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Queensland Racing Hall of Fame Jockey Inductee – Graham Cook
‘Cookie’ started his apprenticeship with his uncle Bert in 1958 and throughout his career won eight Brisbane premierships and also rode successfully in Singapore and Malaysia for four years.
The son of Brisbane jockey, Frank Cook, Graham won just about every feature race in Queensland with the exception of the Derby and also won the 1978 Epsom.
His win in the 1975 Doomben Cup on Golden Khan was one of his personal highlights after watching his father win the race in 1948 on Forge.
Queensland Racing Hall of Fame Trainer Inductee – Harry Plant
A former buckjump champion and professional horse breaker, Harry Plant trained plenty of top Stakes winning horses but is best remembered for the feats of one horse in particular.
Harry, then training in Sydney, turned former Toowoomba horse and inaugural Hall of Fame inductee, Bernborough, into a national icon.
Under Harry’s care, Bernborough won 15 consecutive races in Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane, including 14 Stakes races.
Queensland Racing Hall of Fame Horse Inductee – Fitz Grafton
The winner of 11 Stakes races, Fitz Grafton won the Group 1 Stradbroke (then run over six furlongs) as a two-year-old.
An indication of his versatility saw him win the two-mile Brisbane Cup in 1904-05.
Fitz Grafton’s first Cup win was late in his three-year-old season after he had won the QTC Guineas and QTC Derby in the previous spring and his second win in the Cup was an all the way victory carrying 10 stone.
The stallion was sold for 2000 guineas and continued to race in India, where he won the feature Viceroy’s Cup in 1906-07 and the King’s Plate. |
