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On a shifty two-years-old, Cannon is particularly skilful; and in judgment and patience he has no superior. He has wonderfully fine hands, and his coolness and knowledge of pace are particularly noticeable in all his finishes. Time after time, Cannon has won races when other jockeys would have left
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Cannon has been described as "a beautiful horseman with the lightest of hands" and "imperturbable, a shrewd technician and a wonderful judge of pace." Amongst his colleagues, he was regarded as a "polished" performer, and a peerless handler of young horses and, as he demonstrated with his multiple
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He rode against two of his sons – Tom Jr. and Morny before his retirement in 1891. His last race was on 11 August at
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Fordham and Archer, it was said of Cannon that "for 35 years he had no superior as a horseman".
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Cannon started dabbling in training while he was still a jockey. He worked from Day's stable, initially sharing, before taking over the running of it completely in 1879. After Day's death, he came to own the yard.
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victories, of fillies. In 1887, it was said of Cannon:
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154:British flat racing Champion Jockey
886:"Cannon Snr, Thomas (1846 – 1917)"
667:Flat wins in Great Britain by year
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1065:Randall, John (26 January 2011).
466:(named after the racecourse) and
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980:"Obituary: Tom Cannon – Trainer"
951:"Tom Cannon, trainer and jockey"
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565:of multiple Champion Jockey
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850:Oxford University Press
656:Robert The Devil (1880)
606:(1878), Busybody (1884)
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563:grandmother
527:off riding
462:, Charles,
453:Lord Rodney
449:Cesarewitch
381:. In what
367:John Porter
332:Fred Archer
321:John Porter
259:Fred Archer
191:flat racing
138:Epsom Derby
102:Career wins
95:Stockbridge
50:Vanity Fair
1195:Categories
990:Wellington
806:References
662:Statistics
616:Pilgrimage
604:Pilgrimage
573:Major wins
472:Sam Loates
468:Mornington
356:Pilgrimage
263:Ned Hanlan
224:Early life
175:Pilgrimage
133:Epsom Oaks
75:April 1846
58:Occupation
1151:Middlesex
652:St. Leger
297:Hampshire
276:in a six
234:Berkshire
142:St. Leger
97:, England
80:, England
1078:17 April
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794:See also
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633:Busybody
620:Shotover
618:(1878),
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445:Playfair
429:Busybody
402:Busybody
360:Shotover
289:Danebury
270:Plymouth
206:champion
179:Shotover
171:Busybody
1147:Enfield
464:Kempton
460:Tom Jr.
443:winner
433:Guineas
411:Trainer
391:Bendigo
387:Minting
371:Ormonde
313:Repulse
305:classic
278:furlong
238:Windsor
198:trainer
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66:Trainer
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