Armounis and jockey Harold Jones at the Futurity Stakes in 1930. Image sourced from wikipedia.
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1980 – From A Jack To A King!
April 16, 2020
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1979 – Colin Hayes & Dulcify: How Sweet It Was!
April 16, 2020
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1977 – The Cups’ King Stoops To Conquer!
October 30, 2019
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1976 – Great Lover Keeps It All In The Family!
February 20, 2019
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1975 – No Sign of Battlers!
February 18, 2019
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1974 – George Hanlon and Taras Bulba!
November 30, 2018
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1973 – Jock Graham and Imagele!
November 29, 2018
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1972 – The Chicken Kings Strike Gold!
May 30, 2018
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1971 – A Very Controversial Classic Mission!
May 28, 2018
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1970 – Showdown to a Triple Crown!
May 26, 2018
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1969 – Dick Roden’s Divide and Rule!
May 25, 2018
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1968 – Always There – And the Filipino Fireball!
May 23, 2018
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1967 – Stan Fox – An Old Man in a Hurry!
May 19, 2018
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1966 – The Fat One Leads All the Way!
May 18, 2018
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1965 – T. J. Smith’s Weight of Numbers!
May 17, 2018
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1964 – A Pretender Crushed & A Sovereign Crowned!
May 15, 2018
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1963 – Summertime… and the Winning is Easy!
May 14, 2018
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1962 – Eleanor Street & Bogan Road!
May 13, 2018
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1961 – Mel Schumacher and the Infamous Leg-Pull Derby!
May 12, 2018
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1960 – A Mandelian Theory on Bloodstock!
May 11, 2018
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1958 – Before the Colours Fade!
May 1, 2018
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1957 – When Tommy Met Tulloch!
April 30, 2018
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1956 – Frank Breaks the Bank with Monte Carlo!
April 29, 2018
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1955 – The Hush About Caranna!
April 28, 2018
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1954 – The Delville in Disguise!
April 27, 2018
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1953 – Drugs, Scandal & The French Connection!
April 25, 2018
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1952 – McCarten, Sellwood and Delta’s Little Brother!
April 17, 2018
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1951 – The Day That Hydrogen Bombed!
April 16, 2018
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1950 – Alister Runs a True Course!
April 15, 2018
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1949 – The Playboy and the Maiden!
April 14, 2018
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1948 – Carbon Copy and Comic Court!
April 13, 2018
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1947 – Payten & Doyle : The Prince & The Pauper!
April 12, 2018
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1946 – Dan Lewis & Concerto Hit the Right Note!
April 11, 2018
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1945 – Magnificent Derby … Tragic Aftermath!
April 10, 2018
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1944 – Tea Rose and the Riddle of Shannon!
April 9, 2018
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1943 – Flight – The Garbo of the Turf!
April 8, 2018
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1942 – A Tale of Two Trainers and a Missing Champion!
April 7, 2018
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1941 – Derby Laurels for Laureate!
April 5, 2018
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1940 – Power with Glory: John Wren and Pandect!
April 4, 2018
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1939 – Reading and the Strawberry Bull!
April 3, 2018
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1938 – The Wizard of Mordialloc!
April 2, 2018
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1936 – A Magpie Gets Them Talking!
March 31, 2018
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1935 – A Dead-Heat in the Derby!
March 30, 2018
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1934 – Ned Moss – A Rolling Stone of the Turf!
March 26, 2018
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1933 – Charlie Kellow and Hall Mark!
March 25, 2018
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1931 – The Man in the Black Stetson!
March 23, 2018
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1930 – Battye, Bartle and Tregilla!
March 22, 2018
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1929 – The Legend of Phar Lap!
March 21, 2018
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1928 – The Horse That Never Was!
March 20, 2018
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1927 – Ernest Clarke, Trivalve & the Melton Stud!
March 19, 2018
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1926 – The Forgotten Champion – Rampion!
March 18, 2018
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1925 – Manfred -The Prodigal Son!
March 17, 2018
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1924 – Cecil Godby, Jack Corteen and Heroic!
March 16, 2018
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1923 – The Quick & the Dead!
