wartime substitute Oaks on Commotion, to claim his only championship. During the War, Wragg served in the Royal Artillery reaching the rank of sergeant before moving at his own request from an office position to an Anti-Aircraft battery. In 1942 Wragg won a third Derby on Watling Street: he again employed exaggerated waiting tactics, taking the lead on Lord Derby's temperamental colt fifty yards from the finish and winning by a neck. Before the end of the war he won further"
"were separated they remained friends. They had two daughters. Higgins died in Melbourne on 8 March 2014, aged 75, following a short illness. Roy Higgins Roy Henry Higgins MBE (5 June 19388 March 2014) was an Australian jockey who rode from the late 1950s to the early 1980s. His talent in the saddle was to later earn him the nickname ""The Professor"". Higgins was born in Koondrook, Victoria and grew up in the southern New South Wales town of Deniliquin where, in 1953, he was apprenticed to local horse trainer Jim Watters. Despite a constant battle with his weight, Higgins"
"subsequently standing in New Zealand. He died in November 2017. Among his main band of owners were Anthony Oppenheimer, Far East businessman John Pearce and also Mollers Racing, formed after the deaths of brothers Eric and Ralph 'Budgie' Moller, who left behind a trust fund to keep their famous chocolate and gold silks in the game beyond their deaths. Mollers Racing's horses were purchased by bloodstock agent John Ferguson in the main, following the sale of its breeding establishment, White Lodge Stud, to Sheikh Mohammed. Notable purchases included First Island, Pentire and Swallow Flight. Wragg's patient approach was richly rewarded"
"was never very good. When weight became a problem he took to hurdle racing, but a bad fall and broken hip ended his riding career. Smith became a trainer, acquiring his licence in 1941. His first success came in 1942 with ""Bragger"" a rogue horse he bought from Wagga property owner Mack Sawyer. He broke in the horse, and named him using his own nickname. Smith also registered racing silks of green and blue vertical stripes, which were to become famous in later years as the colours of Tulloch Lodge horses. He rented horse boxes in Kensington, housing ""Bragger"" in"
"claimed four classic competitions. They were the Gold Collar, Scurry Gold Cup, Welsh Greyhound Derby and the Cesarewitch. A greyhound called Narrogar Ann from a litter of six, out of the bitch Winnie of Berrow (winner of the 1944 Eclipse) came to prominence when successful in the Western Two year Old Produce Stakes. Narrogar Ann trained by Joe Farrand at Oxford Stadium beat littermates Narrogar Dusty and Narrogar Tommy who finished second and third respectively. Narrogar Ann would soon move to Leslie Reynolds at Wembley. Local Interprize won the Laurels and Welsh Derby, in the latter he recorded a seven"
"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 ""Sportsman."" After attending an interview at Sir John’s home in Park Lane, he worked as a stable lad at Thursby’s estate at Boveridge House, Cranborne, Dorset, before beginning his career as a jockey in 1902. Trigg won several renowned races during his career, including the Chester Cup in 1903 on Vendale, the Cesarewitch in 1906 on Mintagon, the Goodwood Cup in 1909 on Carrousel, and the Lincolnshire Handicap in 1911 on Mercutio."
"seconds and 468 thirds, finishing in the money 46% of the time. George Woolf George Monroe Woolf (May 31, 1910 – January 4, 1946), nicknamed ""The Iceman"", was a Canadian-born thoroughbred race horse jockey. An annual jockey's award given by the United States Jockeys' Guild is named in his honor. He became known for riding the people's champion Seabiscuit to victories in 1938. After his early death resulting from a racing accident, Woolf was inducted into newly founded honorary institutions: the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Horse Racing Hall"
"Funny Cide became the first trainer to win the Kentucky Derby in his first attempt since Cam Gambolati with Spend a Buck in 1985. Barclay Tagg Barclay Tagg (born December 30, 1937 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania) is an American thoroughbred horse trainer. A 1961 graduate of Pennsylvania State University with a degree in Animal Husbandry, he is best known for conditioning Kentucky Derby, Preakness Stakes, and Jockey Club Gold Cup winner Funny Cide. Horses in Tagg's stable have included Showing Up and Nobiz Like Shobiz. Barclay trains horses year round, spending spring in New York and winter in Florida. Formerly a"
"Derby. The race was run at an exceptionally fast pace, which saw many of the leading contenders virtually exhausted in the closing stages. Wragg held up the outsider before producing him with a challenge inside the final furlong to win easily in record time. Wragg subsequently became stable jockey to Felstead's trainer Oswald ""Ossie"" Bell at Newmarket. During the 1930s he was also closely associated with the stable of Jack Jarvis. For Jarvis he won the St Leger on Sandwich in 1931 and the 1000 Guineas on Campanula three years later. In 1938 he rode the Bell-trained filly Rockfel, whom"
"Harry Grimshaw (jockey) Harry or Henry Grimshaw (1841 - 1866) was an English jockey, most famous for winning the British Triple Crown in 1865 on Gladiateur. He was born in Lancashire and became apprentice to John Osborne. He was a competent jockey, but suffered from being short-sighted. He married Osborne's daughter at Middleham, North Yorkshire. For Osborne, he won the 1859 Cambridgeshire on Red Eagle. In 1862, he left Middleham for Newmarket and became jockey to Count Frédéric de Lagrange at the stables of Thomas Jennings. This meant he took the ride on Lagrange's Gladiateur in the Classics of 1865,"
"the Curragh. One of his horses, Waxy, won the Derby. He owned the last two of the breed of Irish wolfhound. In 1834, he was appointed Governor of Jamaica with the difficult task of overseeing the 'apprenticeship system', in a period prior to the full emancipation of the slaves. He met with great opposition from plantation owners and other vested interests. He was first to emancipate the slaves on the family's Jamaican plantations. The first 'free village' in the world, Sligoville, was subsequently named in his honour. A liberal, he was one of the few Irish peers to vote for"
"George Woolf George Monroe Woolf (May 31, 1910 – January 4, 1946), nicknamed ""The Iceman"", was a Canadian-born thoroughbred race horse jockey. An annual jockey's award given by the United States Jockeys' Guild is named in his honor. He became known for riding the people's champion Seabiscuit to victories in 1938. After his early death resulting from a racing accident, Woolf was inducted into newly founded honorary institutions: the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame, Canada's Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame. Woolf was born on a ranch in Cardston, Alberta to"