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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Graham Cook

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

Terry Lucas was associated with some of the best horses to ever race in Queensland including Tails and Dalrello.

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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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Albert Sakzewski

Sir Albert Sakzewski was the founding chairman and government nominee of the Totalisator Administration Board of Queensland and bred and raced many successful horses over a fifty year period.

Sir Edward Williams

A lifelong horse-racing enthusiast, Sir Edward Williams was an active supporter of the Queensland Turf Club for over 46 years. He served as Chairman of the Committee for 11 years and to honour his long service, the Queensland Turf Club instituted the Sir Edward Williams Handicap which had its inaugural running in 1996.

Queensland History of Racing