Frank Maidment
Frank Maidment
Frank Maidment
1887-1965
1887-1965
Article by Alan Trout
Article by Alan Trout
There could be no greater contrast between the Flat racing careers of Frank Maidment and his Uncle Charlie. The latter had 545 victories including two Derbies and four other Classic races, between his first win in 1860 and his final ride in 1905. By contrast, Frank was in the saddle for just two years and two months and rode no winners at all.
There could be no greater contrast between the Flat racing careers of Frank Maidment and his Uncle Charlie. The latter had 545 victories including two Derbies and four other Classic races, between his first win in 1860 and his final ride in 1905. By contrast, Frank was in the saddle for just two years and two months and rode no winners at all.
Yet Frank could not have been completely hopeless, for he rode in big handicaps such as the Royal Hunt Cup, the Cambridgeshire and the Northumberland Plate, although he did not finish in the first four.
Yet Frank could not have been completely hopeless, for he rode in big handicaps such as the Royal Hunt Cup, the Cambridgeshire and the Northumberland Plate, although he did not finish in the first four.
Born in Worcester in 1887, Frank Percival Mark Maidment was apprenticed to George Blackwell and had his first ride on an unnamed two-year-old, owned by Lord Cadogan, that finished third in the All-Aged Selling Plate at Newmarket on April 29, 1902. Top jockeys Will Halsey and Danny Maher were aboard the first and second, but at least Frank finished in front of six-times champion jockey Morny Cannon.
Born in Worcester in 1887, Frank Percival Mark Maidment was apprenticed to George Blackwell and had his first ride on an unnamed two-year-old, owned by Lord Cadogan, that finished third in the All-Aged Selling Plate at Newmarket on April 29, 1902. Top jockeys Will Halsey and Danny Maher were aboard the first and second, but at least Frank finished in front of six-times champion jockey Morny Cannon.
From then on it was just the occasional ride with a final outing on Love Dart, finishing unplaced in the Trial Plate at Newmarket on June 28, 1904.
From then on it was just the occasional ride with a final outing on Love Dart, finishing unplaced in the Trial Plate at Newmarket on June 28, 1904.
Frank Maidment died at Sydenham, in south-east London, on November 3, 1965, aged 78.
Frank Maidment died at Sydenham, in south-east London, on November 3, 1965, aged 78.
