Charlie Elliott

E C ELLIOTT d1979. British Champion flat racing jockey. He was still an apprentice to John L Jarvis when he won his first jockey's title (which he shared with Steve Donoghue) in 1923. He won again the following year with a total of 106 winners. After this he spent a large part of his riding career in France. In the post-war period he rode for George Colling. When Colling was unable to train due to illness, he prepared Nimbus to go and win the 1949 2,000 Guineas and Derby. In 1999, the Racing Post ranked him as sixth in their list of the Top 50 jockeys of the 20th century. In total, he won fourteen British Classic Races