Charlie Childs
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{{short description|English jockey}}
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|birth_place = France
|death_date = {{Death date |1957|10|04|df=y}}
|death_place = Newmarket, Suffolk, England
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|race = British Classic Races:
St Leger Stakes (1916)
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|horses = Hurry On
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Charlie Childs was the winning jockey of the 1916 St Leger.
He was born in France to John Childs and was one of five jockey brothers.{{sfn|Wright|1986|p=56}} He became apprentice to Tom Jennings, Jr. in Newmarket along with brother Joe.
His major racing success was winning the 1916 St Leger on 11/10 favourite Hurry On, considered by trainer Fred Darling to be the best he ever trained.{{sfn|Fairfax-Blakeborough|1950|p=438}} He won by three lengths from Clarissimus, ridden by Frank Bullock, with his brother Joe a further five lengths back in third on Atheling.
Childs died at Newmarket on October 4, 1957, aged 72.
Major wins
{{flagicon|Great Britain}} Great Britain
- St Leger Stakes - Hurry On (1916)
See also
References
Bibliography
- {{cite book |last=Fairfax-Blakeborough |first=John |title=Northern Turf History Vol. III: York and Doncaster Races |author-link=John Fairfax-Blakeborough |year=1950 |publisher= J. A. Allen & Co |location=London}}
- {{cite book |title=The Encyclopaedia of Flat Racing |last1=Wright |first1=Howard |year=1986 |publisher=Robert Hale |location=London |isbn=0-7090-2639-0}}
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