John Lynn
John, returning on a winner.
John, returning on a winner.
1906 - 1943
1906 - 1943
Irish jump jockey John Lynn made his British debut at Manchester on November 1, 1929, finishing ninth of thirteen runners in the Chat Moss Handicap Hurdle. He broke his duck in this country at the corresponding Manchester fixture twelve months later, October 31, 1930, on Cornafulla in the Sale Selling Handicap Chase.
Irish jump jockey John Lynn made his British debut at Manchester on November 1, 1929, finishing ninth of thirteen runners in the Chat Moss Handicap Hurdle. He broke his duck in this country at the corresponding Manchester fixture twelve months later, October 31, 1930, on Cornafulla in the Sale Selling Handicap Chase.
He went on to ride a total of 43 winners under National Hunt rules in Scotland and the North of England. He lived at Ayr and was a son-in-law of the Scottish trainer, John McGuigan.
He went on to ride a total of 43 winners under National Hunt rules in Scotland and the North of England. He lived at Ayr and was a son-in-law of the Scottish trainer, John McGuigan.
He achieved his greatest successes in the 1933 Lancashire Chase on the Irish-trained ten-year-old South Louth, and the 1936 Molyneaux Chase over the Grand National fences on Bell Boy, trained by his father-in-law John McGuigan.
He achieved his greatest successes in the 1933 Lancashire Chase on the Irish-trained ten-year-old South Louth, and the 1936 Molyneaux Chase over the Grand National fences on Bell Boy, trained by his father-in-law John McGuigan.
His career was interrupted by the war but he was soon back in action when jump racing resumed, notching what would prove to be his last winner on Lion Hunter, trained by Bobby Renton, in the Headley Selling Handicap Chase at Wetherby on November 23, 1945.
His career was interrupted by the war but he was soon back in action when jump racing resumed, notching what would prove to be his last winner on Lion Hunter, trained by Bobby Renton, in the Headley Selling Handicap Chase at Wetherby on November 23, 1945.
Tragically, just two weeks later, he died from a fractured skull following a first-fence fall from Red World in the Carlton Novices’ Chase at Southwell on December 8, 1945. He was 39 years old.
Tragically, just two weeks later, he died from a fractured skull following a first-fence fall from Red World in the Carlton Novices’ Chase at Southwell on December 8, 1945. He was 39 years old.
His father, William, had also been killed in a race fall while riding in a steeplechase at Gowran Park in 1919.
His father, William, had also been killed in a race fall while riding in a steeplechase at Gowran Park in 1919.