Winny Widger
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Jump to navigationJump to search- Joe Widger: an amateur jockey who won the 1895 Grand National race, riding a horse called Wild Man from Borneo (part of a large Waterford family involved in horse dealing and horse racing)
- widge: (Obsolete Dialect) a steed
- widger: a gardening tool
- Thomas Widger noted in obituary from Irish Times (27 October 1922) 5/6: “The death occurred yesterday of Mr. Thomas Widger, Duagh, Waterford, who was well known in Irish racing and hunting circles.”
- Note: Tom's brother Joe was a more famous jockey, having won the Grand National in 1895 riding ‘Wild Man from Borneo’.
