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Tony Stanford
Tony Stanford
Article by Alan Trout
Article by Alan Trout
After riding one winner for four consecutive seasons there was a gap of more than four years before Anthony Michael Stanford added a fifth.
After riding one winner for four consecutive seasons there was a gap of more than four years before Anthony Michael Stanford added a fifth.
He started as a conditional with legendary Bishop Auckland trainer Arthur Stephenson and it was on his Rosskova that he had his first ride in public when sixth of 18 in the Doncaster N.H. Flat Race at that Yorkshire venue on December 13, 1986.
He started as a conditional with legendary Bishop Auckland trainer Arthur Stephenson and it was on his Rosskova that he had his first ride in public when sixth of 18 in the Doncaster N.H. Flat Race at that Yorkshire venue on December 13, 1986.
It was almost a year before he had his first success but it finally came at Carlisle on November 16, 1987, when the four-year-old Dutchelm, making his racecourse debut, stayed on strongly to land the Golden Fleece N.H. Flat Race by three-quarters of a length.
It was almost a year before he had his first success but it finally came at Carlisle on November 16, 1987, when the four-year-old Dutchelm, making his racecourse debut, stayed on strongly to land the Golden Fleece N.H. Flat Race by three-quarters of a length.
There was then a gap of some 16 months before Tony had his second victory, which came at Sedgefield on March 7, 1989, when Novac was driven out to land the Crook Conditional Jockeys’ Selling Handicap Hurdle by eight lengths.
There was then a gap of some 16 months before Tony had his second victory, which came at Sedgefield on March 7, 1989, when Novac was driven out to land the Crook Conditional Jockeys’ Selling Handicap Hurdle by eight lengths.
It was not until the final week of the following season that he scored again, this time when Mirage Dancer, trained at Appleby by Clarissa Caroe, came clear on the flat to take the Bat Novices’ Hurdle at Sedgefield by five lengths. The same horse was also his sole success of the next campaign, this time at Market Rasen, when narrowly getting the better of Petty Bridge at the end of the Graham Liles Long Distance Handicap Hurdle, scoring by a head.
It was not until the final week of the following season that he scored again, this time when Mirage Dancer, trained at Appleby by Clarissa Caroe, came clear on the flat to take the Bat Novices’ Hurdle at Sedgefield by five lengths. The same horse was also his sole success of the next campaign, this time at Market Rasen, when narrowly getting the better of Petty Bridge at the end of the Graham Liles Long Distance Handicap Hurdle, scoring by a head.
It appears that Tony stepped away from the sport for at least three seasons, but he did eventually return and had a fifth, and final, victory at Ayr on November 11, 1995, when Qattara stayed on well to win the Tripleprint Standard Open N.H. Flat Race by three and a half lengths. It was the five-year-old’s first start of the season and, with Tony aboard, he was unplaced in two similar contests later in the campaign. He had a few more rides but no further success.
It appears that Tony stepped away from the sport for at least three seasons, but he did eventually return and had a fifth, and final, victory at Ayr on November 11, 1995, when Qattara stayed on well to win the Tripleprint Standard Open N.H. Flat Race by three and a half lengths. It was the five-year-old’s first start of the season and, with Tony aboard, he was unplaced in two similar contests later in the campaign. He had a few more rides but no further success.
Tony Stanford’s winners were, in chronological order:
Tony Stanford’s winners were, in chronological order:
1. Dutchelm, Carlisle, November 16, 1987
1. Dutchelm, Carlisle, November 16, 1987
2. Novac, Sedgefield, March 7, 1989
2. Novac, Sedgefield, March 7, 1989
3. Mirage Dancer, Sedgefield, May 25, 1990
3. Mirage Dancer, Sedgefield, May 25, 1990
4. Mirage Dancer, Market Rasen, May 11, 1991
4. Mirage Dancer, Market Rasen, May 11, 1991
5. Qattara, Ayr, November 11, 1995
5. Qattara, Ayr, November 11, 1995
Tony Stanford's first winner: Dutchelm, Carlisle, November 16, 1987
Tony Stanford's first winner: Dutchelm, Carlisle, November 16, 1987
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