Alec Taylor Sr.
Alec Taylor, Sr. (1821-1894) was a successful British Thoroughbred horse trainer.
Personal life and family
His father, Thomas Taylor, was a trainer to Lord Chesterfield.[1]
Alec Taylor, Sr. died in 1894.[1] Following his death, his sons Tom and Alec, by different mothers, ran Manton Stables beginning 1895.[1][2] Alec Taylor, Jr. became a successful trainer, and was known as the Wizard of Manton.[1][3][nb 1]
Career
Taylor was a successful horse trainer,[1] running Manton stables, "one of the finest training centres".[4]
He first began working as a trainer for Sir Joseph Hawley in 1848 at Fyfield, Wiltshire.[citation needed] He began winning in 1851 with the Aphrodite in the One Thousand Guineas and Teddington in the Derby.[1] It was the first of what would be eleven wins in the five British Classic Races.[citation needed]
He won a total of 12 classics, which ended in 1887 with Reve d'Or at Oaks and One Thousand Guineas.[1] In a career that lasted approximately fifty years, Alec Taylor trained winners of numerous other important English races.[citation needed]
Classic Race wins
Taylor's wins in the British Classic Races include:
- Moslem (1868), Gang Forward (1873)
- Aphrodite (1851), Thebais (1881), Reve d'Or (1887)
- Teddington (1851), Sefton (1878)
- Thebais (1881), Reve d'Or (1887)
- St. Albans (1860), Craig Millar (1875)
Notes
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Wray Vamplew (2005). Encyclopedia of British Horse Racing. Taylor & Francis. pp. 305–306. ISBN 978-0-7146-5356-3. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ^ James C. Nicholson (1 April 2013). Never Say Die: A Kentucky Colt, the Epsom Derby, and the Rise of the Modern Thoroughbred Industry. University Press of Kentucky. pp. 111–114. ISBN 978-0-8131-4167-1. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
- ^ "Alec Taylor (1862 - 1943)". The National Horseracing Museum. Retrieved 14 July 2013.
- ^ "History of Manton". Brian Meehan. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
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