# Billy Bullock > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Billy_Bullock > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Billy_Bullock.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bullock > Source revision: 1009010409 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use British English|date=October 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=October 2020}} {{Infobox horseracing personality |name = Billy Bullock |image = |caption = |occupation = [Jockey](/source/Jockey) |birth_place = [Morpeth, Northumberland](/source/Morpeth%2C_Northumberland) |birth_date = 1884/85 |death_place = |death_date = 1963 |height = |career wins = |race = '''Major race wins:'''
Oaks Stakes (1908)
Derby Stakes (1908)
Dewhurst Stakes (1907) |awards = |honours = |horses = [Rhodora](/source/Rhodora_(horse)), [Signorinetta](/source/Signorinetta) |weight = }} '''Charles William Bullock''' was a [Classic](/source/British_Classic_Races) winning [flat racing](/source/flat_racing) [jockey](/source/jockey), who in 1908 gained the rare distinction of having won the [Derby](/source/Epsom_Derby) and [Oaks](/source/Epsom_Oaks) on the same horse, [Signorinetta](/source/Signorinetta). He was also four times champion jockey of Denmark. ==Early life== Bullock was from a racing family in the North of England. His grandfather and brother were both [racehorse trainer](/source/horse_trainer)s, his father was a greyhound trainer and his uncle, [Ralph Bullock](/source/Ralph_Bullock_(jockey)) had won the [1861 Derby](/source/1861_Epsom_Derby) shortly before his untimely death.{{sfn|Mortimer|Onslow|Willett|1978|page=89}} ==Career== thumb|Signorinetta Bullock was apprentice to trainer Tom Bruckshaw in [Middleham](/source/Middleham), North Yorkshire. However, owner/breeder/trainer Edoardo Ginistrelli gave him his greatest success by giving him the ride on Signorinetta in the Classics of 1908. As the only filly in the [Derby](/source/Epsom_Derby), she started at odds of 100/1, but took the lead entering the final two furlongs and won easily by two lengths. In 2002, the result was rated by [The Observer](/source/The_Observer) as one of the ten greatest shocks in sporting history. Two days later, she started the [Oaks](/source/Epsom_Oaks) at odds of 3/1, behind favourite [Rhodora](/source/Rhodora_(horse)), who had beaten her in the [1000 Guineas](/source/1000_Guineas) and on whom Bullock had won the previous season's [Dewhurst Stakes](/source/Dewhurst_Stakes). This time she won by 3/4 length and Ginistrelli was personally congratulated by the [King](/source/King_Edward_VII). For his role in the victories Bullock only received his riding fees, a glass of wine and a cigar.{{sfn|Mortimer|Onslow|Willett|1978|page=89}} After World War I, Bullock moved to Denmark where he became the leading jockey in four consecutive years, 1924-1927. During this period, he also won the 1926 [Swedish Derby](/source/%3Asv%3ASvenkst_Derby). He briefly returned to England in 1928, but two years later moved to ride in Germany. His last major victory was the 1933 [Northumberland Plate](/source/Northumberland_Plate) on Leonard. He continued to work as a work rider until 1959 when he was in his seventies. On his death in 1963, his final employer [Charles Elsey](/source/Charles_Elsey) stated, "He was a delightful horseman. Horses that did not go for others went very well for him. We feel we have lost a very good friend." ==Major wins== {{flagicon|UK}} '''[Great Britain](/source/United_Kingdom)''' * [Oaks Stakes](/source/Oaks_Stakes) – ''Signorinetta'' (1908) * [Derby Stakes](/source/Derby_Stakes) – ''Signorinetta'' (1908) * [Dewhurst Stakes](/source/Dewhurst_Stakes) – ''Rhodora'' (1907) ==See also== *[List of jockeys](/source/List_of_jockeys) ==References== {{reflist|2|refs= {{cite web |url=http://www.horseracinghistory.co.uk/hrho/action/viewDocument?id=999 |publisher=The National Horseracing Museum |title=Horseracing History Online: Profile: People: Bullock, Charles William |access-date=11 November 2020}} {{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/observer/osm/story/0,,678170,00.html |title=The 10 greatest shocks in sporting history |last=Irish |first=Oliver |newspaper=[The Observer](/source/The_Observer) |date=7 April 2002 |access-date=11 November 2020}} }} == Bibliography == *{{cite book |title=Biographical Encyclopaedia of British Racing |last1=Mortimer |first1=Roger |last2=Onslow |first2=Richard |last3=Willett |first3=Peter |year=1978 |publisher=Macdonald and Jane's |location=[London](/source/London) |isbn=0-354-08536-0}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Bullock, Billy}} Category:English jockeys Category:1880s births Category:1963 deaths --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Billy Bullock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bullock) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Bullock?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.