Mark Prescott

He was riding in a race at Wye in 1965 when he broke his back in a fall, resulting in a nine-month hospital stay.

[1] George Duffield was stable jockey at Heath House for 31 seasons from 1974, winning 830 races for Prescott.

His interests include field sports such as hare coursing, fox hunting and bullfighting, he also developed a deep passion for the Gaelic game of hurling through his companionship with a young Newtownshandrum boy named Eric Curtin.

[1] On 1 September 2009, Prescott and television cook Clarissa Dickson-Wright received an absolute discharge from Scarborough Magistrates' Court after pleading guilty to hare coursing whilst attending an event organized by Yorkshire Greyhound Field Trialling Club in March 2007.

[7] He is distantly related to actress Sue Johnston, via her maternal line, as discovered by ITV's DNA Journey; aired 16 Oct 2024[8] Great Britain France Germany Ireland