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Jockey Jim Johnson, who won three Melbourne Cups, two Cox Plates and a Caulfield Cup, dies aged 92
Champion jockey and Australian hall of fame member Jim ‘Jimmy’ Johnson has died at the age of 92.
Key points:
- Jim Johnson retired in 1976, having won 2,158 races as a jockey
- Johnson is one of the few jockeys to have won the Melbourne Cup, Caulfield Cup and Cox Plate
- He was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2009
Racing Victoria, the Victorian Jockeys’ Association and the Victoria Racing Club each acknowledged the sadness of the occasion and paid homage to the decorated hoop.
Johnson was a three-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey, having been successful on Gatum Gatum in 1963 and also in 1968 and 1969 on Rain Lover.
Johnson was also associated with champion Tobin Bronze aboard who he won a Caulfield Cup and two Cox Plates.
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