{{Short description|English jockey and trainer}} {{Use British English|date=November 2020}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2020}} {{Infobox horseracing personality |name = John Mangle |image = |caption = |occupation = Jockey |birth_place = Hauxwell, near Leyburn, North Yorkshire |birth_date = 1751 |death_place = Middleham, North Yorkshire |death_date = 1 January 1831 |height = |career wins = |race = '''Major race wins:'''<br/>St Leger Stakes (1780, 1786, 1787, 1788, 1792) |awards = |honours = |horses = Paragon, Ruler, Spadille, Tartar, Young Flora |weight = }} '''John Mangle''' (1751–1831) was an English flat racing jockey and trainer, who was five time winning rider in the St Leger Stakes.
He served his riding apprenticeship with Isaac Cape in Middleham, North Yorkshire, before joining John Hoyle's stable. He married Hoyle's daughter Hannah and took over the stable when Hoyle died,<ref name="Jockeypedia"/> employing John Jackson and Ben Smith as jockeys.
He went on to both train and ride the winners of three consecutive St Legers – Paragon in 1786, Spadille in 1787 and Young Flora in 1788, all for Lord Archibald Hamilton. A further potential winner, Zango, was disqualified after passing the post first in 1789.{{sfn|Tanner|Cranham|1992|p=19}} Off the back of these successes, he built a second stable nearby at Brecongill.{{sfn|Mortimer|Onslow|Willett|1978|p=368}} Blindness forced him to retire from training<ref name=QReview1833/> and he died at Middleham on 1 January 1831.{{sfn|Mortimer|Onslow|Willett|1978|p=368}}
As a younger man, he had the nickname "Crying Jackie" for his tendency to cry after losing.{{sfn|Tanner|Cranham|1992|p=19}} ==Major wins== {{flagicon|UK}} '''Great Britain''' * St Leger Stakes – ''Ruler'' (1780), ''Paragon'' (1786), ''Spadille'' (1787), ''Young Flora'' (1788), ''Tartar'' (1792) ==See also== *List of jockeys ==References== {{reflist|2|refs= <ref name="Jockeypedia"> {{cite web |url=https://sites.google.com/site/jockeypedia/mangle-john |publisher=Jockeypedia |title=Mangle, John |access-date=14 November 2020}} </ref>
<ref name=QReview1833> {{cite magazine |year=1833 |title=A Treatise on the Care, Treatment, and Training of the English Race-horse |magazine=Quarterly Review |location=London |publisher=John Murray |last=Darvill |first=R |volume=XLIX |page=401 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h2sJAAAAQAAJ |access-date=29 January 2022}} </ref>
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== 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 |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, Middlesex |isbn=0-85112-989-7 }} <!-- Great jockeys of the flat --> {{DEFAULTSORT:Mangle, John}} Category:English jockeys Category:1751 births Category:1831 deaths
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