CATANACH ’ S BRENT THOMSON J OCKE Y CHAL ENGE Named in honour of the four-time W.S. Cox Plate winning jockey, the Catana Brent Thomson Award is given to the rider with the most accumulated amount of points on a 3,2,1 system across the two-days of the Ladbrokes Cox Plate Carnival. ‘The Babe’ enjoyed a long and fruitful career in the saddle with over 2500 winners to his name worldwide. He was born in New Zealand in 1958 and by the time he turned 16 was champion apprentice. It would be the following year as a 17-year-old that Thomson would win his first W.S. Cox Plate aboard Fury’s Order and begin one of the most dominant runs of any rider in the history of the race. In the four years that followed, Thomson would win three consecutive W.S. Cox Plates from 1977-1979 aboard Family of Man and the Colin Hayes pair So Called and the brilliant Dulcify. Given Thomson’s remarkable success in Australasia’s Weight-forAge Classic, the Brent Thomson Jockey Challenge was first introduced in 2018. The winner of the Catanach’s Jewellers Brent Thomson Award will receive a set of bespoke cufflinks expertly crafted by Catanach’s with 9 carat yellow gold and silver with a diamond set in the whip. HONO 2020 - JAMIE KAH (12 POINTS) 2021 - JYE MCNEIL (12 POINTS) - JAMIE KAH & (10 POINTS)
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