Originally Posted by Terrence Chant:
“Jockey - the lightest: apparently a fellow named Kitchener weighed in at 49lbs in the 1844 Chester Cup. That's three and a half stone - I find that a bit disturbing.”
Peirse, Bill - the same weight as Kitchener and known in the sport as, 'the dwarf jockey'.
Good enough and strong enough to ride top class horses and won three classics (1793 St Leger and the 1810 & 1812 Oaks) in which his mounts must have carried upwards of 5st deadweight.