John Steggles gained his most important victory as a 16-year-old on Fandango in the 1855 Great Metropolitan Handicap at Epsom.
After retiring from the saddle he worked for several years for a Croydon vet. He died at Croydon Infirmary of consumption on April 4, 1872, aged 33.
He was related to Samuel Steggles, who won the 1851 Cesarewitch on Mrs Taft.
One of John's earliest wins came on Paros, Wednesday 9 May, 1855