Alan Tippling
Article by Chris Pitt
Article by Chris Pitt
Alan Arthur Tippling was born in 1950 and became apprenticed to Sam Hall at Middleham in 1966, although it was for Oswestry trainer Lowther Barratt that
Alan Arthur Tippling was born in 1950 and became apprenticed to Sam Hall at Middleham in 1966, although it was for Oswestry trainer Lowther Barratt that
he gained his first victory, on Dunoon’s Son, who just got the better of a thrilling finish with popular veteran Le Garcon D’Or by a short head in the Craigmillar Apprentices’ Selling Plate at Edinburgh on July 22, 1968. It was almost a year to the day before he rode his second winner, making all on Sam Hall’s sprinter Sovereign Set in the £1,000 Rozelle Handicap at Ayr, and then another year passed before Sovereign Set won for him again at Hamilton.
he gained his first victory, on Dunoon’s Son, who just got the better of a thrilling finish with popular veteran Le Garcon D’Or by a short head in the Craigmillar Apprentices’ Selling Plate at Edinburgh on July 22, 1968. It was almost a year to the day before he rode his second winner, making all on Sam Hall’s sprinter Sovereign Set in the £1,000 Rozelle Handicap at Ayr, and then another year passed before Sovereign Set won for him again at Hamilton.
The Ernie Weymes-trained Secret Ace got Alan off the mark for 1971 when landing a Haydock apprentice handicap, with Sovereign Set doubling his score for the year by winning a Beverley claimer.
The Ernie Weymes-trained Secret Ace got Alan off the mark for 1971 when landing a Haydock apprentice handicap, with Sovereign Set doubling his score for the year by winning a Beverley claimer.
In 1972, Sovereign Set once again gave Alan his sole success of the year when winning the Craigmillar Selling Plate at Edinburgh, the same event in which he’d ridden his first winner four years earlier when the race was confined to apprentices.
In 1972, Sovereign Set once again gave Alan his sole success of the year when winning the Craigmillar Selling Plate at Edinburgh, the same event in which he’d ridden his first winner four years earlier when the race was confined to apprentices.
Alan completed his seven-year apprenticeship in 1973 and was then thrown into the lion’s den of competing against senior jockeys without the aid of a 7lb.
Alan completed his seven-year apprenticeship in 1973 and was then thrown into the lion’s den of competing against senior jockeys without the aid of a 7lb.
claim. As with so many others, he found it tough going. He managed one winner from just seven rides in 1974, that being for Lambourn trainer Duncan Sasse on Great Echo in the mile-and-a-half Fryston Stakes at Pontefract.
claim. As with so many others, he found it tough going. He managed one winner from just seven rides in 1974, that being for Lambourn trainer Duncan Sasse on Great Echo in the mile-and-a-half Fryston Stakes at Pontefract.
Second place on Ken Payne’s two-year-old Imponente at Thirsk on April 18 was the nearest Alan came to a winner in 1975, while 1976 brought just two rides all season, both on no-hopers. He soldiered on for two more years before relinquishing his licence in 1978.
Second place on Ken Payne’s two-year-old Imponente at Thirsk on April 18 was the nearest Alan came to a winner in 1975, while 1976 brought just two rides all season, both on no-hopers. He soldiered on for two more years before relinquishing his licence in 1978.
On July 19, 2017 he was recognised at Catterick by the Alan Tippling Lifetime in Racing Award Fillies' Handicap.
On July 19, 2017 he was recognised at Catterick by the Alan Tippling Lifetime in Racing Award Fillies' Handicap.
He is now a part-time box driver for Mark Johnston's stable.
He is now a part-time box driver for Mark Johnston's stable.
Alan Tippling’s winners were, in chronological order:
Alan Tippling’s winners were, in chronological order:
1. Dunoon’s Son, Edinburgh, July 22, 1968
1. Dunoon’s Son, Edinburgh, July 22, 1968
2. Sovereign Set, Ayr. July 21, 1969
2. Sovereign Set, Ayr. July 21, 1969
3. Sovereign Set, Hamilton Park, July 17, 1970
3. Sovereign Set, Hamilton Park, July 17, 1970
4. Secret Ace, Haydock Park, May 29, 1971
4. Secret Ace, Haydock Park, May 29, 1971
5. Sovereign Set, Beverley, September 22, 1971
5. Sovereign Set, Beverley, September 22, 1971
6. Sovereign Set, Edinburgh, July 26, 1972
6. Sovereign Set, Edinburgh, July 26, 1972
7. Great Echo, Pontefract, April 10, 1974.
7. Great Echo, Pontefract, April 10, 1974.