[2] The son of John Day, and brother of John Barham Day, he became apprenticed to a trainer called Cooper, who trained for the Duke of York in Newmarket.
After his second Derby win, he retired to a farm near Reading, but when this was not a financial success he wasted back down to 7 stone 12 pounds and, with help from his nephew John, resumed riding.
[3] When eventually he retired again, he trained on a small scale at Ascot.
[2] He was a cheerful, hardy man[2] and a tough, wiry, elegant rider.
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