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Kings of the Turf

A History of the AJC Derby From 1861 to 1990

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1990 – Dr Grace Hits ‘Em for Six!

July 15, 2025
1987 – Myocard & The Doc!

July 7, 2025
1986 – Bonecrusher!

May 19, 2024
1985 – Red Anchor’s Spring & A Fillies’ Autumn!

March 19, 2024
1984 – A Prolific Rivalry: Tommy & Bart!

April 27, 2023
1983 – Doug Bougoure: Strawberry Fields Forever!

June 30, 2021
1982 – The Bloom of an Autumn Rose!

June 25, 2021
1981 – The Coming of Robert Sangster!

January 19, 2021
1980 – From A Jack To A King!

April 16, 2020
1979 – Colin Hayes & Dulcify: How Sweet It Was!

April 16, 2020
1977 – The Cups’ King Stoops To Conquer!

October 30, 2019
1976 – Great Lover Keeps It All In The Family!

February 20, 2019
1975 – No Sign of Battlers!

February 18, 2019
1974 – George Hanlon and Taras Bulba!

November 30, 2018
1973 – Jock Graham and Imagele!

November 29, 2018
1972 – The Chicken Kings Strike Gold!

May 30, 2018
1971 – A Very Controversial Classic Mission!

May 28, 2018
1970 – Showdown to a Triple Crown!

May 26, 2018
1969 – Dick Roden’s Divide and Rule!

May 25, 2018
1968 – Always There – And the Filipino Fireball!

May 23, 2018
1967 – Stan Fox – An Old Man in a Hurry!

May 19, 2018
1966 – The Fat One Leads All the Way!

May 18, 2018
1965 – T. J. Smith’s Weight of Numbers!

May 17, 2018
1964 – A Pretender Crushed & A Sovereign Crowned!

May 15, 2018
1963 – Summertime… and the Winning is Easy!

May 14, 2018
1962 – Eleanor Street & Bogan Road!

May 13, 2018
1961 – Mel Schumacher and the Infamous Leg-Pull Derby!

May 12, 2018
1960 – Sky High, Wenona Girl & Persian Lyric!

May 11, 2018
1959 – Behold a Pale Horse!

May 10, 2018
1958 – Before the Colours Fade!

May 1, 2018
1957 – When Tommy Met Tulloch!

April 30, 2018
1956 – Frank Breaks the Bank with Monte Carlo!

April 29, 2018
1955 – The Hush About Caranna!

April 28, 2018
1954 – The Delville in Disguise!

April 27, 2018
1953 – Drugs, Scandal & The French Connection!

April 25, 2018
1952 – McCarten, Sellwood and Delta’s Little Brother!

April 17, 2018
1951 – The Day That Hydrogen Bombed!

April 16, 2018
1950 – Alister Runs a True Course!

April 15, 2018
1949 – The Playboy and the Maiden!

April 14, 2018
1948 – Carbon Copy and Comic Court!

April 13, 2018
1947 – Payten & Doyle : The Prince & The Pauper!

April 12, 2018
1946 – Dan Lewis & Concerto Hit the Right Note!

April 11, 2018
1945 – Magnificent Derby … Tragic Aftermath!

April 10, 2018
1944 – Tea Rose and the Riddle of Shannon!

April 9, 2018
1943 – Flight – The Garbo of the Turf!

April 8, 2018
1942 – A Tale of Two Trainers and a Missing Champion!

April 7, 2018
1941 – Derby Laurels for Laureate!

April 5, 2018
1940 – Power with Glory: John Wren and Pandect!

April 4, 2018
1939 – Reading and the Strawberry Bull!

April 3, 2018
1938 – The Wizard of Mordialloc!

April 2, 2018
1937 – Percy Miller and the Kia-Ora Stud!

April 1, 2018
1936 – A Magpie Gets Them Talking!

March 31, 2018
1935 – A Dead-Heat in the Derby!

March 30, 2018
1934 – Ned Moss – A Rolling Stone of the Turf!

March 26, 2018
1933 – Charlie Kellow and Hall Mark!

March 25, 2018
1932 – The Magic of Peter Pan!

March 24, 2018
1931 – The Man in the Black Stetson!

March 23, 2018
1930 – Battye, Bartle and Tregilla!

March 22, 2018
1929 – The Legend of Phar Lap!

March 21, 2018
1928 – The Horse That Never Was!

March 20, 2018
1927 – Ernest Clarke, Trivalve & the Melton Stud!

March 19, 2018
1926 – The Forgotten Champion – Rampion!

March 18, 2018
1925 – Manfred -The Prodigal Son!

March 17, 2018
1924 – Cecil Godby, Jack Corteen and Heroic!

