- Harry Wragg
Harry Wragg (1902 – 1985) was a British
jockey and trainer.Wragg became a jockey in 1920. The Champion Jockey in 1941, he rode 13 winners of
British Classic Races , as follows:*1,000 Guineas - Campanula (1934), Herringbone (1943), Sun Stream (1945)
*2,000 Guineas - Garden Path (1944)
*Derby - Felstead (1928), Blenheim (1930), Watling Street (1942)
*Oaks - Rockfel (1938), Commotion (1941), Sun Stream (1945), Steady Aim (1946)
*St. Leger - Sandwich (1931), Herringbone (1943)Hisnickname was "The Head Waiter", [THE HEAD WAITER. A biography of Harry Wragg. byMichael Seth-Smith 1984. H/B. 1st.Ed. 226pp. ISBN 071812443X] a punning reference to his being the best among his contemporaries at waiting until the very last moment to produce his challenge, overtaking the field in the very last strides to the line.On his retirement as a jockey in 1947, Wragg became a successful trainer, saddling 5 Classic Race winners as follows:
*1,000 Guineas - Abermaid (1962), Full Dress II (1969)
*2,000 Guineas - Darius (1954)
*Derby - Psidium (1961)
*St. Leger - Intermezzo (1969)In
Cockney Cockney rhyming s _rh. Scottish football team Partick Thistle are sometimes referred to as "the Harry Wraggs" as it rhymes with the official club nickname, "the Jags".His son
Geoff Wragg is also a successful horse race trainer.References
ee also
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List of jockeys External links
* [http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=1201 Harry Wragg's entry in the National Horseracing Museum database]
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