Alec Taylor, Jr.

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Alec Taylor, Jr. (1862-1943) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse trainer who followed in the footsteps of his highly successful father, Alec Taylor, Sr..

From his Manton Stud at Manton, Wiltshire, Alec Taylor trained a large number of very successful horses, winning most every major race in England. He claimed victory in twenty-one of the Classic Races and is the only trainer to ever win two British Triple Crown titles, doing it back-to-back in 1917 and 1918.

Twelve times Taylor earned British flat racing Champion Trainer honors as the year's leader in earnings including seven in a row between 1917 and 1923.

Beyond his Classic winners, Taylor also trained Buchan, Picaroon, and Sceptre, amongst others.

[edit] Classic Race wins:

Two Thousand Guineas

• Kennymore (1914), Gay Crusader (1917), Gainsborough (1918), Craig an Eran (1921)

One Thousand Guineas

• Saucy Sue (1925)

Epsom Derby

• Lemberg (1910), Gay Crusader (1917), Gainsborough (1918)

Epsom Oaks

• Rosedrop (1910), Sunny Jane (1917), My Dear (1918), Bayuda (1919), Love in Idleness (1921), Pogrom (1922), Saucy Sue (1925), Short Story (1926)

St. Leger Stakes

• Challacombe (1905), Bayardo (1909), Gay Crusader (1917), Gainsborough (1918), Book Law (1927)

[edit] References

• Alec Taylor, Jr. at the British National Horseracing Museum