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Bill Wright
Bill Wright
Article by Alan Trout
Article by Alan Trout
William (Bill) Wright rode under National Hunt rules in the years preceding World War II and had 17 wins.
William (Bill) Wright rode under National Hunt rules in the years preceding World War II and had 17 wins.
Kelso was the scene of his first ride when Malvern Lad finished a very distant third in the Yetholm Novices’ Chase on March 2, 1935, an eventful race in which only four of the eight starters finished and one of them was remounted.
Kelso was the scene of his first ride when Malvern Lad finished a very distant third in the Yetholm Novices’ Chase on March 2, 1935, an eventful race in which only four of the eight starters finished and one of them was remounted.
Bill had to wait a while for his first win but it finally came at Manchester on February 12, 1937, when his mount Sweet Will dead-heated with Charcoal, ridden by champion jockey Gerry Wilson. Bill had ridden the four-year-old on his previous three starts and had been placed each time, so their shared win was fully deserved.
Bill had to wait a while for his first win but it finally came at Manchester on February 12, 1937, when his mount Sweet Will dead-heated with Charcoal, ridden by champion jockey Gerry Wilson. Bill had ridden the four-year-old on his previous three starts and had been placed each time, so their shared win was fully deserved.
By the end of the season Bill had added another seven wins to his total, including two doubles at Market Rasen and three victories on the hurdler Ginger Boy, owned by the useful amateur rider Bill Ransom.
By the end of the season Bill had added another seven wins to his total, including two doubles at Market Rasen and three victories on the hurdler Ginger Boy, owned by the useful amateur rider Bill Ransom.
Bill had six wins the following season and a final three in the 1938/39 campaign. His last was gained at Southwell on April 8, 1939, when the seven-year-old Cordite, owned and trained by Clifford Nicholson, beat five rivals to claim the Rufford Handicap Chase, beating George Owen’s mount Capitulate by a head.
Bill had six wins the following season and a final three in the 1938/39 campaign. His last was gained at Southwell on April 8, 1939, when the seven-year-old Cordite, owned and trained by Clifford Nicholson, beat five rivals to claim the Rufford Handicap Chase, beating George Owen’s mount Capitulate by a head.
Bill continued to take rides until March 1940. After the war he made the briefest of comebacks, just one race, when partnering Goldpore, a faller in the Ribston Handicap Chase at Wetherby on November 3, 1945.
Bill continued to take rides until March 1940. After the war he made the briefest of comebacks, just one race, when partnering Goldpore, a faller in the Ribston Handicap Chase at Wetherby on November 3, 1945.
Bill Wright’s winners were, in chronological order.
Bill Wright’s winners were, in chronological order.
1. Sweet Will, Manchester, February 12, 1937 (dead heat)
1. Sweet Will, Manchester, February 12, 1937 (dead heat)
2. Ginger Boy, Market Rasen, March 29, 1937
2. Ginger Boy, Market Rasen, March 29, 1937
3. Banishment, Market Rasen, March 29, 1937
3. Banishment, Market Rasen, March 29, 1937
4. Ginger Boy, Quorn Hunt (Loughborough), April 19, 1937
4. Ginger Boy, Quorn Hunt (Loughborough), April 19, 1937
5. Ginger Boy, Market Rasen, May 1, 1937
5. Ginger Boy, Market Rasen, May 1, 1937
6. Mibreth, Market Rasen, May 1, 1937
6. Mibreth, Market Rasen, May 1, 1937
7. Frankie, Uttoxeter, May 12, 1937
7. Frankie, Uttoxeter, May 12, 1937
8. Mibreth, Uttoxeter, May 13, 1937
8. Mibreth, Uttoxeter, May 13, 1937
9. Sanspear, Southwell, September 18, 1937
9. Sanspear, Southwell, September 18, 1937
10. Sanspear, Uttoxeter, October 11, 1937
10. Sanspear, Uttoxeter, October 11, 1937
11. Barnsdale, Wetherby, November 6, 1937
11. Barnsdale, Wetherby, November 6, 1937
12. Mibreth, Southwell, April 16, 1938
12. Mibreth, Southwell, April 16, 1938
13. Mountain Chief, Uttoxeter, May 17, 1938
13. Mountain Chief, Uttoxeter, May 17, 1938
14. Lady Samphire, Huntingdon, June 6, 1938
14. Lady Samphire, Huntingdon, June 6, 1938
15. Toi Bachelor, Market Rasen, September 17, 1938
15. Toi Bachelor, Market Rasen, September 17, 1938
16. Ginger Boy, Shirley Park, March 6, 1939
16. Ginger Boy, Shirley Park, March 6, 1939
17. Cordite, Southwell, April 8, 1939
17. Cordite, Southwell, April 8, 1939
Bill Wright's first win came on Sweet Will, Manchester, February 12, 1937 (dead heat)
Bill Wright's first win came on Sweet Will, Manchester, February 12, 1937 (dead heat)
Bill rode two winners at Market Rasen on March 29 1937, Ginger Boy & Banishment
Bill rode two winners at Market Rasen on March 29 1937, Ginger Boy & Banishment
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