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
Signpost Corner, Isle of Man a light on above an individual competitor’s scoreboard which would indicate to the pit-crew and race-officials that a particular rider had passed through Signpost Corner and may be shortly pulling into the race-pits located at the Grandstand on Glencrutchery Road to refuel. Located nearby to the former signal station at the Signpost road junction is Bedstead Corner on the (A18) Bemahague Road section of the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course. The origin of the name is disputed and uncertain along with its exact former location. George MacDonald Fraser, author of the Flashman series of books, lived on the Isle