Tommy Loates
Tommy Loates | |
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Racing awards | |
British flat racing Champion Jockey 3 times (1889, 1890, 1893) | |
Significant horses | |
Isinglass, Donovan, St. Frusquin |
Thomas Loates (6 October 1867 – 28 September 1910) was a three times
Life
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Tommy Loates was born in Derby on 6 October 1867.[2][3] He was regarded as the best of a family of four jockey brothers which included fellow Classic-winner, Sam Loates.[1]
He was apprenticed to Joseph Cannon at Newmarket and was known as "a good lightweight, with very good hands".
He died in Brighton, England on 28 September 1910, leaving $1,250,000 in property.[3][5][6] It was believed he had amassed this phenomenal sum ($31.8 million in 2013 prices[7]) because his later employer was the financier Leopold de Rothschild who looked after his investments.
Brighton & Hove bus number 415 was named in honour of him.[8]
References
- ^ a b c "Loates, Thomas (1867-)". National Horseracing Museum. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ISBN 0-354-08536-0.
- ^ doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/34573. (Subscription or UK public library membershiprequired.)
- ^ "The English Turf – More Jockeys Warned Off". Auckland Star. 20 June 1891. p. 3. Retrieved 31 August 2023 – via Papers Past.
- ^ "Jockey Leaves $1,250,000" (PDF). The New York Times. London (published 16 October 1910). 8 October 1910. p. W4. Retrieved 31 August 2023.
- Nottingham Evening Post. 29 September 1910. p. 3. Retrieved 31 August 2023 – via Newspapers.com.
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"Wolfram Alpha Search, q.v. "1,250,000 1910 dollars in 2013"". Wolfram Alpha. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
- ^ "Names on the buses". Brighton & Hove Bus Company. Retrieved 16 April 2013.