William Nye
1874 - 1935
1874 - 1935
National Hunt jockey William Richard Nye was born in Lewes in 1874. He made in inauspicious start to his riding career when his first mount in public, Little Kilworth, bolted with him and ran out in a Sandown hunters’ chase on December 12, 1889. However, retribution was only a day away, for on the next afternoon of that Sandown meeting, Friday December 13, he gained his first win aboard Reform in a handicap hurdle.
National Hunt jockey William Richard Nye was born in Lewes in 1874. He made in inauspicious start to his riding career when his first mount in public, Little Kilworth, bolted with him and ran out in a Sandown hunters’ chase on December 12, 1889. However, retribution was only a day away, for on the next afternoon of that Sandown meeting, Friday December 13, he gained his first win aboard Reform in a handicap hurdle.
He enjoyed his most successful year in 1900 with a score of 15 wins. On one occasion he was the lucky recipient of two walkovers on the same afternoon.
He enjoyed his most successful year in 1900 with a score of 15 wins. On one occasion he was the lucky recipient of two walkovers on the same afternoon.
He rode a total of 44 winners, the last of them on Corner, who recorded a two-length victory in the Keymer Handicap Chase at Plumpton on February 25, 1902.
He rode a total of 44 winners, the last of them on Corner, who recorded a two-length victory in the Keymer Handicap Chase at Plumpton on February 25, 1902.
He continued to ride under National Hunt rules until September 1902. However, following a long hiatus he renewed his licence in January 1915 and then had further rides between September 1921 and March 1922.
He continued to ride under National Hunt rules until September 1902. However, following a long hiatus he renewed his licence in January 1915 and then had further rides between September 1921 and March 1922.
His final mount was in the Dover Chase at Wye on March 13, 1922, a highly eventful race in which only one of the six runners, the odds-on favourite Gem, managed to complete the course, and that was after remounting. William was among the fallers on Ormskirk.
His final mount was in the Dover Chase at Wye on March 13, 1922, a highly eventful race in which only one of the six runners, the odds-on favourite Gem, managed to complete the course, and that was after remounting. William was among the fallers on Ormskirk.
William Nye died on 7 May, 1935.
William Nye died on 7 May, 1935.