time 8,606 Posted April 19, 2021 Amateur jockey Lorna Brooke has died in hospital following a fall at Taunton earlier this month. 2 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted May 9, 2021 Keith Waples, one of the greatest horsemen in the history of harness racing, has died. He was 97. He was the patriarch of the Waples family of racers. https://standardbredcanada.ca/notices/5-8-21/keith-waples-passes.html 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted May 17, 2021 Joe Mercer, the man, the myth, the legend, dead at 86: https://www.racingpost.com/news/latest/riding-legend-and-brigadier-gerards-jockey-joe-mercer-dies-at-the-age-of-86/490348 DDP Pick, QOs guaranteed. 3 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy 1,689 Posted May 17, 2021 25 minutes ago, YoungWillz said: Joe Mercer, the man, the myth, the legend, dead at 86: https://www.racingpost.com/news/latest/riding-legend-and-brigadier-gerards-jockey-joe-mercer-dies-at-the-age-of-86/490348 DDP Pick, QOs guaranteed. I nearly posted this interview from two weeks ago, thinking how well he looked. Life, eh. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted May 17, 2021 30 minutes ago, harrymcnallysblueandwhitearmy said: I nearly posted this interview from two weeks ago, thinking how well he looked. Life, eh. Joe Mercer QO as the BBC romp home: https://www.bbc.com/sport/horse-racing/57148338 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted May 17, 2021 Aww. Probably the first "famous" person I met, as a small girl. 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted May 17, 2021 2 hours ago, YoungWillz said: Joe Mercer, the man, the myth, the legend, dead at 86: https://www.racingpost.com/news/latest/riding-legend-and-brigadier-gerards-jockey-joe-mercer-dies-at-the-age-of-86/490348 DDP Pick, QOs guaranteed. Cheers Will! 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Redrumours 861 Posted May 17, 2021 He signed my programme at Newmarket about 12 years ago and joked about the bookies pen I gave him to sign. "What's this I know I'm not very big but that's ridiculous" Great loss to the sport. RIP Smokin' Joe. " 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
time 8,606 Posted May 21, 2021 Trainer Lynn Siddall has died aged 67. Apparently a heart attack as a result of an existing heart condition. She was a Jockey in the early days of lady riders. 1 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DCI Frank Burnside 3,887 Posted May 23, 2021 Legendary trainer and punter Barney Curley. Screwed the bookies in a infamous coup which involved amongst other things blocking the race courses only telephone line https://www.racingpost.com/news/barney-curley-legendary-punter-and-former-trainer-dies-at-the-age-of-81/487501 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Spade_Cooley 9,529 Posted May 23, 2021 Keep meaning to read "The Sure Thing", the book about his other infamous betting coup (in 2010). This gives me an excuse to buy it. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,171 Posted May 23, 2021 2 hours ago, DCI Frank Burnside said: Legendary trainer and punter Barney Curley. Screwed the bookies in a infamous coup which involved amongst other things blocking the race courses only telephone line https://www.racingpost.com/news/barney-curley-legendary-punter-and-former-trainer-dies-at-the-age-of-81/487501 Also famous for this legendary interview with Deathlist alumnus the late John McCririck 3 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,743 Posted July 2, 2021 On 23/02/2021 at 21:47, arghton said: However there are many Breeder's Cup Juvenile winners born in the 1980s and early 1990s with no mentioned death date, out of which most have probably already died. (Tasso, winner 1985, Arazi, winner 1991, Gilded Time, winner 1992, Brocco, winner 1993) https://www.racingpost.com/news/you-were-a-superstar-breeders-cup-legend-arazi-dies-at-age-of-32/498553 Breeder's cup juvenile 1991 winner Arazi dead at the age of 32. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,171 Posted July 2, 2021 9 hours ago, arghton said: https://www.racingpost.com/news/you-were-a-superstar-breeders-cup-legend-arazi-dies-at-age-of-32/498553 Breeder's cup juvenile 1991 winner Arazi dead at the age of 32. 32 is a pretty good age for a horse. Not many famous racehorses live longer. I can only think of Hallo Dandy (33) and Spanish Steps (34) off the top of my head though there must be others. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,743 Posted July 2, 2021 1 hour ago, Deathrace said: 32 is a pretty good age for a horse. Not many famous racehorses live longer. I can only think of Hallo Dandy (33) and Spanish Steps (34) off the top of my head though there must be others. Out of the currently living older racehorses, the fact that Alphabet Soup (got to 30 in March) is still living suprises me the most. Winner of the 1996 Breeder's Cup Classic (3 million earnings) And also a cancer survivor! Zippy Chippy, known for losing 100 races is also alive and got to 30 in April. Years = "horse age" chart: 10 = 35 1/2 20 = 60 25 = ~72 30 = 85 1/2 (31 = 88, 32 = 90 1/2, 33 = 93, 34 = 95 1/2, 35 = 98, 36 = 100 1/2, 37 = 103) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Deathrace 1,171 Posted August 1, 2021 Brod Munro Wilson, aged 76. Famous amateur jockey of the late 1970s and early 1980s who rode in the 1981 Aldaniti Grand National and whose unique riding style was described as resembling a man trying to fold a deckchair in a gale https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.racingpost.com/news/like-a-man-folding-a-deckchair-amateur-legend-brod-munro-wilson-dies-at-76/503439/amp 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
