Robert Robson
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Robert Robson was a horse trainer
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The leading racehorse trainer of his time, he raised their status from glorified groom to professional. Based initially at Lewes he spent most of his career at Newmarket and continued to live there after his retirement in 1828, when, as a testimonial, members of the Jockey Club
presented him with a piece of plate. He was said to be worth £60,000 at his death.
He jointly holds the record for training winners of the Epsom Derby
. His horses have won the race seven times, only two other trainers have achieved this. He had some other successes e.g. his horses won the 2,000 Guineas Stakes six times and he saddled over a dozen winners of the Epsom Oaks
. To his contemporaries he was known as "the Emperor of Trainers" and his horses benefited from a gentler regime from that then practised by most stables.
Horse trainer
In horse racing, a trainer prepares a horse for races, with responsibility for exercising it, getting it race-ready and determining which races it should enter...
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The leading racehorse trainer of his time, he raised their status from glorified groom to professional. Based initially at Lewes he spent most of his career at Newmarket and continued to live there after his retirement in 1828, when, as a testimonial, members of the Jockey Club
Jockey Club
The Jockey Club is the largest commercial organisation in British horseracing. Although no longer responsible for the governance and regulation of the sport, it owns 14 of Britain's famous racecourses, including Aintree, Cheltenham and Newmarket, amongst other concerns such as the National Stud and...
presented him with a piece of plate. He was said to be worth £60,000 at his death.
He jointly holds the record for training winners of the Epsom Derby
Epsom Derby
The Derby Stakes, popularly known as The Derby, internationally as the Epsom Derby, and under its present sponsor as the Investec Derby, is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies...
. His horses have won the race seven times, only two other trainers have achieved this. He had some other successes e.g. his horses won the 2,000 Guineas Stakes six times and he saddled over a dozen winners of the Epsom Oaks
Epsom Oaks
The Oaks Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred fillies. It is run at Epsom Downs over a distance of 1 mile, 4 furlongs and 10 yards , and it is scheduled to take place each year in early June....
. To his contemporaries he was known as "the Emperor of Trainers" and his horses benefited from a gentler regime from that then practised by most stables.