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Jockey Jim Johnson, who won three Melbourne Cups, two Cox Plates and a Caulfield Cup, dies aged 92 – ABC News
Three-time Melbourne Cup-winning jockey Jim Johnson, a member of the Australian Racing Hall of Fame, is remembered as a “true gentleman” and a popular member of…
Champion jockey and Australian hall of fame member Jim ‘Jimmy’ Johnson has died at the age of 92.
- 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…
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