George Winder
George Winder
George Winder
Article by Alan Trout
Article by Alan Trout
George Winder
George Winder
Article by Alan Trout
Article by Alan Trout
George Winder rode for eight years under National Hunt rules and had just three winners.
George Winder rode for eight years under National Hunt rules and had just three winners.
His first ride was on the four-year-old St Michael’s Mount, finishing a creditable fourth in a field of 18 for the Pirbright Selling Handicap Hurdle at Sandown Park on October 25, 1928. Following an unplaced effort at Wolverhampton on November 5, the pair came good at Birmingham on November 27 when taking the Burton Handicap Hurdle by ten lengths.
His first ride was on the four-year-old St Michael’s Mount, finishing a creditable fourth in a field of 18 for the Pirbright Selling Handicap Hurdle at Sandown Park on October 25, 1928. Following an unplaced effort at Wolverhampton on November 5, the pair came good at Birmingham on November 27 when taking the Burton Handicap Hurdle by ten lengths.
A gap of more than two year elapsed before George won another race, but at Chelmsford on February 11, 1931, he rode Saint Gall to a three-length victory in the Braintree Novices’ Hurdle. George had finished third on the four-year-old at Sandown Park the previous month but appears to have had only one more ride during that season.
A gap of more than two year elapsed before George won another race, but at Chelmsford on February 11, 1931, he rode Saint Gall to a three-length victory in the Braintree Novices’ Hurdle. George had finished third on the four-year-old at Sandown Park the previous month but appears to have had only one more ride during that season.
He had his third win at Kempton Park on December 28, 1931, when Firework dead-heated with Dick Bush, the mount of Bill Payne Junior, at the end of the Twickenham Hurdle. Trained by Albert Holland, it was Firework’s debut over jumps, and although George retained the ride for the horse’s next two starts, they were unplaced on both occasions.
He had his third win at Kempton Park on December 28, 1931, when Firework dead-heated with Dick Bush, the mount of Bill Payne Junior, at the end of the Twickenham Hurdle. Trained by Albert Holland, it was Firework’s debut over jumps, and although George retained the ride for the horse’s next two starts, they were unplaced on both occasions.
George had no further victories and had his last ride on Yeoman Fellow, owned and trained by Master of Gray, finishing seventh of ten runners in the Boxgrove Selling Hurdle at Fontwell Park on April 5, 1937.
George had no further victories and had his last ride on Yeoman Fellow, owned and trained by Master of Gray, finishing seventh of ten runners in the Boxgrove Selling Hurdle at Fontwell Park on April 5, 1937.
Master of Gray held a full licence and trained a small string of half a dozen horses based at Stoughton, near Chichester, during the late 1930s. ‘Master of Gray’ is an alternative title for Lord Gray in the Peerage of Scotland. The first Lord Gray, Sir Andrew Gray (1390-1469) was one of the knights who accompanied Lady Margaret Stuart to France for her marriage to Louis XI in 1436.
Master of Gray held a full licence and trained a small string of half a dozen horses based at Stoughton, near Chichester, during the late 1930s. ‘Master of Gray’ is an alternative title for Lord Gray in the Peerage of Scotland. The first Lord Gray, Sir Andrew Gray (1390-1469) was one of the knights who accompanied Lady Margaret Stuart to France for her marriage to Louis XI in 1436.
When the 20th Master of Gray, James McLaren Stuart Gray, died in 1919 the title passed to his sister Ethel Eveleen Campbell, wife of Henry Tufnell Campbell, who both assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Gray the following year. It was he who trained the horses at Stoughton. A World War I veteran, 21st Master of Gray died in 1945. His widow died the following year, their son, Angus Campbell-Gray, inheriting the title as the 22nd Master of Gray.
When the 20th Master of Gray, James McLaren Stuart Gray, died in 1919 the title passed to his sister Ethel Eveleen Campbell, wife of Henry Tufnell Campbell, who both assumed by Royal licence the additional surname of Gray the following year. It was he who trained the horses at Stoughton. A World War I veteran, 21st Master of Gray died in 1945. His widow died the following year, their son, Angus Campbell-Gray, inheriting the title as the 22nd Master of Gray.
George's final winner, Firework