• Francis Noel Murless (24 March 1910 – 9 May 1987) was an English racehorse trainer who one of the most successful of the twentieth century. Murless began...
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  • The Noel Murless Stakes is a Listed flat horse race in Great Britain open to three year old horses. It is run at Ascot over a distance of 1 mile 6 furlongs...
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    famous owner and breeder of racehorses in France, England and Ireland. Noel Murless the Champion Trainer on multiple occasions in England told his biographer...
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  • 1956 - Charles Elsey 1957 - Noel Murless 1958 - Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 1959 - Noel Murless 1960 - Noel Murless 1961 - Noel Murless 1962 - Dick Hern 1963 - Paddy...
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    60 1960 St. Paddy Lester Piggott Noel Murless Sir Victor Sassoon 3:13.20 1961 Aurelius Lester Piggott Noel Murless Vera Lilley 3:06.60 1962 Hethersett...
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    Pierre Wertheimer 00.25 nk 156.4 2:36.4 1957 Crepello Lester Piggott Noel Murless Sir Victor Sassoon 01.5 1½ 155.4 2:35.4 1958 Hard Ridden Charles Smirke...
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    the family of Sir Henry Cecil. Warren Place was built by Sam Darling. Noel Murless trained from Warren Place from 1952 to 1976. Henry Cecil took over from...
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    appointed stable jockey to Noel Murless's son-in-law Henry Cecil, the British flat racing Champion Trainer, at Murless's old stables, Warren Place. He...
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  • he had taken over the running of Warren Place in Newmarket from Sir Noel Murless, the father of his first wife, and he turned the stables into what has...
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  • 1:40.30 1967 Fleet George Moore Noel Murless Bob Boucher 1:44.76 1968 Caergwrle Sandy Barclay Noel Murless Gwen Murless 1:40.38 1969 Full Dress Ron Hutchinson...
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    mastermind behind Sir Victor's racing success in Britain was trainer Sir Noel Murless who became manager of Eve Stud in 1952. He purchased the property from...
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    Johnson Houghton Anthony Samuel 1:38.76 1957 Crepello Lester Piggott Noel Murless Sir Victor Sassoon 1:38.24 1958 Pall Mall Doug Smith Cecil Boyd-Rochfort...
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  • a top-class stayer in the autumn of the following year, winning the Noel Murless Stakes and the Prix Royal-Oak. Scope was a chestnut colt with no white...
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    Derby winners between them in the first half of the 20th century; then Noel Murless between 1948 and 1952, followed by Jeremy Tree, and since 1990 Roger...
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  • Bachelor, 1887–1968) Sir Cecil Boyd-Rochfort (1968, KCVO, 1887–1983) Sir Noel Murless (1977, Knight Bachelor, 1910–1987) Sir Peter O'Sullevan (1997, Knight...
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  • Piggott Noel Murless John Hornung 2:35.06 1967 Busted 4 George Moore Noel Murless Stanhope Joel 2:33.64 1968 Royal Palace 4 Sandy Barclay Noel Murless Jim...
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  • 2014, winning three of his six races including the Chester Stakes and Noel Murless Stakes. He emerged a top class performer in the following year, winning...
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  • Canezou (1848), Honeysuckle (1854), Hepatica (1858), Toison d'Or (1869) Noel Murless – Bara Bibi (1954), Collyria (1959), Bracey Bridge (1965), Pink Gem (1967...
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    Carr Cecil Boyd-Rochfort Queen Elizabeth II 1960 Exar 4 Lester Piggott Noel Murless Carlo Vittadini 1961 Pandofell 4 Lester Piggott F Maxwell H W Daw 1962...
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    Rosebery 2:39.94 1970 Lupe Sandy Barclay Noel Murless Gladys Joel 2:41.46 1971 Altesse Royale Geoff Lewis Noel Murless Roger Hue-Williams 2:36.95 1972 Ginevra...
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  • Barclay Noel Murless Jim Joel 2:22.30 1969 Connaught 4 Sandy Barclay Noel Murless Jim Joel 2:08.00 1970 Connaught 5 Sandy Barclay Noel Murless Jim Joel...
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  • Charles McVittie Stan Mellor Marcus Milner Hughie Morrison Charles Morton Noel Murless Florence Nagle Richard Newland David Nicholls Paul Nicholls David Nicholson...
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    July Saturday Pat Eddery Stakes Flat Listed 7f 2yo only October Friday Noel Murless Stakes Flat Listed 1m 6f 3yo October Saturday Bengough Stakes Flat Group...
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  • Newmarket 1m 3yo+ f September Godolphin Stakes Newmarket 1m 4f 3yo+ October Noel Murless Stakes Ascot 1m 6f 34y 3yo October Rous Stakes Ascot 5f 3yo+ October...
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  • 2:08.90 1967 Busted 4 Bill Rickaby Noel Murless Stanhope Joel 2:07.70 1968 Royal Palace 4 Sandy Barclay Noel Murless Jim Joel 2:07.50 1969 Wolver Hollow...
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    of the Jockey Club. He started in horse training as an assistant to Noel Murless and later worked in Australia with Bart Cummings and Colin Hayes. He...
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  • apprentice in 1949, and became a licensed trainer from 1972 after working for Noel Murless. He trained at Carlburg Stables in Newmarket, Suffolk and sent out his...
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  • Boyd-Rochfort 1955 Elopement 4 Lester Piggott Noel Murless 1956 Hugh Lupus 4 Rae Johnstone Noel Murless 1957 Fric 5 Jean Deforge Joseph Lawson 1958 Brioche...
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    Roger Poincelet Alec Head Aga Khan III 1956 Hugh Lupus 4 Rae Johnstone Noel Murless Lady Vernon 1957 Rose Royale 3 Jean Massard Alec Head Prince Aly Khan...
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  • Petite Etoile 4 Lester Piggott Noel Murless Prince Aly Khan 2:35.20 1961 Petite Etoile 5 Lester Piggott Noel Murless HH Aga Khan IV 1962 Dicta Drake...
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