Marcus Armytage
Jockey, Person
1964 –
Who is Marcus Armytage?
Marcus Armytage is a journalist and former National Hunt jockey who won the Grand National as an amateur in 1990, riding Mr Frisk. He was educated at Eton College. Armytage's win in the 1990 Grand National on Mr Frisk came in a record time of 8m 47.8sec. It was and remains the only sub nine-minute National smashing Red Rum's previous record from 1973 by some 14 seconds. Armytage remains the last amateur rider to win the race.
Mr Frisk and Armytage went on to complete the unique National-Whitbread Gold Cup double at Sandown Park Racecourse three weeks later. The same year, 1990, he was Fegentri European Champion Amateur. In 1992 he repeated a feast achieved by his sister Gee in 1988 by riding a double at the Cheltenham Festival, winning the Fulke Walwyn Kim Muir Challenge Cup on Tug of Gold and National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup on Keep Talking. His third Festival winner was on Christmas Gorse in the National Hunt Chase in 1994. He retired in 2000 after riding his 100th winner - in Dubai.
Armytage was born in Oxford on 17 July 1964. His father was Roddy Armytage, a racehorse trainer based in East Ilsley,near Newbury, and his mother was Sue Armytage, who as Sue Whitehead was an international showjumper. His younger sister Gee was also a National Hunt jockey.
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- Born
- Jul 17, 1964
United Kingdom - Profession
- Education
- Eton College
- Royal Agricultural College
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on July 23, 2013
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