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Steven Saltmarsh
Article by Alan Trout
Steven Andrew Saltmarsh was successful twice under National Hunt rules during the second half of the 1980s, having started out on the Flat.
Steven Andrew Saltmarsh was successful twice under National Hunt rules during the second half of the 1980s, having started out on the Flat.
He was apprenticed to Peter Cundell and had one of his earliest rides in public when unplaced on Sweetcat in the George Todd Apprentices’ Challenge Trophy Handicap at Goodwood on September 12, 1983.
He was apprenticed to Peter Cundell and had one of his earliest rides in public when unplaced on Sweetcat in the George Todd Apprentices’ Challenge Trophy Handicap at Goodwood on September 12, 1983.
He did not mange to ride a winner on the Flat and subsequently rode as a conditional jockey for David Murray Smith. His first ride under National Hunt rules was on War Dance, finishing fifth of 24 runners in the E.B.F. N.H. Flat Race at Newbury on November 5, 1986.
He did not mange to ride a winner on the Flat and subsequently rode as a conditional jockey for David Murray Smith. His first ride under National Hunt rules was on War Dance, finishing fifth of 24 runners in the E.B.F. N.H. Flat Race at Newbury on November 5, 1986.
His first win came when 15/8 favourite Warrens Boy took the lead a furlong out and beat Trematon by two and a half lengths in the Grunwick N.H. Flat Race at Folkestone on May 12, 1987. It was the five-year-old’s first run under rules and he only managed one more start in the next 15 months.
His first win came when 15/8 favourite Warrens Boy took the lead a furlong out and beat Trematon by two and a half lengths in the Grunwick N.H. Flat Race at Folkestone on May 12, 1987. It was the five-year-old’s first run under rules and he only managed one more start in the next 15 months.
Steven drew a blank the following season but did have one more success when the four-year-old Some Dream, trained by Eric Wheeler, led at the last flight and held off the challenge of Perfect Stranger to take the BBC Radio Cornwall Conditional Jockeys’ Novices’ Hurdle at Devon & Exeter on September 14, 1988.
Steven drew a blank the following season but did have one more success when the four-year-old Some Dream, trained by Eric Wheeler, led at the last flight and held off the challenge of Perfect Stranger to take the BBC Radio Cornwall Conditional Jockeys’ Novices’ Hurdle at Devon & Exeter on September 14, 1988.
He finished unplaced on the only other occasion he rode Some Dream and had just a few more rides that season, failing to add to his score.
He finished unplaced on the only other occasion he rode Some Dream and had just a few more rides that season, failing to add to his score.
Steven Saltmarsh's final winner: Some Dream, Devon & Exeter, September 14 1988
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