Frederick George Templeman (10 February 1892 – 17 May 1973) was an
Epsom Derby
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winning English
jockey
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.
He was born in
Hertford
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The town grew around a Ford (crossing), ford on ...
and rode his first racehorse aged 13. His father William had been a jockey, and his great-uncle
Sim Templeman
Simeon "Sim" Templeman (1805-1884) was a British classic-winning jockey. He won seven classic races in total, including the Epsom classic double twice.
Career
Templeman was born into a long standing farming family in the village of Everingh ...
had won both the Derby and the Oaks three times.
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He was a surprise winner of the 1919 running of the race on Grand Parade. Owner Lord Glanely entered two horses for the race – Grand Parade and Dominion. Dominion was the favoured of the pair, and trainer Frank Barling's stable jockey Arthur Smith, who had the choice of rides, chose Dominion. This left Templeman to take the ride on the eventual winner.][
The same year he won the ]Royal Hunt Cup
The Royal Hunt Cup is a flat handicap horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile (1,609 metres), and it is scheduled to ...
on Irish Elegance, carrying a record weight of 9st lllb, and the Liverpool Summer Cup on Arion. He was 7th in the jockeys' championship of 1919 too.[
On retirement, he became a trainer and ]smallholder
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at Lambourn
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in Berkshire. During the war he bought a farm of 400 acres at nearby Mildenhall, with the intention of also started a stud farm
A stud farm or stud in animal husbandry is an establishment for selective breeding of livestock. The word "stud (animal), stud" comes from the Old English ''stod'' meaning "herd of horses, place where horses are kept for breeding". Historically, ...
there once the war was over.[
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Major wins
Great Britain
*Epsom Derby
The Derby Stakes, more commonly known as the Derby and sometimes referred to as the Epsom Derby, is a Group races, Group 1 flat Horse racing, horse race in England open to three-year-old Colt (horse), colts and Filly, fillies. It is run at Ep ...
– '' Grand Parade (1919)''
See also
*List of jockeys
This is a list of notable jockeys, both male and female, covering jockeys who have competed worldwide in all forms of horse racing.
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* Eddie Ahern
* Robby Albarado
* Anna Lee Aldred
* Tony Allan (jockey), Tony Allan
* Lisa Allpress ...
*List of significant families in British horse racing
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References
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1892 births
1973 deaths
English jockeys