Thomas Weldon
1858 - 1905
1858 - 1905
Thomas Weldon was born in Hull on November 2, 1858, and learned to ride without ever serving an apprenticeship.
Thomas Weldon was born in Hull on November 2, 1858, and learned to ride without ever serving an apprenticeship.
He achieved his greatest success when riding Noble Chieftain to win the 1888 Queen's Stand Stakes.
He achieved his greatest success when riding Noble Chieftain to win the 1888 Queen's Stand Stakes.
He rode 62 winners in 1891, including a four-timer at Scarborough on August 29, winning the Castle Plate on Ups And Downs, the Londesborough Plate on Collina, the Scarborough Handicap on Stalactite, and the Raincliffe Juvenile Selling Plate on Nuphar.
He rode 62 winners in 1891, including a four-timer at Scarborough on August 29, winning the Castle Plate on Ups And Downs, the Londesborough Plate on Collina, the Scarborough Handicap on Stalactite, and the Raincliffe Juvenile Selling Plate on Nuphar.
Between 1897 and 1899 he was allowed to own horses as well as ride them, providing they were also trained by him.
Between 1897 and 1899 he was allowed to own horses as well as ride them, providing they were also trained by him.
He had a bad fall on Arta in the 1901 Oaks but was eventually passed fit to resume his career while he also continued to train.
He had a bad fall on Arta in the 1901 Oaks but was eventually passed fit to resume his career while he also continued to train.
Thomas had his final two rides in public at Pontefract on April 5, 1905, finishing unplaced on Boydale in the Trial Handicap and on an unnamed colt by Galloping Lad out of Evelyn in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes for two-year-olds.
Thomas had his final two rides in public at Pontefract on April 5, 1905, finishing unplaced on Boydale in the Trial Handicap and on an unnamed colt by Galloping Lad out of Evelyn in the Prince of Wales’s Stakes for two-year-olds.
He died just a fortnight afterwards at Beverley on April 21, 1905, a day after he had been exercising a two-year-old. He was 46 and left £755.
He died just a fortnight afterwards at Beverley on April 21, 1905, a day after he had been exercising a two-year-old. He was 46 and left £755.