Bob Jones
Article & photo by Chris Pitt
Article & photo by Chris Pitt
Robert Walter Jones, better known as Bob Jones, was born on November 9, 1944 and served his apprenticeship with Sam Armstrong at Newmarket. But it was another Newmarket trainer, Maurice Moroney, who supplied Bob’s first winner, a filly named Certificate in a three-year-old maiden handicap at Pontefract on June 21, 1962.
Robert Walter Jones, better known as Bob Jones, was born on November 9, 1944 and served his apprenticeship with Sam Armstrong at Newmarket. But it was another Newmarket trainer, Maurice Moroney, who supplied Bob’s first winner, a filly named Certificate in a three-year-old maiden handicap at Pontefract on June 21, 1962.
Bob rode five winners in 1963, the first of them on Armstrong’s colt Pickapepper in an apprentices’ handicap at Newmarket’s
Bob rode five winners in 1963, the first of them on Armstrong’s colt Pickapepper in an apprentices’ handicap at Newmarket’s
Craven Meeting on April 18. Two more came courtesy of the Bernard van Cutsem-trained Line Shooter, at Thirsk in May and Newbury in June.
Craven Meeting on April 18. Two more came courtesy of the Bernard van Cutsem-trained Line Shooter, at Thirsk in May and Newbury in June.
Having ensured a winnerless 1964, Bob bounced back the following year with an early strike on nine-year-old dual-purpose performer Morland Jack, trained by Arthur Thomas, at Pontefract on April 21. He scored
Having ensured a winnerless 1964, Bob bounced back the following year with an early strike on nine-year-old dual-purpose performer Morland Jack, trained by Arthur Thomas, at Pontefract on April 21. He scored
twice more that year, including a 20/1 shock victory on Armstrong’s filly Kalispera in a three-year-old maiden at Newmarket on May 29.
twice more that year, including a 20/1 shock victory on Armstrong’s filly Kalispera in a three-year-old maiden at Newmarket on May 29.
After coming out of his time, Bob continued to ride for Armstrong along with other Newmarket trainers. He averaged around 30 rides a season and rode three more winners, one each year from 1970 to 1972.
After coming out of his time, Bob continued to ride for Armstrong along with other Newmarket trainers. He averaged around 30 rides a season and rode three more winners, one each year from 1970 to 1972.
These were: Angarrick, for Peter Robinson, at Ayr on May 30, 1970; Sam Armstrong’s smart two-year-old
These were: Angarrick, for Peter Robinson, at Ayr on May 30, 1970; Sam Armstrong’s smart two-year-old
Meadow Mint at Sandown on June 1, 1971 – Meadow Mint went on to win Sandown’s Solario Stakes three months later in the hands of Willie Carson; and finally Clive Brittain’s Diana Jane in a one-mile three-year-old fillies’ maiden at Pontefract on June 27, 1972.
Meadow Mint at Sandown on June 1, 1971 – Meadow Mint went on to win Sandown’s Solario Stakes three months later in the hands of Willie Carson; and finally Clive Brittain’s Diana Jane in a one-mile three-year-old fillies’ maiden at Pontefract on June 27, 1972.
He did not hold a jockey’s licence after 1972.
He did not hold a jockey’s licence after 1972.