Tony O'Hagan
Jump jockey Anthony Trevor (Tony) O’Hagan was born on January 16, 1957. He started his racing career on the Flat in 1974 with Peter Walwyn but failed to ride a winner in that sphere. He graduated to riding over jumps and scored his first victory on Hidden Talent in a novice riders’ hurdle race at Southwell on April 7, 1977.
Jump jockey Anthony Trevor (Tony) O’Hagan was born on January 16, 1957. He started his racing career on the Flat in 1974 with Peter Walwyn but failed to ride a winner in that sphere. He graduated to riding over jumps and scored his first victory on Hidden Talent in a novice riders’ hurdle race at Southwell on April 7, 1977.
He lived in Tenbury Wells and rode throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, mainly for Shropshire trainees Malcolm Eckley and Ken White. He enjoyed limited success as most of the horses he rode weren’t very good.
He lived in Tenbury Wells and rode throughout the 1980s and early 1990s, mainly for Shropshire trainees Malcolm Eckley and Ken White. He enjoyed limited success as most of the horses he rode weren’t very good.
Tony rated Malcolm Eckley’s handicap hurdler Elsell as the best he rode. He won five races on her, beginning with the Garrick Jubilee Challenge Cup at Stratford on August 30, 1980. The following year, on June 20, he married Carolyn Ann, who went on to give a daughter, Naomi Jayne.
Tony rated Malcolm Eckley’s handicap hurdler Elsell as the best he rode. He won five races on her, beginning with the Garrick Jubilee Challenge Cup at Stratford on August 30, 1980. The following year, on June 20, he married Carolyn Ann, who went on to give a daughter, Naomi Jayne.
He won six races on a horse named Headin’ On, a novice hurdle when trained by Malcolm Eckley and five chases when trained by Ken White. They included three handicap chases in a row within the first three weeks of the 1988/89 campaign, notably the Border Fox Challenge Trophy at Newton Abbot and the Ansells Handicap Chase at Uttoxeter. They bookended that season by winning Hereford’s The Edwardian Handicap Chase on Whitsun Bank Holiday Monday.
He won six races on a horse named Headin’ On, a novice hurdle when trained by Malcolm Eckley and five chases when trained by Ken White. They included three handicap chases in a row within the first three weeks of the 1988/89 campaign, notably the Border Fox Challenge Trophy at Newton Abbot and the Ansells Handicap Chase at Uttoxeter. They bookended that season by winning Hereford’s The Edwardian Handicap Chase on Whitsun Bank Holiday Monday.
Tony’s last two winners came during the 1992/93 season, both of them on Ken White’s novice hurdler Ercall Miller, at Bangor-on-Dee on November 27, 1992, and at Wolverhampton on March 8, 1993.
Tony’s last two winners came during the 1992/93 season, both of them on Ken White’s novice hurdler Ercall Miller, at Bangor-on-Dee on November 27, 1992, and at Wolverhampton on March 8, 1993.
He announced his retirement in May 1994, aged 37, following a 20-year career in which he had partnered around 30 winners. He took up a post of assistant groundsman at Hereford Racecourse.
He announced his retirement in May 1994, aged 37, following a 20-year career in which he had partnered around 30 winners. He took up a post of assistant groundsman at Hereford Racecourse.
