James Phillips

c1871-1953


James Phillips rode 154 winners, the first of them on White Hackle in the Selling Steeplechase at Manchester on January 2, 1900.

James was born at West Malling, Kent, and rode Fairland to win the 1902 Lancashire Chase.

In 1916, as Lieut. James Phillips, he served as a transport officer attached to the Durham Light Infantry. He was badly wounded in the face, eyes and hands and rushed to the London Hospital where his sight was saved.

He died at Epsom on October 13, 1953, leaving £6,865