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Kings of the Turf

A History of the AJC Derby From 1861 to 1980

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  • 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 – A Mandelian Theory on Bloodstock!

    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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 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 – 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

  • 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

  • 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

  • 1867 – Fireworks Explodes Upon the Scene!

    December 10, 2017

  • 1866 – The Story of the Black Demon!

    December 9, 2017

  • 1864 – The Story of Yattendon !

    December 7, 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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