1890 - 1927
George Archibald (jockey) British Jockey
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| Birthday |
30th November, 1889
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| Birthplace |
United States
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| Died |
5th April, 1927
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| Place of Death |
Newmarket, Suffolk, England
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| Nationality |
British
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| Occupation Text |
Jockey
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| Occupation |
Jockey
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George William Archibald (1890 – April 5, 1927) was an American jockey. He rode the winning horse Meridian in the 1911 Kentucky Derby. He was also a Champion Jockey in Germany where he rode for Baron Simon Alfred Oppenheim's Schlenderhan stable. He won the 1913 German 2000 Guineas and German St. Leger on Orchidee II and the 1914 German Oaks on Ariel. Moved to Spain where he won three times the Gran Premio de Madrid (1919,20,21). Archibald came to England in 1922 to take up retainer with Peter Gilpin at Clarehaven Stables in Newmarket. He won the 2000 Guineas Stakes with St Louis. He rode in the Epsom Derby for King George VI. His other good mounts included that year's leading 2 year old, Town Guard, and the Irish Derby winner, Spike Island. Further important winners included A. K. Macomber's Rose Prince in the Cesarewitch Handicap and a dead-heat in the Irish Derby abroad Zodiac in 1924. In all he rode one hundred and eighty winners in England. His best year was 1924, when he scored in fifty two races.
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