Robin Knipe
1939 - 2019
1939 - 2019
Leading amateur rider Robin Francis Knipe was born in Hereford on June 30, 1939. After successes in point-to-points he gained his first victory under National Hunt rules on Joycott in a Worcester hunters’ chase on March 25 1961.
Leading amateur rider Robin Francis Knipe was born in Hereford on June 30, 1939. After successes in point-to-points he gained his first victory under National Hunt rules on Joycott in a Worcester hunters’ chase on March 25 1961.
A dairy farmer by profession, he subsequently set up a stud near Hereford at Cobhall Court following his marriage to Scarlett Rimell, daughter of Fred and Mercy Rimell. He rode Fred’s good chaser Quick Approach and rated him one of the best horse he’d ridden.
A dairy farmer by profession, he subsequently set up a stud near Hereford at Cobhall Court following his marriage to Scarlett Rimell, daughter of Fred and Mercy Rimell. He rode Fred’s good chaser Quick Approach and rated him one of the best horse he’d ridden.
He is best remembered for his association with Some Man, on who he won no less than 15 hunter chases including the 1970 Horse and Hound Cup Final Champion Hunters Chase at Stratford.
He is best remembered for his association with Some Man, on who he won no less than 15 hunter chases including the 1970 Horse and Hound Cup Final Champion Hunters Chase at Stratford.
He went on to accumulate 53 winners under rules in addition to being champion point-to-point rider. His career in the saddle was ended when he broke his back when falling at the first fence on Crème Brule in a hunter chase at Warwick on May 6, 1972. He spent six months in Stoke Mandeville – at one stage it looked as though he would never walk again.
He went on to accumulate 53 winners under rules in addition to being champion point-to-point rider. His career in the saddle was ended when he broke his back when falling at the first fence on Crème Brule in a hunter chase at Warwick on May 6, 1972. He spent six months in Stoke Mandeville – at one stage it looked as though he would never walk again.
Robin Knipe died on September 1, 2019, aged 80.
Robin Knipe died on September 1, 2019, aged 80.