1. Herbert Mornington Cannon, commonly referred to as Morny Cannon, was a six-time Champion jockey in the United Kingdom in the 1890s.
17 Facts About Mornington Cannon
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Mornington Cannon holds the records for the most wins by a jockey in the Craven Stakes, Coronation Stakes and Prince of Wales's Stakes.
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Mornington Cannon was the son of English jockey and trainer Tom Cannon.
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Herbert Mornington Cannon was born on 21 May 1873 in Houghton, Hampshire, the same day that his father Tom Cannon won the Somersetshire Stakes, at Bath, on a colt named Mornington.
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Mornington Cannon's mother was Catherine Day, a grand daughter of English horse trainer John Barham Day.
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Mornington Cannon had three brothers who were jockeys: Walter Kempton, Tom Mornington Cannon, Jr.
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Mornington Cannon was educated at Banister's Court, Southampton, and afterwards at Queenswood College by a private tutor.
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Mornington Cannon married E Dennett, of The Park, Nottingham, on 11 January 1894, at the old parish church, St Mary Abbots, Kensington.
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Mornington Cannon's son changed his name from Herbert Claud Harris to Herbert Claud Cannon by deed poll on January 8,1945.
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Mornington Cannon had his first mount in public on 11 October 1886, on his father's mare Coraline at Kempton in the Middlesex All-aged Selling Plate.
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Mornington Cannon was originally entered as a pacemaker for his more fancied stable mate, Matchbox, but it was Morny's idea to change tactics and so bring off a memorable success.
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Mornington Cannon would have ridden another Triple Crown winner in 1900, but Diamond Jubilee had an intense dislike of the jockey.
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Mornington Cannon had ridden the horse in the Boscawen Stakes in 1900, achieving a narrow win over Paigle in a finish that required a generous application of whip on Diamond Jubilee.
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The horse never again allowed Mornington Cannon to ride him, rolling on top of the jockey on one occasion.
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Mornington Cannon won six Jockeys' Championship and retired from racing in 1909.
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Mornington Cannon was known for leaving his challenge very late in races, a trait he had learnt from his father, and considered the "English style", to win by the narrowest margin.
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Increasingly suffering from rheumatism Mornington Cannon announced his retirement from racing in April 1909 and lived in Brighton and Hove for many years until his death in 1962 at the age of 89.