Alfred Hammond
Alfred Hammond was born at Shurmer and was apprenticed to William Gilbert at Newmarket. He rode his first winner in 1866.
Alfred Hammond was born at Shurmer and was apprenticed to William Gilbert at Newmarket. He rode his first winner in 1866.
In 1868 he won the Great Metropolitan Handicap on Blueskin and the Portland Handicap on Lady Zetland along with the 1868 Chesterfield Cup on Charnwood. He rode his last winner in 1869. He retired not long afterwards and continued to work for Gilbert. A few years later he became a coachman at Brantingham, in Yorkshire, before returning to racing as Percy Peck’s head lad.
In 1868 he won the Great Metropolitan Handicap on Blueskin and the Portland Handicap on Lady Zetland along with the 1868 Chesterfield Cup on Charnwood. He rode his last winner in 1869. He retired not long afterwards and continued to work for Gilbert. A few years later he became a coachman at Brantingham, in Yorkshire, before returning to racing as Percy Peck’s head lad.
He later became landlord of the Rose and Crown in Cambridge. He died, aged 52, in Cambridge in 1902.
He later became landlord of the Rose and Crown in Cambridge. He died, aged 52, in Cambridge in 1902.