| year |
Australian sporting history on this day |
1910 |
All
sporting events in Australia were cancelled following the
news of the death of King George V. |
1914 |
Jockey legend Scobie Breasley
was born in Wagga. (Died 2006) |
1961 |
Jockey
N. Thompson rode all seven winners at a race meeting in Cunnamulla. |
1979 |
Linda
Jones became the first registered female jockey to win a metropolitan
race in Australia against male jockeys at Doomben,
riding Pay the Purple in the Labor Day Cup. |
1992 |
The
new 60,000 seat Great Southern Stand opened at the Melbourne
Cricket Ground. |
| 2005 |
Jockey Alan Robinson
rode 5 winners on the card at the Newcastle
racecourse |
