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Gordon Playford
Gordon Playford
Article by Alan Trout
Article by Alan Trout
Gordon Playford rode one winner over jumps in a career that began at Devon & Exeter on November 18, 1980, when Bold Aura was beaten a long way in the Staverton Handicap Hurdle.
Gordon Playford rode one winner over jumps in a career that began at Devon & Exeter on November 18, 1980, when Bold Aura was beaten a long way in the Staverton Handicap Hurdle.
He does not appear to have ridden at all the following season, and the closest he came to winning a race in the 1982/83 campaign was at Hereford on April 9, 1983 (Grand National day) when his mount, Royal Portora, finished second, beaten a neck, in the Hay Novices’ Hurdle (Division 2).
He does not appear to have ridden at all the following season, and the closest he came to winning a race in the 1982/83 campaign was at Hereford on April 9, 1983 (Grand National day) when his mount, Royal Portora, finished second, beaten a neck, in the Hay Novices’ Hurdle (Division 2).
However, at Plumpton on August 12, 1983 he took the lead on Whittington three flights out and held the challenge of top jockey Hywel Davies on Wild Rye to win the Street Selling Handicap Hurdle by a short head. The five-year-old was trained by Toby Balding, for whom Gordon rode as a conditional.
However, at Plumpton on August 12, 1983 he took the lead on Whittington three flights out and held the challenge of top jockey Hywel Davies on Wild Rye to win the Street Selling Handicap Hurdle by a short head. The five-year-old was trained by Toby Balding, for whom Gordon rode as a conditional.
Next time out, the pair finished second at Devon & Exeter, but after Whittington changed stables, and despite having around a dozen rides that season, Gordon did not add to his score.
Next time out, the pair finished second at Devon & Exeter, but after Whittington changed stables, and despite having around a dozen rides that season, Gordon did not add to his score.
His rode for the final time at Wincanton on April 5, 1984, when Swift Retort was unplaced in the Bourne Leisure Group N.H. Flat Race (Division 1).
His rode for the final time at Wincanton on April 5, 1984, when Swift Retort was unplaced in the Bourne Leisure Group N.H. Flat Race (Division 1).
Whittington: Gordon Playlord's only winner: Plumpton on August 12, 1983
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