Sam Day (1802–66) was an English jockey who won
The Derby on 3 occasions: in 1821 aboard the grey
Gustavus, in 1830 on
Priam
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and once again atop
Pyrrhus The First in the 1846 Derby.
He also won a
1,000 Guineas
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Oaks double in 1846 on
Mendicant
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The son of John Day, and brother of
John Barham Day, he became apprenticed to a trainer called Cooper, who trained for the
Duke of York
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in
Newmarket. After his second Derby win, he retired to a farm near
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, but when this was not a financial success he
wasted back down to 7
stone
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pounds and, with help from his nephew
John
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, resumed riding. When eventually he retired again, he trained on a small scale at
Ascot
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He was one of several horsemen from the Day family, but was reputed to be more honest than other family members. He was a cheerful, hardy man and a tough, wiry, elegant rider.
See also
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List of significant families in British horse racing
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References
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English jockeys
19th-century English people
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