James Hare

James Hare

1884 - 1956

James Andrew Hare was born in Lambeth, London, on 22 May 1884, the son of James Hare, a noted racehorse owner.

He was apprenticed to Harry Batho, whose owners included Mr Hare, and rode his first winner on Benedictus at Hurst Park on 23 September 1899. His biggest win on the Flat was on Horatio Bottomley’s 20/1 chance Wargrave, trained by Batho, in the 1902 Ebor Handicap. 

James subsequently switched to riding over jumps and won the 1911 Imperial Cup on Brandy-Tree, owned by Solly Joel. 

He retired from the saddle in 1913 and took out a trainer’s licence, based at The Dicker in Sussex, and trained many winners under both rules for Horatio Bottomley. He continued to train at The Dicker until 1929. He briefly held a licence again in the early 1940s. 

James Hare died at Chichester on 9 October 1956, aged 72.

Information sourced from ‘A Biographical Dictionary of Racehorse Trainers in Berkshire 1850-1939’ by David Boyd, published in 1998.