Tim Forster
| Tim Forster | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Racehorse trainer |
| Born |
27 February 1934 Cold Ashby, Northamptonshire, England |
| Died | 21 April 1999 (aged 65) Ludlow, Shropshire, England |
| Career wins | 1,346 |
| Major racing wins | |
| Grand National (1972, 1979, 1985), Mackeson Gold Cup Handicap Chase, Queen Mother Champion Chase, Hennessy Gold Cup, King George VI Chase. | |
| Honours | |
| Order of the British Empire | |
| Significant horses | |
| Martha's Son, Well To Do, Ben Nevis II, Last Suspect, Dublin Flyer | |
Captain Timothy Arthur Forster, OBE (27 February 1934 – 21 April 1999) commonly known as Tim Forster, was a racehorse trainer and previously an amateur jockey. As a trainer he had 1,346 winners, including 3 Grand Nationals at Aintree in Liverpool. Forster's last runner as a Licensed Trainer came on 30 May 1998, when he won with Albermarle in a novice chase at Market Rasen.
Forster was born at Cold Ashby Hall, Cold Ashby in Northamptonshire on 27 February 1934. He was the son of Lieutenant-Colonel Douglas Forster, who as a racehorse owner had won the Wokingham Stakes at Ascot in 1957 with Light Harvest.
He was educated at Eton College and went into the military with the 11th Hussars from 1954 to 1960. He served in Malaya, Cumbria and Northern Ireland and because of this he was commonly known as the "The Captain" within racing circles.
In 1957, Forster travelled from the 11th Hussars barracks in Carlisle, Cumbria to ride a winner at the Vale of the White Horse ("VWH") Hunt's point-to-point meeting at Siddington, Gloucestershire. Forster rode four winners as an amateur under National Hunt rules.
When he left the services, he moved to Newmarket in Suffolk as pupil to trainer Geoffrey Brooke. Forster then became Assistant Trainer to Derrick Candy. By August 1962 he became a Licensed Trainer and just a year later he moved from his original yard at Kingston Lisle, in Oxfordshire where he had a few boxes owned by a farmer friend, Colin Nash. When trainer Tom Yates retired due to ill health, he took over the stables at the Old Manor House in Letcombe Bassett near Lambourn in Berkshire.
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