Otto Madden

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Otto Madden
St. Leger (1905)
Racing awards
British flat racing Champion Jockey 4 times (1898, 1901, 1903, 1904)
Significant horses
Jeddah, Sunny Jane

Herbert Otto Madden (2 January 1873 in Hoppegarten – 21 May 1942 in Newmarket, Suffolk) was a four time British flat racing Champion Jockey

He was born to a jockey father, who had ridden

1,000 Guineas
.

It has been suggested by some that he pulled Wool Winder when on course for a second Derby win in 1907.[1] His last big race win came in the 1917 Oaks on Sunny Jane. Officially, he had retired, but he had returned to race riding due to the limited number of jockeys available during World War I. He later bred, owned and trained Chapeau to win the 1925 Ebor Handicap.

In 1999, the

Royal Ascot
, a race he won three times in the 1890s.

Major Wins

United Kingdom Great Britain

Classic Races

Selected other races

References

  1. ^ "Madden, Herbert Otto (1872–1942)". National Horseracing Museum. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  2. ^ "Richards is in a class of his own; A century of racing – 50 greatest flat jockeys".
    The Racing Post
    . 17 May 1999. Retrieved 23 April 2013.