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Jockey (J)

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Son of the jumping trainer Jack Jones, young Herbert was apprenticed to Richard Marsh at the age of ten and rode his first winner in 1896. He was the work rider for the temperamental Diamond Jubilee and it was noted that this wayward colt went better for him than for any more established jockey. Hence the young man got his chance and won the Triple Crown on the Prince of Wales's horse.

When the royal jockey John Watts retired, Herbert Jones took his place, and won the Derby on Minoru for Edward VII. He retired in 1923.

Richard Marsh wrote, 'A better servant no man ever had, and a straighter or more honest jockey never got on a horse'.