Mercy Rimell SIGNED Horse Racing Trainer National Hunt Chasing Jumping Jumps NH

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Reflections on Racing by Mercy Rimell, Introduced and Edited by Ivor  Hebert, ISBN 0720719658



PRESENTATION COPY INSCRIBED AND SIGNED BY MERCY RIMELL ON THE  HALF-TITLE PAGE THUS: "Graham Best wishes Mercy Rimell"; 1990 Pelham  Books 1st ed, 168pp., text sound albeit with slight yellowing to page  edges, small repaired tear to the top left hand side of front cover, very slight bumping to board corners, to top & bottom of boards  & spine, both boards very slightly marked, the dust jacket is slightly  creased at top & bottom, both front & rear have a number of scratches  & indentations.


From John Randall's obituary (edited): "Mercy Rimell, who became the  first woman to train a Champion Hurdle winner when Gaye Brief scored
in 1983, has died at the age of 98.   She was a vital element in the success of her husband Fred during his  many years as a trainer until his death in 1981.  She then became a successful trainer in her own right, and her good  winners apart from Gaye Brief included Gaye Chance, Western Rose, Very  Promising, Gala’s Image, Golden Friend, Celtic Chief and Three  Counties.  Born Mercy Cockburn at Budbrooke, near Warwick, on June 27, 1919, she  was an expert in the horse world even before her marriage at the age  of 17. Under the influence of a dominating mother, she spent almost  more of her formative years in the show-ring than she did at school,  and due to severe asthma she actually went to school only between the  ages of eight and 11. Later she had a governess.  Having competed on show ponies with conspicuous success, she won her  first point-to-point at the age of 14 and just over three years later,  in June 1937, married Fred Rimell, who became champion jump jockey  three times.  In 1945, at Kinnersley in Worcestershire, he embarked on the training  career that was to bring him success in almost every important race in  the jumping calendar including a record four Grand Nationals with  E.S.B, Nicolaus Silver, Gay Trip and Rag Trade, two Cheltenham Gold  Cups with Woodland Venture and Royal Frolic, and two Champion Hurdles,  both with Comedy Of Errors.  The pair were a partnership in every way, with Rimell often as  important as her husband in making decisions about buying and selling  horses, choosing jockeys, deciding running plans and operating every  aspect of the business.  On Fred Rimell’s death in July 1981 his widow took over the licence at  Kinnersley, and her first winner in her own right was Tru Mar at  Worcester the following month.  The highlight of her eight-year solo training career was Gaye Brief’s  Champion Hurdle triumph in 1983. One of the best novices of 1981-82,  Gaye Brief amply fulfilled his potential the following season, when he  put up the performance of a true champion by trouncing his rivals in  the Champion Hurdle despite slipping at the final flight. He scored by  three lengths and seven from Boreen Prince and For Auction.  Later that year he won the Templegate Hurdle at Liverpool and the  Fighting Fifth Hurdle, but injury prevented him from defending his  title. Gaye Brief eventually acquired the reputation of being  ungenuine, but he continued to win good races up until the age of 11,  including two Ascot Hurdles and two Keith Prowse Long-Distance  Hurdles, and was second to See You Then in the 1986 Champion Hurdle.  Rimell’s next-best horse was Gaye Brief’s brother Gaye Chance, whose  victories included the Haydock Champion Hurdle Trial in 1982 and the  Stayers’ Hurdle at Cheltenham in 1984. He was also a high-class  chaser, being placed twice in the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup.  She also trained Gala’s Image, winner of the Gerry Feilden Hurdle in  1985 and the 1987 Arkle, and Celtic Chief, who was placed in the  Champion Hurdles of 1988 and 1989, and won the Gerry Feilden, Oteley,  Aintree and HSS Hire Shop Hurdles.  In 1989, in her last season as a trainer, she won the Charterhouse  Mercantile Chase at Cheltenham with Deep Moment and the Greenall  Whitley Gold Cup at Haydock with Eton Rouge, but the result which gave  her more pleasure than any other was that of Three Counties, owned and  ridden by her granddaughter Katie, in the Foxhunter at Cheltenham; the  partnership had won the Horse and Hound Cup in the two previous  seasons. She enjoyed her best season numerically with 48 wins in  1982-83".


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  • Condition: Good
  • Book Title: Reflections on Racing
  • Ex Libris: No
  • Narrative Type: Non-Fiction
  • Personalised: Yes
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
  • Topic: Horse Racing
  • Number of Pages: 168
  • Inscribed: Yes
  • Format: Hardcover
  • Features: Inscribed by Mercy Rimell, 1st Edition, Dust Jacket, Illustrated
  • Author: Mercy Rimell, Ivor Herbert
  • Publication Year: 1990
  • Language: English
  • Signed: Yes
  • Signed By: Mercy Rimell
  • Publisher: Pelham Books
  • Genre: Horse Racing, Horse Riding, Horses
  • ISBN: 0720719658

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