David Nicholson (19 March 1939 – 27 August 2006) was a British National Hunt jockey and trainer. He was British jump racing Champion Trainer in the 1993–94 and 1994–95 seasons.

Sep 9, 2006 · David Nicholson: David Nicholson, who has died of a heart attack at the age of 67, was one of horseracing's great characters. Frank and forthright, "the Duke", as he was universally known,...

Appropriately, Nicholson - who failed to make the round 1,500 domestic jumps winners by one - announced the end of his 31-year training career before a packed arena in the Cheltenham winner's ...

David ‘The Duke’ Nicholson, who died of a heart attack, at the age of 67, in August, 2006 was one of the finest National Hunt trainers of his generation, saddling 1,499 winners in his 31-year career between 1968 and 1999.

May 7, 2018 · David Nicholson, universally known as “The Duke”, was a highly successful National Hunt trainer. In a 31-year career, he saddled a total of 1,499 winners, including 17 at the Cheltenham Festival, and won the National Hunt Trainers’ Championship twice, in …

Commemorated by the David Nicholson Mares’ Hurdle, run annually at the Cheltenham Festival, David Nicholson was the son of Herbert ‘Frenchie’ Nicholson, a renowned National Hunt jockey and trainer in the first half of the twentieth century.

Aug 31, 2006 · Nicholson scored his biggest win as a rider in the 1967 Whitbread Gold Cup with Mill House and ranked third in the jockeys' standings in the 1964-65 racing season. As a trainer, Nicholson led...

Who was David Nicholson? David ‘The Duke’ Nicholson, born on March 19, 1939, was the son of champion jockey Herbert ‘Frenchie’ Nicholson and, although he was never champion jockey himself, rode 583 winners, including Mill House in the …

David’s father, ‘Frenchie’ Nicholson (1913-1984), was a leading National Hunt jockey whose major victories included the 1936 Champion Hurdle on Victor Norman and the 1942 Cheltenham Gold Cup on...

Aug 29, 2006 · David Nicholson, who died on Sunday aged 67, was one of the most successful National Hunt trainers of his era. Known to all as "the Duke", Nicholson sent out 1,499 winners during his 31 years...