George_Dockeray

George Dockeray

George Dockeray

British jockey and racehorse trainer

George Dockeray (1789–1857) was a British jockey and racehorse trainer.

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His big race wins as a jockey included Lap-dog, the winner of the 1826 Epsom Derby, Chateau Margaux, the Ascot Gold Cup winner of the same year, and Green Mantle, the 1829 Oaks winner. He was also an early example of jockeys riding in races internationally, when, in the late 1820s, he and fellow jockey Sam Day, spent time race-riding in Brussels, Belgium.[1]

After retiring as a jockey, he trained horses from stables in Church Street, Epsom, Surrey.[2] His training success included the first-ever Grand National winner, Lottery, and three further National winners – Jerry (1840), Gaylad (1842) and Miss Mowbray (1852).[3] He also trained flat horses, including Adine, winner of the Goodwood Stakes, Ebor Handicap and Yorkshire Oaks.[4] In addition to this success, he had a reputation for being "as honest and faithful a trainer as any".[5]

He died in Epsom in 1857.[6]

Major wins (as jockey)

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Major wins (as trainer)

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References

  1. [1]
    "Sunday's and Tuesday's Posts". Stamford Mercury. 26 September 1828. Retrieved 27 January 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  2. [2]
    "The "New Stables"". Epsom and Ewell History Explorer. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  3. [3]
    "George Dockeray". Jockeypedia. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  4. [4]
    "Adine". The Era. 31 July 1853. p. 5. Retrieved 27 January 2015 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. [5]
    Carleton, John William, ed. (January 1859). "Racing Photographs". The Sporting Review: 141. Retrieved 27 January 2015.
  6. [6]
    "Will of George Dockeray, Trainer of Epsom, Surrey". The National Archives. 19 May 1857. Retrieved 27 January 2015.


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