Racing

The finest feat of Fred Lane’s long career in the saddle was put up when he won the 1932 Derby on April the Fifth, owned and trained by the actor and film-star Mr. T Walls. This consistently successful jockey was riding winners on the Continent during 1914, and at the

Charlie Elliott scored a popular win for M. M. Boussac in the valuable Middle Park Stakes, Newmarket, 1935 on his colt  Abjer. For several seasons Elliott rode most of the winners turned out by J. L. Jarvis, to whom he was apprenticed, and in 1923 he dead-heated with Steve Donoghue

Starting favourite in the 1934 Oaks, Light Brocade, owned by Lord Durham, won comfortably in the hands of “Brownie” Carslake. He is one of the finest jockeys Australia has given us, and although now in the veteran stage, can always be relied upon to get the best out of his mounts.

The King’s Prize, Epsom, of 1935, was won by Mr. J. A. de Rothchild’s Old Pretender, with A. Richardson in the saddle. Before settling in this country, “Midge” Richardson rode regularly in Egypt, heading the list in 1928 with thirty winners. His successes in this country include the 1932 Cambridgeshire

Despite a slipped saddle, ‘Billy’ Parvin, on the seven-year-old Blue Prince, owned by Lady Lindsay finished second in the Grand National. Earlier the same horse and jockey had won the Manchester Handicap ‘Chase in the 1934 National Hunt season Parvin had won two good races on Blue Prince. The Grand

W. Nevett won the 1935 Besssborough Stakes, Ascot for Sir Thomas Dixon, on his four-year-old, Cariff. A Lancastrian, William Nevett worked in a butcher’s shop before joining M. Peacock’s Middleham stable as an apprentice. The leading rider in the North, Nevett rode 109 winners during the 1934 seasons, finishing third

Tommy Lowrey, riding Major J. S. Courtauld’s Cross Patch, won four big two-year-old events in 1935, including the Molecombe Stakes, Goodwood. Generally seen at his best in juvenile sprint events. Lowery was apprenticed to Jack Jarvis and has since ridden many good winners for the patrons of Basil Jarvis’s stable.

In 1935 Steve Donoghue rode many long-priced winners for Mrs Colette Glorney, including Canteena (20-1), Silver Coronation Cup; Winandermere (100 to 6); New Stand Plate, Kempton and (7 to 2) Cork and Orrey Stakes Ascot; also Assingnation (100 to 8), Prince of Wales Stakes, Ascot. He was champion jockey for

Sam Wragg rode several winners in 1935 for Mr Ben Warner of which the most notable was Free Fare. The second of the three famous brothers (see also Nos. 7 and 9 of this series) Sam served his apprenticeship with R. W. Colling’s stable at Newmarket. One of his earliest