Jeremy Hindley & Tony Kimberly

Vincent...one of my favourite ever horses

Jeremy passed away last year - aged 69.

  - Kimberley owns a Diamond mine in South Africa.

Very good onlooker.
Kimberley was one of those jockeys who one presumes were basically workriders. I don't remember him riding much for anybody but Hindley and he was usually jocked-off the best rides.
My fav jockey,Brian Taylor was retained by Hindley,when he ( Taylor ) appeared to be on the decline and I think Kimberley was still around as 2nd jock.

They had some great horses over the years.

Thanks onlooker. Didn`t know JH had sadly died. TK seems to have done ok though.

salmon, Tony was a regular rider of Stoute horses and also use to pick up rides for John Winter and Lady Herries amongst others, but is usually associated primarily with the late Jeremy because of the success they shared.
My own memory of him was the rapport he had with Crash Course who provided him with probably one of his biggest victories in the Doncaster Cup.

I always thought that he must have been a better 'Work Rider' than jockey.

Then again - I always thought Walter Swinburn was vastly overrated ...

- and Walter's  his woefully weak father, Wally - a hundred times worse.

Kimberley and Brian Procter were both apprenticed to Sir Gordon Richards and subsequently became two of the most skilled horsemen in the game.

Brian was attached to the hugely successful  Dick Hern in Berkshire, preparing many of the stables' classic and big-race winners during a 20 year period.

His son Tony is currently employed by Sir Michael  Stoute at Newmarket while Procter senior lives quietly in Suffolk.

The duo were top quality riders who, although never hitting the headlines a la Lester or Joe Mercer, nevertheless did extremely well out of the game.

Tony Kimberley, a name from the past! Would love to know what happened to him. Remember him with Jeremy Hindley as having several good horses in the 70's such as Swell Fellow, Crash Course, Be Tuneful, Sin Timon etc.As Cork Langer points out he did ride plenty for Stoute afterwards as well and rode a good Aga Khan one for him in Dancing Brave's Arc.

Tony Kimberley Booted Home a Few Winners for The Great Henry Cecil in His Time

There's a bit about Tony Kimberley here..

https://sites.google.com/site/jockeypedia/kimberley-tony

Although it doesn't say anything about his life after his career as a jockey finished, and I can't find any clues by googling.


(..though his last winner on Keswa was at Leicester, not as stated, if you're reading, Shalimah/WHIT).

Moved to South Africa - a life of luxury.

Jeremy Hindley was a fine trainer. He could often get horses to run up a sequence of wins and places. Powder Keg was a good horse for him.

what was the name of hindleys last good  yr old well fancied for the guiena,s i think,white and red colours i think

or was it red,white and yellow

Huntingdale ?

thats the fella nice horse

Fascinating - and enlightening - Obituary, here ...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/sport-obituaries/9807029/Jeremy-Hindley.html

didnt Huntingdale run in orange/tan colours?

Three of his horses i remember like yesterday were Moomba Masquerade, Meistersinger And Orojoya. If i remember correctly Meistersinger used to enter a lot of big handicaps but he was too high in the weights and could never win one.

just looked up a pic of the orange and tan colours

Warmington!

@ HQ

with Tromos and Lyhards Wish

Delta. Was Tromos trained by Bruce Hobbs?

Yes , Tromos was trained by Hobbs , he recorded such good times as 2yo , the late , great punter Alex Bird thought him a certainty for the 2000 Guineas , Alec retired soon after .

think TROMOS was ridden by KIPPER LYNCH at least in the Dewhurst,wonder what happened to him

Huntingdale thought of as the next COMING only ever won ONE race THE DEWHURST in 1985,didnt win as a 3year old before
as a 4year old ran last at Leicester in his only start and was retired

Lynch won the Clarence House and the Dewhurst on him. I think they were the only races the horse ever won. he got beat at long odds on in the Craven and the bubble was burst. In the Clarence House, he won by about 12 lengths, and beat a highly regarded 2yo of D1ck Hern's called Milford - and afterwards he got that famous quote of Lynch's where he said that he gave Tromos a kick in the belly and "it all went quiet".

*on Tromos

Didn't Kipper Lynch have a nasty accident which put paid to the rest of his career?

pro photographer,I think

He Loves Me, another Hindley horse worth mentioning. Won the Hungerford though remember him in the earlier stages of his career winning a race and in the process bursting the hype bubble of a Hislop owned half brother to Brigadier Gerard called St Petersburg.

lead on - Who was it that owned Vincent? Was it Daniel Prenn or am I mistaken?

George Cambanis owned Tromos. Black colours with white spots. Stilvi, a good sprinter in her own right, produced some terrific horses when retired to stud. I remember Tromos, Tyranavos and Tachypous but what were the other good uns she produced?

Stilvi's offspring

1974 - Tachypous by Hotfoot
1975 - Taxiarchos by Brigadier Gerard
1976 - Tromos by Busted
1977 - Tyrnavos by Blakeney
1978 - Tolmi by Great Nephew
1979 - Tenea by Reform
1980 -
1981 - Telios by Mill Reef
1982 - Tanagrea by Blakeney
1983 - Tanaos by Grundy
1984 - Trikymia by Final Straw
1985 - Tilefos by Shirley Heights
1986 - Toxotis by Pharly

Thanks corky.

