Scobie Breasley
Scobie Breasley | |
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1,000 Guineas (1954) (1967)
Middle Park Stakes (1956, 1960) Dewhurst Stakes (1957) Coronation Cup (1958, 1965) Eclipse Stakes (1958) George VI And Elizabeth II Stakes (1958) Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1958) Yorkshire Oaks (1961) Epsom Derby (1964, 1966) Sussex Stakes (1967) Champion Stakes As a trainer: Racing Victoria Australian Racing Hall of Fame "Legend" (2009) | |
Significant horses | |
Ki Ming, Festoon, Ballymoss, Santa Claus, Charlottown, Reform, Sandford Prince |
Arthur Edward "Scobie" Breasley (7 May 1914 – 21 December 2006) was an Australian jockey. He won the Caulfield Cup in Melbourne five times: 1942-45 consecutively on Tranquil Star, Skipton, Counsel and St Fairy; then on Peshawar in 1952. He also won The Derby twice, and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe once.
Early life
Breasley was born in 1914 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales and was christened Arthur Edward, but while still very young was given the nickname "Scobie", after the famous Australian trainer and jockey James Scobie.
Career
Breasley rode 3,251 winners during his career, including over 1,000 in Australia and 2,161 in
He developed a great rivalry with Sir Gordon Richards[citation needed], and later with the younger jockey Lester Piggott. He was renowned for his exquisite balance in the saddle, for refusing to race wide, and for his sparing use of the whip, preferring to use hands and heels.
Retirement
Breasley retired as a jockey in 1968 and took up training in Epsom (UK), France, the United States, and Barbados, where he and his wife owned a holiday home. He retired from training horses after winning the most prestigious race in Barbados - the Gold Cup - on four occasions in the early 1990s and returned to live in Melbourne.
Racing authorities in the state of
Death
Scobie Breasley died on 21 December 2006 after suffering a stroke a few days earlier.[2]
References
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"A century of racing - 50 greatest flat jockeys". The Racing Post. 17 May 1999. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
- ^ Jockey Scobie Breasley dead at 92