Walter Edwin Bray was born in Brixton on October 23, 1885, the son of a horse omnibus driver. He was apprenticed to Albert Sadler at Freemason Lodge in Newmarket and rode his first winner on Oceano at Sandown Park on June 14, 1901.
He gained his biggest success on Rose Blair in the 1902 Queen Anne Stakes – then known as the Trial Stakes – at Royal Ascot. He registered a score of 39 winners that year.
Sadly, his career went downhill thereafter. He rode his last winner on a two-year-old named Berrybird at Stockton on April 23, 1909. He was last heard of living in Leicestershire, after which the trail goes cold.
He also won the 1902 Ascot Stakes on Scullion.
