Everything tagged: Horse racing

Known to my family as Jockey Knoll, who won the Professional Cup for us on "Off Day" 23 February, 1922 on Charles Warren's most successful pony, Mosaic Tile, Archie David also owned the Knights Stable under the pseudonym Mr. Gilpin. His father had forbidden him to ride after he was badly injured while racing in Shanghai for the stable of his brother, Evelyn David. This was apparently the reason for his pseudonyms, but the subterfuge can't have lasted for long. He was a special juror in Hong Kong and a director of his father's company, S.J. David & Co. Ltd.

The name of Gilbert Harriman is remembered in my family as the trainer of my grandfather, Charles Warren’s racing ponies, known as the “Tile” ponies, during the years 1920-1923. When one of the Tile ponies won the Professional Cup at the Happy Valley Derby, a photographer was hired to commemorate the occasion, snapping Charles Warren and his daughter Evelyn together with Harriman and the magnificent trophy for posterity. The cup has sadly disappeared. After Charles Warren’s death in 1923 the Tile ponies were all sold and Harriman’s connection with our family ceased.