Scobie Breasley
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Scobie Breasley is Australia's most famous jockey, the winner of the Caulfield Cup at Melbourne five times (1942-5 consecutively - on Tranquil Star, Skipton, Counsel and St Fairy - then on Peshawar in 1952), the Epsom Derby twice, and the Arc de Triomphe once, but never the Melbourne Cup.
He was born in 1914 in Wagga Wagga, New South Wales, and was christened Arthur Edward, being given while still very young the nickname by which he is generally known, after the famous Australian trainer James Scobie.
Breasley rode 3251 winners in his career, including over 1000 in Australia and 2161 in Britain. He rode over 100 winners in England every year from 1955 to 1964, and was champion jockey in 1957 and continuously from 1961-3. He won the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe for the only time on Ballymoss in 1958, and the Derby for the first time at the age of 50 on Santa Claus in 1964, then again on Charlottown in 1966.
He developed a great rivalry with Sir Gordon Richards, and later with the younger jockey Lester Piggott. He was renowned for his exquisite balance in the saddle, for refusing to race wide, and for his sparing use of the whip, preferring to use hands and heels.
He retired as a jockey in 1968 and took up training in England, France, the USA and Barbados before finally retiring in 1990. He lives in Melbourne, and the racing authorities in the state of Victoria have struck a medal in his honour, awarded annually since 1996 to the best jockey in the state.
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