Former jockey Joe Gilmore, believed to be the oldest surviving winner of the Hobart Cup, died in Victoria last month aged 94.
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Gilmore won the race in 1944 on Thurso Bay after being placed in the Launceston Cup which had been run three weeks earlier.
Newspaper reports show that Thurso Bay started equal favourite with Launceston Cup winner Son O’Val who finished fourth.
Gilmore told reporters after the race: “My mount was cantering all the way and I was always sure of winning.”
A top jockey in Melbourne in his heyday, Gilmore rode from 1938 to 1964 and had successful stints in Mauritius and India.
The oldest surviving Hobart Cup winner is now believed to be Ron Hutchinson who scored on Royal Release in 1952 and Sir Legis in 1953.
Hutchinson, born in 1927, was one of the most successful Australian jockeys ever in Europe where he won more than 1000 races.
His son Peter won the Hobart Cup in 1993 on Frontier Boy for Bart Cummings.
