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Signed by Johnny Roe

Johnny Roe (26 March 1938 – 23 April 2017) was an Irish jockey who competed in Flat racing. Roe was Irish flat racing Champion Jockey on nine occasions and won the 1000 Guineas Stakes in 1975 on Nocturnal Spree.

In 1967, he rode Pampalina to win the Irish Oaks for Oxx, and also enjoyed Curragh classic success on Royal Danseuse in the 1964 Irish 1,000 Guineas. In 1975, Roe won the English 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket on Nocturnal Spree.

Perhaps the best horse he rode to victory was the subsequent Derby winner Roberto in the 1971 National Stakes.

He was champion jockey in Ireland from 1962-63, 1966-68 and 1971 to 1975 & was later to train in Macau.

He died in Dublin on 23 April 2017, aged 79.