Brian Deacon
Article by Chris Pitt
Article by Chris Pitt
National Hunt jockey Brian Peter Deacon was born on March 19, 1940 and was apprenticed to Gordon Smyth at Arundel but did not ride a winner on the Flat.
National Hunt jockey Brian Peter Deacon was born on March 19, 1940 and was apprenticed to Gordon Smyth at Arundel but did not ride a winner on the Flat.
He became assistant trainer to Frank Yardley, whose yard was at Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, and rode pretty much exclusively for him.
He became assistant trainer to Frank Yardley, whose yard was at Chaddesley Corbett, Worcestershire, and rode pretty much exclusively for him.
His first winner was Lively Hopkins in a Southwell selling chase on March 12, 1962. He won three more chases on Lively Hopkins that season, including twice at Cartmel over the Whitsun weekend.
His first winner was Lively Hopkins in a Southwell selling chase on March 12, 1962. He won three more chases on Lively Hopkins that season, including twice at Cartmel over the Whitsun weekend.
Brian’s next visit to the winner’s enclosure wasn’t until October 1963 when Dandy landed a Market Rasen selling hurdle. He rode three more winners that term, two of them on selling hurdler Francala, who scored twice in nine days in March 1964, firstly at Worcester and then at Huntingdon on Easter Monday. Those would be his last winners for more than three and a half years.
Brian’s next visit to the winner’s enclosure wasn’t until October 1963 when Dandy landed a Market Rasen selling hurdle. He rode three more winners that term, two of them on selling hurdler Francala, who scored twice in nine days in March 1964, firstly at Worcester and then at Huntingdon on Easter Monday. Those would be his last winners for more than three and a half years.
The drought was finally broken when Frank Yardley’s Gracious Courtier won a conditional jockeys’ three-mile handicap hurdle at Plumpton on November 16, 1967. Brian won on him again at Warwick later that season.
The drought was finally broken when Frank Yardley’s Gracious Courtier won a conditional jockeys’ three-mile handicap hurdle at Plumpton on November 16, 1967. Brian won on him again at Warwick later that season.
He rated Yardley’s hurdler Brown Bomber as the best he rode during his career. He only won on him once, at Market Rasen in December 1968, his sole winner of that season, but he was placed several times in handicap company.
He rated Yardley’s hurdler Brown Bomber as the best he rode during his career. He only won on him once, at Market Rasen in December 1968, his sole winner of that season, but he was placed several times in handicap company.
Brian’s final three winners were all in selling hurdles, the last being on Double Diamond at Uttoxeter on Easter Monday 1970. He relinquished his licence at the end of the following season.
Brian’s final three winners were all in selling hurdles, the last being on Double Diamond at Uttoxeter on Easter Monday 1970. He relinquished his licence at the end of the following season.
Brian Deacon’s winners were, in chronological order:
Brian Deacon’s winners were, in chronological order:
1. Lively Hopkins, Southwell, March 12, 1962
1. Lively Hopkins, Southwell, March 12, 1962
2. Lively Hopkins, Wye, April 14, 1962
2. Lively Hopkins, Wye, April 14, 1962
3. Lively Hopkins, Cartmel, June 9, 1962
3. Lively Hopkins, Cartmel, June 9, 1962
4. Lively Hopkins, Cartmel, June 11, 1962
4. Lively Hopkins, Cartmel, June 11, 1962
5. Dandy, Market Rasen, October 12, 1963
5. Dandy, Market Rasen, October 12, 1963
6. Kronborg, Liverpool, January 2, 1964
6. Kronborg, Liverpool, January 2, 1964
7. Francala, Worcester, March 21, 1964
7. Francala, Worcester, March 21, 1964
8. Francala, Huntingdon, March 30, 1964
8. Francala, Huntingdon, March 30, 1964
9. Gracious Courtier, Plumpton, November 16, 1967
9. Gracious Courtier, Plumpton, November 16, 1967
10. Gracious Courtier, Warwick, March 23, 1968
10. Gracious Courtier, Warwick, March 23, 1968
11. Brown Bomber, Market Rasen, December 4, 1968
11. Brown Bomber, Market Rasen, December 4, 1968
12. Supremo, Warwick, October 14, 1969
12. Supremo, Warwick, October 14, 1969
13. Supremo, Taunton, October 18, 1969
13. Supremo, Taunton, October 18, 1969
14. Double Diamond, Uttoxeter, March 30, 1970
14. Double Diamond, Uttoxeter, March 30, 1970
