Harry Thomson Jones
Harry Thomson Jones (1925 – 5 December 2007), often known as "Tom Jones", was a British
He was educated at Eton College and was first licensed as a trainer in 1951. Amongst his notable National Hunt horses were Tingle Creek, winner of 11 races and a specialist at Sandown Park Racecourse, and Frenchman's Cove, winner of the 1962 Whitbread Gold Cup and 1964 King George VI Chase.[1]
By the 1970s he had begun to concentrate on flat racing and trained his first Classic winner when
His last winner came when Agdistis won at Worcester Racecourse on 12 October 1996 and he retired later that year.
He was married twice and had three children. With his first wife Solna Joel, he had a son, Tim Thomson Jones, and daughter, Di Haine, who are also racehorse trainers; with his second wife Sarah Beatty, the daughter of Sir Alfred Chester Beatty, he had another son, Christopher Thomson Jones, who lives in South Carolina.
References
- ^ "Obituary". The Daily Telegraph.
- ^ "Richard Hills to retire". Owner and Breeder.