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Edgar Britt
OAM
Edgar Britt, 22 January 1934
OccupationJockey, commentator, journalist
Born30 October 1913
Balmain, New South Wales, Australia
Died28 January 2017 (aged 103)
Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia
Major racing wins
Classic race wins:
1000 Guineas Stakes (1949, 1956)
2000 Guineas Stakes (1953)
Oaks Stakes (1949, 1952)
St Leger Stakes (1947, 1948)
Irish Derby (1947)
Other major race wins:
Champion Stakes (1953)
Goodwood Cup (1957)
Middle Park Stakes (1952)
St. James's Palace Stakes (1948, 1953)
Honours
Order of Australia
Significant horses
Black Tarquin, Frieze, Honeylight, Musidora, Nearula, Sayajirao

Edgar Clive Britt OAM (30 October 1913 – 28 January 2017)[1] was an Australian jockey, who won every British Classic Race except the Derby.

  1. ^ Pearce, Suzannah (2007). Who's who in Australia. Herald and Weekly Times. p. 330. ISBN 978-1740951302.

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Edgar Britt

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Edgar Clive Britt OAM (30 October 1913 – 28 January 2017) was an Australian jockey, who won every British Classic Race except the Derby. One of the first...

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St Leger Stakes

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Ferguson 3:10.20 1947 Sayajirao Edgar Britt Sam Armstrong HH Maharaja of Baroda 3:07.80 1948 Black Tarquin Edgar Britt Cecil Boyd-Rochfort William Woodward...

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Epsom Oaks

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Masaka Billy Nevett Frank Butters HH Aga Khan III 2:40.60 1949 Musidora Edgar Britt Charles Elsey Norman Donaldson 2:40.00 1950 Asmena Rae Johnstone Charles...

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Winooka

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Newcastle and Sydney Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductees Jim Pike and Edgar Britt. Winooka was bred by Percy Miller Kia Ora Stud Scone in the Hunter Valley...

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1000 Guineas Stakes

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Gordon Richards Noel Murless Sir Percy Loraine 1:41.80 1949 Musidora Edgar Britt Charles Elsey Norman Donaldson 1:40.00 1950 Camaree Rae Johnstone Alexandre...

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Yorkshire Oaks

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Ladycross 3 Harry Carr Cecil Boyd-Rochfort Sir R Sykes 1948 Angelola 3 Edgar Britt Cecil Boyd-Rochfort George VI 1949 Unknown Quantity 3 Bill Rickaby Jack...

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Thoroughbred racing in Australia

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jockeys include, Scobie Breasley (four times British champion jockey), Edgar Britt, Mick Dittman, Roy Higgins, George T. D. Moore, Nash Rawiller, Neville...

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Indian Derby

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first held in 1943 and was won by a filly Princess Beautiful, ridden by Edgar Britt. There have been many exciting finishes to the Indian Derby but none...

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Irish Derby

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Bright News Morny Wing Darby Rogers James McVey junior 1947 Sayajirao Edgar Britt Sam Armstrong HH Maharaja of Baroda 1948 Nathoo Rae Johnstone Frank Butters...

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Great Voltigeur Stakes

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George Colling 1956 Hornbeam Joe Mercer Robert Colling 1957 Brioche Edgar Britt Charles Elsey 1958 Alcide Harry Carr Cecil Boyd-Rochfort 1959 Pindari...

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Hardwicke Stakes

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Johnstone Noel Murless 1957 Fric 5 Jean Deforge Joseph Lawson 1958 Brioche 4 Edgar Britt Charles Elsey 2:28.60 1959 Impatient 4 Jimmy Lindley Towser Gosden 2:31...

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Champion Stakes

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1952 Dynamiter 4 Charlie Elliott J Glynn Marcel Boussac 1953 Nearula 3 Edgar Britt Charles Elsey William Humble 1954 Narrator 3 Frank Barlow Humphrey Cottrill...

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2000 Guineas Stakes

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Roger Poincelet Etienne Pollet Eugène Constant 1:42.48 1953 Nearula Edgar Britt Charles Elsey William Humble 1:38.26 1954 Darius Manny Mercer Harry Wragg...

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Deaths in January 2017

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fencer, prostate cancer. Jean Bogaerts, 92, Belgian racing cyclist. Edgar Britt, 103, Australian jockey. Iain D. Campbell, 53, British religious leader...

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Goodwood Cup

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Zarathustra 5 Harry Carr Cecil Boyd-Rochfort Terence Grey 1957 Tenterhooks 3 Edgar Britt Charles Elsey 3rd Viscount Allendale 1958 Gladness‡ 5 Lester Piggott...

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Middle Park Stakes

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King's Bench Charlie Elliott Matthew Feakes A Thompsett 1952 Nearula Edgar Britt Charles Elsey William Humble 1953 Royal Challenger Gordon Richards Patrick...

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Gimcrack Stakes

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Dick Peacock 1955 Idle Rocks Doug Smith Geoffrey Brooke 1956 Eudaemon Edgar Britt Charles Elsey 1957 Pheidippides Doug Smith Charles Elsey 1958 Be Careful...

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Doncaster Handicap

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registered as Doncaster Handicap Group I race Winooka, 1933 winner & Edgar Britt Location Randwick Racecourse, Sydney, Australia Inaugurated 1866 Race...

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Honeylight

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his Highfield Stable in Malton, North Yorkshire. Her regular jockey Edgar Britt described her as a "placid and gentle" horse. Honeylight was sired by...

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Australian Racing Hall of Fame

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Glen Boss (2015) Hugh Bowman (2019) Scobie Breasley (Inaugural - 2001) Edgar Britt (2004) Frank Bullock (2006) Jim Cassidy (2012) Hughie Cairns (2013) Billy...

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Sweet Embrace Stakes

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March 2018)". breednet.com. Retrieved 3 March 2018. "2017 Result – Vale Edgar Britt Sweet Embrace (held 25 February 2017)". breednet.com. Retrieved 25 February...

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