Scobie Breasley
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Scobie Breasley
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| Occupation | Jockey |
| Born |
7 May 1914 Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, Australia |
| Died | 21 December 2006 (aged 92) |
| Career wins | 3,251 |
| Major racing wins | |
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Caulfield Cup (1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1952) As a trainer: Flying Childers Stakes (1975) Middle Park Stakes (1975) King's Stand Stakes (1976) Barbados Gold Cup (1989, 1991, 1992, 1993) |
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| Racing awards | |
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British flat racing Champion Jockey (1957, 1961, 1962, 1963) |
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| Honours | |
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Australian Racing Hall of Fame (2000) Scobie Breasley Medal awarded by Racing Victoria Australian Racing Hall of Fame "Legend" (2009) |
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| Significant horses | |
| Santa Claus, Charlottown, Reform, Sandford Prince | |
Caulfield Cup (1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1952)
Victoria Derby (1944, 1952)
2,000 Guineas (1951)
1,000 Guineas (1954)
Eclipse Stakes (1958)
King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1958)
Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1958)
Epsom Derby (1964, 1966)
As a trainer:
Arthur Edward "Scobie" Breasley (7 May 1914 – 21 December 2006) was an Australian jockey. He won the Caulfield Cup in Melbourne five times: 1942-45 consecutively on Tranquil Star, Skipton, Counsel and St Fairy; then on Peshawar in 1952. He also won the Epsom Derby twice, and the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe once.
Breasley was born in 1914 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales and was christened Arthur Edward, but while still very young was given the nickname "Scobie", after the famous Australian trainer James Scobie.
During his career, Breasley rode 3,251 winners including over 1,000 in Australia and 2,161 in Britain. He rode over 100 winners in Great Britain every year from 1955 to 1964, and was Champion Jockey in 1957 and continuously from 1961-63. He won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe for the only time on Ballymoss in 1958, and the Derby for the first time at the age of 50 on Santa Claus in 1964, then again on Charlottown in 1966.
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