Peter Ellis Barnes was born on July 11, 1945, and served a seven-year apprenticeship with Pat Rohan at Malton in Yorkshire. The fruits of such a long apprenticeship were meagre: he rode just two winners in 1960 including his first, Golden Fun, at Lanark on June 24.
He nominated Scottish Dignity, on which he finished second in the Hornby Stakes at Catterick on June 28, 1967, as the best he rode.
Peter's last ride came on Julie Mary at Doncaster on June 3, 1968.
