Harry Reed
National Hunt jockey Harry Smethurst Reed rode a total of 44 winners, starting with Bright Daw in a novice hurdle at Stratford on 15 May 1948.
National Hunt jockey Harry Smethurst Reed rode a total of 44 winners, starting with Bright Daw in a novice hurdle at Stratford on 15 May 1948.
He then began a successful long-term association as stable jockey cum head lad to permit holder Sidney Banks, who trained at Sandy, in Bedfordshire. Harry rode nine winners in the 1951/52 campaign, all of them for Banks. They included three wins apiece on Man of Honour and Stipend and a double at Hereford in May 1952.
He then began a successful long-term association as stable jockey cum head lad to permit holder Sidney Banks, who trained at Sandy, in Bedfordshire. Harry rode nine winners in the 1951/52 campaign, all of them for Banks. They included three wins apiece on Man of Honour and Stipend and a double at Hereford in May 1952.
Harry went on to win another six races on Man of Honour over the next two seasons. He enjoyed his best season numerically in 1955/56, riding ten winners, including Huntingdon doubles on the Easter and Whitsun bank holiday Mondays. Although remaining Sidney Banks’ stable jockey, he also won five races on Pat Moore’s hurdler Birikorus.
Harry went on to win another six races on Man of Honour over the next two seasons. He enjoyed his best season numerically in 1955/56, riding ten winners, including Huntingdon doubles on the Easter and Whitsun bank holiday Mondays. Although remaining Sidney Banks’ stable jockey, he also won five races on Pat Moore’s hurdler Birikorus.
Harry later took out a trainer’s licence, based at Cornhill Stables, Pattishall, near Towcester, and achieved his first success as trainer/rider with novice chaser Poziere at Towcester on Easter Monday 1958. Thereafter, he mostly rode the horses he trained himself and had few outside rides. His best horses were Poziere, on whom he won four times, and staying hurdler Oakleigh Way, who provided Harry with the final three wins of his career, the last of them at Southwell on October 10, 1960.
Harry later took out a trainer’s licence, based at Cornhill Stables, Pattishall, near Towcester, and achieved his first success as trainer/rider with novice chaser Poziere at Towcester on Easter Monday 1958. Thereafter, he mostly rode the horses he trained himself and had few outside rides. His best horses were Poziere, on whom he won four times, and staying hurdler Oakleigh Way, who provided Harry with the final three wins of his career, the last of them at Southwell on October 10, 1960.
He relinquished both his jockey’s and trainer’s licence in 1961.
He relinquished both his jockey’s and trainer’s licence in 1961.
Harry Reed’s winners were, in chronological order:
Harry Reed’s winners were, in chronological order:
1. Kooraway, Stratford-on-Avon, January 5, 1950
1. Kooraway, Stratford-on-Avon, January 5, 1950
2. Rowney Canyon, West Norfolk Hunt (Fakenham) May 6, 1950
2. Rowney Canyon, West Norfolk Hunt (Fakenham) May 6, 1950
3. Sandy Boy, Stratford-on-Avon, October 11, 1951
3. Sandy Boy, Stratford-on-Avon, October 11, 1951
4. Man of Honour, Towcester, November 16, 1951
4. Man of Honour, Towcester, November 16, 1951
5. Man of Honour, Hurst Park, November 20, 1951
5. Man of Honour, Hurst Park, November 20, 1951
