Steve Donoghue - Background, Classic Race Victories

Jockey, born in Warrington, Cheshire, NWC England, UK. He won the Derby six times, including a record three consecutive wins (1921–3). Champion jockey in 10 successive years (1914–23), he won a total of 14 classics.

Steve Donoghue (1884 - 1945) was a leading English flat-race jockey in the 1910s and 1920s.

Background

Born in Warrington, Cheshire, England, Steve was apprenticed to John Porter at Chester when he was 14 years old. Three consecutive wins in the early 1920s - on Humorist (1921), Captain Cuttle (1922) and Papyrus (1923) - was the high point. He was also associated with the horses Brown Jack - who he rode to six consecutive wins in the Queen Alexandra Stakes at Royal Ascot and The Tetrarch, a 2 year old that raced in 1913 and was said to be the fastest horse ever ridden in England.

In 1915 and 1917, he rode the horses Pommern and Gay Crusader to the Triple Crown respectively, two of only 15 horses to have achieved the feat in over 200 years.

Classic Race Victories

Epsom Derby winners - 1915: Pommern, 1917: Gay Crusader, 1921: Humorist, 1922: Captain Cuttle, 1923: Papyrus, 1925: Manna 1000 Guineas winners - 1937: Exhibitionist 2000 Guineas Stakes winners - 1915: Pommern, 1917: Gay Crusader, 1925: Manna Epsom Oaks winners - 1918: My Dear, 1937: Exhibitionist St. Leger Stakes winners - 1915: Pommern, 1917: Gay Crusader