Catch-up

February 10

Lester Piggott rides first Australian winner   (1985)

Mrs Dingwall battles on  (1977)

Horatio Powell contests Light Weight Stakes at Aylesbury Steeplechases (11836)

Jockey Isaac Morgan collapses and dies  (1933)

 Jimmy Duggan rides first point-to-point winner  (1980)

February 9

Ex-jockey Anthony Andrews sends out first winner as trainer  (1978)

Jockey Robert Chadwick rides for the last time   (1939)

NH jockey Peter Major makes debut at Leicester  (1948)

Andy Orkney rides first winner (1960)

Jockey Ernest Smith lands gamble   (1946)

 David Bridgwater rides final winner  (1988)

Bill Smith rides 100th winner  (1972

Jockeys warm to mechanical horse  (1996)

Jamie Spencer - No Regrets  (2005)

Tony McCoy rides 3,000th winner  (2009)

Marston splits from Pitman  (1997)

Odd fact

When the Directory of the Turf first came out in 1961, several senior jockeys 

(Gene Kelly among them) agreed  to knock two years off their age 

because they feared that some trainers wouldn't put them up if they knew their real age

February 8

Fallon loses appeal  (2008)

Jockey Club - New whip rules   (2002)

Jonjo completes fastest ever 100  (1978)

Shergar stolen  (1983)

John Sutcliffe rides first winner  (1957)

 John Dowling marries  (1953)

Odd fact

1921 Derby winner Humorist died two weeks later from a tubercular  lung condition

February 7

John Egan arrested in Hong Kong  (2002)

Murtagh fits Ballydoyle bill  (2005)

Thorne first woman to win NH race  (1976)

Timmy Murphy article  (2003)

19-year-old Jack Tyne dies from injuries  (2011)

John Foster takes career-ending fall  (1953(

February 6

Effect of King's death (1952)

Major Leslie Petch dies  (1983)

Jamie Spencer quits Ballydoyle

Jockey Jem Snowden dies  (1889)

NH jockey David Doyle has first ride  (1934)

Odd fact

Portsmouth builder Bill Davies has installed stained glass windows in his house

depicting Lester Piggott's greatest wins

February 5

Aspell injured on return (1998)

Grand National-winning owner dies  (1967)

Ill-fated Richard Evans rides 300th winner (1980)

The naming of Spigot Lodge  (1967

Ken White wins National Trial on first ride back (1969)

John Pratt dies  (1828)

David Casey wins Leopardstown Hennessy  (2005)

Jockey Joe Childs dies 1958

Odd fact

John 'Kipper' Lynch's dad was a fishmonger

February 4

Grand National weights published (2003)

Paul Cook marries  (1969)

Lost licence costs ex-jockey his life (1950)

John Forth dies  (1848)

Won 1827 Derby on Frederick

Gilbert Wall takes career-ending fall (1924)

Richard Linley equals best record  (1981)

Gordon Holmes rides his first winner  (1967)

Hawthorn Hill racing planned  (1963)

Odd fact

Lester Piggott once guested on a 1951 radio show programme, Calling All Forces,with Petula Clark and Shirley Bassey

February 3

Dunwoody scores fastest century (1986)

Earl of Derby dies  (1948)

Jockeys regain licences (1998)

Letters to The Times  (1988)

Pipe beats own record (1989)

Trainer sues newspaper  (1998)

Townley Stone put down  (1989)

Pipe equals record  (2000)

Arthur Birch dies  (1911)

Nimrod Wilkinson in spectacular win

Odd fact

Desert Orchid's trainer David Elsworth once worked as a nightwatchman.

February 2

Mill Reef put down (1986)

Won 1971 Derby 

Jamie Osborne in court  (2000)

Offered £20,000 to stop favourites

Trainer banned for two years  (1977)

Alan Aylett loses licence

Ramsden empire collapses  (1989)

Rule amendment  (1983)

A Flint killed in fall  (1905)

English jockey dies in France

February 1

Peter Caldwell loses landmark court case  (2001)

He tried to sue Mick Fitzgerald & Adrian Maguire for negligence 

Francois Boutin dies  (1995)

Brilliant french trainer of Arazi, Sagaro & Misque

The Grey Bomber electrocuted  (1983)

Kevin Darley goes freelance  (1988)

'Very disappointed' at losing position with Mel Brittain

Sceptre dies  (1926)

