Stephen Knott
Stephen Knott
Article by Alan Trout
Stephen Thomas Knott rode under both codes during the 1990s and won eight races, five on the Flat, three in National Hunt Flat races.
Stephen Thomas Knott rode under both codes during the 1990s and won eight races, five on the Flat, three in National Hunt Flat races.
He was apprenticed to trainer Eric Alston and had his first victory on the five-year-old Kummel King in the Tyne Tees Television Apprentice Claiming Stakes at Newcastle on June 25, 1993. Having led for the first five furlongs, they were passed by Khalloof but then fought back to win by two and a half lengths.
He was apprenticed to trainer Eric Alston and had his first victory on the five-year-old Kummel King in the Tyne Tees Television Apprentice Claiming Stakes at Newcastle on June 25, 1993. Having led for the first five furlongs, they were passed by Khalloof but then fought back to win by two and a half lengths.
Stephen had three more rides on Kummel King that season but was well beaten each time. However, he had two victories on both the six-year-old Gondo and the three-year-old Magic Pearl, both trained, like Kummel King, by Eric Alston, bringing his score to five by the end of the 1993 season, all but the first being against professional jockeys.
Stephen had three more rides on Kummel King that season but was well beaten each time. However, he had two victories on both the six-year-old Gondo and the three-year-old Magic Pearl, both trained, like Kummel King, by Eric Alston, bringing his score to five by the end of the 1993 season, all but the first being against professional jockeys.
He got off the mark under National Hunt rulers when Crowther Homes ran on strongly to beat The Shy Padre by three lengths in the Levy Board N.H. Flat Race at Uttoxeter on April 30, 1994. They followed up at Hexham ten days later.
He got off the mark under National Hunt rulers when Crowther Homes ran on strongly to beat The Shy Padre by three lengths in the Levy Board N.H. Flat Race at Uttoxeter on April 30, 1994. They followed up at Hexham ten days later.
Stephen failed to ride a winner the following season but had a final success when Buster Bob, trained by Jenny Pitman, came again after looking beaten to take the Bonusprint Standard Stakes N.H. Flat race at Warwick on November 25, 1995. It was the five-year-old’s first start under National Hunt rules and he was beaten a long way on his next outing, the only other occasion that Stephen rode him.
Stephen failed to ride a winner the following season but had a final success when Buster Bob, trained by Jenny Pitman, came again after looking beaten to take the Bonusprint Standard Stakes N.H. Flat race at Warwick on November 25, 1995. It was the five-year-old’s first start under National Hunt rules and he was beaten a long way on his next outing, the only other occasion that Stephen rode him.
Stephen Knott’s winners were, in chronological order:
Stephen Knott’s winners were, in chronological order:
1. Kummel King, Newcastle, June 25, 1993
1. Kummel King, Newcastle, June 25, 1993
2. Gondo, Haydock Park, July 3, 1993
2. Gondo, Haydock Park, July 3, 1993
3. Gondo, Ayr, July 19, 1993
3. Gondo, Ayr, July 19, 1993
4. Magic Pearl, Warwick, October 4, 1993
4. Magic Pearl, Warwick, October 4, 1993
5. Magic Pearl, Catterick Bridge, October 16, 1993
5. Magic Pearl, Catterick Bridge, October 16, 1993
6. Crowther Homes, Uttoxeter, April 30, 1994
6. Crowther Homes, Uttoxeter, April 30, 1994
7. Crowther Homes, Hexham, May 10, 1994
7. Crowther Homes, Hexham, May 10, 1994
8. Buster Bob, Warwick, November 25, 1995
8. Buster Bob, Warwick, November 25, 1995
