I often drive through Doug Smith Close, Suffolk. I 'm glad they honoured this great jockey.

My cousin Trevor Archer is related to the Great Fred Archer, who also worked as a stable boy for Victor Smyth, before going to University and is now a Professor of Psychiatry etc. I sent him this film, and it brought back memories of times gone by. Wonderful!

If only, we could just go back to those times.

Fantastic nostalgia down memory lane of bygone days , Bill Rickaby , Harry Carr , Capt. Cecil Boyd Rochfort , Harry Wragg , Jack Watts , Lord Roseberry , Jack Jarvis , Doug Smith , fabulous old film capturing some great horses , a breath of fresh air .Lovely stuff .

Great footage! Thank you for uploading. My father’s family started training around 1840 in Epsom before moving to Newmarket, my great grandfather travelled horses to Hungary usually purchased by a count at Tattersalls. His brother trained there and was about the most successful trainer in Hungary. My great grandfather won enough money on a horse called Raeburn, when it beat Isinglass and was only horse ever to beat Isinglass, to buy a house . They must of gambled it away as well !!

Loved looking at this memory. Apprentice @ Heath House with JAJ Waugh then Sir Mark Prescott. Broke yearlings on a sand pit, no helmets then. Great times

What a fantastic trip back in time thanks.

Wunderschöne alte Aufnahmen. Danke.

Great old footage- thank you. I worked in Newmarket in horse racing, and it is great to see the yard I worked in in the old days. One of my horses lived in Blue Peter’s stable. Newmarket and the Heath haven’t changed too much over the years.

Wonderful

Wonderful glimpse of times gone by some great old racing footage and names of some racing legends.

Enjoyed wstching that.happy memories.of the sixties aas a student.nurse.in brighton race day.crowds on race hill smell.of sweaty horses a days outing for.msny people

Wonderful, please show more if you can, the history the old names. Thank you so much. Colin.

7:30 Nearco is the grandsire of Northern Dancer.

Not a safety helmet in sight, brilliant stuff!

I live in Newmarket and i ride horses at the British racing school

3:38 He was the late great Henry Cecil's stepfather.

Great old film. Horse racing is nostalgia - memories of good horses blending.

I work for walter nightingale 1956 dave Anderson

14:48 Peter Carl MacKay better known as "Ras Prince Monolulu".

Wonderful stuff. I think this is from 1956.

It must have been similar to being in the French Foreign Legion, being a stable lad in racing back then!

barbaric breaking methods back in those days.

Doug Smith committed suicide around 30 years later

Are these jockey still riding horses today? And the horses are they still racing?

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