She won four out of five classics in 1902

Re-think on jockeys' title  (1995)

Format changed

Riders in the night  (2001)

Condom machine installed at Mussleburgh

Thomas Mabbutt has first ride in public  (1946)

NH jockey who rode from 1946 to 1960

Stephen Wiles takes out trainer's licence (1979)

Rode 14 NH winners as professional in late sixties

Clive Eccleston marries  (1969)

This proved to be the first of two marriages

Owner of Mill Reef dies  (1999)

Odd fact

The first Sunday meeting in the UK took place at  Les Landes  in Jersey on August 5, 1984

January 31

Alex Greaves takes Southwell by storm  

Declan Murphy defends himself over ban (1993)

Irish Jockeys banned  (1986)

Women allowed to enter horses  (1947)

Rookie jockey Paul Evans comes second at Windsor

Fred Archer marries  (1883)

Horses rescued from stable fire  (1988)

Death of Old Tay Bridge  (1927)

Odd fact

Sir Alex Ferguson's first racehorse - and first winner - was named Queensland Star

after a ship built by the yard where his father worked

January 30

Fred Rickaby dies  (2010)

Richard Linley relinquishes retainer with Toby Balding  (1980)

1897 Epsom Derby winner Galtee More killed boarding Hoppegarten train

Mr Hodgson-Roberts dies  (1940)

Twice won National Hunt at Cheltenham

Betting Rules revised  (1947)

Fifth person arrested in doping case

Hennessy winner disqualified 14 months after race  (2004)

Trust me - I'm A Crook!

Dick Francis retire  (1957)

Odd fact

The renowned chef, Mrs Beeton, once lived in the original Epsom Grandstand

January 29

Dennis Letherby in intensive care  (1985)

Gary Lyons loses 5lb claim  (1990)

Sun sends jockey wrong way  (2001)

Jockey Jack Leach dies  (1972)

Nottingham incident earns jockey 21 day suspension

Richard Dunwoody rides 1,000th winner

Odd fact

Sandown Park racecourse was constructed on the site of a priory built by Henry ll

all of whose occupants perished in the plague of 1349

January 28

Jamie Osborne arrested  (1998)

Bobby Beasley trains first English winner  (1982)

Jockeys have licences suspended  (1998)

Jockeys' phone dispute  (20030

Lady Murless dies  (1993)

No starting prices returned  (1991)

Anthony Andrews rides first winner  (1972)

Bray Star dies after being doped

Odd fact

Dual Champion Hurdle winner Monksfield was an inveterate snorer

January 27

Graham Thorner rides 500th winner on 28th birthday  (1977)

He lands a treble at Huntingdon

Apprentice banned over drugs  (2005)

Robert Miles never rides again

Thomson Jones trains first winner (1989)

He sends out Pukka Major to win at Wincanton

A curious objection  (1921)

Owner objects for 'insufficient description'

Graham Bradley loses allowance  (1982)

He wins on Manhattan Island

January 26

Grand National winner destroyed  (1935)

Fobra breaks fetlock at Newbury

Alan Tenanty has first ride  (1987)

He rides Lucksin at Chepstow

David Goulding cleared (1982)

His riding of Ekbalko on November 14 was under review

First English win for Jerry Griffin  (1968)

He scores on Tipperty at Doncaster

Jockeys fight after race  (2005)

Callan & Kelly clash

Funeral of Martin Blackshaw  (1989)

Killed in car crash on way to Chantilly dentist

Jockey Bob Everett killed on active service  (1942)

His plane crashes on Llanddona beach

Top French jockey Maxime Garcia killed in skiing accident  (1972)

Was on holiday in Courcheval in the Savoy Alps

January 25

Sam Twiston-Davies rides first ever winner at Sedgefield  (2015)

He gets 4-6 fav Aqalim home in the first race

Trainer Henry Bell banned for cruelty  (1985)

Horses in his care 'emaciated'

F Morris rides first winner  (1965)

He scores on Upall Night at Wolverhampton

Richard Linley's returns in triumph (1987)

He rides a winner on comeback

New racecourse plans meet set-back  (1988)

Patrick Farrell makes debut  (1983)

Shane Lyons granted licence  (1989)

 Louis Steward rides out 7 lb allowance  (2014)

He rides a double at Lingfield Park