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1871-1923
Tom Adams, born at Bourton-on-the-Hill, was the son of trainer, William James Adams, for whom he rode.
We first catch sight of young Tom as a fifteen-year-old riding Saphia in an Epsom Nursery on Wednesday, October 6th, 1886.Claiming 5lbs, Tom finished last.Â
Ten years later, he was declared bankrupt: his father had cited Tom's gambling debts as a cause of his own bankruptcy just a year earlier.
The 1911 census shows Tom then described as a racecourse trainer.
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