James Tiernan
National Hunt jockey James Tiernan, a native of Dublin, died on March 25, 1958, the result of a fall in a hurdle race at Worcester.
National Hunt jockey James Tiernan, a native of Dublin, died on March 25, 1958, the result of a fall in a hurdle race at Worcester.
He was in his third season riding in Britain, having ridden one winner during the 1955/56 campaign, three in 56/57 and three more in his fateful final season.
He was in his third season riding in Britain, having ridden one winner during the 1955/56 campaign, three in 56/57 and three more in his fateful final season.
He’d ridden a total of 12 winners during his career (the first five being in Ireland) and had done well on Hector Smith’s handicap hurdler Chiel, winning on him at Huntingdon on Whit Monday 1957, then twice within a week at the start of the next season, at Buckfastleigh on August 31 and Newton Abbot on September 4. He rode what was to prove his last winner on Kayenne for Cheltenham trainer Phil Doherty at Wincanton on November 7, 1957.
He’d ridden a total of 12 winners during his career (the first five being in Ireland) and had done well on Hector Smith’s handicap hurdler Chiel, winning on him at Huntingdon on Whit Monday 1957, then twice within a week at the start of the next season, at Buckfastleigh on August 31 and Newton Abbot on September 4. He rode what was to prove his last winner on Kayenne for Cheltenham trainer Phil Doherty at Wincanton on November 7, 1957.
On March 24, 1958 he suffered a fractured skull when his mount, Rectitude, fell at the second flight in the two-mile Moderate Hurdle at Worcester. He died the following day. He was 26.
On March 24, 1958 he suffered a fractured skull when his mount, Rectitude, fell at the second flight in the two-mile Moderate Hurdle at Worcester. He died the following day. He was 26.