George Dockeray
{{Short description|British jockey and racehorse trainer}}
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| occupation = Jockey
| birth_date = 1789
| birth_place = Carshalton
| death_date = 1857
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Ascot Gold Cup (1826)
Epsom Derby (1826)
Epsom Oaks (1829)
Major races (as trainer)
Grand National (1839, 1840, 1842, 1852)
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| horses = Chateau Margaux, Gaylad, Green Mantle, Jerry, Lap-dog, Lottery, Miss Mowbray
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George Dockeray (1789–1857) was a British jockey and racehorse trainer.
His big race wins as a jockey included Lap-dog, the winner of the 1826 Epsom Derby, Chateau Margaux, the Ascot Gold Cup winner of the same year, and Green Mantle, the 1829 Oaks winner. He was also an early example of jockeys riding in races internationally, when, in the late 1820s, he and fellow jockey Sam Day, spent time race-riding in Brussels, Belgium.
After retiring as a jockey, he trained horses from stables in Church Street, Epsom, Surrey. His training success included the first-ever Grand National winner, Lottery, and three further National winners – Jerry (1840), Gaylad (1842) and Miss Mowbray (1852). He also trained flat horses, including Adine, winner of the Goodwood Stakes, Ebor Handicap and Yorkshire Oaks. In addition to this success, he had a reputation for being "as honest and faithful a trainer as any".
Major wins (as jockey)
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- Ascot Gold Cup – Chateau Margaux (1826)
- Epsom Derby – Lap-dog (1826)
- Epsom Oaks – Green Mantle (1829)
Major wins (as trainer)
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- Grand National – Lottery (1839), Jerry (1840), Gaylad (1842), Miss Mowbray (1852)
References
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{{cite web |title=The "New Stables" |publisher=Epsom and Ewell History Explorer |accessdate=27 January 2015 |url=http://www.epsomandewellhistoryexplorer.org.uk/NewStables.html}}
{{cite news |title=Adine |work=The Era |page=5 |date=31 July 1853 |accessdate=27 January 2015 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000053/18530731/006/0005| via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/jockeypedia/dockeray-george |title=George Dockeray |publisher=Jockeypedia |access-date=27 January 2015}}
{{cite web|url=http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D21394#imageViewerLink |title=Will of George Dockeray, Trainer of Epsom, Surrey |publisher=The National Archives |date=19 May 1857 |access-date=27 January 2015}}
{{cite journal |editor1-last=Carleton |editor1-first=John William |title=Racing Photographs |journal=The Sporting Review |page=141 |date=January 1859 |access-date=27 January 2015 |url=https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=JYwEAAAAQAAJ&rdid=book-JYwEAAAAQAAJ&rdot=1}}
{{cite news |title=Sunday's and Tuesday's Posts |work=Stamford Mercury |date=26 September 1828 |accessdate=27 January 2015 |url=http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000237/18280926/001/0002| via = British Newspaper Archive|url-access=subscription }}
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External links
- [http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/D21394#imageViewerLink George Dockeray's will at The National Archives]
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Category:British racehorse trainers
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