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Smith

Smith of Berkshire.
No relation of Billy Smith.

Ernest Smith.
He was a farmer, at Shottesbrooke (near Lambourn and Newbury), Berkshire.
He had issue:

1. Eph Smith,
   Eric Ephraim Smith, born 1915.
   He was a flat race jockey. See wikipedia.
   He was 3 times Champion Apprentice.
   He won three classics:
   • 2000 Guineas in 1939.
   • Epsom Derby in 1939.
   • St Leger in 1953.

   
   

2. Doug Smith,
   born 21 Nov 1917.
   He was a champion flat race jockey. See wikipedia.
   His first win was at Salisbury in 1931, age 13 yrs.
   He was Champion Apprentice 1937.
   He mar pre-1949 to Patricia Winter [Pat, born 1925].
   He was 5 times Champion Flat Race Jockey, 1954, 1955, 1956 and 1958, 1959.
   He won four classics:
   • 1000 Guineas in 1946 on "Hypericum" (owner George VI).
   • 2000 Guineas in 1955 on "Our Babu" (NOT "Our Baby").
   • 2000 Guineas in 1958 on "Pall Mall" (owner Elizabeth II).
   • 1000 Guineas in 1959 on "Petite Etoile" (owner Aly Khan).
   Retired as jockey 1967, after riding 3,112 winners in 20,009 rides.
   He became a trainer.
   He trained "Sleeping Partner" to win the Epsom Oaks 1969.
   Retired as trainer 1979, after training 500 winners.
   Doug and Pat lived at Newmarket (beside racecourse).
   Doug died at his home in Newmarket, 12 Apr 1989, age 71 yrs.
   Pat lived Loder House, Hamilton Rd, Newmarket. (A road lined with racing stables. See map.)
   She died at home, Loder House, 27 Jan 2009, age 83 yrs.
   Funeral 11 Feb 2009, Newmarket RC church.
   Doug and Pat had issue:

   
   

   1. Michael Smith.

   2. Wendy Smith.
      She mar Peter Reynolds and had issue.

Doug Smith.
See full size. Picture courtesy of Reynolds family.

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Sources yet to be consulted

• Five Times Champion, autobiography, Doug Smith, 1968.

• Patricia Winter's death 2009:
  • Irish Field, 31 Jan 2009, p.B12.
  • Death notice in Irish Times, 3 February 2009.
  • Item in Newmarket Journal, 19 Mar 2009.

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• Eph Smith and Doug Smith combined rode 5,425 winners, which makes them the most prolific riding brothers in English racing history.
• There is a road named after Doug Smith in Newmarket called "Doug Smith Close". See street view.