Charlie Cunningham (jockey)
Charles "Charlie" Cunningham was a 19th-century Scottish National Hunt jockey, who has been described as "Scotland's greatest jockey".
Although he was an amateur throughout his career, he won the Scottish Grand National a record four times and also the National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup in 1886. He is also one of only two jump jockeys to ride six winners in one day, a feat he achieved at Rugby Hunt on 29 March 1881. In one three-year period, he won 144 out of 276 races.
He was unnaturally big for a jockey, standing at 6 feet 1 inch tall and weighing over 12 stone
He had a serious fall in 1890, which contributed to his early death.
In addition to race-riding, he was also a keen cricketer, representing Northumberland in their pre-County cricket days, Dalkeith, Aberdeenshire and Roxburghshire
