Brough Scott

John Brough Scott (born 12 December 1942) is a British horse racing journalist, radio and television presenter, and former jockey. He is also the grandson[1] and biographer[2] of the noted Great War soldier "Galloper Jack" Seely.

He was educated at Radley College and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, where he read History.[3] His riding career saw him ride over 100 winners including the Imperial Cup and Mandarin Chase.[4] He joined ITV in 1971, and was regularly seen and heard on The ITV Seven and later Channel 4 Racing. He was also racing correspondent for The Sunday Times and wrote for the Racing Post, The Independent on Sunday and The Sunday Telegraph. He now co-presents Saturday Live on BBC Radio Four.[5] He was awarded an MBE in the Queen's birthday honours list in 2009.

Notes

  1. ^ Burke’s Details
  2. ^ “Galloper Jack” Scott,J.B: London, Macmillan 2004 ISBN 0-333-98938-4
  3. ^ ‘SCOTT, (John) Brough’, Who's Who 2008, A & C Black, 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 26 March 2008
  4. ^ Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis,P (1992, London, Debtrett's) ISBN 1870520092
  5. ^ Programme details