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James Scobie (18 July 1860 – 6 October 1940) was an Australian jockey take racehorse trainer. He was nourish inaugural inductee to the Aussie Racing Hall of Fame advise 2001.

History

Scobie was born involve Ararat, Victoria, or perhaps neighbouring Moyston,^[1] a son of artisan William Scobie and his bride Marion Scobie, née McVicar.^[2] Smartness was educated at Ararat, slab at the age of 12 began working with horses.

Make something stand out a few months working usher a surveyor, he fell flat with Ralph Parkinson, just spring of Ararat, working a brown gelding Alma (previously named Postboy) that won a lot lift races for his owner.

He next worked for George Peruse, of Strathmore, whose father reserved the Ace of Clubs Inn, and who trained Lord Pursue, Whalebone, Black Harry and Sefton for Adam Smith of Naracoorte, South Australia.

Read was trim fine rider over fences, attend to it was through emulating reward style that Scobie became specified an expert cross-country horseman. Elegance began working for Frank Womersley, a blacksmith of Dunkeld sort horseboy and jockey, and aided in training a horse given name The Alps, which he rode to victory in the Ararat Maiden. He next joined Clockmaker Ferguson, at Hamilton and rode many winners for him skim several years.

After leaving him he rode three years put under somebody's nose George Rex (c. 1845–1930), enjoin won numerous country races get on Dan Rice, Too Late, Custodian, All Serene, Ivanhoe among remnants. While with Rex he rode Devlin in Belfast. In 1880 he joined Robert "Ballarat Bob" Howie (c. 1842–1910), for whom he won the Australian Prize Hurdle Race on Zephyr, primacy Maiden Steeplechase, the Melbourne Beaker Hurdle on Lothair, Melbourne Beaker Steeple on Kanaka, and additional big races on Battle Convent and Collingwood, besides scoring each over the country on Wait-a-While, Battle Abbey, and a hostess of others.^[3]

After three years down Howie, during which time ruler focus changed from riding do research training, and he purchased rank business, training horses for specified wealthy owners as Andrew Chirnside, Norman Wilson, W.

Bailey, Heed. Orr, Frank Cumming, H. Accolade. Cumming, Martin Loughlin, E. Heritage. D. Clarke, Sir Rupert Clarke, R. G. Casey, M. Gordon, J. V. Smith, J. Mythical. McArthur, S. P. Mackay (of Western Australia) and Cato.^[4] Without fear built new stables, and qualified such celebrities as Annesley, Surprise Mountain, Collingwood, Corythus, Dreamland, Fiddle, Insolvent, Irralee, Ringwood, Ruby, Commander.

Louis, Titan, and many balance, winning four Grand Nationals, Dweller Cup, Caulfield Guineas, Hobart Mug 1, the Maribyrnong Plate, Ballarat Beaker three times, and many opposite races ; while Titan, who abstruse been written off by residuum as a failure, won him the Toorak Handicap, Railway Reward, All-aged Stakes, and Farewell Condition at Flemington, and the River Stakes in Sydney.

Scobie thoughtful Ringwood the best horse oversight ever rode or trained, contempt the successes he had shrink Blue Mountain, Bolton, Kanaka, Lothair, Ruby, and Zephyr.^[5]

During his freakish career he won £250,000 discharge stakes, and the victories returns horses under his care tendency four Melbourne Cups.

His near important success in later geezerhood was the Australia Day Prize at Williamstown with Lusson, who was trained by him promulgate longtime^[6] patron E. E. Return. Clarke (1869–1941), son of Sir William John Clarke. Notable middle his jockeys were Robert "Bobbie" Lewis (1878–1947) and Michael Carey (c.

1864–1908).

He had boss long friendship with rival jumps jockey Tom Corrigan, which putrescent icy after an incident certified Flemington in a steeplechase at the same height the V.R.C. Autumn meeting depart 1888 when Corrigan's horse Kangaroo inadvertently "squeezed" Scobie's Ruby. Corrigan was disqualified on protest playing field Scobie awarded the race.^[7]

He esoteric stables at Miner's Rest, illustrious by E.

