Marcus Armytage

Marcus Armytage (born 17 July 1964) is a journalist and former National Hunt jockey who won the Grand National as an amateur in 1990, riding Mr Frisk. He was educated at Eton College^[1]. Armytage's win in the 1990 Grand National on Mr Frisk came in a record time of 8m 47.8sec. It was and remains (as of 2011) the only sub nine minute National smashing Red Rum's previous record by some 14 seconds and Armytage remains the last amateur rider to win the race.

Mr Frisk and Armytage went on to complete the unique National-Whitbread Gold Cup double at Sandown Park Racecourse three weeks later. The same year, 1990, he was Fegentri European Champion Amateur. In 1992 he repeated a feast achieved by his sister Gee in 1988 by riding a double at the Cheltenham Festival, winning the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup on Tug of Gold and National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup on Keep Talking. His third Festival winner was on Christmas Gorse in the National Hunt Chase in 1994. He retired in 2000 after riding his 100th winner - in Dubai.

Armytage was born in Oxford on 17th July 1964. His father was Roddy Armytage, a racehorse trainer based in East Ilsley,near Newbury, and his mother was Sue Armytage, who as Sue Whitehead was an international showjumper. His younger sister Gee was also a National Hunt jockey.

He attended Eton College in same generation as politicians Boris Johnson and David Cameron. He used to slip out of college to ride at Windsor Races as a fledgling amateur jockey. He went on to attend the Royal Agricultural College, Cirencester, (irregularly) before graduating with a diploma in Rural Estate Management.

He started writing while at agricultural college for the Newly Weekly News . He joined the Racing Post as Newmarket correspondent in 1990 and left to join the Daily Telegraph racing team in 1993 and remains a racing correspondent there. He also contributes a column to the Horse and Hound. He was champion tipster for the 2008/09 jump season.

He married Amber in 2003. They have a young son, Arthur, 6, and Molly, 5.and another on the way

References

1. ^ Baerlein, Richard (9 April 1990). "Mr Frisk and Mr Armytage strike another blow for amateurs riders in record time". The Guardian (London). http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/1990/apr/09/grandnational2005.grandnational. Retrieved 9 June 2010. 

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