New Posts For Thread: Joe Mercerhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31427103/joe-mercerWhen Henry Cecil died he told the story of riding for him. He would go into the office and Henry would say this three will win and he mostly always got it right. (I'm talking about handicaps a Windsor etc.)In HRAC's 1983 "On the level" he said........"Joe Mercer was a wonderfully conscientious stable jockey.....a true professional and a very stylish rider, who keeps his horses so perfectly balanced that they always run for him. He was retained for us thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31427103/joe-mercer?post_id=554949455#554949455In HRAC's 1983 "On the level" he said........"Joe Mercer was a wonderfully conscientious stable jockey.....a true professional and a very stylish rider, who keeps his horses so perfectly balanced that they always run for him. He was retained for us tFri, 06 Jul 2018 06:41:41 -0500Joe Mercer was an excellent jockey who finally won a championship and thoroughly deserved to. He was too loyal to trainers to beat Lester.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31427103/joe-mercer?post_id=554949249#554949249Joe Mercer was an excellent jockey who finally won a championship and thoroughly deserved to. He was too loyal to trainers to beat Lester.Fri, 06 Jul 2018 06:07:52 -0500Correct Salmon, in fact Hern moved from asst trainer to Michael Bishop to be private trainer to Major Holliday in 1957. He was still defo training for LBH in 1962 because he trained his first classic winner that year (Hethersett). Re Denys Smith, I thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31427103/joe-mercer?post_id=554948501#554948501Correct Salmon, in fact Hern moved from asst trainer to Michael Bishop to be private trainer to Major Holliday in 1957. He was still defo training for LBH in 1962 because he trained his first classic winner that year (Hethersett). Re Denys Smith, I tFri, 06 Jul 2018 02:21:08 -0500If that's Major Lionel Holliday didn't he have a lot of horses with Dick Hern ?Which would bring us neatly back to Joe Mercerhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31427103/joe-mercer?post_id=554947863#554947863If that's Major Lionel Holliday didn't he have a lot of horses with Dick Hern ?Which would bring us neatly back to Joe MercerThu, 05 Jul 2018 17:36:17 -0500Denys Smith was an excellent Northern trainer. Did he not train for L B Holliday?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31427103/joe-mercer?post_id=554947377#554947377Denys Smith was an excellent Northern trainer. Did he not train for L B Holliday?Thu, 05 Jul 2018 16:24:05 -0500He was stable jockey for Denys Smith for a while I think. Certainly confined largely to the north.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31427103/joe-mercer?post_id=554947191#554947191He was stable jockey for Denys Smith for a while I think. Certainly confined largely to the north.Thu, 05 Jul 2018 15:51:40 -0500If my memory is correct, did he not ride for Sam Hall when he returned from France. I`m pretty sure he did, but I may be wrong, but I seem to recall that he struck up a good partnership with Dakota?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31427103/joe-mercer?post_id=554946845#554946845If my memory is correct, did he not ride for Sam Hall when he returned from France. I`m pretty sure he did, but I may be wrong, but I seem to recall that he struck up a good partnership with Dakota?Thu, 05 Jul 2018 14:58:39 -0500Sandy is Scottish for Alexander, so I would assume that you are correct blackbarn.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31427103/joe-mercer?post_id=554946797#554946797Sandy is Scottish for Alexander, so I would assume that you are correct blackbarn.Thu, 05 Jul 2018 14:54:19 -0500Wiki says........"Alistair is a masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic Alasdair. The latter is most likely a Scottish Gaelic corruption of the Norman French Alexandre or Latin Alexandrus, which was incorporated into Enghttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31427103/joe-mercer?post_id=554945899#554945899Wiki says........"Alistair is a masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic Alasdair. The latter is most likely a Scottish Gaelic corruption of the Norman French Alexandre or Latin Alexandrus, which was incorporated into EngThu, 05 Jul 2018 13:17:48 -0500No sort about it, is all true, unless I am having one of those "dim" moments...!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31427103/joe-mercer?post_id=554945525#554945525No sort about it, is all true, unless I am having one of those "dim" moments...!Thu, 05 Jul 2018 12:34:38 -0500