Brigadier Gerard (horse) the Sussex Stakes and the Lockinge Stakes, and the non-winning racemare, La Paiva, a daughter of Prince Chevalier. On his female side he traced back to the brilliant fillies' Triple Crown winner, Pretty Polly, who was his fifth dam. This beautifully balanced bay colt was named after Arthur Conan Doyle's swashbuckling hero. Brigadier Gerard had good conformation, an excellent temperament and stood 16 hands 2 inches high. Brigadier Gerard was trained during his racing career by Major Dick Hern and ridden in all his races by Joe Mercer. Brigadier Gerard began his two-year-old career on 24 June 1970 in the
Gerard Richardson (author) Lifetime Achievement in Business award 2012 Cumbria Community Heroes Lifetime Achievement award 2015 Commended by the United States Ambassador to the UK in 2010 for furthering relations between the UK and USA He still runs Richardson's of Whitehaven, a Fine Wine and Coffee Merchants in the town and is working on his first novel. Gerard Richardson (author) Gerard Richardson MBE born 4 January 1962 in Cleator Moor was the founder and CEO of the International Maritime Festivals which ran in Whitehaven from 1999 to 2013. He is also an author of two Recipe Books with celebrity chef Jean Christophe Novelli