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The most serious incident in recent years occurred in October 2014 when 26-year-old jockey Carly-Mae Pye died from severe injuries she sustained when she was thrown from a horse at Callaghan Park during barrier trials. [30] Callaghan Park continues to hold regular horse and greyhound race meetings. [31] [32]
Harness racing in Australia is conducted with Standardbred horses racing around a track while pulling a driver in a two-wheeled cart called a "sulky", "gig" or "bike". Standardbred racehorses compete in two gaits, pacing and trotting, and trotters may enter pacing events, but not vice versa. Pacers contest 80% to 90% of Australian harness races ...
Queensland Derby: 1 $600,000 3YO Open sw 2400 Eagle Farm 2020-06-06 [d] Queensland Guineas: 2 $350,000 3YO Open sw 1600 Eagle Farm 2020-06-06 Queensland Oaks: 1 $500,000 3YO Open qlty 2400 Eagle Farm 2020-05-30 [d] Quezette Stakes: 3 $160,000 3YO Fillies sw+p 1100 Caulfield 2019-08-17 R A Lee Stakes: 3 $120,000 Open Open sw+p 1600 Morphettville ...
Jack Murray (racing driver) John Eric Murray (30 August 1907 – 11 December 1983), generally known as Jack Murray or 'Gelignite' Jack, was an Australian racing driver and sportsman, most remembered for his participation in the REDEX Round Australia Reliability Trials in the 1950s.
horse, sulky, horse harness. Venue. dirt racetrack. Presence. Country or region. Worldwide. Harness racing. Harness racing is a form of horse racing in which the horses race at a specific gait (a trot or a pace). They usually pull a two-wheeled cart called a sulky, spider, or chariot occupied by a driver.
Significant horses. Kingston Rule. Saintly. Octagonal. Lonhro. Super Impose. Darren Beadman (born 17 November 1965) is an Australian champion jockey. In 2007 at age 41 he was the youngest jockey ever to be inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, being the first to do so while still active in the industry.
Bumped the kerbs, causing him to swerve the right hand side of the track, touching the safety barrier and causing him to crash into the barriers on the other side head-on, uprooting and lifting the barrier and killing him instantly. His body was cut in half between his neck and hip due to the barrier. [131] Olivier Chandon de Brailles (FRA)
The Australian Racing Board, established in 1998, is the peak national administration body for Thoroughbred racing in Australia. [1] The statutory bodies for racing in each State or Territory, known as the Principal Racing Authorities, set up the Australian Racing Board by consensual agreement. This consensus by the States is achieved by ...