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Joe Tuite
Joe Tuite
Before turning his hand to training, Joseph Mary ‘Joe’ Tuite rode a total of nine winners, seven of them in the early days of all-weather hurdle races at Lingfield Park.
Before turning his hand to training, Joseph Mary ‘Joe’ Tuite rode a total of nine winners, seven of them in the early days of all-weather hurdle races at Lingfield Park.
Born in Ardcath, Co Meath, into a dairy farming family, his interest in horses started with ponies and then point-to-points, before learning the trade with trainer Al O’Connell.
Born in Ardcath, Co Meath, into a dairy farming family, his interest in horses started with ponies and then point-to-points, before learning the trade with trainer Al O’Connell.
He came to Britain at the age of 18 and worked for Charlie Egerton and John White before riding as a conditional jockey for Jenny Pitman and for Stan Mellor.
He came to Britain at the age of 18 and worked for Charlie Egerton and John White before riding as a conditional jockey for Jenny Pitman and for Stan Mellor.
Wincanton was the scene of his first success, when, on October 26, 1989, he made all the running on the Polish-bred gelding Disneyland to win the Blandford Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle, easing right down near the finish to beat Gilded Youth by a neck. He won four more races on Disneyland before the season ended.
Wincanton was the scene of his first success, when, on October 26, 1989, he made all the running on the Polish-bred gelding Disneyland to win the Blandford Conditional Jockeys’ Handicap Hurdle, easing right down near the finish to beat Gilded Youth by a neck. He won four more races on Disneyland before the season ended.
His last victory was on Norstock, getting the better of a prolonged battle with Hellenic Prince to land the Harrington Bird Claiming Hurdle on the all-weather at Lingfield on January 24, 1991.
His last victory was on Norstock, getting the better of a prolonged battle with Hellenic Prince to land the Harrington Bird Claiming Hurdle on the all-weather at Lingfield on January 24, 1991.
In 2002 Joe joined Mick Channon as his assistant trainer and stayed for eight years. During his time there he worked with many good horses, including the top-class but unlucky Youmzain, runner-up in three consecutive Prix de l’Arc de Triomphes from 2007 to 2009.
In 2002 Joe joined Mick Channon as his assistant trainer and stayed for eight years. During his time there he worked with many good horses, including the top-class but unlucky Youmzain, runner-up in three consecutive Prix de l’Arc de Triomphes from 2007 to 2009.
In 2010, he joined the training ranks, moving into Felstead Stables, a purpose-built yard in Lambourn. He gained his most important success with Litigant, winner of the 2015 Ebor Handicap at York under Oisin Murphy.
In 2010, he joined the training ranks, moving into Felstead Stables, a purpose-built yard in Lambourn. He gained his most important success with Litigant, winner of the 2015 Ebor Handicap at York under Oisin Murphy.
Other notable successes included Madam Dancealot, who gave him his first Group race win in the Group 3 Dick Poole Fillies Stake at Salisbury, and another Group 3 in Ireland, the Denny Cordell Lavarck Lanwades Stud Fillies’ Stakes with Four White Socks.
Other notable successes included Madam Dancealot, who gave him his first Group race win in the Group 3 Dick Poole Fillies Stake at Salisbury, and another Group 3 in Ireland, the Denny Cordell Lavarck Lanwades Stud Fillies’ Stakes with Four White Socks.
He had some success with a pair of horses owned by Surrey Racing. Surrey Blaze won five races as a three-year-old, while Surrey Thunder had a distinguished international career. He was placed in Group and Listed races at Longchamp, Saint Cloud and Baden Baden, as well as finishing fifth in the 2019 German Derby, concluding his international exploits with victory in the Listed Grand Prix de Clairefontaine.
He had some success with a pair of horses owned by Surrey Racing. Surrey Blaze won five races as a three-year-old, while Surrey Thunder had a distinguished international career. He was placed in Group and Listed races at Longchamp, Saint Cloud and Baden Baden, as well as finishing fifth in the 2019 German Derby, concluding his international exploits with victory in the Listed Grand Prix de Clairefontaine.
Joe saddled what proved to be his last winner when King’s Castle landed an amateur riders’ handicap at Newbury on 9 June 2022. Sadly, by then he found himself down on numbers and, by his own admission, “putting square pegs into round holes”.
Joe saddled what proved to be his last winner when King’s Castle landed an amateur riders’ handicap at Newbury on 9 June 2022. Sadly, by then he found himself down on numbers and, by his own admission, “putting square pegs into round holes”.
With just two winners to show for the year, coupled with financial issues heightened by escalating costs, he decided to bring his 11-year training career to an end. His final runner, Via Sistina, finished fourth in the Group 3 Winter Hill Stakes at Windsor on August 27, 2022.
With just two winners to show for the year, coupled with financial issues heightened by escalating costs, he decided to bring his 11-year training career to an end. His final runner, Via Sistina, finished fourth in the Group 3 Winter Hill Stakes at Windsor on August 27, 2022.
Although deciding to give up training, Joe was not lost to racing by any means. He is now assistant trainer with Ralph Beckett at Kimpton Down Stables, near Andover.
Although deciding to give up training, Joe was not lost to racing by any means. He is now assistant trainer with Ralph Beckett at Kimpton Down Stables, near Andover.
Joe Tuite’s winners as a jockey were, in chronological order:
Joe Tuite’s winners as a jockey were, in chronological order:
1. Disneyland, Wincanton, October 26, 1989
1. Disneyland, Wincanton, October 26, 1989
2. Disneyland, Lingfield Park, December 23, 1989
2. Disneyland, Lingfield Park, December 23, 1989
3. Cantamega, Taunton, December 28, 1989
3. Cantamega, Taunton, December 28, 1989
4. Disneyland, Lingfield Park, January 3, 1990
4. Disneyland, Lingfield Park, January 3, 1990
5. Disneyland, Lingfield Park, February 5, 1990
5. Disneyland, Lingfield Park, February 5, 1990
6. Lesbet, Lingfield Park, February 28, 1990
6. Lesbet, Lingfield Park, February 28, 1990
7. Mister Lawson, Lingfield Park, March 5, 1990
7. Mister Lawson, Lingfield Park, March 5, 1990
8. Lesbet, Lingfield Park, January 15, 1991
8. Lesbet, Lingfield Park, January 15, 1991
9. Norstock, Lingfield Park, January 21, 1991
9. Norstock, Lingfield Park, January 21, 1991
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