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Offline r0d

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« on: Friday 25 March 05 19:15 GMT (UK) »
In my late father's papers I found a card about a stagecoach journey from Brighton to Epsom on Derby Day 23 May 1883.
My GGrandfather William Jackson of Brighton is described as "that famous 'Whip', late a trainer and jockey of repute, brother to Harvie Jackson the once celebrated steeplechase rider" . Harvie may be David Harvie Jackson as he is described as a jockey in the 1871 census.
Where can I find details of their horseracing exploits?

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« Reply #1 on: Friday 25 March 05 19:44 GMT (UK) »
Weatherby's?   Or what about Epsom Racecourse itself?

Barnes/London 
Brook/Sussex
Danaher/Ireland and London 
Dent/London 
Dorr/Norfolk and London 
Holmes/Kent and London
Isham/Northampton 
Sargent/London
Sears/Middlesex 
Speller/Essex and London 
Stiles/Styles/Wiltshire and London 
Tapster/Hertford
Ward/London 
Watson/Essex

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« Reply #2 on: Friday 25 March 05 22:11 GMT (UK) »
Their obituaries in the local  (maybe even national?) newspapers might be a good place to start if you don't already have them and assuming that they were published.

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« Reply #3 on: Friday 25 March 05 22:38 GMT (UK) »
try the british racing school in newmarket.

 or contact the jockey club, since all jockey and trainers had to and still have to be licenced
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« Reply #4 on: Monday 28 March 05 03:07 BST (UK) »
G,Day All!
This touches on one of my probs;Horsebreaker+Groom,connected with Earl of Derby c1900,s,later as a carter/teamster( ?)
employer u/k,Liverpool U.K.
His home location+nearby stables site are known,now destroyed.
Any possibility of relevant records here,+Trade union records??
Plus he seems to been exempt from conscription,if such was in force WW1,reasons for same being?
                     Hopefully,
                                     Goggy. 8)
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