Racing

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 on Pullover, and the Manchester

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 International Handicap ‘Chase, (Sandown Park)

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 in the jockey’s championship. He

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. Pike Barn was another two-year-old

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 ten successive seasons from 1914

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 victories as an apprentice was

Robert Dick was brilliantly conspicuous in the saddle during the 1933 season. At the Ascot meeting he won three big races on consecutive days for Lord Astor-the St James’s Palace Stakes, Coronation Stakes, and the Waterford Stakes, worth in all £10,030. He also won on The Divot and dead-heated on Mannamead at the same meeting.

Of the forty victories gained by Pat Beasley in 1935, probably the most spectacular were those on Mr P. Dunne’s splendid sprinter, Bellacose, on whom he scored five times. The tallest of the four Irish jockey brothers (see also No 19 of this series), Pat has for many seasons ridden the horses trained by R.

The Thirsk November Meeting, 1935, was a very successful one for J. A. Taylor, who rode four winners, including the Thirby Plate, on Mr W. H. Thorpe’s London Pride. Eldest of three jockey brother. Jo was born at Leeds in 1895. He was apprenticed to John Dawson’s stable at Newmarket, and rode his first winner

The Newbury Autumn Cup and Cesarewitch Stakes of 1934 were won by Jack Sirett on Mr Marshall Field’s Enfield. A product of Stanley Wootton’s stable. Sirett quickly revealed himself as a stylish jockey, and one of his earliest successes was on Greek Bachelor in the 1925 City and Suburban Handicap. A year later he won