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

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, replacing Jack Kinsley who had moved to

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. He was transferred to

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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 with Chittering Clapton. Pallas Joy won the 1969

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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 won the elusive Triple Crown in 1972. The triple crown consisted of both the Welsh Derby and Scottish Derby victories, in addition to the English Derby win. He won a second

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with Dashalong Chief in 1973 before moving to White City 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