Sir John Layton Jarvis was a British trainer of racehorses.
21 Facts About Jack Jarvis
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Jack Jarvis was one of the most prominent British trainers of the mid 20th century, winning nine British Classic Races and being the British flat racing Champion Trainer on three occasions.
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Jack Jarvis was born in 1887, the third son of William Arthur Jarvis, who trained racehorses at Waterwitch House at Newmarket, Suffolk.
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William Jack Jarvis trained several leading horses in the 1890s including Bona Vista and Cyllene.
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Two of Jack Jarvis' brothers trained Classic winners: William Rose "Willie" Jarvis sent out the filly Godiva to win both the 1000 Guineas and Epsom Oaks in 1940, whilst Basil Jarvis won The Derby with Papyrus.
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Jack Jarvis became an apprentice jockey at his father's stable and rode his first winner in 1902 at the age of fourteen.
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Jack Jarvis' rising weight made him unsuitable as a flat race jockey and after briefly competing under National Hunt rules he retired from riding in his early twenties.
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Jack Jarvis then worked as his father's assistant trainer for five years.
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Jack Jarvis won his first significant race in his second season when he trained Golden Orb to win the Wokingham Stakes at Royal Ascot, and confirmed his reputation by winning the Ascot Gold Cup and Eclipse Stakes with Golden Myth in 1922.
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Jack Jarvis' success attracted the attention of Lord Rosebery and his son Lord Dalmeny who became the major patrons of the Park Lodge stable.
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At around the same time Jack Jarvis employed Charlie Elliott as his stable jockey.
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Jack Jarvis's methods were considered rather old-fashioned, but often gave his charges a fitness advantage in the early part of the season.
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Jack Jarvis had deliberately misled Rosebery about Ellangowan's condition in 1922: he wanted to give the colt time to develop and discouraged the owner from racing him by claiming that the horse had a recurrent coughing problem.
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In 1938 Jack Jarvis trained Blue Peter for Lord Dalmeny who had succeeded his father as Earl of Rosebery in 1929.
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Jack Jarvis was denied the opportunity to win the Triple Crown when the outbreak of War forced the cancellation of the St Leger, but his earnings enabled Jarvis to win his first trainers' championship.
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Immediately after the war he trained Royal Charger, owned by his namesake Sir John Jack Jarvis, who won the Ayr Gold Cup in 1946 before becoming a highly successful breeding stallion in the United States.
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In 1955 Jack Jarvis threatened to retire after the Jockey Club attempted to introduce new rules making trainers liable for any delays caused by adjustments to a horse's girth strap before the start of a race.
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Jack Jarvis continued training until his death on 18 December 1968.
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Jack Jarvis married Ethel Leader, the daughter of the trainer Thomas Leader, in 1914 and had one daughter.
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Jack Jarvis was knighted by the Queen in the 1967 Queen's Birthday Honours List for services to horse racing, making him the first trainer to be so honoured.
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Jack Jarvis wrote an autobiography entitled They're Off, which was published in 1969.