Autographs of John Francome
John Francome MBE (born 13 December 1952) is a retired seven-time British Champion jump jockey. He was previously a racing trainer and broadcaster with Channel 4, and is an author.
Francome first rode a pony called Black Beauty at the age of six. His first riding successes came as a showjumper, and was a member of the team that won the European Junior Show Jumping Championship for Great Britain.
Francome's father secured a meeting with trainer Fred Winter and he became an apprentice in October 1969. His first race ride came at Worcester in December 1970, a race he won riding Multigrey trained by Godfrey Burr. In February 1971, Francome rode his first of 575 winners for trainer Winter on Osceola at Towcester. Osbaldeston was an early success story for the Francome/Winter partnership, notching up 17 victories.
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Traded items with a signature of John Francome
The most expensive item with a signature of John Francome (Collection of 26 John Francome Hand Signed Hardback Books SPECIAL LISTING) was sold in August 2023 for £300.00 while the cheapest item (JOHN FRANCOME (CHANNEL FOUR RACING) SIGNED CAST PHOTO) found a new owner for £0.30 in May 2014. The month with the most items sold (4) was February 2018 with an average selling price of £8.25 for an autographed item of John Francome. Sold items reached their highest average selling price in February 2015 with £200.00 and the month that saw the lowest prices with £0.50 was May 2015. In average, an autographed item from John Francome is worth £8.31.
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