John Singleton, often referred to as John Singleton Junior., was an English horse racing jockey of the late 18th and early 19th century.
Background
He was actually the third John Singleton from the same family to achieve prominence in racing circles, following his father John and his great uncle John. His father John married the daughter of the groom at his master Lord Rockingham"s studies Singleton was the product of this marriage and was born in France.
Career
Instead, he ran away to Newmarket to the stables of the Duke of Bedford. Foreign Bedford, Singleton rode to victory in three British Classic Races - the 1791 Oaks on Portia (aged just, the 1793 Oaks on Caelia and, his most famous victory, the 1797 Derby on an unnamed colt by Fidget. Singleton died two months later at the age of 26, "highly respected, esteemed and lamented" by the Newmarket racing community.