# Fred Allsopp

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{{short description|British jockey}}
{{for|another person|Frederick W. Allsopp}}
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| name = Fred Allsopp
| nickname = The Bumper
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| occupation = [Jockey](/source/Jockey)
| birth_date = 3 January 1869
| birth_place = [Peopleton](/source/Peopleton), [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire)
| death_date = 4 December 1912 (aged 43)
| death_place = [Peopleton](/source/Peopleton), [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire)
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| career wins = 845
| race = '''Major races''' <br/>[Epsom Derby](/source/Epsom_Derby) (1892)  
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| horses = [Sir Hugo](/source/Sir_Hugo)
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'''Frederick George Allsopp''' (3 January 1869 – 1912) was a British [Derby](/source/Epsom_Derby)-winning [jockey](/source/jockey).

Allsopp was born in [Peopleton](/source/Peopleton), [Worcestershire](/source/Worcestershire), on 3 January 1869. He spent five years as an apprentice with [trainer](/source/racehorse_trainer) James Humphreys in [Lambourn](/source/Lambourn), and stayed there for another three years subsequently. He was tall and thin, with sharp features and heavy, black eyebrows, and was always in demand due to his ability to ride at a boy's weight, despite his height.{{sfn|Mortimer|Onslow|Willett|1978|p=12}}

His first major victory was on 100/30 joint favourite El Caisier in the 1886 [Ebor](/source/Ebor_Handicap) at [York](/source/York_Racecourse), riding at 6st 7lbs.

A few years later he won the 1891 [Goodwood Stakes](/source/Goodwood_Racecourse) on White Feather. That same year, on 14 November, he had his licence temporarily cancelled for having crossed another horse in a Nursery Handicap at [Blankney Races](/source/Blankney_Races), [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire). His reputation for this "cross-riding" earned him the nickname "The Bumper".

The highlight of his career came in the 1892 [Derby](/source/Epsom_Derby) which he won on [Sir Hugo](/source/Sir_Hugo). The victory was considered a fluke by some.<ref name=Jockeypedia/> [George Barrett](/source/George_Barrett_(jockey)) on 11/10 favourite La Fleche was a fast-finishing second but opinion was that he had given the filly a terrible ride.<ref name=Jockeypedia/> He also won that season's [Lincoln](/source/Lincoln_Handicap) on Clarence.

In 1894 he took the Goodwood Stakes again on Spindle Leg.

By 1895, he was among the leading five riders in the jockeys' table, along with [Morny Cannon](/source/Morny_Cannon), [Sam Loates](/source/Sam_Loates), [Tommy Loates](/source/Tommy_Loates) and [Walter Bradford](/source/Walter_Bradford),{{sfn|Tanner|Cranham|1992|p=111}} eventually finishing 3rd with 106 winners, behind Cannon.{{sfn|Mortimer|Onslow|Willett|1978|p=12}} He had, in fact, ridden more races than any other jockey that year – 835, compared to Cannon's 721. Among the races he won that year was the [Cambridgeshire Handicap](/source/Cambridgeshire_Handicap) on Marco.

In 1896, he was third on Earwig in the Derby, behind Persimmon, but won a third [Goodwood Stakes](/source/Goodwood_Racecourse) on Carlton Grange as well as the [Manchester Cup](/source/Manchester_Cup) on The Docker, and was again third in the jockeys' championship.<ref name=Jockeypedia/>{{sfn|Mortimer|Onslow|Willett|1978|p=12}}

In 1897 won the [Royal Hunt Cup](/source/Royal_Hunt_Cup) on Knight of the Thistle.{{sfn|Mortimer|Onslow|Willett|1978|p=12}} and the [Great Metropolitan Stakes](/source/Great_Metropolitan_Stakes) on Soliman. He won that same race again on King's Messenger in 1900.

In total in his career, he rode 845 winners, and held a jockey's licence until the end of 1904,{{sfn|Mortimer|Onslow|Willett|1978|p=12}} although his final race was on 10 October 1900. He died at his Peopleton home on 4 December 1912 after a long illness, aged 43.<ref name=Jockeypedia/>

== Major wins ==
{{flagicon|Great Britain}} '''[Great Britain](/source/Great_Britain)'''
*[Epsom Derby](/source/Epsom_Derby) – ''[Sir Hugo](/source/Sir_Hugo) (1892)''

== References ==
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<ref name=Jockeypedia>
{{cite web|url=https://sites.google.com/site/allsoppfredjockey/allsop-fred |title=Allsop (sic), Fred |publisher=Jockeypedia |accessdate=11 October 2017}}
</ref>

}}

== Bibliography ==
*{{cite book | last1 = Mortimer|first1=Roger |last2=Onslow|first2=Richard|last3=Willett|first3=Peter| title=Biographical Encyclopedia of British Flat Racing|publisher=Macdonald and Jane’s|year=1978|isbn=0-354-08536-0}} <!-- Mortimer et al. 1978 Encyclopedia -->
*{{cite book |title=Great Jockeys of the Flat |last1=Tanner |first1=Michael |last2=Cranham |first2=Gerry |year= 1992 |publisher=Guinness Publishing |location=[Enfield](/source/London_Borough_of_Enfield), [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex) |isbn=0-85112-989-7 }}

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