Frederick Amor

Frederick Amor

Article by Alan Trout

Although he rode for four seasons in the Flat during the first decade of the 20th century, Frederick Amor did not manage to win a race.

He was apprenticed to former jump jockey Edward Stanley Hunt and had his first ride at Birmingham on September 19, 1904, when his mount Paint Box was unplaced in the Perry Barr (mistakenly spelt as ‘Bar’ in the form book) Selling Plate, the race being won by Bernard Dillon on an unnamed three-year-old. 

Frederick carried just 5st 13lb in that race so weight was evidently not a problem. However, he only had a limited number of opportunities over the next three seasons and failed to make a breakthrough. 

His final ride was at Gatwick on August 31, 1907, when Brandphion finished down the field in the Lowfield Maiden Two-Year-Old Plate won by champion jockey Billy Higgs on Matchmaker.