Frank Collinson

Frank Collinson (died 1811) was an English jockey, who won the 1808 Derby.

Frank Collinson
Occupation	Jockey
Died	1811
Major racing wins
Major races Epsom Derby (1808)
Significant horses
Pan

Collinson was the son of a Yorkshire farmer and joined the stable of Christopher Jackson at Middleham as a young boy, where he learnt to ride "in a masterly Yorkshire style"^[1]

In 1808, he won the Derby on a 20/1 outsider, Pan, by half a length at odds from a field of ten for a prize of £1,260. He was somewhat fortunate to win, as the jockey on the runner-up, Bill Clift, had failed to notice Collinson's challenge until it was too late.^[2][1] In winning the Derby, however, he paid a fatal price. On his way to Epsom for the race, he slept in a damp bed at an inn and contracted the illness that would kill him.^[3]

Major wins

Great Britain

• Epsom Derby – Pan (1808)

References

1. "Matt Stephenson". Jockeypedia. Retrieved 12 January 2015.
2. staff (1792). Sporting magazine : or, monthly calendar of the ... v. 32 (Apr. -Sept. 1808). Babel.hathitrust.org. p. 145. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
3. Mortimer, Onslow & Willett 1978, p. 129.

Bibliography

• Mortimer, Roger; Onslow, Richard; Willett, Peter (1978). Biographical Encyclopaedia of British Racing. London: Macdonald and Jane's. ISBN 0-354-08536-0.