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{{Short description|British champion National Hunt racing jockey and horse trainer}}
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''' Thomas Frederic (Fred) Rimell''' (1913 - 13 July 1981) was a British champion [[National Hunt racing]] [[jockey]] and [[horse trainer|trainer]]. He was [[British jump racing Champion Jockey|champion jockey]] three times and [[British jump racing Champion Trainer|leading trainer]] five times. Rimell was the first jumping trainer to earn £1 million in prize money for his owners.
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'''Thomas Frederic Rimell'''<ref>[https://www.ancestry.co.uk/mediaui-viewer/tree/107549062/person/340058560190/media/8f9309d3-288a-4998-828e-0a95314e3130 Fred Rimell obituary], ancestry.co.uk; accessed 7 July 2017.</ref> (24 June 1913&nbsp;– 12 July 1981), better known as '''Fred Rimell''', was a British champion [[National Hunt racing]] jockey and horse trainer. He was [[British jump racing Champion Jockey|champion jockey]] three times and [[British jump racing Champion Trainer|leading trainer]] five times. Rimell was the first jumping trainer to earn £1 million in prize money for his owners.
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Rimell earned himself the title of [[The Grand National|“Mr Grand National”]], training four winners of the spectacular steeplechase. They were [[E.S.B. (horse)|ESB]] ([[1956 Grand National|1956]]), [[Nicolaus Silver]] ([[1961 Grand National|1961]]), [[Gay Trip]] ([[1970 Grand National|1970]]) and Rag Trade, who beat [[Red Rum]] in the [[1976 Grand National|1976 running]] of the race.


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Rimell gained the title of [[The Grand National|“Mr Grand National”]], having trained four winning horses of the steeplechase. They were [[E.S.B. (horse)|ESB]] ([[1956 Grand National|1956]]), [[Nicolaus Silver]] ([[1961 Grand National|1961]]), [[Gay Trip]] ([[1970 Grand National|1970]]) and [[Rag Trade (horse)|Rag Trade]], who beat [[Red Rum]] in the [[1976 Grand National]]<ref name=timesobit/>
== Champion National Hunt Jockey ==


Rimell was also responsible for two [[Cheltenham Gold Cup]] winners. He trained Woodland Venture to victory in 1967 ridden by [[Terry Biddlecombe]] and in 1976 Royal Frolic came home first with John Burke in the saddle.
1938/39, 1939/40, 1944/45 (shared), 1945/46


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After his death in July 1981,<ref name=timesobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.rimell.u-net.com/Fred%20Rimell%20obituary.htm|title=Racing mourns Rimell|work=The Times|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140322044601/http://www.rimell.u-net.com/Fred%2520Rimell%2520obituary.htm|access-date=6 July 2017|archive-date=22 March 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> his widow, Mercy (née Cockburn; born 27 June 1919, Budbrooke, Warwickshire&nbsp;– died 6 July 2017)<ref name="mercyrimellobit"/> assumed the training licence at Kinnersley, Worcestershire and continued to train top class winners. She won the 1983 Champion Hurdle with Gaye Brief.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/horse_racing/8516526.stm Aintree launches vote for Grand National legends], bbc.co.uk; accessed 7 July 2017.</ref> She retired in 1989 and died in 2017, aged 98.<ref name="mercyrimellobit">{{cite web|last1=Melrose|work=[[Racing Post]]|first1=Keith|title=Champion Hurdle-winning trainer Mercy Rimell dies aged 98|url=https://www.racingpost.com/news/news/champion-hurdle-winning-trainer-mercy-rimell-dies-aged-98/291995|access-date=6 July 2017}}</ref>
Fred Rimell was champion NH jockey 4 times (1938/9, 1939/40, 1944/5 and 1945/6). A suffered a broken neck in a fall on Coloured Schoolboy in the 1947 Cheltenham Gold Cup which ended his riding career. He was apprentice to his father Tom and rode his first flat winner, aged only 12 at Chepstow. Rimell went on to ride 33 flat winners before becoming a jumps jockey.

