Parsons won the race on Caractacus, trained by Bob Smith. Caractacus was an unusual winner of the Derby. He had run and lost three times as a two-year-old, and as a three-year-old, he had been campaigned over races of two miles and more. He thus started the race at odds of 40/1 and was not expected to win. His owner Charles Snewing had interests in another more fancied runner, Spite, and Snewing's main jockey James Goater had been offered the ride on Caractacus, but had opted for Spite instead. This left Caractacus for Parsons, Snewing's stable boy, who had ridden the horse on three previous starts.[3] Despite the low expectations, Caractacus won, Parsons riding the horse with "marvellous coolness and assurance".[4] Parsons is reported to have encouraged his mount by shouting, "Get along, Crackey" and "Good lad, Crackey."[5]
Subsequently, it is said that Parsons disappeared into "utter obscurity".[4] Caractacus was his only ride in the Derby. He would later be found leading horses round the sales ring at Newmarket.[6]
john, parsons, jockey, john, parsons, british, jockey, youngest, jockey, ever, derby, reportedly, aged, john, parsonsoccupationjockeybornc, 1845major, racing, winsmajor, races, epsom, derby, 1862, significant, horsescaractacus, parsons, race, caractacus, train. John Parsons was a British jockey and the youngest jockey ever to win The Derby reportedly aged 16 1 2 John ParsonsOccupationJockeyBornc 1845Major racing winsMajor races Epsom Derby 1862 Significant horsesCaractacus Parsons won the race on Caractacus trained by Bob Smith Caractacus was an unusual winner of the Derby He had run and lost three times as a two year old and as a three year old he had been campaigned over races of two miles and more He thus started the race at odds of 40 1 and was not expected to win His owner Charles Snewing had interests in another more fancied runner Spite and Snewing s main jockey James Goater had been offered the ride on Caractacus but had opted for Spite instead This left Caractacus for Parsons Snewing s stable boy who had ridden the horse on three previous starts 3 Despite the low expectations Caractacus won Parsons riding the horse with marvellous coolness and assurance 4 Parsons is reported to have encouraged his mount by shouting Get along Crackey and Good lad Crackey 5 Subsequently it is said that Parsons disappeared into utter obscurity 4 Caractacus was his only ride in the Derby He would later be found leading horses round the sales ring at Newmarket 6 Major wins edit nbsp Great Britain Epsom Derby Caractacus 1862 References edit Mortimer et al Tanner amp Cranham 1992 p 125 Castor July 1862 Caractacus winner of the Derby 1862 New Sporting Magazine 259 23 25 a b Mortimer Onslow amp Willett 1978 p 106 Bromhead H B 1893 Derby Anecdotes The English Illustrated Magazine 10 655 656 Retrieved 29 November 2011 Tanner 2013 Bibliography editMortimer Roger Onslow Richard Willett Peter 1978 Biographical Encyclopedia of British Flat Racing Macdonald and Jane s ISBN 0 354 08536 0 Tanner Michael Cranham Gerry 1992 Great Jockeys of the Flat Enfield Middlesex Guinness Publishing ISBN 0 85112 989 7 Tanner Michael 2013 The Suffragette Derby Biteback Publishing nbsp This British horse racing biographical article is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title John Parsons jockey amp oldid 1079012223, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
