Tony Winlaw - the flamboyant old-school handicapper who found time for the role around a passion for cricket
Tony Winlaw's first love might have been cricket but he devoted much of his life to racing by fulfilling the role of official handicapper for 37 years when known for applying a "flamboyant and unique style" to his work.
Winlaw, who died last month at the age of 87, served the sport from 1966 to 2003 (until reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65) with the Jockey Club and then the BHB. He handicapped staying hurdlers in the 1980s alongside the likes of Phil Judge and the late Martyn Stewart.
He worked under the BHA's former head of handicapping Phil Smith, who said: "Tony was an amazing character and lover of all sports. He was a member of the MCC and always attended the Lord's test.
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