Ernie Johnson (jockey) 1979, 49 in 1980, 29 in 1981, 46 in 1982, to 27 in 1983. In the 1980 Epsom Oaks, Johnson rode The Dancer, on whom he had won a race at Newbury as a 2 year old, for Major Dick Hern. Hern's stable jockey, Willie Carson, also had the choice of Cheshire Oaks winner Shoot A Line and Musidora Stakes winner Bireme. He elected to ride Bireme, who won by 2 lengths from Vielle, with The Dancer in 3rd. Johnson made much of the running until two furlongs out and was possibly a shade unlucky - The Dancer was partially
George Archibald (jockey) VI. His other good mounts included that year's leading 2 year old, Town Guard, and the Irish Derby winner, Spike Island. Further important winners included Rose Prince in the Cesarewitch and a dead-heat in the Irish Derby abroad Zodiac in 1924. In all he won one hundred and eighty winners in England. His best year was 1924, when he scored in fifty two races. He died of heart failure on April 5, 1927. George Archibald (jockey) George William Archibald (1890 – April 5, 1927) was an American jockey. He rode the winning horse Meridian in the 1911 Kentucky Derby. He