David Hogg
Article by Alan Trout
David Hogg rode under National Hunt rules in the 1980s and had three winners, all of them on a veteran chaser named Foggy Buoy. A conditional with former jump jockey Mick Naughton, he had his first ride on December 16, 1983 aboard Reay’s Song, finishing seventh of 17 starters in the Beeches Farm Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle at Haydock Park.
David Hogg rode under National Hunt rules in the 1980s and had three winners, all of them on a veteran chaser named Foggy Buoy. A conditional with former jump jockey Mick Naughton, he had his first ride on December 16, 1983 aboard Reay’s Song, finishing seventh of 17 starters in the Beeches Farm Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle at Haydock Park.
He had few rides during the next couple of seasons but finally won a race at Huntingdon on May 8, 1987, when the 13-year-old veteran Foggy Buoy, trained by Peter Calver, took the lead two fences out and ran on well to take the Fenstanton Handicap Chase by five lengths. They followed up twelve days later, coming home 15 lengths clear of Troilena at the end of the Brut de Listel Handicap Chase at Perth.
He had few rides during the next couple of seasons but finally won a race at Huntingdon on May 8, 1987, when the 13-year-old veteran Foggy Buoy, trained by Peter Calver, took the lead two fences out and ran on well to take the Fenstanton Handicap Chase by five lengths. They followed up twelve days later, coming home 15 lengths clear of Troilena at the end of the Brut de Listel Handicap Chase at Perth.
David and Foggy Buoy came good for a third time when landing the Caistor Handicap Chase at Market Rasen on August 1, the opening day of the 1987/88 season, that being their final victory together. They finished second at Huntingdon on Bank Holiday Monday, August 31, but that was Foggy Buoy’s last start, and David had few opportunities after that.
David and Foggy Buoy came good for a third time when landing the Caistor Handicap Chase at Market Rasen on August 1, the opening day of the 1987/88 season, that being their final victory together. They finished second at Huntingdon on Bank Holiday Monday, August 31, but that was Foggy Buoy’s last start, and David had few opportunities after that.
