Ken Hutsby
The Hutsbys are a famous Warwickshire hunting family. Several members of the family have ridden under National Hunt rules, the most successful being Ken Hutsby, who rode 21 winners.
The Hutsbys are a famous Warwickshire hunting family. Several members of the family have ridden under National Hunt rules, the most successful being Ken Hutsby, who rode 21 winners.
Most of Ken’s winners came in hunter chases and were trained by Henry Hutsby at Thornton Manor, Ettington, near Stratford-on-Avon. His racing colours were light blue, white armlets, check cap. The best horses he trained were Gin and Sherry, Myami, Parapluie and Subaltern.
Most of Ken’s winners came in hunter chases and were trained by Henry Hutsby at Thornton Manor, Ettington, near Stratford-on-Avon. His racing colours were light blue, white armlets, check cap. The best horses he trained were Gin and Sherry, Myami, Parapluie and Subaltern.
Ken’s first winner came in a Uttoxeter hurdle race rather than a hunter chase, aboard Myami on October 1, 1960. However, Myami was better known as a hunter chaser and gave Ken his second and third wins when scoring in two such contests at Hereford and Taunton during the spring of March 1961.
Ken’s first winner came in a Uttoxeter hurdle race rather than a hunter chase, aboard Myami on October 1, 1960. However, Myami was better known as a hunter chaser and gave Ken his second and third wins when scoring in two such contests at Hereford and Taunton during the spring of March 1961.
Ken had six hunter chase wins in 1962, four of them on Parapluie. The other two were courtesy of 11-year-old Gin And Sherry, including the United Hunts’ Open Challenge Cup at Folkestone’s United Hunts meeting. He won twice on Myami in 1963: the Clive Hunters’ Challenge Cup at Cheltenham and the Gone Away Open Hunters’ Chase at the Folkestone United Hunts meeting.
Ken had six hunter chase wins in 1962, four of them on Parapluie. The other two were courtesy of 11-year-old Gin And Sherry, including the United Hunts’ Open Challenge Cup at Folkestone’s United Hunts meeting. He won twice on Myami in 1963: the Clive Hunters’ Challenge Cup at Cheltenham and the Gone Away Open Hunters’ Chase at the Folkestone United Hunts meeting.
Henry Hutsby also had a five-year-old novice hurdler named Scotch Woodcock in training with Harry Thomson Jones at Newmarket. Ken won twice on him in the autumn of 1963, notably when riding a well-judged race to beat Willie Robinson on Clyders Cottage by five lengths at Cheltenham’s November meeting. His sole hunter chase success that season came on his father’s Wonderment at Newton Abbot in May 1964.
Henry Hutsby also had a five-year-old novice hurdler named Scotch Woodcock in training with Harry Thomson Jones at Newmarket. Ken won twice on him in the autumn of 1963, notably when riding a well-judged race to beat Willie Robinson on Clyders Cottage by five lengths at Cheltenham’s November meeting. His sole hunter chase success that season came on his father’s Wonderment at Newton Abbot in May 1964.
Ken rode three winners in the 1964/65 season, all of them within 48 hours at the start of May. After winning on Subaltern at Huntingdon on the Saturday, they turned out again on the Monday to win the United Hunts Open Challenge Cup at Folkestone. And for good measure, Ken made it a double by winning a second Gone Away Hunters’ Chase on Myami.
Ken rode three winners in the 1964/65 season, all of them within 48 hours at the start of May. After winning on Subaltern at Huntingdon on the Saturday, they turned out again on the Monday to win the United Hunts Open Challenge Cup at Folkestone. And for good measure, Ken made it a double by winning a second Gone Away Hunters’ Chase on Myami.
Afterwards, Ken reduced his riding commitments and had just three more winners over the course of the next ten years, the final one being on Scovronsky, also trained by his father, in the Charles Higgins Memorial Foxhunters’ Cup Chase at Newbury on March 1, 1975.
Afterwards, Ken reduced his riding commitments and had just three more winners over the course of the next ten years, the final one being on Scovronsky, also trained by his father, in the Charles Higgins Memorial Foxhunters’ Cup Chase at Newbury on March 1, 1975.
Ken Hutsby’s winners under National Hunt winners were as follows:
Ken Hutsby’s winners under National Hunt winners were as follows:
1. Myami, Uttoxeter, October 1, 1960
1. Myami, Uttoxeter, October 1, 1960
2. Myami, Hereford, March 11, 1961
2. Myami, Hereford, March 11, 1961
3. Myami, Taunton, May 4, 1961
3. Myami, Taunton, May 4, 1961
4. Rosie’s Cousin, Towcester, May 22, 1961
4. Rosie’s Cousin, Towcester, May 22, 1961
5. Parapluie, Wincanton, February 1, 1962
5. Parapluie, Wincanton, February 1, 1962
6. Parapluie, Wolverhampton, February 20, 1962
6. Parapluie, Wolverhampton, February 20, 1962
7. Parapluie, Worcester, March 19, 1962
7. Parapluie, Worcester, March 19, 1962
8. Gin and Sherry Worcester, March 31, 1962
8. Gin and Sherry Worcester, March 31, 1962
9. Parapluie, Wincanton, April 5, 1962
9. Parapluie, Wincanton, April 5, 1962
10. Gin and Sherry, Folkestone, April 30, 1962
10. Gin and Sherry, Folkestone, April 30, 1962
11. Myami, Cheltenham, April 10, 1963
11. Myami, Cheltenham, April 10, 1963
12. Myami, Folkestone, April 29, 1963
12. Myami, Folkestone, April 29, 1963
13. Scotch Woodcock, Worcester, October 30, 1963
13. Scotch Woodcock, Worcester, October 30, 1963
14. Scotch Woodcock, Cheltenham, November 15, 1963
14. Scotch Woodcock, Cheltenham, November 15, 1963
15. Wonderment, Newton Abbot, May 19, 1964
15. Wonderment, Newton Abbot, May 19, 1964
16. Subaltern, Huntingdon, May 1, 1965
16. Subaltern, Huntingdon, May 1, 1965
17. Myami, Folkestone, May 3, 1965
17. Myami, Folkestone, May 3, 1965
18. Subaltern, Folkestone, May 3, 1965
18. Subaltern, Folkestone, May 3, 1965
19. Golden Bridge II, Worcester, May 18, 1968
19. Golden Bridge II, Worcester, May 18, 1968
20. Straight Bar, Towcester, May 28, 1972
20. Straight Bar, Towcester, May 28, 1972
21. Scovronsky, Newbury, March 1, 1975
21. Scovronsky, Newbury, March 1, 1975
