Dick Rees
Welsh champion jockey, winner of the 1921 Grand National / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Frederick Brychan Rees (1894 - 1951), known professionally as Dick Rees (sometimes Fred Rees or F. B. Rees) was a Welsh jockey who was the British Jump Racing Champion on five separate occasions in the 1920s. During the course of his career, Rees won the Cheltenham Gold Cup on three separate occasions, and the 1921 Grand National.
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Dick Rees | |
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Born | (1894-11-30)30 November 1894 Pembroke, Pembrokeshire, Wales |
Died | 14 August 1951(1951-08-14) (aged 56) Lewes, Sussex, England |
Major racing wins | |
Grand National - 1921
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Racing awards | |
National Hunt Champion Jockey (1920, 1921, 1923, 1924, 1926-27) | |
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