Frank Reys
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Frank Reys
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Frank Reys (c.1931–1984) was an Aboriginal Australian jockey. He was the first, and as of 2022 the only Indigenous Australian jockey to win the prestigious Melbourne Cup when, in 1973, he rode to victory on Gala Supreme. Reys' career began in Northern Queensland. He raced in North Queensland, Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne, and country Victoria, winning his first ride in 1948 as a 16-year-old. In his career as a jockey he had 1,330 winning rides, made more impressive by the fact that there was only
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Aboriginal Australian jockey
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Reys
date created:
2008-12-25T20:54:40Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T23:14:08Z
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