| Charlie Elliott | |
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 Charlie Elliott, in the colours of Marcel Boussac (Gallaher's cigarette card, 1936) | |
| Occupation | Jockey,Trainer |
| Born | 3 October 1904 |
| Died | 6 January 1979 (1979-01-07) (aged 74) |
| Major racing wins | |
| British Classic Race wins as jockey:[1] 1,000 Guineas (4) 2,000 Guineas (5) Epsom Oaks (2) Epsom Derby (3) | |
| Racing awards | |
| British flat racing Champion Jockey 1923, 1924 | |
| Significant horses | |
| Corrida,Caracalla,Nimbus,Arbar | |
Edward Charles Elliott (1904–1979) was a twiceBritish Championflat racingjockey.
He was still anapprentice to John L Jarvis when he won his first jockey's title (which he shared withSteve Donoghue) in 1923.[1] He won again the following year, with a total of 106 winners. Among his earlyClassic successes was the 1927Derby onCall Boy.
He would go on to spend a large part of his riding career in France, riding forMarcel Boussac, for whom he also won the 1935Middle Park Stakes on Abjer.[2] He would return to France after he finished riding in 1953 to train for him as well. In France, he won the 1936 and 1937Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe onCorrida and the 1946 edition onCaracalla as well as the 1939Grand Prix de Paris onPharis. He would continue to have other big winners in Britain, including the 1938 Derby onBois Roussel.
In thepost-war period, he rode for George Colling. When Colling was unable to train due to illness, he preparedNimbus to go and win the 19492,000 Guineas andDerby. He won the inauguralKing George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 1951 on Supreme Court. He took up full-time training with Boussac, but after that finished in 1958, he also spent five years training at Machell House,Newmarket before retiring in 1963.
In total, he won fourteenBritish Classic Races and in 1999, theRacing Post ranked him as sixth in their list of the Top 50 jockeys of the 20th century.[3] They noted his failings as being out of the saddle, namely gambling and lack of business sense.
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