I rememberas a teenager backing one of Mr Kerrs horses called Fiery Fred, It was ridden by an apprentice for John Benstead called Alan Watlow, it won at 33/1 . Alan lived a few doors away from me in Epsom and it eas one of his first winners.
Hello Ron, I found a news clipping of the Fiery Fred race in an online newspaper archive... It was the 4th of August 1966 at Brighton and you're spot on Alan Watlow rode him claiming 5lbs allowance and he won at 33/1... he beat a Noel Murless horse named Cholo into 2nd place ridden by Lester Piggott. Burnsy
Hello Ron, Yes sure the links are here below – Probably best when you get to the newspaper click the full screen button first then go to the appropriate page and click the magnifier button with the plus sign several times to in increase the image size to a readable level
Best wishes Burnsy
For the runners and riders page ten of this digital newspaper...
And later at Coldharbour, one of the stranger locations for a racing stable among the trees in the highest village in Southern England.
ReplyDeleteI rememberas a teenager backing one of Mr Kerrs horses called Fiery Fred, It was ridden by an apprentice for John Benstead called Alan Watlow, it won at 33/1 . Alan lived a few doors away from me in Epsom and it eas one of his first winners.
ReplyDeleteHello Ron,
ReplyDeleteI found a news clipping of the Fiery Fred race in an online newspaper archive... It was the 4th of August 1966 at Brighton and you're spot on Alan Watlow rode him claiming 5lbs allowance and he won at 33/1... he beat a Noel Murless horse named Cholo into 2nd place ridden by Lester Piggott.
Burnsy
Hi Burnsy, well done for finding it! Can you send the link to the page?
ReplyDeleteAlan rode for Staff Ingham and John Benstead. He rode quite a few winners but struggled once he lost his allowance.
Hello Ron,
ReplyDeleteYes sure the links are here below – Probably best when you get to the newspaper click the full screen button first then go to the appropriate page and click the magnifier button with the plus sign several times to in increase the image size to a readable level
Best wishes
Burnsy
For the runners and riders page ten of this digital newspaper...
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2mus-XyGPC0C&dat=19660803&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
For the results page eleven of this digital newspaper...
http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2mus-XyGPC0C&dat=19660804&printsec=frontpage&hl=en
Thanks Burnsy, love reading all our yesterdays
ReplyDeletehi Ron - my dad, Alan Watlow didnt have weight issues, where did you get that informaion from as its wrong. He stayed the same weight till he died
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