Tags: Horse Rider.
Evan Williams (1911 or 1912 – 2001)was a horse racing jockey born in Cowbridge Wales in 1912. He won the 1937 Grand National on Royal Mail and he won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1936 (on Golden Miller) and 1940 (on Roman Hackle). He later became a trainer and won the first running of the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes in 1951 (with Supreme Court). He died on 16 July 2001 aged 89.