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

  1. ^ Descendants of William the Conqueror: Arthur Basil Briscoe Archived April 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ BBC Sport: Six of the Gold Cup best
  3. ^ GENUKI: Bottisham
  4. ^ An Observer Classic: 25 March 1934 Archived 1 October 2006 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Horseracing History Online: Briscoe, A Basil". Archived from the original on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2008.
  6. ^ BBC Sport: Chasing greats


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