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Who are the longest serving licensed trainers ?

Art Decko

21 Jul 18 19:01

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I am fairly sure that Mick Easterby has held a licence longer than anybody else, but who is the second longest serving trainer ?

I am guessing Alan Bailey, but I am probably wrong ...

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adamski When: 21 Jul 18 19:26

Definitely Easterby but think Kevin Prendergast may be next (1963). Thought Bailey was about 1980, plenty longer than that, Prescott 1970 and Spearing 1972.

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Willie Shafter. When: 21 Jul 18 19:30

hi tec

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verbotene liebe When: 21 Jul 18 19:36

Henry Candy early 70's too.

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sparrow When: 21 Jul 18 19:42

Ray Peacock 1965.

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.Fidway. When: 21 Jul 18 20:01

Is he Drew's brother sparrow.

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salmon spray When: 21 Jul 18 20:12

If Kevin Prendergast took over from Paddy it was some time after 1963. Ragusa and Noblesse won Classics for Paddy that year.

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sparrow When: 21 Jul 18 20:19

https://sites.google.com/site/allsoppfredjockey/peacock-raymond

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.Fidway. When: 21 Jul 18 20:35

Drew Peacock

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mouse muldoon When: 21 Jul 18 20:36

I think Mike Oxlimp took over the license.

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.Fidway. When: 21 Jul 18 20:38

Maybe Mouse.

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chavman When: 21 Jul 18 20:40

Ben Di Coch was his assistant if memory serves

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sparrow When: 21 Jul 18 20:40

Hilarious

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minardi When: 21 Jul 18 20:41

Great site sparrow - just read up about Billy Worthington - journeyman jumps jockey whom I remember well.

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sparrow When: 21 Jul 18 20:43

The person who runs the site posts on here, minardi.

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Art Decko When: 21 Jul 18 20:43

Jul 21, 2018 -- 8:12PM, salmon spray wrote:

If Kevin Prendergast took over from Paddy it was some time after 1963. Ragusa and Noblesse won Classics for Paddy that year.

I don't think Kevin "took over" from his dad ... Paddy was training up until the 70s IIRC, and Kevin was already training before that.

I must have had a brain fart when I thought that Alan Bailey was one of the longest served ...

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N-east Correspondent When: 21 Jul 18 22:00

stoute 1972
prescott 1970

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Deltâ When: 21 Jul 18 22:30

[John Spearing has been training since 1972]

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Deltâ When: 21 Jul 18 22:31

apologies adamski, should have read from the start

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dambuster When: 21 Jul 18 22:43

looked at an old Folkestone racecard from 1972.
P.Cole
J.Spearing
M.Prescott
M.Stoute..Longevity is amazing.
and i'm sure if Henry Cecil and Toby Balding hadn't have died , they'd still be training, and they were about in the late 60s

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dambuster When: 21 Jul 18 22:48

When you consider the likes of Duffield and Piggott riding for 6 decades , theres no other sportsmen to compere,
Jockeys like Jimmy Quinn and Francis Norton have both been riding for over 30 years, and Norton especially, is still at the top of his game.
what other sport has that Longevity ?..

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Deltâ When: 21 Jul 18 22:50

its 99% horse, thats y

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salmon spray When: 21 Jul 18 22:54

Toby Balding was training in 1963 and probably before.
Reg Hollingshurst had been on the go since 1954.

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Deltâ When: 21 Jul 18 22:56

current s s

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Deltâ When: 21 Jul 18 22:57

Reg Hollingshurst

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onlooker When: 21 Jul 18 22:58

Wasn't he manager of the Supermarket in Coronation Street?

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sparrow When: 21 Jul 18 23:08

I haven't seen anyone post a name before Ray Peacock in 1965.

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GEORGE.B When: 21 Jul 18 23:11

When did JC Hayden start training?

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sparrow When: 21 Jul 18 23:12

I should have said apart from Kevin Prendergast in 1963.

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Movewiththetimes When: 21 Jul 18 23:25

When did Milton Bradley start training, great treble last year he got up.

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kevo When: 21 Jul 18 23:27

Milton Bradley has been training for a long time, and he's in his 80s.

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salmon spray When: 21 Jul 18 23:30

Did I mean Hollingsworth ?

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salmon spray When: 21 Jul 18 23:34

According to Wikipedia Clive Brittain began training,as an apprentice,in 1949.

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Art Decko When: 21 Jul 18 23:49

Jul 21, 2018 -- 11:34PM, salmon spray wrote:

According to Wikipedia Clive Brittain began training,as an apprentice,in 1949.

LOL ... well spotted ... that would certainly put him in front of Mick Easterby ...

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StillLearning When: 21 Jul 18 23:51

Ann Stokell?

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GEORGE.B When: 21 Jul 18 23:52

What happened to Stokell, her and that rakemepoker fella haven't been on a racecard for a while!

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StillLearning When: 22 Jul 18 00:05

She's got no horses according to the racing post

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onlooker When: 22 Jul 18 02:06

Art Decko 21 Jul 18 23:49
Jul 21, 2018 -- 11:34PM, salmon spray wrote:

According to Wikipedia Clive Brittain began training,as an apprentice,in 1949.

LOL ... well spotted ... that would certainly put him in front of Mick Easterby ..
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apart from the point that ... he is no longer a, "licenced trainer" -

Same as all the deceased ones.

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onlooker When: 22 Jul 18 02:16

- and in 1949 - he was 15 years old.

Somewhat misguided - non-racing - Wikipedia Editor, there.

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domino14 When: 22 Jul 18 10:09

Clive packed in about 3/4 year ago now for health reasons. He was an apprentice jockey in the 50s, I don't think he started training until the late 60s or early 70s. Milton I think started training in his late 30s so he again would be around the 1970 mark.

Ann Stokell no longer holds a trainers license, and hasn't since February 2017, she didn't renew her license last year for whatever reason and that remains the case.