Albert Glaiser
Albert Glaiser
Albert Glaiser
1886-1932
1886-1932
National Hunt jockey Albert Glaiser was born in 1886 and rode a total of 26 winners over jumps during a career that was compromised by World War One.
National Hunt jockey Albert Glaiser was born in 1886 and rode a total of 26 winners over jumps during a career that was compromised by World War One.
Albert made his debut when finishing last of three on 10-1 outsider Bad Sovereign in the Cobham Three-Year-Old Selling Hurdle at Lingfield Park on December 14, 1906. Lingfield was also the venue for his first winner, notwithstanding that it took more than four years for him to break the ice. His long wait finally ended with a five-length victory on 10-1 shot Sacred Bird in Lingfield’s Guest Hall Selling Hurdle on February 10, 1911.
Albert made his debut when finishing last of three on 10-1 outsider Bad Sovereign in the Cobham Three-Year-Old Selling Hurdle at Lingfield Park on December 14, 1906. Lingfield was also the venue for his first winner, notwithstanding that it took more than four years for him to break the ice. His long wait finally ended with a five-length victory on 10-1 shot Sacred Bird in Lingfield’s Guest Hall Selling Hurdle on February 10, 1911.
He rode one more winner that year but then had to wait another three years before he had another. When World War One arrived, he had ridden just those three winners during eight years in the saddle.
He rode one more winner that year but then had to wait another three years before he had another. When World War One arrived, he had ridden just those three winners during eight years in the saddle.
The end of the war in November 1918 brought a rapid but brief change of fortune for Albert Glaiser. He won the very first race of 1919 on Minstrel Park in the Cliff Selling Handicap Chase at Manchester on New Year’s Day. That heralded the start of a banner year in which he booted home 16 winners while riding as stable jockey to Alfriston trainer John Hare, placing him tenth in that year’s jockey standings. They included a treble at Sandown Park on May 3 aboard 6-4 favourite Minstrel Park in the Pavilion Selling Chase, 6-1 shot Knight Of Manister in the Great Sandown Handicap Hurdle, and 5-1 chance MacMerry in the Criterion Handicap Chase, all trained by Hare.
The end of the war in November 1918 brought a rapid but brief change of fortune for Albert Glaiser. He won the very first race of 1919 on Minstrel Park in the Cliff Selling Handicap Chase at Manchester on New Year’s Day. That heralded the start of a banner year in which he booted home 16 winners while riding as stable jockey to Alfriston trainer John Hare, placing him tenth in that year’s jockey standings. They included a treble at Sandown Park on May 3 aboard 6-4 favourite Minstrel Park in the Pavilion Selling Chase, 6-1 shot Knight Of Manister in the Great Sandown Handicap Hurdle, and 5-1 chance MacMerry in the Criterion Handicap Chase, all trained by Hare.
Albert won seven chases altogether on Minstrel Park that year. Following their New Year’s Day success at Manchester, they won selling chases at Gatwick in January and February, Sandown in February, May and October, then landed the Middlesex Handicap Chase at Kempton Park in November.
Albert won seven chases altogether on Minstrel Park that year. Following their New Year’s Day success at Manchester, they won selling chases at Gatwick in January and February, Sandown in February, May and October, then landed the Middlesex Handicap Chase at Kempton Park in November.
Alas, that successful year was not repeated, for he rode only five winners in 1920, just one in 1921, and then none for the next eight years. It is, of course, possible that his career was interrupted by a serious injury or he may not have held a licence. Whatever the reason, Albert rode just one more winner, that coming on Jays Jacket in the Park Hill Selling Chase at Wetherby on April 2, 1929.
Alas, that successful year was not repeated, for he rode only five winners in 1920, just one in 1921, and then none for the next eight years. It is, of course, possible that his career was interrupted by a serious injury or he may not have held a licence. Whatever the reason, Albert rode just one more winner, that coming on Jays Jacket in the Park Hill Selling Chase at Wetherby on April 2, 1929.
His career ended with a spill from Spring Blossom, the only faller in the 17-runner Tollerton Handicap Chase at Nottingham on January 27, 1931, by which time he was in his mid-40s.
His career ended with a spill from Spring Blossom, the only faller in the 17-runner Tollerton Handicap Chase at Nottingham on January 27, 1931, by which time he was in his mid-40s.
Whether that fall became a contributory factor in his early demise is not known, but Albert Glaiser died the following year.
Whether that fall became a contributory factor in his early demise is not known, but Albert Glaiser died the following year.
Albert's 1919 Sandown treble:
Minstrel Park, KInight of Manister & MacMerry