Peter Scott
Northern-based National Hunt jockey Peter Patrick Scott held a licence from 1962 to 1974 but rode just two winners. He struggled for rides and those he had been mostly no-hopers of the humblest order.
Northern-based National Hunt jockey Peter Patrick Scott held a licence from 1962 to 1974 but rode just two winners. He struggled for rides and those he had been mostly no-hopers of the humblest order.
In the late 1960s he became private trainer of Freddie Milburn’s horses, based at Farnley Gate Farm, Riding Mill, in Northumberland. He took over the licence in his own name in 1969 while continuing to ride. He finally rode his first winner on Jane’s Heir, which he also trained, in the Mad Hatters Selling Hurdle at Teesside Park (Stockton) on March 13, 1970. He bought in the winner for 110 guineas.
In the late 1960s he became private trainer of Freddie Milburn’s horses, based at Farnley Gate Farm, Riding Mill, in Northumberland. He took over the licence in his own name in 1969 while continuing to ride. He finally rode his first winner on Jane’s Heir, which he also trained, in the Mad Hatters Selling Hurdle at Teesside Park (Stockton) on March 13, 1970. He bought in the winner for 110 guineas.
The training operation didn’t last long and he joined Bishop Auckland trainer Denys Smith, for whom he rode his second (and last) winner on Temple Rise in Division One of the Partridge Novices’ Hurdle at Newcastle on December 29, 1973.
The training operation didn’t last long and he joined Bishop Auckland trainer Denys Smith, for whom he rode his second (and last) winner on Temple Rise in Division One of the Partridge Novices’ Hurdle at Newcastle on December 29, 1973.
Peter eventually moved south to Newmarket, where, one night, his life was changed forever. He had an argument in one of the town’s pubs. His adversary followed him home and pushed him over a balcony. The fall severed Peter’s spinal cord and he was left paralysed.
Peter eventually moved south to Newmarket, where, one night, his life was changed forever. He had an argument in one of the town’s pubs. His adversary followed him home and pushed him over a balcony. The fall severed Peter’s spinal cord and he was left paralysed.
There was, though, something positive to come out of that adversity, in that out of the compensation he received he bought a filly named Diamond White for around 7,000 guineas and put her into training with Giles Bravery. She turned out to be a real bargain. As a two-year-old in 1997 she won the Listed Sweet Solera Stakes at Newmarket. She won three races as a three-year-old; then at four, trained now by Mick Ryan, she landed a Listed contest at Goodwood and the Group 2 Prix de l’Opera at Longchamp’s 1999 Arc meeting. At the end of her racing career, Peter sold her for not far short of £500,000. Peter Scott died on March 18, 2004, aged 64
There was, though, something positive to come out of that adversity, in that out of the compensation he received he bought a filly named Diamond White for around 7,000 guineas and put her into training with Giles Bravery. She turned out to be a real bargain. As a two-year-old in 1997 she won the Listed Sweet Solera Stakes at Newmarket. She won three races as a three-year-old; then at four, trained now by Mick Ryan, she landed a Listed contest at Goodwood and the Group 2 Prix de l’Opera at Longchamp’s 1999 Arc meeting. At the end of her racing career, Peter sold her for not far short of £500,000. Peter Scott died on March 18, 2004, aged 64