New Posts For Thread: Derek Malcolm film critic & amateur jockeyhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810497/derek-malcolm-film-critic-amateur-jockeyFrom his Telegraph obituary:-On graduating, Malcolm tried unsuccessfully to get into publishing and instead became an amateur National Hunt jockey, winning 13 steeplechases over two seasons in the mid-1950s before deciding it was too hard and attemptA bit of a rapscallion then.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810497/derek-malcolm-film-critic-amateur-jockey?post_id=563304773#563304773A bit of a rapscallion then.Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:32:44 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810497/derek-malcolm-film-critic-amateur-jockey?post_id=563304743#563304743Wed, 19 Jul 2023 13:16:07 -0500I think this is largely BS. I couldn't find any evidence of Derek Malcolm riding under rules in the 50s, so I contacted John Randall at the RP, and he looked at Ruff's Guide for the 50s (which has a list of winning riders each year), and said there'shttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810497/derek-malcolm-film-critic-amateur-jockey?post_id=563303619#563303619I think this is largely BS. I couldn't find any evidence of Derek Malcolm riding under rules in the 50s, so I contacted John Randall at the RP, and he looked at Ruff's Guide for the 50s (which has a list of winning riders each year), and said there'sWed, 19 Jul 2023 06:15:29 -0500Wife will be upset when i tell herhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810497/derek-malcolm-film-critic-amateur-jockey?post_id=563303203#563303203Wife will be upset when i tell herTue, 18 Jul 2023 23:14:52 -0500No more information in the Guardian's obituary:-Among other roles before journalism, Derek was an amateur national hunt jockey and spent three years acting in provincial rep.Although it does contain this marvellous sentence: The memoir records Douglahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810497/derek-malcolm-film-critic-amateur-jockey?post_id=563303169#563303169No more information in the Guardian's obituary:-Among other roles before journalism, Derek was an amateur national hunt jockey and spent three years acting in provincial rep.Although it does contain this marvellous sentence: The memoir records DouglaTue, 18 Jul 2023 22:09:25 -0500Forgot the URLshttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/07/17/derek-malcolm-film-critic-broadcaster-murder-guardian/ (paywalled)https://www.jockeypedia.co.uk/https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810497/derek-malcolm-film-critic-amateur-jockey?post_id=563303159#563303159Forgot the URLshttps://www.telegraph.co.uk/obituaries/2023/07/17/derek-malcolm-film-critic-broadcaster-murder-guardian/ (paywalled)https://www.jockeypedia.co.uk/Tue, 18 Jul 2023 21:57:40 -0500From his Telegraph obituary:-On graduating, Malcolm tried unsuccessfully to get into publishing and instead became an amateur National Hunt jockey, winning 13 steeplechases over two seasons in the mid-1950s before deciding it was too hard and attempthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31810497/derek-malcolm-film-critic-amateur-jockey?post_id=563303157#563303157From his Telegraph obituary:-On graduating, Malcolm tried unsuccessfully to get into publishing and instead became an amateur National Hunt jockey, winning 13 steeplechases over two seasons in the mid-1950s before deciding it was too hard and attemptTue, 18 Jul 2023 21:54:39 -0500