Ralph Bullock (jockey) 1861 Derby, which he won on Kettledrum for owner Charles Townley. The Epsom course itself had been badly neglected and was strewn with rubbish on the day of the race. In the event, Kettledrum was a luck winner. The favourite, Dundee, ridden by Henry Custance looked like he would win easily at Tattenham Corner, but eighty yards from the winning post, the horse broke down badly on both forelegs and Kettledrum won by a neck. Bullock would also finish second in the Oaks on Lady Ripon. Riding Kettledrum in the Doncaster Cup later that year, he scored a memorable dead
Hillberry Corner of the new Four Inch Course. A small iron-framed grandstand was built for spectators and still remains at the site. Hillberry Corner is part of the Mountain Course used since 1911 for the Isle of Man TT and Manx Grand Prix races. To facilitate racing on the Clypse Course for the 1954 TT races during the winter of 1953/54 road widening occurred on the Mountain Course at Creg-ny-Baa, Signpost Corner, the section of road from Hillberry Corner to Cronk-ny-Mona, and the approach to Governor's Bridge. Hillberry Corner Hillberry Corner (in or "Cronkybury")is situated at the 36th Milestone road-side marker on