Legends of the Track

Australia's champion jockeys and trainers

Alan Whiticker

• Publisher: Gelding Street Press
• eBook ISBN:
  9781923009165
• Year: 2023

Fully illustrated profiles celebrating the greatest jockeys and trainers of the Australian horse racing scene.

In Legends of the Track: Australia's champion jockeys and trainers, best-selling author Alan Whiticker tells the stories of 25 modern-era horse racing greats.This book celebrates the careers of champions trainers such as Bart Cummings, Tommy Smith, Colin Hayes, Gai Waterhouse, Lee Freedman and Chris Waller, and features interviews with the best jockeys of the modern era - Ron Quinton, Darren Beadman, Shane Dye, Hugh Bowman, Damien Oliver, Glen Boss and James McDonald.With full career statistics for each chapter and dozens of rare photos, Legends of the Track details the greatest achievements in a wonderful sporting era of Australian horse racing.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title
• Dedication
• Copyright
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. Tommy Smith: TJ
• 2. George Moore: Cotton Fingers
• 3. Bart Cummings: The Master
• 4. Roy Higgins: The Professor
• 5. Colin Hayes: Man with a dream
• 6. Harry White: Heart with a capital aitch
• 7. Jack Denham: The Silent One
• 8. Ron Quinton: Work hard and do your best
• 9. George Hanlon: Country Cups King
• 10. Mick Dittman: The Enforcer
• 11. Geoff Murphy: Murphy’s law
• 12. Jim Cassidy: The Pumper
• 13. John Hawkes: Have horse, will travel
• 14. Darren Beadman: The Dazzler
• 15. Brian Mayfield-Smith: The outsider
• 16. Shane Dye: Billy Idol
• 17. Lee Freedman: FBI
• 18. Damien Oliver: One hell of a ride
• 19. David Hayes: Son of a gun
• 20. Glen Boss: The Boss
• 21. Gai Waterhouse: The first lady of racing
• 22. Hugh Bowman: She’s apples
• 23. Peter Moody: Racing’s prodigal son
• 24. James McDonald: The professional
• 25. Chris Waller: The best of the best
• Bibliography
• Acknowledgements
• About the author