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By Indian_turf_record | 04-May-2020It was David Parnell who brought me to Ken Stott so let's finish with Parnell first. Father R.F. "Buster" Parnell and son David Parnell rode in India in 1980s. they were moderately successful riding about 60 to 70 winners in five seasons each that they spent in India. Two accomplishments of David Parnell have not been mentioned. One he was Champion Jockey at Malakpet in 1983-84 on his first visit at age of 19. (Any younger Chamoion Jockeys age in Winter Season ?). Two he won three Classics in India. His win on Abbeydale in Bangalore Oaks for trainer Harish Puri is missed out.
On opening day of Malakpet winter season of 1983-84, jockey Ken Stott had three rides for trainer S. Reddy and won them all. Treble to start to start off in India is not something which is common. He never rode again at Malakpet so he never lost a race there. Is that unique ?
Next day, Ken Stott had three mounts at Bangalore. He placed fourth on two and was unplaced on one. He does not appear to have ridden in India after that. (Manual search so liable for errors and omissions).
Does anybody know why he left India so suddenly ? I have checked "jockeypedia" (they ask you to check if spelling is correct) and Google tells me that he later settled down in Denmark. Malakpet had inkling before Google because his first winner in India was Copenhagen