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| colour = Bay
| colour = Bay
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| owner = Walter Craig (1825?-1870)
| owner = Thomas Bailey
| trainer = William Lang (1827?-1899)
| trainer = William Lang
| jockey = Johnny Day
| jockey = [[John Day (jockey)|Johnny Day]]
| record = 58: 19-16-3
| record = 58: 19-16-3
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'''Nimblefoot''' was an Australian bred [[Thoroughbred]] [[racehorse]] that won the [[1870 Melbourne Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.races.com.au/melbourne-cup/melbourne-cup-history/past-winners/1861-to-1870-melbourne-cup/#1870 |title=Past Melbourne Cup Winners 1861 to 1870 |publisher=races.com.au}}</ref>
'''Nimblefoot''' was an Australian bred [[Thoroughbred]] [[racehorse]] that won the [[1870 Melbourne Cup]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.races.com.au/melbourne-cup/melbourne-cup-history/past-winners/1861-to-1870-melbourne-cup/#1870 |title=Past Melbourne Cup Winners 1861 to 1870 |publisher=races.com.au}}</ref>


Nimblefoot's owner, Walter Craig, dreamt four months before the race that his horse won the Cup but noted the jockey wore a black armband. Craig's prediction came true. His horse won the Cup and the jockey, John Day (1856-1885) <ref> {{cite web |url=https://www.portrait.gov.au/people/johnny-day-1856|title=Johnny Day 1856-1885 |publisher=portrait.gov.au}} </ref> <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/229825013|title=The late John Day.To the editor of the Sportsman.|date=2 November 1885}} </ref> wore the armband in Craig's honour, as Craig had died of gout and pneumonia at the age of 45 on 16th Aug 1870, 3 months before the running of the race.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.craigsroyal.com.au/history/ |title=The Dream Cup of 1870 |publisher=craigsroyal.com.au}}</ref>
In a well-accepted story, Nimblefoot's owner, Walter Craig, dreamt four months before the race that his horse won the Cup but noted the jockey wore a black armband. Craig's prediction came true. His horse won the Cup and the jockey, [[John Day (jockey)|John Day]],<ref name=portrait>{{cite web |url=https://www.portrait.gov.au/people/johnny-day-1856|title=Johnny Day 1856–1885 |publisher=portrait.gov.au}}</ref><ref name=editor>{{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/229825013|title=The late John Day. To the editor of The Sportsman.|date=2 November 1885}}</ref> wore the armband in Craig's honour, as Craig had died of gout and pneumonia at the age of 45 on 16 August 1870, three months before the running of the race.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.craigsroyal.com.au/history/ |title=The Dream Cup of 1870 |publisher=craigsroyal.com.au}}</ref>
Samuel Griffiths, handicapper and turf historian, later scotched the story as a fabrication by the bookmaker Joseph Bragge "Leviathan" Slack, who paid out £500 each to Thomas Bailey (Craig's son-in-law)<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article219324285 |title=Dowling Forest's Early Days |newspaper=[[The Ballarat Star]] |issue=20061 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=6 December 1921 |access-date=29 May 2023 |page=2 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and John Day for the bet they placed with him, and concocted the story for the extra publicity.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article183743699 |title=Nimblefoot Dream a Pure Invention |newspaper=[[Sporting Globe]] |issue=1280 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=5 November 1934 |access-date=29 May 2023 |page=8 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>


