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Legendary Jockey Darby Mccarthy Dies

Legendary jockey Darby McCarthy, a trail blazer for aboriginal sports people, has died at the age of 76. McCarthy was one of 13 children raised in Cunnamulla in western Queensland and rose to be among Australia's top jockeys in the 1960s. In one golden period McCarthy won the Stradbroke Handicap three times with Mullala (1963),[...]
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Apprentice Miki Nakao In First Metro Win

Trainer Pat Duff maintained a five decade-old record when his apprentice Miki Nakao rode her first metropolitan winner on Grey Skies at Ipswich. Duff is regarded among the elite of Australian masters of apprentices with some of his stars among his dozen junior riders including Group One winning jockeys Mick Dittman, Mike Pelling and Jim[...]
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