New Posts For Thread: Eph Smithhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28499203/eph-smithJockey brother of Doug. Was himself 2nd in the jockey`s championship 3 times and rode the last Derby winner before the war. He was still riding in the 60s. He died young( ish)in 1972. I am almost certain he drowned,whether accidentally or otherwise,bI remember the Daily Mail 'Roll-Up' bet.The idea was to back 20 consecutive (forecast) Even-Money chances -- and Roll-Up the Winnings, and Stake, from one onto the next horse - and so on... Thus winning a theoretically potential £1 million - I thinhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28499203/eph-smith?post_id=509828717#509828717I remember the Daily Mail 'Roll-Up' bet.The idea was to back 20 consecutive (forecast) Even-Money chances -- and Roll-Up the Winnings, and Stake, from one onto the next horse - and so on... Thus winning a theoretically potential £1 million - I thinMon, 10 Oct 2011 15:09:07 -0500Memory is waning so I stand corrected. Think it happened on a Monday morning ( or the day before and I read about it in the RP on the Monday). There were no Forums in existence then so I must definitely have read in the printed media that he was rumohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28499203/eph-smith?post_id=509828541#509828541Memory is waning so I stand corrected. Think it happened on a Monday morning ( or the day before and I read about it in the RP on the Monday). There were no Forums in existence then so I must definitely have read in the printed media that he was rumoMon, 10 Oct 2011 15:04:20 -0500a grisly thread. I'm 64 so remember Doug Smith very well. He was the equivalent of Fallon or similar of his day.He was permanently top 3. He rode for Brooke and the wonderful Jack Watts.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28499203/eph-smith?post_id=509828147#509828147a grisly thread. I'm 64 so remember Doug Smith very well. He was the equivalent of Fallon or similar of his day.He was permanently top 3. He rode for Brooke and the wonderful Jack Watts.Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:54:54 -0500a grisly thread. I'm 64 so remember Doug Smith very well. He was the equivalent of Fallon or similar of his day.He was permanently top 3. He rode for Brooke and the wonderful Jack Watts.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28499203/eph-smith?post_id=509828133#509828133a grisly thread. I'm 64 so remember Doug Smith very well. He was the equivalent of Fallon or similar of his day.He was permanently top 3. He rode for Brooke and the wonderful Jack Watts.Mon, 10 Oct 2011 14:54:37 -0500I thought Bill Pearce's death was only a few days after the Sandown gamble - and not, "a couple of years."I remember at the time thinking - and I am sure many others thought likewise -Why would he do that, over money troubles - when they had just lanhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28499203/eph-smith?post_id=509827753#509827753I thought Bill Pearce's death was only a few days after the Sandown gamble - and not, "a couple of years."I remember at the time thinking - and I am sure many others thought likewise -Why would he do that, over money troubles - when they had just lanMon, 10 Oct 2011 14:45:28 -0500This is a link to Eph's bio if anybody is interested.http://www.browzers.co.uk/item10861.htmhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28499203/eph-smith?post_id=509826909#509826909This is a link to Eph's bio if anybody is interested.http://www.browzers.co.uk/item10861.htmMon, 10 Oct 2011 14:24:58 -0500Death by misadventure is the term commonly used in inquests when they believe the real cause is suicide.Suicide used to have and possibly still does have a certain stigma attached to it,so the coroner will often use the death by misadventure term inhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28499203/eph-smith?post_id=509826695#509826695Death by misadventure is the term commonly used in inquests when they believe the real cause is suicide.Suicide used to have and possibly still does have a certain stigma attached to it,so the coroner will often use the death by misadventure term inMon, 10 Oct 2011 14:20:16 -0500Father Hayes was the horse who landed that massive gamble when winning at Sandown in 1992.Was owned by Middleham trainer RJ Pearce who within the next couple of year( maybe 1994 ?? - cannot find anything at all about the incident on the web) drove tohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28499203/eph-smith?post_id=509825081#509825081Father Hayes was the horse who landed that massive gamble when winning at Sandown in 1992.Was owned by Middleham trainer RJ Pearce who within the next couple of year( maybe 1994 ?? - cannot find anything at all about the incident on the web) drove toMon, 10 Oct 2011 13:44:28 -0500Father Hayes was the horse who landed that massive gamble when winning at Sandown in 1992.Was owned by Middleham trainer RJ Pearce who within the next couple of year( maybe 1994 ?? - cannot find anything at all about the incident on the web) drove tohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28499203/eph-smith?post_id=509825075#509825075Father Hayes was the horse who landed that massive gamble when winning at Sandown in 1992.Was owned by Middleham trainer RJ Pearce who within the next couple of year( maybe 1994 ?? - cannot find anything at all about the incident on the web) drove toMon, 10 Oct 2011 13:44:23 -0500and that is why I NEVER post on them....https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28499203/eph-smith?post_id=509824725#509824725and that is why I NEVER post on them....Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:35:31 -0500