What was jockey Harry Wragg's nickname
Harry Wragg has extensive usage amongst the small Protestant community of south County Dublin (Ireland) and Longford shams despite his death in 1985. The Kinks had a song about smoking called "Harry Rag" on their 1967 album Something Else by The Kinks. Partick Thistle F.C. are referred to as "The Harry Wraggs" in rhyming slang for their nickname "The Jags". Harry Wragg Harry Wragg (1902–1985) was a British jockey and racehorse trainer, who gained the nickname "The Head Waiter" due to his "come from behind" riding style. In a 27-year riding career, Wragg rode over 1700 winners in Britain and Ireland, including
Harry Wragg bloodstock agent, while his daughter, Susan, married the jockey Manny Mercer. Mercer was killed in September 1959 at Ascot Racecourse after falling from a horse trained by his father-in-law. Harry Wragg died in October 1985 at the age of 83.He is buried in Newmarket Cemetery. In 1999, he was ranked 7th on the Racing Post list of top jockeys of the 20th century. It was also remarked that he was the only great flat jockey of the century to be a great trainer as well. In rhyming slang Harry Wragg was widely used to mean "fag" (cigarette) and it still