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Point-to-point courses across Britain observed a minute’s silence at the weekend in memory of rider Sam Lee, who died on Friday afternoon at the age of 27.
Sunday’s Pytchley With Woodland meeting took place at Guilsborough near his family’s 200-acre sheep and dairy farm in the village of Blisworth, Northamptonshire, and where friends and relatives reflected on a neat and talented rider and vibrant character who faced challenges out of the saddle. Paul Miller, chief executive of the Point-to-Point Authority (PPA), said: “Sam was a great character with a big personality. He always had a smile on his face and a spring in his step. He will be greatly missed by his many friends and everyone he came into contact with, myself included.”
Lee rode out on Friday morning at Fran and Charlie Poste’s Warwickshire stable – which had provided him with one of the two winners he had ridden this season – and, in tribute, Charlie Poste said: “Sam was a real team player, and a talented young man who was full of energy and life. He was essentially a very kind person and very good with younger members of the team – underneath it all he wanted the team to do well.
“He wanted the members of the team to have success. He was the sort of person to brighten up a dull morning and was always full of energy and enthusiasm for everything that went on in the yard. It’s been a huge shock to us all and he’s greatly missed by every single one of us.
“It’s going to take us a long time to get over it.”
Lee began riding in point-to-points on family-owned horses in the 2014/15 season, getting off the mark with a win at Thorpe Lodge in April on Tannerman, who was trained by his mother, Kate. He followed up a year later on Katesoneoneeight at Whitfield, and soon after, in an interview with South Midlands press officer Jake Exelby, he said: “I’m more of a dairy farmer than a jockey. Riding is my passion and my hobby. I’m trying very hard but need to slow down and put things in perspective sometimes – I’ve got to remind myself that I’m only in my second season.”
Lee in buoyant mood after winning on Kirsch De Cotte in the colours of Willie and Camilla Murdoch (Neale Blackburn)
Despite missing a couple of seasons post-Covid, Lee went on to ride 33 winners plus another three in hunters’ chases and a very special one in 2019 on Golan Fortune, who won a black-type hurdle race at Cheltenham’s November meeting. His best season in the sport resulted in ten winners in 2017/18, while among yards with whom he enjoyed success was that of Fred Hutsby, who provided him with ten winners, and Ruth and Andrew Pennock who legged him up for five wins. His relatively new association with the Postes promised to produce plenty more and he had also picked up a number of rides this season for Cherry Coward’s Yorkshire stable. His most recent victory came last month on the Justin Brotherton-trained Dadavic at Larkhill.
Caroline Bailey, chairperson of the PPA, said: “Sam was a lovely lad, who came and rode out with us some years ago. More recently he rode Aramax for us when finishing second at Higham last month, and we had asked him to ride the horse again for us on Sunday at Guilsborough [Aramax won the mixed open under Gina Andrews].
“He came from a lovely, hard-working farming family and will be remembered because he was such a character. I’ll never forget the interview which he gave on television after winning a Listed hurdle race at Cheltenham on Golan Fortune. He was so excited he could hardly contain himself, but he could also be tough on himself, which was a shame. He’ll be very much missed.”
Anyone affected by recent events can find information and support organisation details on the Jockeys’ area of this website.
