Tommy Enright
1945 - 2019
1945 - 2019
Tommy Enright, of Glasgow House, Middleham, Leyburn, was born in Ireland on August 11, 1945.
Tommy Enright, of Glasgow House, Middleham, Leyburn, was born in Ireland on August 11, 1945.
In 1960, he began a six-year apprenticeship with Con Collins. He made a dream start to his riding career, riding his first winner on his first ride in public, and in a high-profile race too. That victory came on Brunton in the Irish Lincolnshire Handicap at The Curragh on April 8, 1961. There were 19 runners, and it produced an existing finish, with Brunton just hanging on by a neck from the fast-finishing Arctic Sea. Farney Fox was two and a half lengths further back in third.
In 1960, he began a six-year apprenticeship with Con Collins. He made a dream start to his riding career, riding his first winner on his first ride in public, and in a high-profile race too. That victory came on Brunton in the Irish Lincolnshire Handicap at The Curragh on April 8, 1961. There were 19 runners, and it produced an existing finish, with Brunton just hanging on by a neck from the fast-finishing Arctic Sea. Farney Fox was two and a half lengths further back in third.
He went on to become Ireland’s leading apprentice in 1964 with 12 winners.
He went on to become Ireland’s leading apprentice in 1964 with 12 winners.
A keen swimmer who also liked football and driving, Tommy ride 82 winners in Ireland – 62 on the Flat, 20 over jumps – before crossing the Irish Sea in 1967. He rode his first British winner on Bryan Marshall’s selling chaser Mendelssohn at Newton Abbot on May 11, 1968.
A keen swimmer who also liked football and driving, Tommy ride 82 winners in Ireland – 62 on the Flat, 20 over jumps – before crossing the Irish Sea in 1967. He rode his first British winner on Bryan Marshall’s selling chaser Mendelssohn at Newton Abbot on May 11, 1968.
He failed to ride a winner during the next four seasons but then moved north to join Middleham trainer Peter Chisman, for whom he rode two winners during the 1972/73 campaign. They were novice hurdlers Wensum at Wetherby on January 24 and Irish Tony at Kelso on March 31, 1973. Those two successes appear to have been the last of his career.
He failed to ride a winner during the next four seasons but then moved north to join Middleham trainer Peter Chisman, for whom he rode two winners during the 1972/73 campaign. They were novice hurdlers Wensum at Wetherby on January 24 and Irish Tony at Kelso on March 31, 1973. Those two successes appear to have been the last of his career.
Tommy Enright died in November 2019, aged 74. His wife had predeceased him ten years earlier.
Tommy Enright died in November 2019, aged 74. His wife had predeceased him ten years earlier.