Shaun Payne
Flat jockey Shaun Maurice Payne was born on July 19, 1959. He served his apprenticeship with Ian Balding at Kingsclere from 1976 to 1982. He rode his first winner on Balding’s three-year-old colt Coffee House in an apprentice race at Leicester on September 25, 1978. That was his sole success from 19 rides that season.
Flat jockey Shaun Maurice Payne was born on July 19, 1959. He served his apprenticeship with Ian Balding at Kingsclere from 1976 to 1982. He rode his first winner on Balding’s three-year-old colt Coffee House in an apprentice race at Leicester on September 25, 1978. That was his sole success from 19 rides that season.
He rode six winners in 1979 but doubled that tally to 12 from 137 mounts in 1980. They included two notable victories: Borderline for Ian Balding in the Chesterfield Cup Handicap at Glorious Goodwood on August 2, and Katysue for Melton Mowbray trainer Walter Wharton in the Bloodstock and General Insurance Nursery at Newmarket on October 2.
He rode six winners in 1979 but doubled that tally to 12 from 137 mounts in 1980. They included two notable victories: Borderline for Ian Balding in the Chesterfield Cup Handicap at Glorious Goodwood on August 2, and Katysue for Melton Mowbray trainer Walter Wharton in the Bloodstock and General Insurance Nursery at Newmarket on October 2.
Shaun rode eight winners from 123 mounts in 1981, one of the last coming on Paul Mellon’s colt Brave The Reef in the Liverpool Handicap at Haydock on September 5.
Shaun rode eight winners from 123 mounts in 1981, one of the last coming on Paul Mellon’s colt Brave The Reef in the Liverpool Handicap at Haydock on September 5.
He completed his apprenticeship the following year. He continued to live at Kingsclere but rode as a freelance from 1984 to 1986, without replicating the success he’d achieved as an apprentice. Sadly, Shaun died young in 1998.
He completed his apprenticeship the following year. He continued to live at Kingsclere but rode as a freelance from 1984 to 1986, without replicating the success he’d achieved as an apprentice. Sadly, Shaun died young in 1998.