Marcus Armytage
Marcus Armytage [born
17 July 1964 ] is a journalist and formerMr Frisk and Armytage went on to complete the unique National-Whitbread Gold Cup double at Sandown Park Racecourse three weeks later. The same year, 1990, he was Fegentri European Champion Amateur. In 1992 he repeated a feat achieved by his sister Gee in 1987 by riding a double at the Cheltenham Festival, winning the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup on Tug of Gold and National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup on Keep Talking. His third Festival winner was on Christmas Gorse in the National Hunt Chase in 1994. He retired in 2000 after riding his 100th winner – in Dubai.
His father was Roddy Armytage, a racehorse trainer based in East Ilsley, near Newbury, and his mother was Sue Armytage, who as Sue Whitehead was an international showjumper. His younger sister Gee was also a National Hunt jockey.
Education
He attended
Journalism
He started writing while at agricultural college for the
Personal life
He married Amber in 2003. He has three children: Arthur, born in 2004; Molly, born in 2006; and Arabella, born in 2011.[3]
References
- ^ Baerlein, Richard (9 April 1990). "Mr Frisk and Mr Armytage strike another blow for amateurs riders in record time". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 9 June 2010.
- ^ "'A fantasy' – the story behind amateur jockey's Grand National fairytale". BBC Sport. Retrieved 14 April 2022.
- ^ "Armytage profile". Armytage. Retrieved 28 March 2016.