Australian Jockeys riding in Ceylon and India during the 1940’s and 1950’s
Whilst completing my research on Moorefield Racecourse Kogarah (1888-1951) I came across a fascinating aspect of our racing history. It has probably never been recorded in Australian, or Indian, or Sri Lankan racing history.
A number of Moorefield jockeys of the time rode in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and India . They were international jockeys well before the time when jockeys hopped on a plane to reach a race meeting, at an overseas destination.These jockeys travelled by sea, and it may have taken them 6 weeks to reach their destination.
With the help of a late jockey’s widow, Colleen Rincheval , I have been able to develop a list of some names. Her late husband, John rode in Ceylon in the early 1950’s , and returned home with some race books .
Jockeys who rode in India
Edgar Britt is now 103. He rode for the Mararajah of Kolhapur and the Mararajah of Baroda and stayed in India for 10 years.
Billy Cook –in 1932, he rode for the Mararajah of Kolhapur.
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Jockeys who rode in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka)
Reggie Cook ( Billy Cook’s brother), Teddy Doon , Jimmy Foley, Ted Fordyce, Jimmy Hickey, Jackie Parsons, John Rincheval , Alfie Smith , Frankie Smith Teddy Swinton, H Young. Surnames only were listed. Benjamin and a Piers Burgess were also listed in the race book.
April 18 2016
CAN ANYONE HELP ME WITH MORE NAMES ?
Anne Field
P.O Box 391
Kogarah, Sydney, Australia