alt obits guy 3,371 Posted August 2, 2021 Dave Gall, the fifth-most winningest jockey in thoroughbred racing with 7,396 to his credit, has died. He was 79. https://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/a-winner-of-7396-races-jockey-dave-gall-passes/ 1 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
gcreptile 10,972 Posted August 9, 2021 Random find by going through the DDP names, Clive Brittain looking rough in this video from a month ago: His wife died last year. Note the hand in the background. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
drol 11,948 Posted August 9, 2021 8 minutes ago, gcreptile said: Random find by going through the DDP names, Clive Brittain looking rough in this video from a month ago: His wife died last year. Note the hand in the background. You want to suggest he is a puppet? 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Toast 16,140 Posted August 9, 2021 Very odd. All I can think is that his wheelchair's on a slope and she's making sure it doesn't roll down. But why not do the interview somewhere flatter? Looks like he'd had a recent fall. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,743 Posted September 27, 2021 https://www.paulickreport.com/news/bloodstock/champion-caressing-dam-of-champion-west-coast-dies-at-age-23/ Caressing, Breeder's Cup Juvenile Fillies 2000 winner dead aged 23. Bred by Brereton C. Jones, trained by David R. Vance, both are still living and now octogenarians. 955,998 USD earnings. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
YoungWillz 21,050 Posted October 14, 2021 Death Notice for Sir Peter Gibbings (married to the daughter of the 2nd Viscount Lambert): http://announcements.telegraph.co.uk/deaths/252793/gibbings-sir-peter-walter Interestingly, The Sun covered how, due to Sir Peter's illness, the family refused to run their horse Song For Someone in the Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival, but that he was recovering back in April allowing the horse to run in the Aintree Hurdle: https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/horseracing/14562385/song-for-someone-owner-sir-peter-gibbings-tom-symonds-aintree/ Unfortunately, his recovery seems to have been short-lived (no pun intended). 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
arghton 6,743 Posted October 31, 2021 On 03/07/2021 at 02:24, arghton said: Out of the currently living older racehorses, the fact that Alphabet Soup (got to 30 in March) is still living suprises me the most. Winner of the 1996 Breeder's Cup Classic (3 million earnings) And also a cancer survivor! https://www.secretariat.com/askin-haskin/10/30/2021/happy-anniversary-alphabet-soup/ Interesting article on Alphabet Soup. He was retired from breeding at the age of 24 and was sent to Michael Blowen at Old Friends Equine Retirement Farm. A couple of years later he developed several melanomas that grew to the size of softballs, and the Stronachs sent Blowen $10,000 to have them treated. Blowen said Alphabet Soup received one treatment a week for four straight weeks and then one treatment a month for four straight months.” As Waldridge had hoped, the tumors did go away, “He’s better now than he was six years ago, Blowen said. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Gooseberry Crumble 5,346 Posted November 8, 2021 https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/horseracing/16674421/jockey-tom-greenway-dead-aged-38/ Former Jockey Tom Greenway has died aged just 38. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Sir Creep 7,070 Posted November 30, 2021 On 29/07/2020 at 14:35, gcreptile said: British international rider Barry Marshall diagnosed with liver cancer and with "not much left to do": https://www.horseandhound.co.uk/news/barry-marshall-british-rider-and-judge-diagnosed-with-terminal-cancer-720861 Leonie Marshall, International Dressage rider and founder of the Bradbourne Riding and Training Centre in Sevenoaks, has died at the age of 86. She died on November 10 after a short spell in hospital, just ten months after the death of her late husband Barry Marshall. She had been driving her pony, Amber, on the day she was taken to hospital. I guess there was no Amber alert. And yes I’m still pissed off about no DDP obit for Barry. SC 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
