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1886 -1931
1886 -1931
Izaak Francois Strydom was born in South Africa on February 14, 1886, and rode in Britain during the early 1920s.
Izaak Francois Strydom was born in South Africa on February 14, 1886, and rode in Britain during the early 1920s.
In 1920 he won Kempton’s £1,025 Queen’s Handicap on Happy Man. He scored two more important victories that year, winning the 1920 Ascot Stakes on Happy Man and Goodwood’s Nassau Stakes on Most Beautiful.
In 1920 he won Kempton’s £1,025 Queen’s Handicap on Happy Man. He scored two more important victories that year, winning the 1920 Ascot Stakes on Happy Man and Goodwood’s Nassau Stakes on Most Beautiful.
In 1921 he won the valuable King Coal Stakes at Manchester on Happy Man and, next time out, finished second on him, beaten one length, in the Ascot Gold Cup. Also at Ascot that year, he won a match for the Cork and Orrery Stakes (then known as the All-aged Stakes) on Tete a Tete.
In 1921 he won the valuable King Coal Stakes at Manchester on Happy Man and, next time out, finished second on him, beaten one length, in the Ascot Gold Cup. Also at Ascot that year, he won a match for the Cork and Orrery Stakes (then known as the All-aged Stakes) on Tete a Tete.
He died on July 8, 1931, aged 45.
He died on July 8, 1931, aged 45.
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