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Born at Chester-Le-Street, Co Durham, on January 30, 1966, Michael John Tebbutt was apprenticed to Chris Thornton.
Born at Chester-Le-Street, Co Durham, on January 30, 1966, Michael John Tebbutt was apprenticed to Chris Thornton.
Standing 5ft 9ins, he started life as a National Hunt jockey, riding his first winner on Platinum Blond, trained by Thornton, in the Grunwick N.H. Flat Race at Cartmel on Bank Holiday Monday, August 26, 1985.
Standing 5ft 9ins, he started life as a National Hunt jockey, riding his first winner on Platinum Blond, trained by Thornton, in the Grunwick N.H. Flat Race at Cartmel on Bank Holiday Monday, August 26, 1985.
He rode four more winners under NH rules, all of them in bumpers for Chris Thornton, beginning with Warchant at Cartmel in the same race that he had won the previous campaign. The other three were gained the following month, the last of them on Ali Pali at Carlisle on September 29, 1986.
He rode four more winners under NH rules, all of them in bumpers for Chris Thornton, beginning with Warchant at Cartmel in the same race that he had won the previous campaign. The other three were gained the following month, the last of them on Ali Pali at Carlisle on September 29, 1986.
He switched codes soon after and went on to ride over 500 winners worldwide on the Flat including Tomba in the 1998 Cork & Orrery Stakes at Royal Ascot in 1998.
He switched codes soon after and went on to ride over 500 winners worldwide on the Flat including Tomba in the 1998 Cork & Orrery Stakes at Royal Ascot in 1998.
On February 17, 2007, he suffered a serious shoulder injury after a fall from Cockney Rebel at Geoff Huffer’s Newmarket yard, which eventually forced him to announce his retirement.
On February 17, 2007, he suffered a serious shoulder injury after a fall from Cockney Rebel at Geoff Huffer’s Newmarket yard, which eventually forced him to announce his retirement.
Big winners:
Big winners:
1992: Great St Wilfrid Handicap – Green Dollar
1992: Great St Wilfrid Handicap – Green Dollar
1997: Bunbury Cup – Tumbleweed Ridge
1997: Bunbury Cup – Tumbleweed Ridge
1998: Cork and Orrery Stakes – Tomba
1998: Cork and Orrery Stakes – Tomba
2001: Cecil Frail Stakes – Summerhill Parkes
2001: Cecil Frail Stakes – Summerhill Parkes
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