 The 2013 running of the National Hunt Chase Challenge Cup at the Cheltenham Festival (a race he won in 1959) was named in his honour.In 2014, Sandown named a new 2 mile 6 furlong Listed Chase at their end of season finale, the Oaksey Chase, after him.In 1959 he married John Betjeman’s former secretary, Victoria ("Tory") Dennistoun, whose father John ("Ginger") Dennistoun was a racehorse trainer.