Trainer (T)

Associated Places:  Waterwitch House, Newmarket

Description:

Having been a jockey and then a trainer of jumpers, William Jarvis became established under the patronage of wealthy banker Charles Day Rose. For Rose he bought Bona Vista as a yearling for 1250 guineas. This colt was his sole Classic winner, a surprise, considering the many fine and successful horses that passed through his hands. George Lambton said of him, " He had a character which enabled him to come up smiling after any reverse". He needed that attitude in 1893 when Ravensbury filled the runner-up slot in 3 English Classics and the Grand Prix de Paris.

William Jarvis married a daughter of James Godding, another trainer, and produced three trainer sons and thereby a racing dynasty.