biography
pronunciation:
[frangkuhm]
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| male
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| lived:
| (1952– )
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| biography:
| Jockey and trainer, born in Swindon, Wiltshire, S England, UK. In 1970–85 he rode a record 1138 winners over fences. He won the 1978 Cheltenham Gold Cup, the 1981 Champion Hurdle, and twice won the King George VI Chase (1982, 1984). Only the second man to surpass 1000 winners, he was seven times National Hunt champion jockey (1976, 1979, 1981–5). He retired in 1985, and became a trainer, novelist, and television commentator. |
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