In 1859, he won the Chester Stewards’ Cup on Tunstall Maid, and had his first ride in the Derby, finishing unplaced 100/1 outsider Lovett.

Riding Kettledrum in the Doncaster Cup later that year, he scored a memorable dead heat with the filly that had won the Oaks, Brown Duchess.

He enjoyed an occasional cigar, and was a keen hunter, regularly attending the Bedale hunt.

The next day, Saturday 17 January 1863, he was returning to Tupgill from Mr Jackson’s house in Oram when he felt a pain and coldness in his left cheek.

[2] Rumoured to have died from an infection from his cut throat razor given to him as a memento for winning the 1861 Epsom Derby.

He was buried at Morpeth on 27 January 1863, and his funeral was attended by trainer Thomas Dawson, owner Mr Jackson and jockeys Tommy Aldcroft, Fred Bates, John Arnold, Tom Challoner and John Osborne Jr.