SJFAN
Well-Known Member
Sad to see (obituary on the BSJA website) one of SJ's great characters has died. As well as being a fine horseman (though he said he was "uneducated" he was influential in launching the careers of Mark Armstrong and Tina Fletcher (then Cassan), and with his wife Sue (also a former international rider) remained active in the sport as an owner, breeder and dealer. He was a crowd pleaser - would talk to spectators and always looked to be enjoying his sport. One of my favourite memories of him was at Wembley when having taken a fall from his good chestnut mare Baroness, he got up and whistled to her so that she came over to him instead of him walking over to collect her.