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Bois Roussel, Jockey: E. C. Elliott', 1939; being led in by his owner Peter Beatty after victory at the Epsom Derby in 1938. Edward Charles Charlie Elliott (1904 - 1979) was a twice British Champion flat racing jockey. He spent a large part of his riding career in France, riding for Marcel Boussac. In 1999, the Racing Post ranked Elliott as sixth in their list of the Top 50 jockeys of the 20th century. In total, he won fourteen British Classic Races. From Racehorses & Jockeys, 1938 - A Series of 40. [W. D. & H. O. Wills, Bristol, 1939]