Adam Christopher Jackson (1929-1989), was an Irish born champion trainer of Great Britain.

Career

Jackson moved to England from Ireland and gained a position as a kennelhand for Paddy McEvoy in 1953 (who was employed by the

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at the time). He secured his own trainer's licence in 1959 and was attached to

Slough Stadium Slough Stadium originally known as the Dolphin Stadium was a greyhound racing stadium in Uxbridge Road, Slough, Berkshire. Origins and opening George Bennett Sr. a resident and entrepreneur of Slough bought and sold a cinema in Chalvey befor ...

, replacing Jack Kinsley who had moved to

Wembley Wembley () is a large suburbIn British English, "suburb" often refers to the secondary urban centres of a city. Wembley is not a suburb in the American sense, i.e. a single-family residential area outside of the city itself. in north-west Londo ...

. He was transferred to

Clapton Stadium The Clapton Stadium, also known as Millfields Road, was a football ground and greyhound racing stadium in the Lower Clapton area of London. History The stadium was originally named Whittles Athletic Ground and was mostly used for whippet rac ...

in 1963 and trained out of the Claverhambury Kennels (no 6) in Waltham Abbey. The move catapulted his career and he gained great success. In 1965 he won the

1965 English Greyhound Derby The 1965 English Greyhound Derby took place during June with the final being held on 26 June 1965 at White City Stadium. The winner was Chittering Clapton and the winning owners, father and son, Victor Leah and Peter Leah received £5,000. Fi ...

with Chittering Clapton. Pallas Joy won the 1969

Welsh Greyhound Derby The Welsh Greyhound Derby was a former classic greyhound competition held in Wales. It was held at the White City Stadium in Cardiff from 1928 to 1937. After the closure of this stadium the race switched to the Cardiff Arms Park from 1945 unti ...

before Jackson was given a greyhound called Patricias Hope to train. The white and fawn dog became an all time great and provided Jackson with a second English Derby triumph and a Triple Crown in 1972. He won a second

Scottish Greyhound Derby The Scottish Greyhound Derby was an original classic greyhound competition held at Shawfield Stadium. Held at Carntyne Stadium from 1928 to 1968, after the closure of Carntyne the race appeared at Shawfield from 1970 until 1985. In 1988 the Gr ...

with Dashalong Chief in 1973 before moving to

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following the sale of Clapton to the

. During 1982 he won the Trainer's Championship and switched from White City to Wembley.

Awards

Despite being Irish born he was voted the United Kingdom

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in 1982.

Personal life

He was born in Ireland on 31 May 1929 in

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, the youngest of five children. He contracted

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at the age of 18 and after taking two years to recover was left with a limp throughout his life. He worked a series of odd jobs before emigrating to England in 1953. He died from cancer during 1989.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jackson, Adam British greyhound racing trainers Irish greyhound racing trainers 1929 births 1989 deaths