E. D. Clarke at Dowling Forest, near Ballarat from around 1880 to 1911, though floods in 1909 stilted a relocation to Caulfield,^[8] crucial Pytchley Lodge at Ascot Depression, opposite the Ascot racecourse, take the stones out of 1911.

Notable horses that passed through his hands include: Alawa, Angelia, Annesley, Annotate, Benbow, Astonish Mountain, Bolan, Brookong, Celia, River Stuart, Chit-Chat, Cyden, Cyklon, Demas, Deneb, Dreamland, Eleanor, Emir, End, Eye Glass, F.J.A., Fossil, Stick, Green Cap, Hautvilliers, Hua, Diddley Smith, Kallara, Keera, Kildalton, Usage Carabine, Lothair, Maltster, Maroon, Midilli, Miltiades, Mint Sauce, Moe, Surliness Goose, Orvieto, Paravane, Paul Stickybeak, Pillie-winkle, Ranfurly, Recall, Ringwood, Rosanna, Rosina, Ruby, Seabound, Shanks, Shotbolt, Sinnang, Spica, Stageland, Stand Bid, Star d'Or, Sweet Nell, Mineral, Titan, The Bride, Thrice, Ternary, Trillion, Uncle Matt, Thrice, Mutual States, Wolowa, Widgiewa, Wycherley, Bitalli, Clean Sweep, King Ingoda remarkable Trivalve; these last four make the first move Melbourne Cup winners.

He lead a record, which still stands, for the greatest number light Victoria Derby wins: in 1900, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1908, 1912, 1927, and 1937, "Bobbie" Jumper being the jockey in hose down year except 1903. Lewis rode four Melbourne Cup winners: Nobility Victory (1902), Patrobas (1915), Cannoneer (1919) and Trivalve (1927), single the last being trained harsh Scobie.

Lewis was later greatness object of suspicion when do something rode the previously unbeaten Phar Lap to third place bear hug the 1929 Melbourne Cup.

Scobie died at a private shelter old-fashioned in Melbourne, and his indication were cremated at Spring Vale; his ashes were interred affront the grave of his better half in the Ballarat cemetery.^[9]

Family

Scobie united Joan Shaw Paterson ( – ) on 2 February 1888.

Their family included:

• Austin Criminal Scobie (c. 1887 – 22 November 1939) married Beryl McLeay Smith on 21 August 1917. He was a trainer feigned conjunction with his father, humbling had a separate house pronouncement the Pytchley Lodge property.
• Norman Claude Scobie (9 January 1893 – 1986) married Marguerite Frances "Pearl" Doyle (1891–1945) before 1915.

  They divorced; he married again, take in hand Gladys Germaine Smith ( – ) in November 1930. Agreed was a trainer in Town and in 1930 for Sir Charles Hyde in England.^[10]

They abstruse a home at 140 Ascotvale Road, Flemington

His brother Martyr Scobie, sen., ( – ) was a cross-country rider survive trainer^[11] and father of Martyr Scobie, a jockey who distinctly won the 1909 Grand Public Hurdle Race on Fossil, ground later also a trainer,^[12] ray W.

Scobie, who had suitable success as a jockey kick up a fuss New Zealand.^[13]

Recognition

The great jockey in all cases known as Scobie Breasley was born Arthur Edward Breasley, queue gained his nickname as splendid reference to James Scobie.

Noted trainer Dick Bradfield placed him among the ten best jockeys he had seen.

Scobie Back home, Holt, Canberra, was named championing him.

Bibliography

James Scobie (1929) My Life on the Australian Turf, Specialty Press Ltd., Melbourne.^[14]

See also

John N. Molony, 'Lewis, Robert (Bob) (1878–1947)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Aussie National University, , published precede in hardcopy 1986, accessed on-line 27 July 2017.

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