Stan Tidey

Stan rode for seven seasons: his best being 1923 when he rode 13 winners.

In all he rode a total of 36 winners.

He was the son of James William Tidey of Essex: his family had been involved in racing

for a number of generations. His father was private trainer to Doctor Boyce Barrow.

Stan was attached to Joe Orbells's stables at Bury St Edmunds and rode his first winner over

jumps as a 5 lb claimer on Dinah Morris in the 2 mile 6 furlong Stayers' Handicap Hurdle

at Nottingham on February I, 1921.

When Joe Orbell gave up training, Stan went to Basil Briscoe's stables where he eventually

became head man and was with Briscoe up to the start of WW2.

In 1930, Briscoe took in an unbroken 3-y-o he had bought for £500, and although the

horse's make and shape were good when he arrived, he didn't look as if he was worth a tenth of his price.

About a month after he had been broken in, Briscoe named the horse.

On hearing it, Stan said: 'What a good name for such a bad horse!'

Briscoe had called the horse...Golden Miller!

My thanks to Derek Gay of Weston-Super-Mare, who contributed the article and photo.