Foster Bell (1814 - 1857) was a British jockey who most notably won the 1845 Epsom Derby on The Merry Monarch.
Bell was little known before his Derby win,[1] and is considered to have been a lucky winner of the race, winning by a length on the 40/1 outsider in an incident-packed race.
He lost at Goodwood on 30 July and again when well beaten at evens for the Gatwick Stakes with Bell riding.
[2] He died, aged 43, 16 days after having a fall at Chatham races on 27 September 1857, when trying to avoid a spectator.
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