George moore jockey biography definition
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January 11, Kelly&#;s &#; Moore&#;s Reunite for Perfect Redoute&#;s
A year relationship between Newhaven Park&#;s Kelly family and the Moore racing dynasty helped bring about the purchase of another Magic Millions million dollar lot as a &#;perfect Redoute&#;s Choice&#; was sold to Hong Kong-based owners.
Trainer Gary Moore&#;s son James won a tense bidding war to secure Lot for $1,, on behalf of a group that includes Jason Tam, fellow Hong Konger Leung Kai-fai of Hong Kong Derby winner Lucky Owners (Danehill {USA}) fame and Summit Racing Australia.
The Kelly family has owned Newhaven Park for four generations and Moore family patriarch, the late great jockey George Moore, rode for the founder of the Stud farm John Snr in the s.
&#;That&#;s the type of trust racing is built on,&#; said current stud manager John Kelly. &#;That trust is important, and the horse business is a people business, and from our perspective the trust of the buyers is very important.&#;
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On Friday, 10 September , a special charter plane arrived at Sydney airport after an arduous eight-hour flight from Auckland, New Zealand. Onboard was a valuable cargo of six racehorses, and all were destined for the rich Sydney and Melbourne spring meetings. Three of the thoroughbreds, Classic Mission, Classic Nature and Crown Law hailed from the Woodville stables of leading New Zealand trainer, Syd Brown, who accompanied his team on what had proven to be a long, dramatic and turbulent journey. There was a further delay in disembarkation even after the touchdown due to difficulties with the airport’s offloading facilities. However, all of this was to be as nothing compared to the turbulence and protracted skådespel that one of that cargo was about to visit upon Australian racing officialdom.
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Syd Brown was not a man to frakt racehorses across the Tasman lightly. Born in August , Brown’s impetuous journey on the Turf began at the age of twelve when he
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Memories of Champion Jockeys Moore and Cook
Over the years the Rockhampton Jockey Club has brought many of Australia’s greatest racing names north to Rockhampton to be part of the Winter Racking Carnival. This year champion jockey William Pike will ride at the Rocky Newmarket meeting on Friday, July 8.
Opinions become very passionate and varied when racing folk are asked to nominate the best that have come to Rockhampton. However, all would agree that the guests invited to promote and be part of the RJC Winter Racing Carnival would be right up there. They comprise the champion jockeys of their era in Peter Cook and George Moore. Born in Mackay on July 5, , Moore conquered racing throughout the world winning some of the great Classics. However, a Melbourne Cup eluded him but he won the Sydney Jockey’s premiership a record 10 times when teaming with champion trainer Tommy Smith. Cook won the great race twice on Just A Dash () and Black Knight (). Between them they rode almost winner