Johnny Day, the jockey, was a notable person in his own right. As a child, he had been a leading figure in the sport of pedestrianism and travelled to England to compete against leading pedestrian athletes of the day <ref> {{cite web |url=https://www.portrait.gov.au/people/johnny-day-1856|title=Johnny Day 1856-1885 |publisher=portrait.gov.au}} </ref> before returning to Australia and becoming a speed walking performer in the theatre, although it was said that his backers did not receive the profits they expected from supporting him <ref> {{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/194470464|title=This Evening, the Grand Pantomime|date=27 June 1866}} </ref><ref> {{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71009982|title=Notes by Nimrod=29 March 1884}} </ref>. After a dispute resulting from Day's abscondment from the trainer William Lang soon after the 1870 Melbourne Cup, Day was required to return to his apprenticeship <ref> {{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244808713|title=Sporting Intelligence.|date=9 September 1871}} </ref> and continued to ride horses <ref> {{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220453478|title=Sporting Notes. By "Playboy"|date=14 June 1873}} </ref>until at least 1877 when he suffered a bad fall in a ride in Yarrawonga <ref> {{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221765288|title=Sporting notes.|date=24 March 1877}} </ref>. He died in 1885 in Inglewood of Addison's disease <ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/229825013|title=The late John Day.To the editor of the Sportsman|date=2 November 1885}} </ref>.
Johnny Day, the jockey, was a notable person in his own right. As a child, he had been a leading figure in the sport of [[pedestrianism]] and travelled to England to compete against leading pedestrian athletes of the day<ref name=portrait/> before returning to Australia and becoming a speed walking performer in the theatre, although it was said that his backers did not receive the profits they expected from supporting him.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/194470464|title=This Evening, the Grand Pantomime|date=27 June 1866}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/71009982|title=Notes by Nimrod=29 March 1884|publisher=Australian Town and Country Journal}}</ref> After a dispute resulting from Day's abscondment from the trainer William Lang soon after the 1870 Melbourne Cup, Day was required to return to his apprenticeship<ref>{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/244808713|title=Sporting Intelligence.|date=9 September 1871}}</ref> and continued to ride horses<ref>{{cite web |url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/220453478|title=Sporting Notes. By "Playboy"|date=14 June 1873}}</ref> until at least 1877 when he suffered a bad fall in a ride in Yarrawonga.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/221765288|title=Sporting notes.|date=24 March 1877}}</ref> He died in 1885 in Inglewood of Addison's disease.<ref name=editor/>

Later in 1870 the solicitor Horatio Huntly Hoskins purchased Nimblefoot and [[Glencoe II|Glencoe]] from Bailey, retaining William Lang as his trainer. By June 1871 Hoskins was deeply in debt to Lang and in 1872 agreed to sell Lang the horses for the amount he owed. Hoskins had other debts however,<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article5842045 |title=Law Report |newspaper=[[The Argus (Melbourne)]] |issue=8,241 |location=Victoria, Australia |date=8 November 1872 |access-date=29 May 2023 |page=3 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref> and was forced to plead bankruptcy.

==Pedigree==

{{ Pedigree
| name = Shinzo (AUS) 1863<ref>{{cite web |url= https://www.pedigreequery.com/nimblefoot4
|title=Nimblefoot Horse Profile |publisher=pedigreequery.com |access-date=31 May 2023}}</ref>
| f = Panic (GB)<br>1858
| m = Quickstep (AUS)<br>1853
| ff = Alarm (GB)<br>1842
| fm = Queen Of Beauty (GB)<br>1854
| mf = Lugar (GB)<br>1846
| mm = Esplanade (GB)<br>1847
| fff = Venison
| ffm = Southdown
| fmf = Melbourne
| fmm = Birthday
| mff = [[Touchstone (horse)|Touchstone]]
| mfm = Bella
| mmf = [[Cotherstone (horse)|Cotherstone]]
| mmm = Glacis
| ffff = Partisan
| fffm = Fawn
| ffmf = Defence
| ffmm = Feltona
| fmff = Humphrey Clinker
| fmfm = Cervantes Mare
| fmmf = Pantaloon
| fmmm = Honoria
| mfff = [[Camel (horse)|Camel]]
| mffm = Banter
| mfmf = Acteon
| mfmm = Bella
| mmff = [[Touchstone (horse)|Touchstone]]
| mmfm = Emma
| mmmf = Venison
| mmmm = Fortress
|}}


