Bill Daniels (spelt Daniells in some accounts) rode the 1887 Grand National winner Gamecock. That year he also won the Champion Chase on the same horse.
In 1889 he won the Valentine's Chase on Whirlwind and, the following year, the Manchester Handicap Chase on Macpherson.
He was born in Cradley Heath in 1848 and, precociously, aged eight, became an apprentice.
He was warned off for ten years between 1876 and 1886.
We know that he became landlord of the Bridge Inn just outside Wolverhampton.
William Daniels died in Bushbury, Wolverhampton, on September 18, 1930. He was 81.
He sold Fred Archer his first pony.
1875: Prince of Wales' Chase - Little Tom
1875: Grand International Hurdle - Industrious
1887: Grand National - Gamecock
1887: Champion Chase - Gamecock
1889: Valentine's Chase - Whirlwind
1890: Manchester Handicap Chase - Macpherson