== Champion National Hunt Trainer ==

1950/51, 1960/61, 1968/69, 1969/70, 1975/76

Fred Rimell took out a trainer’s licence in 1945 and went on to dominate jumps racing becoming the second man to train four Grand National winners (ESB, Nicholas Silver, Gay Trip and Rag Trade). He also won a plethora of other top class chases, including the Cheltenham Gold Cup on two occasions (Woodland Venture and Royal Frolic). Rimell also won a Whitbread Gold Cup with Andy Pandy (just weeks after he stumbled on landing at Bechers on the second circuit when well clear in the 1977 Grand National). Other notable successes were the Welsh Grand National (Fearless Fred and Rag Trade), the Scottish Grand National (The Fossa)and the Mackeson Gold Cup in four successive years (Jupiter Boy, Gay Trip (twice) and Chatham).

Rimell was not only successful with chasers, he trained Comedy of Errors to win two Champion Hurdles. His other top hurdlers were Gaye Chance, Normandy and Coral Diver.

His last major winner was Gaye Chance, ridden by Sam Morshead, who won the season's richest handicap hurdle, the [[Swinton Handicap Hurdle|Royal Doulton]], at Haydock Park in May 1981.
Gaye Chance was one of many talented offspring of Artistic Gaye to race for the Rimell family. Another half brother, Royal Gaye, won the same race in 1978 and Gaye Chance’s full brother, Gaye Brief was the 1983 Champion Hurdle winner.

Rimell was champion trainer five times (1950/1, 1960/1, 1968/9, 1969/70 and 1975/6).

In the 1975/6 season he won both the Grand National and the Cheltenham Gold Cup with Rag Trade and Royal Frolic both ridden by his then stable jockey John Burke. In doing so, Rimell became the first trainer to perform the feat since Vincent O'Brien in 1953. That season he was the first jumps trainer to earn his patrons over £1m in prize money.

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After he died in July 1981, his widow, Mercy (née Cockburn) assumed the training licence at Kinnersley, Worcestershire and continued to train top class winners. She won the 1983 Champion Hurdle with Gaye Brief. She retired in 1989 and died in 2017, aged 98.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Melrose|first1=Keith|title=Champion Hurdle-winning trainer Mercy Rimell dies aged 98|url=https://www.racingpost.com/news/news/champion-hurdle-winning-trainer-mercy-rimell-dies-aged-98/291995|website=Racing Post|accessdate=6 July 2017}}</ref>

His grandson, Mark Rimell continues to train at Leafield.


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Latest revision as of 13:29, 6 January 2024

Fred Rimell
OccupationJockey, Trainer
Born(1913-06-24)24 June 1913
Died12 July 1981(1981-07-12) (aged 68)
Significant horses
ESB, Nicolaus Silver, Gay Trip, Rag Trade

Thomas Frederic Rimell[1] (24 June 1913 – 12 July 1981), better known as Fred Rimell, was a British champion National Hunt racing jockey and horse trainer. He was champion jockey three times and leading trainer five times. Rimell was the first jumping trainer to earn £1 million in prize money for his owners.

Rimell gained the title of “Mr Grand National”, having trained four winning horses of the steeplechase. They were ESB (1956), Nicolaus Silver (1961), Gay Trip (1970) and Rag Trade, who beat Red Rum in the 1976 Grand National[2]

Rimell was also responsible for two Cheltenham Gold Cup winners. He trained Woodland Venture to victory in 1967 ridden by Terry Biddlecombe and in 1976 Royal Frolic came home first with John Burke in the saddle.

After his death in July 1981,[2] his widow, Mercy (née Cockburn; born 27 June 1919, Budbrooke, Warwickshire – died 6 July 2017)[3] assumed the training licence at Kinnersley, Worcestershire and continued to train top class winners. She won the 1983 Champion Hurdle with Gaye Brief.[4] She retired in 1989 and died in 2017, aged 98.[3]

References

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  1. ^ Fred Rimell obituary, ancestry.co.uk; accessed 7 July 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Racing mourns Rimell". The Times. Archived from the original on 22 March 2014. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  3. ^ a b Melrose, Keith. "Champion Hurdle-winning trainer Mercy Rimell dies aged 98". Racing Post. Retrieved 6 July 2017.
  4. ^ Aintree launches vote for Grand National legends, bbc.co.uk; accessed 7 July 2017.


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