March 16, 2018
1923 – The Quick & the Dead!

March 15, 2018
1922 – The Romance of Rivoli!

March 14, 2018
1921 – Frank Marsden and Furious!

March 12, 2018
1920 – Training Gambles: Fred Williams and Mick Polson!

March 11, 2018
1919 – Sam Hordern and Artilleryman!

March 10, 2018
1918 – Roamin’ in the Gloaming: Australians Abroad!

March 9, 2018
1917 – Biplane Flies High!

March 8, 2018
1916 – Hobbs, Stead, and a Jump!

March 7, 2018
1915 – Ernie Green, Albert Wood and Cetigne!

March 6, 2018
1914 – Lauchlan Mackinnon and James Watt !

March 5, 2018
1913 – Beragoon & the Birth of Kingsfield Stud!

March 4, 2018
1912 – Agar Wynne’s Derby at Last!

March 3, 2018
1911 – Good Breeding Counts in the End!

March 2, 2018
1910 – Bobadil, Bobadea and James Wilson Jr.

March 1, 2018
1909- The Rebarbative John Brown and Prince Foote!

February 27, 2018
1908 – Jack Smith, Wallace and Bundoora Park!

February 26, 2018
1907 – In the Haul of the Mountain King!

February 25, 2018
1906 – The Poseidon Adventure!

February 24, 2018
1905 – Days of Blood and Plunder!

February 21, 2018
1904 – The Thompsons of Widden Valley!

February 17, 2018
1903 – The Romance of Sweet Nell!

February 15, 2018
1902 – The Fall… & Rise of Frank McGrath!

February 12, 2018
1901 – Samuel Hordern & the Wilton Park Stud

February 11, 2018
1900 – A Clean Sweep for James Scobie!

January 21, 2018
1899 – Cranberry Sauces the Fielders!

January 18, 2018
1898 – A Picture of Duckenfield Park

January 17, 2018
1897 – Carbine and the Lerderderg Stud!

January 16, 2018
1896 – Newhaven : The Colt That Wasn’t There!

January 15, 2018
1895 – The Life & Times of Lucky Dan O’Brien!

January 13, 2018
1894 – Spencer H. Gollan & Bonnie Scotland!

January 12, 2018
1893 – W. R. Wilson, Trenton, & St Albans Stud

January 10, 2018
1892 – J. C. Bowden & the JB Clark Confederacy

January 9, 2018
1891 – The Man from Cobb and Co!

January 8, 2018
1890 – The Dangars of Neotsfield!

January 6, 2018
1889 – James White: The End of an Era!

January 5, 2018
1888 – William Gannon, Frank Reynolds, and the Tocal Stud!

January 3, 2018
1887 – The King of Kirkham!

January 2, 2018
1886 – Trident Trumps a Future Baronet!

January 1, 2018
1885 – Nordenfeldt Guns Them Down!

December 30, 2017
1884 – Newmarket – and the Hon. James White!

December 29, 2017
1883 – Le Grand and Martini Henry!

December 28, 2017
1882 – The Fall of the Master of Terrara!

December 27, 2017
1881 – Wheatear and The Grange Stud

December 26, 2017
1880 – William Long and the Unbeaten Grand Flaneur!

December 24, 2017
1879 – The Blood of Sappho

December 23, 2017
1878 – The Rise of the Master of Terrara!

December 22, 2017
1877 – The Defeat of Chester!

December 21, 2017
1876 – The Adventures of Robinson Crusoe!

December 20, 2017
1875 – Richmond Arrives Upon the Scene

December 19, 2017
1874 – At the Governor’s Pleasure!

December 18, 2017
1873 – There’s Gold in Goldsbrough!

December 17, 2017
1872 – Joe Thompson & James Wilson – Kings of the Ring!

December 16, 2017
1871 – The Derby Throws Up Javelin!

December 15, 2017
1870 – Florence and the Declaration Rule!

December 13, 2017
1869 – Hurtle Fisher and the Maribyrnong Stud !

December 12, 2017
1868 – The Duke & Bylong Stud: A Classic Debut!

December 11, 2017
1867 – Fireworks Explodes Upon the Scene!

December 10, 2017
1866 – The Story of the Black Demon!

December 9, 2017
1865 – The Life and Times of ‘Honest’ John Tait!

December 8, 2017
1864 – The Story of Yattendon!

December 7, 2017
1863- The Life & Times of Judge Alfred Cheeke!

December 5, 2017
1862 – The Towns of Richmond

December 4, 2017
1861 -The Prophecy of Cassandra!

December 3, 2017
Prologue

December 2, 2017
Introduction

December 1, 2017

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