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# Steve Donoghue

(1884–1945)   Jockey

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Steve Donoghue was a jockey, best known for *Donoghue Up! The Autobiography of Steve Donoghue*.

## Quick Facts About Steve Donoghue

Born November 8, 1884

Died March 23, 1945

Profession Jockey

Notable works Donoghue Up! The Autobiography of Steve Donoghue

## About Steve Donoghue

Steve Donoghue was a leading English flat-race jockey in the 1910s and 1920s. He was Champion Jockey 10 times between 1914 and 1923 and was one of the most celebrated horse racing sportsmen after Fred Archer, with only Sir Gordon Richards and Sir Tony McCoy eclipsing him.

##  Quotes by Steve Donoghue

> [ The second volume of Reiner Stach's epic biography of Franz Kafka . . . \[is\] a tangle of counter-grained and often under-sourced… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-donoghue/the-second-volume-of-reiner-stach-s-epic-biography-of-franz-kafka-is/)

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> [After winning Ascot's Queen Alexandra Stakes on Brown Jack- If you'd been on your honeymoon, you couldn't have had a happier time.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-donoghue/after-winning-ascot-s-queen-alexandra-stakes-on-brown-jack-if-you-d/)

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> [The Transformation of the World is lavishly reinforced with critical apparatus (that, too, must have been a labor of Hercules to translate--I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-donoghue/the-transformation-of-the-world-is-lavishly-reinforced-with-critical/)

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> [The latest gorgeous entry in the Belknap Press' growing library of annotated Jane Austen novels arrives, this time the mighty Emma under…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steve-donoghue/the-latest-gorgeous-entry-in-the-belknap-press-growing-library-of/)

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