Breasley, Scobie

Breasley, Scobie
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Arthur Edward Breasley 
      Australian-born jockey (b. May 7, 1914, Wagga Wagga, N.S.W., Australia—d. Dec. 21, 2006, Melbourne, Australia), over a 42-year career, secured 3,251 victories, including 2,161 in Britain, where his rivalry with fellow jockey Lester Piggott (21 years his junior) dominated Thoroughbred racing for more than a decade. Breasley won his first horse race in 1928 at age 14 and was Australia's top jockey by the time he moved to Britain in 1950. Although he failed to win the Melbourne Cup in 16 attempts, he scored four straight triumphs (1942–45) in the Caulfield Cup and won that race again in 1952 during a brief return to Australia. Breasley was England's champion jockey four times (1957, 1961–63), with major victories in the 2,000 Guineas (1952), the 1,000 Guineas (1954), the Derby (1964 and 1966), and the French classic Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe (1958). From 1953 he was a favourite jockey of Queen Elizabeth II. After he retired, he worked as a trainer until he moved back to Australia in 1993. Breasley was the first inductee (2001) into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, and in 1996 Racing Victoria inaugurated the annual Scobie Breasley Medal for best jockey.

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