John Porter (horseman)

John Porter (horseman)

Horseracing personalities infobox
name = John Porter


caption = Career Summary
occupation = Racehorse trainer
birthplace = Rugeley, Staffordshire, England
birth date = 2nd March, 1838
death date = 21st February 1922
career wins = 1863 to 1905 Races won: 1063 Prize Money won: £787,583 (win & place)
race = 2,000 Guineas Stakes, Newmarket 1882 Shotover 1885 Paradox 1886 Ormonde 1891 Common 1899 Flying Fox 1,000 Guineas Stakes, Newmarket 1885 Farewell 1892 La Fleche Epsom Derby Stakes, Epsom 1868 Blue Gown 1882 Shotover 1883 St Blaise 1886 Ormonde 1890 Sainfoin 1891 Common 1899 Flying Fox Oaks Stakes, Epsom 1882 Geheimniss 1892 La Fleche 1900 La Roche St. Leger Stakes, Doncaster 1869 Pero Gomez 1886 Ormonde 1891 Common 1892 La Fleche 1894 Throstle 1899 Flying Fox
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John Porter (1838-1922) was an English Thoroughbred flat racing trainer whose horses won the English Triple Crown three times.

Born in Rugeley, Staffordshire, the National Horseracing Museum says that John Porter "was undoubtedly the most successful trainer of the Victorian era."

From 1854 to 1855, John Porter worked at Downs House in Stable Lane, Findon, West Sussex. Stable owner Henry Padwick entrusted the astute sixteen-year-old with the stables' financial administration and responsibility for the yard's management.

Porter trained horses that won twenty three of the British Classic Races, including seven in England's most prestigious race, the Epsom Derby. His Triple Crown wins came with Ormonde (1886), Common (1891), and Flying Fox (1899).

An owner of Kingsclere Stables near Newbury, Berkshire, Porter was also a founder of Newbury Racecourse and served as its managing director.

John Porter retired from racing in 1905. The John Porter Stakes at Newbury Racecourse is a 1 ½-mile race for older horses named in his honor.

References

* [http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=976 John Porter at the United Kingdom's National Horseracing Museum]
* John Porter of Kingsclere an Autobiography (1919) Grant Richards
* Bloodstock Breeders Review, the British Bloodstock Agency


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