People

People

There have been some great achievements from the many people involved in racing be they trainers, jockeys, owners or anyone associated with racing.

Here you can explore their stories and records and browse through to the others who were involved with them or the horses that they were associated with and contribute your own content on yourself or your friends and family, or your horse.

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Bill Briscoe

Jockey Bill Briscoe set a high bench mak by recording 87 wins in one season. It took 40 years before the record was broken.

Graham Cook rode at least 2000 winners during his career including six Queensland Guineas winners.

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Tony Erhart

Tony Erhart is regarded as a great rider of two-year-olds and is still in the saddle after a career spanning 40 years.

Jim Atkins

Jim Atkins was originally from the northern rivers where in the 1930s he cut his teeth leading his father's stallion from property to property to serve mares. He trained his first winner in 1936 and moved to Brisbane in the early 1940s where he had a good horse callws Yeoman.

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Keith Noud

Keith Noud was the voice of racing in Brisbane since he first faced the microphone in 1937 and called over 45,000 races in his career.

Paul Hammersley

A stablemate of star apprentice Michael Rodd in the early 2000s, Paul Hammersley is considered to be equally talented but he has had a horror run with illness and injury.

Queensland History of Racing