Basil Briscoe
(Arthur) Basil Briscoe (1903 – 1951) was a British racehorse trainer. The son of William Arthur Briscoe, of Longstowe Hall, Cambridgeshire, and May Matilda Boughey,[1] he was educated at Eton College.[2] He ran a mixed stable from the family seat at Longstowe and then Newmarket and was the joint master of the Cambridgeshire Harriers in 1929, based at Bottisham.[3]
Golden Miller
Briscoe discovered Golden Miller as an unbroken three-year-old in Ireland[4] and encouraged Dorothy Paget to buy him. The horse won four consecutive Cheltenham Gold Cups (1932-1935) for Briscoe (and a fifth in 1936) and the 1934 Grand National, but Paget and Briscoe fell out after the 1935 Grand National when Golden Miller, the pre-race favourite, tried to refuse a fence and unseated his jockey.[5][6]
References
- ^ Descendants of William the Conqueror: Arthur Basil Briscoe Archived April 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ BBC Sport: Six of the Gold Cup best
- ^ GENUKI: Bottisham
- ^ An Observer Classic: 25 March 1934 Archived October 1, 2006, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Horseracing History Online: Briscoe, A Basil
- ^ BBC Sport: Chasing greats
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