New Posts For Thread: Under both codes who was the last top jockey to become a top trainer?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29529335/under-both-codes-who-was-the-last-top-jockey-to-become-a-top-trainerFred Winter?sageform, simon sherwood was a decent pilot but never a champion jockey from memory, which year do you believe he won the Championship...?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29529335/under-both-codes-who-was-the-last-top-jockey-to-become-a-top-trainer?post_id=526783331#526783331sageform, simon sherwood was a decent pilot but never a champion jockey from memory, which year do you believe he won the Championship...?Tue, 11 Dec 2012 04:25:15 -0600As the limerick goes...There was once a professional jockey who rode a Cheltenham winner in the 1990s and went on to train a Cheltenham winner in the 1990s.The anals of time have forgotten his name!Anyone?Btw - it may be a stetch to argue he was a tohttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29529335/under-both-codes-who-was-the-last-top-jockey-to-become-a-top-trainer?post_id=526782659#526782659As the limerick goes...There was once a professional jockey who rode a Cheltenham winner in the 1990s and went on to train a Cheltenham winner in the 1990s.The anals of time have forgotten his name!Anyone?Btw - it may be a stetch to argue he was a toTue, 11 Dec 2012 03:02:55 -0600It is easy to scoff at amateurs who don't wish to turn pro. Jim Wilson, Nicky Henderson and Charlie Brooks were plenty good enough to turn pro if they had wanted to. Simon Sherwood might have stayed amateur but decided to turn pro and was champion johttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29529335/under-both-codes-who-was-the-last-top-jockey-to-become-a-top-trainer?post_id=526782435#526782435It is easy to scoff at amateurs who don't wish to turn pro. Jim Wilson, Nicky Henderson and Charlie Brooks were plenty good enough to turn pro if they had wanted to. Simon Sherwood might have stayed amateur but decided to turn pro and was champion joTue, 11 Dec 2012 02:21:29 -0600David Niven?Ffs..........The Moons A Baloon.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29529335/under-both-codes-who-was-the-last-top-jockey-to-become-a-top-trainer?post_id=526775909#526775909David Niven?Ffs..........The Moons A Baloon.Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:56:55 -0600nivenhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29529335/under-both-codes-who-was-the-last-top-jockey-to-become-a-top-trainer?post_id=526775747#526775747nivenMon, 10 Dec 2012 16:50:46 -0600David Pipe and Christine Dunnett...........Lenny Lungo?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29529335/under-both-codes-who-was-the-last-top-jockey-to-become-a-top-trainer?post_id=526775705#526775705David Pipe and Christine Dunnett...........Lenny Lungo?Mon, 10 Dec 2012 16:49:21 -0600er one man dumbo 2milehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29529335/under-both-codes-who-was-the-last-top-jockey-to-become-a-top-trainer?post_id=526774029#526774029er one man dumbo 2mileMon, 10 Dec 2012 15:52:58 -0600.... All right have it your way then Bolty......Johnny Murtagh..https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29529335/under-both-codes-who-was-the-last-top-jockey-to-become-a-top-trainer?post_id=526773813#526773813.... All right have it your way then Bolty......Johnny Murtagh..Mon, 10 Dec 2012 15:45:48 -0600Tommy Carmody ?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29529335/under-both-codes-who-was-the-last-top-jockey-to-become-a-top-trainer?post_id=526771327#526771327Tommy Carmody ?Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:18:15 -0600Yes,ribero.About 20 years though tbf he did have a few more once he broke the ice.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/29529335/under-both-codes-who-was-the-last-top-jockey-to-become-a-top-trainer?post_id=526771301#526771301Yes,ribero.About 20 years though tbf he did have a few more once he broke the ice.Mon, 10 Dec 2012 14:16:59 -0600