Archibald Adey

Archibald Adey

Article by Alan Trout

Archibald Adey – sometimes spelt Ayde – won the 1900 Ayr Gold Cup on Child Waters. The race was run over one mile that year and had just seven runners. He also won the 1901 Manchester November Handicap on Carabine.

However, despite those two big race successes, his career did not prosper, and he rode only 10 winners in England. 

Apprenticed to former jockey Fred Lynham, he had his first ride on Miss Diana, unplaced in the Forest Selling Plate at Windsor on July 21, 1899. It was not until the new century that he rode his first winner when Outpass won the High Class Selling Plate (that really was the name of the race) at Lingfield Park on June 5, 1900. He followed this by beating champion jockey Sam Loates in the Prince of Wales Stakes at Leicester on July 24, winning on Child Waters, on which he was to land the Ayr Gold Cup two months later. 

Three more wins followed that year, and he scored five times in 1901. The win on Carabine by a short-head in the Manchester November Handicap was to be his last. Although he had a few rides in 1902, there were no more winners. His final mount was on Jettatura in the Salisbury Plate on May 30, 1902, finishing unplaced. 

Archibald Adey died on May 10, 1910.

His winners were, in chronological order

1. Outpass, Lingfield Park, June 5, 1900

2. Child Waters, Leicester, July 24, 1900

3. Child Waters, Ayr, September 29, 1900

4. ch. f. by Tarporley out of Flore, Gatwick, October 16, 1900

5. b. f. by Tyrant out of Burgundy, Warwick, November 21, 1900

6. Devil’s Dance, Leicester, July 23, 1901

7. b. c. by Upstart out of Undine, Windsor, July 27, 1901

8. Andes, Wolverhampton, October 28, 1901

9. Kinrara, Manchester, November 21, 1901

10. Carabine, Manchester, November 23, 1901