Fred Winter

Fred Winter
Fred Winter on Sundew, winner of the 1957 Grand National
Born	20 September 1926
Died	5 April 2004 (aged 77)
Nationality	British
Education	Ewell Castle School[1]
Occupations	Jockey Horse trainer
Years active	1950–1980
Known for	Winning the Grand National 4 times
Spouse	Diana Winter (married 1956–2004)
Children	Denise Winter Joanna Winter Philippa Winter

Frederick Thomas Winter, CBE (20 September 1926 – 5 April 2004) was a British National Hunt racing racehorse jockey and trainer. He was British jump racing Champion Jockey four times and British jump racing Champion Trainer eight times. He is the only person to have won the Cheltenham Gold Cup, Champion Hurdle and Grand National as both jockey and trainer. Winter won the Grand National four times, as a jockey in 1957 (Sundew) and 1962 (Kilmore), and as a trainer in 1965 (Jay Trump) and 1966 (Anglo).

His most famous victory as a jockey was on Mandarin in the 1962 Grand Steeple-Chase de Paris at Auteuil. His victory despite his illness, a broken bit and Mandarin breaking down in the last half-mile was voted the greatest ride ever in a 2006 Racing Post poll. The race was listed in The Guardian as one of the greatest races ever.^{[citation needed]}

As a jockey he rode a then-record 923 National Hunt winners before his retirement in 1964.