British Classic Race wins as trainer: 2000 Guineas (2) 1000 Guineas (6) Epsom Derby (3) Epsom Oaks (5) St Leger (3)[1]
Racing awards
British flat racing Champion Trainer (1948, 1957, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1973)
Honours
Noel Murless Stakes at Ascot Racecourse
Significant horses
Ridge Wood, Princely Gift, Crepello, Carrozza, Petite Etoile, St. Paddy, Twilight Alley, Aunt Edith, Fleet, Royal Palace, Busted, Caergwrle, Lupe, Altesse Royale, Mysterious, J. O. Tobin, Jumping Hill
Sir Charles Francis Noel Murless (24 March 1910 – 9 May 1987) was an English racehorse trainer who one of the most successful of the twentieth century. Murless began his career as a trainer in 1935 at Hambleton Lodge in Yorkshire before moving to Hambleton House after the war, at one time sharing premises with Ryan Price.[2] In 1947, he moved south, first to Beckhampton, Wiltshire (where he was champion trainer in his first season) and then to Warren Place, Newmarket.
Murless had nineteen classic wins in England and two in Ireland. Of these, there were three Epsom Derby wins, with Crepello (1957), St. Paddy (1960) and Royal Palace (1967). He also had an outstanding record in The Oaks, saddling no less than five winners: Carrozza (1957), Petite Etoile (1959), Lupe (1970), Altesse Royale (1971) and Mysterious (1973). His greatest horse was arguably Royal Palace, who preceded his Derby success by winning the 2,000 Guineas, to which he added the Eclipse and the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes the following year.
In 1952 he became manager of Eve Stud, owned by Sir Victor Sassoon, and was the mastermind behind its racing success. Murless purchased the property from Sir Victor's widow in 1970 and named it Woodditton Stud. He continued the practice of standing stallions there, including the top-class racehorses Connaught and Welsh Pageant. The stallion tradition was maintained when the stud was sold to Yong Nam-Seng of Singapore in 1981.
^Morris, Tony; Randall, John (1990). Horse Racing: Records, Facts, Champions (Third Edition). Guinness Publishing. ISBN 0-85112-902-1.
^"Cliff Stud". www.yorkshire-racing.co.uk. Retrieved 14 July 2021.
Francis NoelMurless (24 March 1910 – 9 May 1987) was an English racehorse trainer who one of the most successful of the twentieth century. Murless began...
The NoelMurless Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to three year old horses. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile 6 furlongs...
famous owner and breeder of racehorses in France, England and Ireland. NoelMurless the Champion Trainer on multiple occasions in England told his biographer...
July Saturday Pat Eddery Stakes Flat Listed 7f 2yo only October Friday NoelMurless Stakes Flat Listed 1m 6f 3yo October Saturday Bengough Stakes Flat Group...
Pierre Wertheimer 00.25 nk 156.4 2:36.4 1957 Crepello Lester Piggott NoelMurless Sir Victor Sassoon 01.5 1½ 155.4 2:35.4 1958 Hard Ridden Charles Smirke...
appointed stable jockey to NoelMurless's son-in-law Henry Cecil, the British flat racing Champion Trainer, at Murless's old stables, Warren Place. He...
he had taken over the running of Warren Place in Newmarket from Sir NoelMurless, the father of his first wife, and he turned the stables into what has...
Barbaresque George Moore W Clout W Guest 1961 Aiming High Lester Piggott NoelMurless Elizabeth II 1962 Display Garnie Bougoure Paddy Prendergast Mrs B Granard...
Bachelor, 1887–1968) Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort (1968, KCVO, 1887–1983) Sir NoelMurless (1977, Knight Bachelor, 1910–1987) Sir Peter O'Sullevan (1997, Knight...
Winner Age Jockey Trainer Owner Time 1970 Welsh Pageant 4 Sandy Barclay NoelMurless Jim Joel 1:39.86 1971 Roi Soleil 4 Ron Hutchinson Charles Bartholomew...
1:40.30 1967 Fleet George Moore NoelMurless Bob Boucher 1:44.76 1968 Caergwrle Sandy Barclay NoelMurless Gwen Murless 1:40.38 1969 Full Dress Ron Hutchinson...
2:08.90 1967 Busted 4 Bill Rickaby NoelMurless Stanhope Joel 2:07.70 1968 Royal Palace 4 Sandy Barclay NoelMurless Jim Joel 2:07.50 1969 Wolver Hollow...
the family of Sir Henry Cecil. Warren Place was built by Sam Darling. NoelMurless trained from Warren Place from 1952 to 1976. Henry Cecil took over from...
Johnson Houghton Anthony Samuel 1:38.76 1957 Crepello Lester Piggott NoelMurless Sir Victor Sassoon 1:38.24 1958 Pall Mall Doug Smith Cecil Boyd-Rochfort...
Piggott NoelMurless John Hornung 2:35.06 1967 Busted 4 George Moore NoelMurless Stanhope Joel 2:33.64 1968 Royal Palace 4 Sandy Barclay NoelMurless Jim...
Year Winner Jockey Trainer Time 1963 The Creditor Lester Piggott NoelMurless 1964 Young Christopher Lester Piggott Freddie Maxwell 1965 Fortezza Frankie...
apprentice in 1949, and became a licensed trainer from 1972 after working for NoelMurless. He trained at Carlburg Stables in Newmarket, Suffolk and sent out his...
Johnson Barry Hills 1973 Owen Dudley Geoff Lewis NoelMurless 1974 Honoured Guest Geoff Lewis NoelMurless 1975 Hobnob Willie Carson Harry Wragg 1976 Trasi's...
mastermind behind Sir Victor's racing success in Britain was trainer Sir NoelMurless who became manager of Eve Stud in 1952. He purchased the property from...
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