Steve Nesbitt
Steve Nesbitt
Steve Nesbitt
1930 - 1982
1930 - 1982
Steve Nesbitt was born on October 20 1930. He rode on the flat, but it was as a trainer working from Middleham, that he was the most successful.
Steve Nesbitt was born on October 20 1930. He rode on the flat, but it was as a trainer working from Middleham, that he was the most successful.
Setting up at Diggle, near Oldham, in 1966, he began his second career. He then moved to Newby Hall at Middleham from where he sent out many good horses including the unpredictable Ubedizzy, Morgan’s Pride, Red Earl, Prew and Ingham.
Setting up at Diggle, near Oldham, in 1966, he began his second career. He then moved to Newby Hall at Middleham from where he sent out many good horses including the unpredictable Ubedizzy, Morgan’s Pride, Red Earl, Prew and Ingham.
After a long battle against cancer, Steve Nesbitt died at his home on Friday, January 22 1982. He was 51.
After a long battle against cancer, Steve Nesbitt died at his home on Friday, January 22 1982. He was 51.
His string was taken over by his widow, Myra, whose best horse was Molly Maguire.
His string was taken over by his widow, Myra, whose best horse was Molly Maguire.
A race - the Steve Nesbitt Nursery - was run at Ripon in his memory.
A race - the Steve Nesbitt Nursery - was run at Ripon in his memory.
Ubedizzy, his best and most notorious horse, was a high-class sprinter who won the William Hill Trophy at York in 1976, and was fourth in the Nunthorpe in 1977 and second (to Boldboy) in the Abernant Stakes at Newmarket in 1978.
Ubedizzy, his best and most notorious horse, was a high-class sprinter who won the William Hill Trophy at York in 1976, and was fourth in the Nunthorpe in 1977 and second (to Boldboy) in the Abernant Stakes at Newmarket in 1978.
Ubedizzy became savage, and in the unsaddling enclosure after the Abernant, he knelt on his groom and started to eat him. He was not allowed to run again in Britain and was sold to race in Sweden, where he became champion sprinter. Other good winners for the dual-purpose yard included two more sprinters - Morgan's Pride in the Great St Wilfrid Handicap at Ripon in 1968 and Clear Melody in the Nottingham Stewards' Cup in 1976 - and handicap chaser Red Earl in the Charisma Records Gold Cup at Kempton in 1978.
Ubedizzy became savage, and in the unsaddling enclosure after the Abernant, he knelt on his groom and started to eat him. He was not allowed to run again in Britain and was sold to race in Sweden, where he became champion sprinter. Other good winners for the dual-purpose yard included two more sprinters - Morgan's Pride in the Great St Wilfrid Handicap at Ripon in 1968 and Clear Melody in the Nottingham Stewards' Cup in 1976 - and handicap chaser Red Earl in the Charisma Records Gold Cup at Kempton in 1978.