1. Captain Timothy Arthur Forster, OBE commonly known as Tim Forster, was an English racehorse trainer and previously an amateur jockey.
20 Facts About Tim Forster
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Tim Forster was born at Cold Ashby Hall, Cold Ashby in Northamptonshire on 27 February 1934.
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Tim Forster was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Forster, who as a racehorse owner had won the Wokingham Stakes at Ascot in 1957 with Light Harvest.
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Tim Forster was educated at Eton College and went into the military with the 11th Hussars from 1954 to 1960.
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Tim Forster served in Malaya, Cumbria and Northern Ireland and because of this he was commonly known as "The Captain" within racing circles.
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In 1957, Tim Forster travelled from the 11th Hussars barracks in Carlisle, Cumbria to ride a winner at the Vale of the White Horse Hunt's point-to-point meeting at Siddington, Gloucestershire.
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Tim Forster rode four winners as an amateur under National Hunt rules.
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Just one year later in 1963, Tim Forster celebrated his first winner at the Cheltenham Festival in the United Hunts Challenge Cup with Baulking Green.
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Tim Forster went on to win the same race with Baulking Green again in 1964,1965 and 1967.
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Tim Forster's first was in the 1972 Grand National with Well To Do.
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When Well To Do won the Grand National, Tim Forster became the first trainer and owner to win the race since the World War II.
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Tim Forster lived the remainder of his life on Fenwick's farm back in Maryland, where he died in 1995 at the age of 27.
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Tim Forster moved to Downton Hall Stables, 2 miles north of Ludlow on the Downton Hall estate in Shropshire in the summer of 1994.
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Tim Forster retired with a full training licence in 1998 and ended winning his last race, a novice chase at Market Rasen on 30 May 1998 with Albermarle.
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Tim Forster continued to train under permit and his last winner under Rules was Gill'mar at Leicester on 1 January 1999.
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When Tim Forster retired in 1998 he was suffering from a cancer of the bone marrow.
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Tim Forster had been fighting multiple sclerosis for a number of years.
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Tim Forster had trained 1,346 winners in total on a full licence.
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Tim Forster died in Ludlow, Shropshire on 21 April 1999.
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Tim Forster received an Order of the British Empire in the 1999 New Year Honours List for services to Horse Racing, which were announced on 31 December 1998.