James Templer
Captain James Templar takes the last fence on Pax Vobis to win the 1962 Royal Artillery Gold Cup.
Captain James Templar takes the last fence on Pax Vobis to win the 1962 Royal Artillery Gold Cup.
Major-General James Robert Templer, C.B., O.B.E. won two successive runnings of the Royal Artillery Gold Cup at Sandown Park, riding Brigadier M. S. K. Maunsell’s hunter chaser Pax Vobis. He held the rank of captain when winning those races.
Major-General James Robert Templer, C.B., O.B.E. won two successive runnings of the Royal Artillery Gold Cup at Sandown Park, riding Brigadier M. S. K. Maunsell’s hunter chaser Pax Vobis. He held the rank of captain when winning those races.
Captain Templer’s first victory on Pax Vobis came in the Past and Present Hunters’ Chase at Sandown’s 1962 Grand Military meeting. He then rode a fine to win that year’s Royal Artillery Gold Cup, beating Bill Tellwright on Condor by three-quarters of a length.
Captain Templer’s first victory on Pax Vobis came in the Past and Present Hunters’ Chase at Sandown’s 1962 Grand Military meeting. He then rode a fine to win that year’s Royal Artillery Gold Cup, beating Bill Tellwright on Condor by three-quarters of a length.
Photo, right, shows Captain Templer & Pax Vobis clearing the last fence at Sandown.
Photo, right, shows Captain Templer & Pax Vobis clearing the last fence at Sandown.
They won the Royal Artillery Gold Cup again the following year this time by two lengths from Brigadier Ronnie Holman’s mount Monks Choice.
They won the Royal Artillery Gold Cup again the following year this time by two lengths from Brigadier Ronnie Holman’s mount Monks Choice.
Captain Templer eventually attained the rank of Major-General, became a C.B. (Companion, Order of the Bath) and an O.B.E., and was also Chairman of the Royal Artillery Steeplechase Committee.
Captain Templer eventually attained the rank of Major-General, became a C.B. (Companion, Order of the Bath) and an O.B.E., and was also Chairman of the Royal Artillery Steeplechase Committee.
James Templer’s winners under National Hunt rules were, in chronological order:
James Templer’s winners under National Hunt rules were, in chronological order:
1. Pax Vobis, Sandown Park, March 23, 1962
1. Pax Vobis, Sandown Park, March 23, 1962
2. Pax Vobis, Sandown Park, April 3, 1962
2. Pax Vobis, Sandown Park, April 3, 1962
3. Pax Vobis, Sandown Park, April 3, 1963
3. Pax Vobis, Sandown Park, April 3, 1963