| year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
1918 |
Jockey Harold (Russ) Maddock was
born in Brisbane (died June 8, 2014) - in 1959 named as Jockey
Of The Century during Queensland Centennial celebrations - moved
to UK where he had great success |
1932 |
Marksman Percy
Pavey won rifle shooting's Kings Prize for the fourth time.
The prize was 100 pounds. |
1947 |
Geoff Hunt,
squash player, was born - ranked World No. 1 between 1975-1980,
won World Open title (1976, 1977, 1979, 1980), World Squash
Federation Hall of Fame. |
1962 |
Sandown Park
Raceway opened in Melbourne. |
1962 |
Australian high
jumper Colin Ridgeway became the first Aussie to clear 7 feet
at a meet in Laredo in Texas. |
| 1972 |
Jockey Roy Higgins
rode 5 winners on the card at the Flemington
racecourse. He repeated the feat seven
days later. |
| 1988 |
Champion pacer Cardigan Bay died
aged 31on Puketutu Island off Auckland, New Zealand. He raced
in the USA from 1964 through 1968 and was the first horse in
harness racing history to win $1 million in prize money. In
North America, Cardigan Bay won 37 of 87 races with 16 second-place
and 19 third-place finishes. After he won a race at Freehold
Raceway in New Jersey that sent his career total to $1,000,837,
he was officially retired on Sept. 14, 1968, at a ceremony at
Yonkers Raceway that was attended by Keith Holyoke, who was
then Prime Minister of New Zealand. |
1989 |
Horse trainer
Colin Hayes trained the 5000th winner of his career when Concordance
won at Rosehill in Sydney. |
2004 |
Aerial skier
Alisa Camplin claimed her second World Cup title. |
| 2007 |
Jockey Vlad Duric
rode 5 winners on the card at the Stony
Creek racecourse |
