Stan Mellor Death | Obituary – Former champion jumps jockey, Stan Mellor age 83 passed away, Stan was the first rider to win 1,000 races over jumps and outstanding campaigner for jockeys’ welfare. The jockey was champion jockey in successive seasons between 1959 and 1962.
Born in 1937, the son of a Manchester timber merchant, Mellor started in racing at 15 and rode briefly as an amateur for George Owen at Malpas, enjoying his first win on Straight Border in a selling hurdle at Wolverhampton as a 16-year-old in January 1954. His first winner as a professional came a little more than three months later on Wirswall Prince at Ludlow.
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Sad to hear of the passing of former champion jumps jockey Stan Mellor at 83. First rider to win 1,000 races over jumps and outstanding campaigner for jockeys’ welfare. RIPhttps://t.co/W9HCxSdRgV pic.twitter.com/hohdSZ5LFd
— Michael Dods Racing (@mdodsracing) August 2, 2020
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