Frankie Durr

Frankie Durr (10 November 1925 - 18 January 2000) was a four-time Classic-winning jockey in the 1960s and 1970s and later a moderately successful racehorse trainer.

Jockey career Francis Durr was born in Liverpool on 10 November 1925.

He was apprenticed at first to Jack Payne at Bedford Cottage stables in Newmarket and then Willie Pratt and had his first ride in 1942.

He rode his first winner, Merle, at Pontefract in 1944 and the following year was joint Champion Apprentice, tied with Tommy Gosling on 10 wins. It took him some time after this to build a reputation but eventually, he became the retained jockey of the Duke of Norfolk at Arundel Stable, where he would stay for six years. During this time he won the Free Handicap on Caerlaverock in 1952. He also rode for Major Holliday, Geoffrey Barling, Lady Beaverbrook and David Robinson. For Barling, he won the 1970 City and Suburban Handicap on Granados, and for Lady Beaverbrook the 1967 Dewhurst Stakes on Hametus. For Robinson, he won the 1968 Nunthorpe on So Blessed and the 1971 Ebor Handicap on Knotty Pine. Knotty Pine was trainer Michael Jarvis's first winner when Durr rode him in March 1968.