'', 4 October 1890 Tommy Loates was born in
Derby on 6 October 1867. He was regarded as the best of a family of four jockey brothers which included fellow Classic-winner,
Sam Loates. He was apprenticed to Joseph Cannon at Newmarket and was known as "a good lightweight, with very good hands". For Donovan's Derby win, he weighed just 6 1/2 stone. Loates once narrowly escaped death when falling in the
Liverpool Cup on
Lord Derby's race
mare Birch Rod. He was also badly injured in a fall at
Manchester and later married the nurse who tended him. A low point for Loates came in 1891 when his licence to ride was withdrawn by the
Jockey Club for his involvement in betting, but he was reinstated the following year. He died in
Brighton, England on 28 September 1910, leaving $1,250,000 in property. It was believed he had amassed this phenomenal sum ($31.8 million in 2013 prices) because his later employer was the financier
Leopold de Rothschild who looked after his investments.
Brighton & Hove bus number 415 was named in honour of him. ==References==