Harry Constable

{{Short description|British jockey}} {{Use British English|date=April 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=June 2023}} {{Infobox horseracing personality |name = Harry Constable |image = |caption = |occupation = Jockey |birth_place = Kensal Green, London, England |birth_date = 1854 |death_place = Epson, Surrey, England |death_date = 17 February 1881 |career wins = |race = '''British Classic Race wins as jockey:<br/>'''Epsom Derby (1878) |awards = British flat racing Champion Jockey (1873) |honours = |horses = Sefton | }}

'''Henry Constable''' (1854 – 17 February 1881<ref name=Capri/><ref name="obit" />) was a British flat racing jockey of the Victorian era. He was the Champion Jockey of 1873 with 110 winners, denying the famous Fred Archer his first Jockeys' Championship by 3 wins.{{sfn|Tanner|Cranham|1992|p=84}} He also won the 1878 Derby on Sefton.<ref name=SthAus/> His fame was short-lived though, and he died at a young age in 1881 aged 26. He was the favourite jockey of Lord Rosebery.<ref name=Qland/>

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<ref name=Capri> {{cite news |title=Sporting Notes, &c. |author=Veno [Pseud.] |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article67203764?searchTerm=harry%20constable%20jockey&searchLimits= |newspaper=The Capricornian |location=Rockhampton, Australia|page=8 |date=16 April 1881 |access-date=26 April 2013}}</ref>

<ref name=Qland> {{cite news |title=Some Turf Anecdotes |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article21262134?searchTerm=harry%20constable%20jockey&searchLimits= |newspaper=The Queenslander |location=Brisbane, Australia |date=4 May 1901 |access-date=26 April 2013}}</ref>

<ref name=SthAus> {{cite news |title=Arrival of the English Mail |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article43166461?searchTerm=harry%20constable%20jockey&searchLimits= |newspaper=South Australian Register |location=Adelaide, Australia|page=1 |date=4 April 1881 |access-date=26 April 2013}}</ref>

<ref name="obit"> "Obituary." Times [London, England] 18 February 1881: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 28 April 2013.</ref>

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==Bibliography== *{{cite book |title=Great Jockeys of the Flat |last1=Tanner |first1=Michael |last2=Cranham |first2=Gerry |year= 1992 |publisher=Guinness Publishing |location=Enfield, Middlesex |isbn=0-85112-989-7 }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Constable, Harry}} Category:1854 births Category:1881 deaths Category:English jockeys Category:People from Kensal Green Category:Sportspeople from the London Borough of Brent Category:British Champion flat jockeys