Robert Pettit
Known as 'The Pieman', Robert George Pettit was very small and apparently not, by all accounts, a very good jockey.
Known as 'The Pieman', Robert George Pettit was very small and apparently not, by all accounts, a very good jockey.
Born in Newmarket, he won the 1846 Chesterfield Cup on Mongrel, the 1847 Cambridgeshire on The Widow and the 1855 Coronation Stakes on Alcyone.
Born in Newmarket, he won the 1846 Chesterfield Cup on Mongrel, the 1847 Cambridgeshire on The Widow and the 1855 Coronation Stakes on Alcyone.
He trained to no great effect after quitting the saddle.
He trained to no great effect after quitting the saddle.
He died at Newmarket on August 29, 1875, aged 54.
He died at Newmarket on August 29, 1875, aged 54.
His father, also called Robert, was a trainer at Newmarket; he died on December 8, 1861, aged 67.
His father, also called Robert, was a trainer at Newmarket; he died on December 8, 1861, aged 67.