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
Tattenham Corner line within Travelcard Zone 6. Train services on the line are operated by Southern, and run to London Bridge and London Victoria (peak and weekday evenings). During peak hours trains combine (am) or divide (pm) at Purley, the other section being for the Caterham Line. Services are provided by a mixture of Class 455 and Class 377 EMUs. The London and South East Route Utilisation Strategy released in July 2011 laid out a provisional timetable for the Thameslink Programme. Services 'assumed to operate through the Thameslink core in 2018' featured an eight-car Tattenham Corner to Welwyn Garden City service. This did