Teenage Litherland Jockey In Race Win

A PHOTOGRAPH has been submitted of a Litherland jockey who rode his first public race aged 16 and won.
The late John Molyneux, who was born in Litherland, won the race at Lingfield in the 1950s with his horse Parasol.
He weighed in at just 6st 5lb and was the son of a boilermaker in Liverpool.
According to news reports, he had left school two years before and had been working as a stable lad at Geoff Barling's Newmarket stables.
He had heard a programme on the radio about racing and had always been fond of horse, so he decided to answer an advert for a stable lad.
Eventually the youngster became an apprentice to Geoff, who was the Newmarket trainer.

As well as reaching success with Parasol he also won a race on a horse called Winsome Princess.
The photograph was sent in by his wife's cousin, Seth Ormesher, who lives in Gorsey Lane.
Seth said: "After a short spell and a few winners he began to put weight on and was unable to continue his flat race career but was so devoted to horses he had a spell with the Horse Guard's in London."
Anyone with memories or photographs to share is asked to send them to Lyndsay Young, Crosby Herald, 26-32 Tulketh Street, Southport, PR8 1BT, email lyndsay.young@liverpool.com or call 0151 282 8117.