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1905-1986. English jockey and trainer who was
champion on the flat a record 26 times
between 1925 and 1953. He started riding 1920
and rode 4,870 winners from 21,834 mounts
before retiring 1954 and taking up training.
He rode the winners of all the classic races
but only once won the Derby (on Pinza 1953).
In 1947 he rode a record 269 winners in a
season and in 1933 at Nottingham/Chepstow he
rode 11 consecutive winners. CAREER
HIGHLIGHTS
Derby: 1953
Oaks: 1930, 1942
St Leger: 1930, 1937, 1940, 1942, 1944 1,000
Guineas: 1942, 1948, 1951
2,000 Guineas: 1938, 1942, 1947
Champion Jockey: 1925, 1927-29, 1931-40,
1942-53