Didn`t realise that Tachypous was her first foal. Tolmi was very good, her sire Great Nephew was also the sire of Grundy. Can`t think of any other very good horses by Great Nephew. Anybody? Is it mere coincidence that she produced nothing of note following her barren year?

Limited success in Europe mac, had more success in the States, but Shergar and Mrs Penny weren't too shabby...!

Bruce Hobbs won the Grand National at 17 yrs 3 months. An awesome effort.
Tyrnavos finished second in the Dewhurst behind Monteverdi. Other runners included Henbit, Romeo Romani, Marathon Gold and Final Straw. The older punters will remember most of those !

It`s the whisky corky mate, it`s damaging my brain cells Shergar of course Mrs Penny was a cracker. Who was her owner again? Can see his colours, black, white crossbelts, red cap but can`t remember his name?

He Loves Me,there's a blast from the past,won the cork and orrery,Cloonlara fav w/d deduction 30p in the pound.

That was a terrific Dewhurst field north berwick. Romeo Romani! A blast from the past. Ryan Price trained and I think ran in the colours of Danny Schwartz of Solinus fame.

I bet Freeze The Secret ante post for the Oaks and just got beat by Dunfermline another great filly. Did FTS run again after the Oaks?

Eric Kronfeld owned Mrs Penny.

Another great trainer in the same mould as Jeremy Hindley was Jeremy Tree. He really knew the time of day when the money was down.

I just remembered that one of Mrs Pennys main adversaries was Abeer, who was trained by Jeremy Tree.

Thanks NB. Eric Kronfield, couldn`t remember his name.

Was Abeer not owned by the Morrison family? Dark green colours that was carried by Scintilate?

Im sure they both raced in green.

Speaking of J Tree, whatever happened to the famous Jock Whitney colours, carried by many great horses, including Easter Hero? Are they still registered and if so to whom?

NB - Were they green with a white sash?

.... Morrison colours

Sea Pigeon was initially trained by Tree and owned by Jock Whitney.

Them colours, Pink, Black and White stripped sleeves were carried by many great horses over the years, a lot of which were trained by Tree.

Jeremy Tree had a great miler that raced against Rousillon. I cant remember his name but i think they both had a tremendous turn of foot. Any ideas MM ?

No mate, you`ve got me there

Wasn`t trained by Tree but Chief Singer was a great adversary of Roussilon but can`t think of any others

Just had a look on the web. It might have been Pennine Walk.

Some of these American owners have got mind boggling amounts of money. Jock Whitney already mentioned. George Strawbridge is another one. Fascinating reading about them.

Think it probably was Dan Prenn,Mighty Mac.It was the second year I started betting and I bought the Timeform 50 to follow book.I thought I'd found the Holy Grail--winners everywhere including Buttress,Expansive,Pipedreamer,Buz Kashi(33/1 disq.)at Royal Ascot alone.I think Vincent was in that edition.I seem to recall that he won his maiden at the Newmarket July meeting and I won quite a few pounds on him(although I may be wrong)-I remember him "making rapid late headway" on the"blower".I remember Dan Prenn having some cracking horses with John Dunlop as well,Beau Reef springs to mind.It all seemed so much easier then-find a J L Dunlop improver with Carson or Eddery up and just follow it.

Loved Daniel Prenn`s horses lead on. Black, Green hooped sleeves and cap. Most of his runners were trained by John Winter.

Remember Buz Khazi slaughtering a good field by 9l at Royal Ascot and getting disq. as you state above. Would never get disq. now.

A great Dunlop improver from that era was Sea Chimes. Could front run and accelerate at the end.

Black and red hoops?Lester used to be the preferred jockey,I think.

One in a Million,1000 G winner,benefitted from Buz Kashi's d.q.Paul Cook rode Buz Kashi(in the Moller colours,I think.

whenever the name j.tree comes up i always think of that great sprinter SHARPO i loved that horse but it needed very soft or heavy ground happy days

Your right Lead on. It was a chestnut. Talking about Lester, what a jockey he was on an improver. His riding on House Guard To run up a sequence of wins was jockeyship at its best. With all respect the jockeys riding now who often employ hold up tactics are not fit to lace his boots.

Old Etonian Jeremy Tree was an autocratic trainer who attracted some of the wealthiest owners from around the world.

Despite his superior demeanour, he was a decent person whom his staff respected as a proper professional

He was dealt a real super star when Rainbow Quest came along towards the end of his life. Fond memories of the man.

Kimberley and Willie Ryan had many a battle in the 80s riding Stoute and Cecil horses up north,


used to back Henrys all the time, Kimeberly had a double one day and relieved me of a very large sum of money especially when one of Henrys called Rakaposhi King got collared close home.

Didnt Proctor ride Minsters Son on his debut as an outsider beating fav and stablemate Unfuwain. Yattendon maiden at Newbury in mid August.

A decade before Minster Son's winning debut Procter did something similar on the Queen's Light O' Battle in the Radley Stakes at Newbury. Carson was on Hern's other horse, the heavily backed Bluebell.

The race was on the BBC and made hilarious viewing as Procter's mount found more than the jockey expected and went past a furious Carson on the favourite.

Yes - .Fidway - I also remembered that - when Procter was first mentioned earlier in the thread.

In fact - Dick Hern and Proctor used to have a similar winner once a year, for a few seasons- around September(ish)

The Urban Myth being - It was the Stable-Lads Christmas present.