Nat Flatman

Nat Flatman
Nat Flatman aboard Preserve at Newmarket Racecourse 1835 painting by John Frederick Herring, Jr.
Occupation	Jockey
Born	1810 Great Britain
Died	20 August 1860
Career wins	Not found
Major racing wins
Goodwood Cup (1834, 1837, 1852) Molecomb Stakes (1835, 1847, 1851, 1854, 1858) St. James's Palace Stakes (1835, 1845, 1846, 1848) Stewards' Cup (1841, 1846) Nassau Stakes (1842, 1843, 1847, 1849, 1852, 1859) July Stakes (1843) Coronation Stakes (1844, 1845, 1848, 1849, 1851) Ascot Gold Cup (1846) Doncaster Gold Cup (1850) British Classic Race wins: 1,000 Guineas (1835, 1847, 1857) Epsom Derby (1844) 2,000 Guineas (1845, 1851, 1856) St. Leger Stakes (1848, 1856, 1857) International race wins: Prix du Cadran (1843, 1845) Prix du Jockey Club (1837, 1846, 1856) Prix de Diane (1850, 1852) Grand Critérium (1855, 1856)
Racing awards
British flat racing Champion Jockey (1840-1852)
Honours
Nat Flatman Street, Newmarket, Suffolk, England
Significant horses
Voltigeur, Preserve, Orlando, Alarm, Surplice

Elnathan "Nat" Flatman (1810 – 20 August 1860), born Holton St. Mary, Suffolk, was the first Champion flat racing jockey of Great Britain. He began his thirty-four-year racing career as an apprentice jockey at age fifteen and by 1840 he was the dominant rider in British racing, winning the Champion Jockey title thirteen years in a row. During his career, Flatman won the patronage of many significant owners, including Lord George Bentinck, the Earl of Chesterfield, Admiral Rous, Lord Stradbroke and Lord Derby.^[1] For these owners, and others like them he won most of the important Thoroughbred horse races in England, including ten Classics, and some significant races in France. He continued to ride until the paddock accident that incapacitated him and ultimately led to his death at the age of 50.