March 15, 2018
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1922 – The Romance of Rivoli!
March 14, 2018
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1921 – Frank Marsden and Furious!
March 12, 2018
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1919 – Sam Hordern and Artilleryman!
March 10, 2018
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1917 – Biplane Flies High!
March 8, 2018
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1916 – Hobbs, Stead, and a Jump!
March 7, 2018
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1915 – Ernie Green, Albert Wood and Cetigne!
March 6, 2018
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1914 – Lauchlan Mackinnon and James Watt !
March 5, 2018
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1913 – Beragoon & the Birth of Kingsfield Stud!
March 4, 2018
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1912 – Agar Wynne’s Derby at Last!
March 3, 2018
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1911 – Good Breeding Counts in the End!
March 2, 2018
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1909- The Rebarbative John Brown and Prince Foote!
February 27, 2018
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1908 – Jack Smith, Wallace and Bundoora Park!
February 26, 2018
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1907 – In the Haul of the Mountain King!
February 25, 2018
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1906 – The Poseidon Adventure!
February 24, 2018
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1905 – Days of Blood and Plunder!
February 21, 2018
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1904 – The Thompsons of Widden Valley!
February 17, 2018
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1903 – The Romance of Sweet Nell!
February 15, 2018
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1902 – The Fall… & Rise of Frank McGrath!
February 12, 2018
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1901 – Samuel Hordern & the Wilton Park Stud
February 11, 2018
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1900 – A Clean Sweep for James Scobie!
January 21, 2018
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1899 – Cranberry Sauces the Fielders!
January 18, 2018
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1898 – A Picture of Duckenfield Park
January 17, 2018
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1897 – Carbine and the Lerderderg Stud!
January 16, 2018
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1895 – The Life & Times of Lucky Dan O’Brien!
January 13, 2018
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1894 – Spencer H. Gollan & Bonnie Scotland!
January 12, 2018
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1893 – W. R. Wilson, Trenton, & St Albans Stud
January 10, 2018
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1892 – J. C. Bowden & the JB Clark Confederacy
January 9, 2018
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1891 – The Man from Cobb and Co!
January 8, 2018
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1890 – The Dangars of Neotsfield!
January 6, 2018
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1889 – The End of an Era!
January 5, 2018
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1888 – William Gannon, Frank Reynolds, and the Tocal Stud!
January 3, 2018
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1887 – The King of Kirkham!
January 2, 2018
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1886 – Trident Trumps a Future Baronet!
January 1, 2018
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1885 – Nordenfeldt Guns Them Down!
December 30, 2017
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1884 – Newmarket – and the Hon. James White!
December 29, 2017
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1883 – Le Grand and Martini Henry!
December 28, 2017
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1882 – The Fall of the Master of Terrara!
December 27, 2017
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1881 – Wheatear and The Grange Stud
December 26, 2017
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1880 – William Long and the Unbeaten Grand Flaneur!
December 24, 2017
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1879 – The Blood of Sappho
December 23, 2017
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1878 – The Rise of the Master of Terrara!
December 22, 2017
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1877 – The Defeat of Chester!
December 21, 2017
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1876 – The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe!
December 20, 2017
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1875 – Richmond Arrives Upon the Scene
December 19, 2017
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1874 – At the Governor’s Pleasure!
December 18, 2017
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1873 – There’s Gold in Goldsbrough!
December 17, 2017
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1872 – Joe Thompson & James Wilson – Kings of the Ring!
December 16, 2017
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1871 – The Derby Throws Up Javelin!
December 15, 2017
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1870 – Florence and the Declaration Rule!
December 13, 2017
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1869 – Hurtle Fisher and the Maribyrnong Stud !
December 12, 2017
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1867 – Fireworks Explodes Upon the Scene!
December 10, 2017
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1866 – The Story of the Black Demon!
December 9, 2017
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1864 – The Story of Yattendon !
December 7, 2017
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1862 – The Towns of Richmond
December 4, 2017
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1861 -The Prophecy of Cassandra!
December 3, 2017
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Prologue
December 2, 2017
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Introduction
December 1, 2017
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