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outpouring of love and aff ection for Paddy,” Griswold said. “His reputation as one of the truly greatest steeplechase riders and trainers of all time motivated many to participate in this eff ort, and we are deeply grateful for their sup- port. He was a wonderful friend to all of us.” Griswold added, “We look forward to of-
fi cially dedicating the Paddy Neilson Timber Course during the spring Fair Hill races in May 2021.” Jay Meister told T e Fair Hill Bugle, “Paddy
Neilson didn’t always win, but he was always a winner. He was the Michael Jordan of our tim- ber racing game. Paddy made our sport bigger and better while inspiring countless kids. We all wanted to grow up to be like him.” “Paddy was a lovely man,” said Michael Dick-
inson in T e Fair Hill Bugle. “I was a steeple- chase jockey in England. I rode for 11 years and had 1,600 rides with 378 winners.” Dick- inson added, “I thought I was all right until I hunted with Cheshire. I watched Paddy can- tering across a fi eld. He looked for a stride, and then he and his horse just fl ew (the fence). If he’d been in a race, he would have gained two
lengths. I said to myself, ‘Michael, you can’t even ride.’” Louis “Paddy” Neilson III died on September
5, 2019 at the age of 77. He was born in New York to the late Louis Neilson, Jr., and Kath- erine Pell Neilson. Neilson graduated from the Gilman School and then Princeton University and the Wharton Business School. He was a corporate bond broker for Alex. Brown & Sons in Philadelphia while foxhunting, galloping race horses and steeplechasing on the weekends. During the Vietnam confl ict, he was a mem- ber of the First City Troop in Philadelphia, a division of the National Gaurd. Here in Maryland, he rode in the Maryland Hunt Cup 21 times over three decades, win- ning it three times: in 1968 aboard Haff aday, 1974 riding Burnmac and 1989 with Uncle Merlin. According to Central Entry Offi ce, he had 608 starts as a jockey over a span of 32 years, winning 143 times. He was a founding member of the Ameri-
can Steeplechase Injured Jockeys’ Fund. He also chaired the Pennsylvania Hunt Cup Races for 17 years, and later the Plumstead Races for
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