Eph Smith | |
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Occupation | Jockey |
Born | 4 May 1915 Shottesbrook, Berkshire |
Died | August 1972 (aged 57) Newmarket, Suffolk |
Career wins | 2,313 |
Major racing wins | |
British Classic races 2000 Guineas Stakes (1939) Derby Stakes (1939) St Leger Stakes (1953) Other major races Ascot Gold Cup (1939, 1945) Champion Stakes (1940, 1941, 1946, 1948) Coronation Cup (1943, 1954) Dewhurst Stakes (1937, 1959) Eclipse Stakes (1939) Goodwood Cup (1933, 1937, 1961) July Cup (1945, 1948, 1952) King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1954) Middle Park Stakes (1942, 1957, 1962) Nunthorpe Stakes (1942, 1943) St. James's Palace Stakes (1939, 1958, 1962) Sussex Stakes (1958) Yorkshire Oaks (1962, 1963) | |
Racing awards | |
British flat racing Champion Apprentice (1933, 1934, 1935) | |
Significant horses | |
Aureole, Blue Peter, Hippius, Honeyway, Linklater, Major Portion, Predominate, Premonition, Ribbon, Sans Peine |
Eric Ephraim Smith (1915 - 1972) was an English flat racing jockey, who rode over 2,000 winners, including the winners of three Classics, in a career spanning over 30 years. He was three times the British flat racing Champion Apprentice and was ranked 23rd in the Racing Post's top 50 jockeys of the 20th century.[1]