Charlie Childs

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{{Infobox horseracing personality |name = Charlie Childs |image = 13-10-12, Ecouen monté par Ch. Childs vainqueur du prix du Grand critérium (à Longchamp) - btv1b6921777p.jpg |caption = 1912 Grand Critérium |occupation = Jockey |birth_date =  |birth_place = France |death_date = {{Death date |1957|10|04|df=y}} |death_place = Newmarket, Suffolk, England |height = |career wins = |race = '''British Classic Races:'''<br/>St Leger Stakes (1916) |awards = |honours = |memorials = |horses = Hurry On |weight = |website = |updated = 22 October 2023 }}

'''Charlie Childs''' was the winning jockey of the 1916 St Leger.

He was born in France to John Childs and was one of five jockey brothers.{{sfn|Wright|1986|p=56}} He became apprentice to Tom Jennings, Jr. in Newmarket along with brother Joe.<ref name=Jockeypedia/>

His major racing success was winning the 1916 St Leger on 11/10 favourite Hurry On, considered by trainer Fred Darling to be the best he ever trained.{{sfn|Fairfax-Blakeborough|1950|p=438}} He won by three lengths from Clarissimus, ridden by Frank Bullock, with his brother Joe a further five lengths back in third on Atheling.

Childs died at Newmarket on October 4, 1957, aged 72.

==Major wins== {{flagicon|Great Britain}} '''Great Britain''' * St Leger Stakes - ''Hurry On (1916)''

'''{{FRA}}''' * Grand Prix de Paris - {{ill|Nuage (horse)|qid=Q139408964|italics=yes|lt=Nuage}} ''(1910)'' ==See also== *List of jockeys *List of significant families in British horse racing

==References== {{reflist|2|refs=

<ref name=Jockeypedia> {{cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/view/jockeypediatrial/charles-childs |work=Jockeypedia |title=Charles Childs |access-date=23 October 2023}} </ref>

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==Bibliography== *{{cite book |last=Fairfax-Blakeborough |first=John |title=Northern Turf History Vol. III: York and Doncaster Races |author-link=John Fairfax-Blakeborough |year=1950 |publisher= J. A. Allen & Co |location=London}} * {{cite book |title=The Encyclopaedia of Flat Racing |last1=Wright |first1=Howard |year=1986 |publisher=Robert Hale |location=London |isbn=0-7090-2639-0}}

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