6. Man of Honour, Hurst Park, March 7, 1952
6. Man of Honour, Hurst Park, March 7, 1952
7. Stipend, Towcester, April 14, 1952
7. Stipend, Towcester, April 14, 1952
8. Sandy Boy, Wye, April 21, 1952
8. Sandy Boy, Wye, April 21, 1952
9. Victory Arch, Hereford, May 3, 1952
9. Victory Arch, Hereford, May 3, 1952
10. Stipend, Hereford, May 3, 1952
10. Stipend, Hereford, May 3, 1952
11. Stipend, Towcester, May 12, 1952
11. Stipend, Towcester, May 12, 1952
12. High Havens, Towcester, November 15, 1952
12. High Havens, Towcester, November 15, 1952
13. Man of Honour, Sandown Park, December 11, 1952
13. Man of Honour, Sandown Park, December 11, 1952
14. Man of Honour, Huntingdon, April 6, 1953
14. Man of Honour, Huntingdon, April 6, 1953
15. Sandy Boy, Wye, April 20, 1953
15. Sandy Boy, Wye, April 20, 1953
16. Man of Honour, Leicester, January 5, 1954
16. Man of Honour, Leicester, January 5, 1954
17. Man of Honour, Hurst Park, January 13, 1954
17. Man of Honour, Hurst Park, January 13, 1954
18. Man of Honour, Sandown Park, April 7, 1954
18. Man of Honour, Sandown Park, April 7, 1954
19. Dandy Scot, Towcester, April 17, 1954
19. Dandy Scot, Towcester, April 17, 1954
20. Man of Honour, Huntingdon, April 19, 1954
20. Man of Honour, Huntingdon, April 19, 1954
21. Miss Doubtful, Stratford-on-Avon, October 7, 1954
21. Miss Doubtful, Stratford-on-Avon, October 7, 1954
22. Birikorus, Huntingdon, April 11, 1955
22. Birikorus, Huntingdon, April 11, 1955
23. Ross Lake, Huntingdon, October 15, 1955
23. Ross Lake, Huntingdon, October 15, 1955
24. Dandy Scot, Leicester, January 10, 1956
24. Dandy Scot, Leicester, January 10, 1956
25. The Mall, Nottingham, January 30, 1956
25. The Mall, Nottingham, January 30, 1956
26. Dandy Scot, Worcester, March 19, 1956
26. Dandy Scot, Worcester, March 19, 1956
27. Rupee Royal, Buckfastleigh, March 24, 1956
27. Rupee Royal, Buckfastleigh, March 24, 1956
28. Birikorus, Huntingdon, April 2, 1956
28. Birikorus, Huntingdon, April 2, 1956
29. Caherdaniel, Huntingdon, April 2, 1956
29. Caherdaniel, Huntingdon, April 2, 1956
30. Birikorus, Market Rasen, May 5, 1956
30. Birikorus, Market Rasen, May 5, 1956
31. Birikorus, Huntingdon, May 21, 1956
31. Birikorus, Huntingdon, May 21, 1956
32. Down Royal, Huntingdon, May 21, 1956
32. Down Royal, Huntingdon, May 21, 1956
33. Birikorus, Folkestone, September 8, 1956
33. Birikorus, Folkestone, September 8, 1956
34. Monarch’s Tutor, Warwick, November 17, 1956
34. Monarch’s Tutor, Warwick, November 17, 1956
35. Fireglow, Warwick, February 22, 1958
35. Fireglow, Warwick, February 22, 1958
36. Poziere, Towcester, April 7, 1958
36. Poziere, Towcester, April 7, 1958
37. Another Exile, Stratford-on-Avon, April 17, 1958
37. Another Exile, Stratford-on-Avon, April 17, 1958
38. Poziere, Southwell, April 28, 1958
38. Poziere, Southwell, April 28, 1958
39. Poziere, Uttoxeter, Hereford, September 20, 1958
39. Poziere, Uttoxeter, Hereford, September 20, 1958
40. Golden Arrow, Towcester, March 28, 1959
40. Golden Arrow, Towcester, March 28, 1959
41. Poziere, Uttoxeter, March 19, 1960
41. Poziere, Uttoxeter, March 19, 1960
42. Oakleigh Way, Southwell, April 2, 1960
42. Oakleigh Way, Southwell, April 2, 1960
43. Oakleigh Way, Towcester, May 7, 1960
43. Oakleigh Way, Towcester, May 7, 1960
44. Oakleigh Way, Southwell, October 10, 1960
44. Oakleigh Way, Southwell, October 10, 1960