Richard Thomas Pitman (born 21 January 1943) is a retired British jump jockey who rode 427 winners in his career, including Lanzarote in the 1974 Champion Hurdle.
Pitman is also remembered for coming a close second in the 1973 Grand National on Crisp to Red Rum ridden by Brian Fletcher.
In 1968 they bought a horse training yard at Hinton Parva, near Swindon, which Jenny operated as a place of recuperation for injured horses; Richard's prize money from riding Steel Bridge into second place at the 1969 Grand National enabled them to build a house there.
They moved to the Weathercock House yard at Lambourn in 1976, which Jenny continued to run after the end of their marriage in 1977.
[1] Their son Mark was also a jockey, his most notable success being in the 1991 Cheltenham Gold Cup on Garrison Savannah, a horse trained by Jenny Pitman.