==References==
==References==

Latest revision as of 17:00, 30 May 2023

Nimblefoot
SirePanic (GB)
GrandsireAlarm (GB)
DamQuickstep (AUS)
DamsireLugar (GB)
SexGelding
Foaled1863
CountryAustralia
ColourBay
OwnerThomas Bailey
TrainerWilliam Lang
JockeyJohnny Day
Record58: 19-16-3
Major wins
Melbourne Cup (1870)
Hotham Handicap (1870)
Australian Cup (1871)
Last updated on 2 August 2022

Nimblefoot was an Australian bred Thoroughbred racehorse that won the 1870 Melbourne Cup.[1]

In a well-accepted story, Nimblefoot's owner, Walter Craig, dreamt four months before the race that his horse won the Cup but noted the jockey wore a black armband. Craig's prediction came true. His horse won the Cup and the jockey, John Day,[2][3] wore the armband in Craig's honour, as Craig had died of gout and pneumonia at the age of 45 on 16 August 1870, three months before the running of the race.[4] Samuel Griffiths, handicapper and turf historian, later scotched the story as a fabrication by the bookmaker Joseph Bragge "Leviathan" Slack, who paid out £500 each to Thomas Bailey (Craig's son-in-law)[5] and John Day for the bet they placed with him, and concocted the story for the extra publicity.[6]

Johnny Day, the jockey, was a notable person in his own right. As a child, he had been a leading figure in the sport of pedestrianism and travelled to England to compete against leading pedestrian athletes of the day[2] before returning to Australia and becoming a speed walking performer in the theatre, although it was said that his backers did not receive the profits they expected from supporting him.[7][8] After a dispute resulting from Day's abscondment from the trainer William Lang soon after the 1870 Melbourne Cup, Day was required to return to his apprenticeship[9] and continued to ride horses[10] until at least 1877 when he suffered a bad fall in a ride in Yarrawonga.[11] He died in 1885 in Inglewood of Addison's disease.[3]

Later in 1870 the solicitor Horatio Huntly Hoskins purchased Nimblefoot and Glencoe from Bailey, retaining William Lang as his trainer. By June 1871 Hoskins was deeply in debt to Lang and in 1872 agreed to sell Lang the horses for the amount he owed. Hoskins had other debts however,[12] and was forced to plead bankruptcy.

Pedigree

[edit]
Pedigree of Shinzo (AUS) 1863[13]
Sire
Panic (GB)
1858 		Alarm (GB)
1842 		Venison Partisan
Fawn
Southdown Defence
Feltona
Queen Of Beauty (GB)
1854 		Melbourne Humphrey Clinker
Cervantes Mare
Birthday Pantaloon
Honoria
Dam
Quickstep (AUS)
1853 		Lugar (GB)
1846 		Touchstone Camel
Banter
Bella Acteon
Bella
Esplanade (GB)
1847 		Cotherstone Touchstone
Emma
Glacis Venison
Fortress

References

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  1. ^ "Past Melbourne Cup Winners 1861 to 1870". races.com.au.
  2. ^ a b "Johnny Day 1856–1885". portrait.gov.au.
  3. ^ a b "The late John Day. To the editor of The Sportsman". 2 November 1885.
  4. ^ "The Dream Cup of 1870". craigsroyal.com.au.
  5. ^ "Dowling Forest's Early Days". The Ballarat Star. No. 20061. Victoria, Australia. 6 December 1921. p. 2. Retrieved 29 May 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  6. ^ "Nimblefoot Dream a Pure Invention". Sporting Globe. No. 1280. Victoria, Australia. 5 November 1934. p. 8. Retrieved 29 May 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  7. ^ "This Evening, the Grand Pantomime". 27 June 1866.
  8. ^ "Notes by Nimrod=29 March 1884". Australian Town and Country Journal.
  9. ^ "Sporting Intelligence". 9 September 1871.
  10. ^ "Sporting Notes. By "Playboy"". 14 June 1873.
  11. ^ "Sporting notes". 24 March 1877.
  12. ^ "Law Report". The Argus (Melbourne). No. 8, 241. Victoria, Australia. 8 November 1872. p. 3. Retrieved 29 May 2023 – via National Library of Australia.
  13. ^ "Nimblefoot Horse Profile". pedigreequery.com. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
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