Nick Mann
National Hunt jockey Nicholas James William Mann began his career with Somerset trainer Richard Holder and enjoyed great success as a conditional jockey, riding 24 winners in the 1989/90 season, all bar one of them for Holder, and 27 in 1990/91, all bar two trained by Holder.
National Hunt jockey Nicholas James William Mann began his career with Somerset trainer Richard Holder and enjoyed great success as a conditional jockey, riding 24 winners in the 1989/90 season, all bar one of them for Holder, and 27 in 1990/91, all bar two trained by Holder.
Nick was still claiming 7lb when scoring his first big race win on Leavenworth in the Murphy’s Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham on November 11, 1989. The following season he built up a fine partnership with Sir Crusty, winning twice at Cheltenham in October 1990 then returning to Prestbury Park to win the Murphy’s Handicap Hurdle again in November.
Nick was still claiming 7lb when scoring his first big race win on Leavenworth in the Murphy’s Handicap Hurdle at Cheltenham on November 11, 1989. The following season he built up a fine partnership with Sir Crusty, winning twice at Cheltenham in October 1990 then returning to Prestbury Park to win the Murphy’s Handicap Hurdle again in November.
He achieved his biggest success when winning Kempton’s Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle on another Richard Holder-trained horse, Star Season, on January 19, 1991.
He achieved his biggest success when winning Kempton’s Lanzarote Handicap Hurdle on another Richard Holder-trained horse, Star Season, on January 19, 1991.
He rode 100/1 outsider Honeybeer Mead in the 1992 Grand National but parted company at the Canal Turn on the first circuit.
He rode 100/1 outsider Honeybeer Mead in the 1992 Grand National but parted company at the Canal Turn on the first circuit.
Nick later rode winners for Stan Mellor among others. Although he achieved scores of 21 in the 1992/93 season and 12 the next, his seasonal totals then fell to single figures. He rode eight winners in the 1996/97 season, the last in which he held a licence.
Nick later rode winners for Stan Mellor among others. Although he achieved scores of 21 in the 1992/93 season and 12 the next, his seasonal totals then fell to single figures. He rode eight winners in the 1996/97 season, the last in which he held a licence.