Arthur Gossage
Major A. F. W. (Arthur) Gossage was a leading military rider during the late 1920s and early 1930s. He rode in five Grand Military Gold Cups, winning twice on horses owned by himself and trained by Percy Woodland.
Major A. F. W. (Arthur) Gossage was a leading military rider during the late 1920s and early 1930s. He rode in five Grand Military Gold Cups, winning twice on horses owned by himself and trained by Percy Woodland.
He served as a lieutenant in the Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry Territorial Force during World War I. Afterwards he transferred to the 17th/21st Lancers and had achieved the rank of captain when winning the Grand Military Gold Cup for the first time in 1927 on Scotch Eagle , having won a handicap chase on him at Birmingham the previous month. He finished third the following year on another of his horses, Donegal.
He served as a lieutenant in the Lancashire Hussars Yeomanry Territorial Force during World War I. Afterwards he transferred to the 17th/21st Lancers and had achieved the rank of captain when winning the Grand Military Gold Cup for the first time in 1927 on Scotch Eagle , having won a handicap chase on him at Birmingham the previous month. He finished third the following year on another of his horses, Donegal.
Captain Gossage won his second Grand Military Gold Cup on Drin in 1929. He rode Soldier’s Joy in a record field of 66 for that year’s Grand National but failed to finish.
Captain Gossage won his second Grand Military Gold Cup on Drin in 1929. He rode Soldier’s Joy in a record field of 66 for that year’s Grand National but failed to finish.
He’d been promoted to the rank of major by the time the 1930 Grand Military Gold Cup came around. This time he finished second on Drin, beaten by Major Cecil Brownhill on Drintyre.
He’d been promoted to the rank of major by the time the 1930 Grand Military Gold Cup came around. This time he finished second on Drin, beaten by Major Cecil Brownhill on Drintyre.
Prior to that, Major Gossage had ridden Drin to win the Prince of Wales’s Handicap Chase at Sandown on January 30, 1930. He gained another Sandown success in March that year aboard General Advance in the Victory Handicap Chase.
Prior to that, Major Gossage had ridden Drin to win the Prince of Wales’s Handicap Chase at Sandown on January 30, 1930. He gained another Sandown success in March that year aboard General Advance in the Victory Handicap Chase.