Australian jockey T. Sanders became the first rider from that country to ride professionally in England when guiding Nell Cook into second place behind Export in the Stamford Stakes at York on June 6, 1888.
Sanders' style of riding brought some criticism: he rode with his hands too high and was over demonstrative, constantly shouting at his mount.Â
He took several other mounts after York without riding a winner. His best performance, perhaps, came in the Sutton Selling Plate at Leicester, in which he was beaten a head by George Barrett on Athlete.
He left England on August 3, travelling by the overland route as far as Naples where he boarded the ship Orova for Australia.
In his heyday, riding between six and 7 stone, he would ride over three hundred horses a season. In his later years, he couldn't ride under eight stone and acquired less than a hundred rides per season.
On Friday 13, 1891, at Oakleigh Park Races, T. Sanders was disqualified for two years for his handling of I Shouldn't Wonder when getting beaten half-length by Colleen Bawn.