Frederick Whitfield Barrett

Major Frederick Whitfield Barrett (20 June 1875 to 7 November 1949) was an international polo player and later a racehorse trainer who saddled horses for three British monarchs, George V, Edward VIII and George VI. Born at the family home in County Cork, Ireland, he served in the 15th Hussars, rode successfully over fences, and took up polo when his regiment went to India in 1902. He played for England in the International Polo Cup of 1914 and 1921, the English team winning in 1914, and he won the Roehampton Trophy in 1919. He competed for Great Britain at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp, where the British team beat Spain in the final to take the gold medal, and again at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, where he received a bronze medal. As a trainer he saddled Annandale to finish third in the 1931 Grand National.