Bernard Dillon_
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Bernard Dillon: Irish jockey (1888–1941).
Biography
Bernard Dillon (1888–1941) was an Irish jockey. Born at Caherina in Tralee, he joined his older brother Joe in 1901, both of them being apprentice jockeys at the famous Druids Lodge training establishment in Wiltshire England. Victory on Lemberg in the 1910 Epsom Derby was his most famous achievement, although he also rode winners in the 1,000 Guineas, Lincoln, Cambridgeshire, Eclipse Stakes, Coronation Cup and the Grand Prix de Paris.
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