On year 2007 Australia Post Australian Legends Award celebrates six greats of Australian horse racing. Jockeys Scobie Breasley, George Moore and Roy Higgins, trainer Bart Cummings, thoroughbred breeder Bob Ingham and race caller John Tapp have all contributed immensely to a vibrant aspect of Australian social and sporting culture.The stamps are issued on 24th of January 2007 in uniform face value.
Scobie Breasley AM was born Arthur Breasley in Wagga Wagga, NSW, in 1914. He achieved three Jockey’s Premierships in Victoria and a record five Caulfield Cups. 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 England every year from 1955 to 1964, and was Champion Jockey in 1957 and continuously from 1961-63.
Scobie Breasley on Santa Claus (1964)
In 1964, Scobie rode Santa Claus to victory in the prestigious Epsom Derby in England at 50 years of age, and he won again on Charlottown two years later.
Scobie Breasley died on 21 December 2006 after suffering a stroke a few days earlier.
Bart Cummings (1964):
Bart Cummings AM was born into an Adelaide racing family in 1927. His first brush with success in the Melbourne Cup was in 1950, working as a strapper for his father. Cummings has gone on to win a record 11 Melbourne Cups, earning the title "Cups King". He is the first Australian trainer to have achieved the Trainers' Premierships in three states.
Bart Cummings with Melbourne Cup (2001)
On 11 December 1991, Bart Cummings was inducted into the Sport Australia Hall of Fame. He was also an inaugural inductee into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame. He was made a member of the Order of Australia in 1982 for his services to the racing industry.
Roy Higgins (1965):
Roy Higgins MBE was born in Koondrook, Victoria, in 1938, beginning his riding career at Deniliquin in 1953. He teamed up with Bart Cummings in 1965 to win the Melbourne Cup on Light Fingers. This partnership took the Cup again in 1967 with Red Handed. Higgins also took out four Victoria Derbies, two Cox Plates and two Golden Slipper Stakes among his 2,312 wins.
Roy Higgins on Light Fingers (1965)
Higgins retired from riding in 1983 declaring his ambition was “to be a little fat man”. He has continued to be employed in the Racing industry as a racing commentator on TV and radio, particularly on Melbourne radio. He also lectures in the jockey training program at the Northern Lodge Training Centre of Northern Melbourne Institute of TAFE.
Bob Ingham (1970):
Bob Ingham AO and his brother Jack (d. 2003) inherited their father's chicken farm and a single broodmare, Valiant Rose. From this mare they developed an equine empire (Woodlands) of world renown. The Ingham stud has bred 29 Group One winners, including Lonhro, and the stable has triumphed in 76 Group One races.
Bob Ingham with Lonhro (2004)
Among the most successful horses from Inghams' stable was the 1996 Australian Horse of the Year, Octagonal. The thoroughbred racehorse won multiple Group One races that included the Cox Plate and Australian Derby. The other horses to bring accolades to the Inghams were Lonhro and Canny Lad, two top stallions that rose to dizzying heights during their racing career.
George Moore (1957):
George Moore OBE was born in MacKay, Queensland, in 1923 and gained his riding permit in 1938. He struck up an early jockey-trainer partnership with Tommy Smith, with whom he was highly successful. He won a record 10 Sydney Jockey Premierships and gained considerable success internationally.
George Moore onTulloch (1960)
In Australia, George Moore won numerous of the country's top races and was the jockey aboard Tulloch for nineteen of the Hall of Fame horse's thirty-six wins. He retired from riding in 1971 having won 312 metropolitan stakes and a record 119 Group One races. He then turned his talents to training.
John Tapp (1972):
John Tapp OAM was born in Ramsgate, NSW, in 1941. The voice of racing, he was a leading race caller in this country for more than 30 years. Over his career Tapp called an astonishing 50,000 races, with his final call at Rosehill Gardens in 1998.
John Tapp in race celling box (1998)
For the last decade of his calling career, Tapp was also the course broadcaster at Sydney's metropolitan tracks. Today he presents racing features for Sky Channel, and he also trains around 20 pacers.(Resources : Australian Post)
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