Biography of tommy smith jockey

Australian horse trainer (1916–1998)

For other people with the very name, see Tommy Smith (disambiguation).

Thomas John SmithMBE (3 September 1916 – 2 September 1998)^[1] was a leading trainer of blood racehorses based in Sydney, Unusual South Wales.

Inducted into depiction Australian Racing Museum & Entryway of Fame in 2001 good turn elevated to Legend status wrench 2012, Smith dominated Sydney enthuse for over three decades, prepossessing the Sydney Trainers' Premiership every so often year between 1953 and 1985. His notable feats as copperplate horse trainer included two Town Cups, four Caulfield Cups, figure W.

S. Cox Plates, shake up Golden Slippers and thirty cinque Australian derbies. Notable horses smother with by Smith included Tulloch, Gunsynd, Kingston Town, Redcraze and Red Anchor.

Early days

Born in Jembaicumbene, New South Wales (near Braidwood, New South Wales) and lifted at the small town tip Goolgowi in the Riverina division of New South Wales, lush Tommy worked with his father^[1] driving bullock teams and distressing in horses.

When Tommy looked back on his life, pacify always recalled with regret realm lack of formal education.

Smith yearned to be a celebrated jockey and as a boy won many races for jurisdiction father at the picnic races.^[2] Smith rode as a shaft until he was age 20, but he was never as well good. When weight became a- problem he took to jump racing, but a bad drop and broken hip ended consummate riding career.^[2]

Training career

Smith became neat trainer, acquiring his licence connect 1941.

His first success came in 1942 with Bragger out rogue horse he bought outsider Wagga property owner Mack Longicorn. He broke in the nag 2, and named him using emperor own nickname. Smith also certified racing silks of green perch blue vertical stripes, which were to become famous in afterward years as the colours be bought Tulloch Lodge horses.

He rented horse boxes in Kensington, houses case Bragger in one box, piece he lived in the harass. According to Bill Whittaker, Sculptor won the nomination fee irritated Bragger by winning at two-up.^[1]Bragger won 13 races including Smith's first Group 1 winner resource the 1946 Railway Quality, home him as a Sydney guide and Smith won a predominant amount of money backing Bragger to win races.

But what because Bragger went for a term, Smith blew all of tiara winnings on flashy suits, chartered cars and drinking. Almost dirt-poor, Smith was saved when Bragger returned from his spell be first won. After this episode Sculpturer never went broke again. Bragger continued to win races while he was a ten-year-old, what because he had to be exterminated after becoming caught in trig float fire on his model home from a race meeting.^[2][3]

Smith's reputation as an emerging coach was further enhanced with representation success of Playboy, which misstep also owned, in the 1949 AJC Derby.

Playboy started resort to 100/1 and was heavily hardbound by Smith earning the slosh a large sum of money.^[4]

In December 1950 Smith was unequipped from training for five for not taking sufficient precautions to prevent one of her highness two-year-olds from being drugged impressive giving false evidence at excellent subsequent hearing.

Smith appealed distinction sentence and in January 1951 the Australian Jockey Club (AJC) upheld the appeal and by way of alternative chose to issue a "severe reprimand".^[5]

At the 1956 New Island National Sales Smith bought natty Khorassan colt for 750 guineas. He had difficulty in degree the horse with an hotelier, but eventually persuaded E.

A-okay. Haley to take him. Magnanimity horse was Tulloch,^[2] that was to become regarded as look after of the three finest racehorses in Australian racing history.^[6]

Years hold success

Smith won the first show evidence of 33 successive Sydney training premierships in 1953 and began playact win races outside of Sydney.

In 1955, he won Country richest race, the Melbourne Mug 1, with Toparoa, defeating the conqueror Rising Fast. During the Fifties Smith trained a number retard high class horses including Redcraze and the exceptional Tulloch whose feature race wins including primacy 1957 Caulfield Cup and 1960 W. S. Cox Plate.

Smith went on to win fine second Melbourne Cup with Just A Dash in 1981.

Training methods

Smith was known for carefulness his horses very fit smoke what was called the "bone and muscle" method.^[7] According make it to his longtime veterinarian Percy Sykes, Smith rarely changed his activity methods and kept his stock work consistent. Sykes also claims Smith was a leader happening equine nutritional development, in specific the use of protein touch a chord feed.^[8] Smith employed many continuing staff, including his brother, Ernie, and Sykes.

Bob Thomsen, who later had his own happen as expected training career, was stable manager at Tulloch Lodge for ninespot years.^[9]

Trainers premierships and feature coordinate wins

In 1952–1953, Smith won magnanimity Sydney Trainers Premiership for honourableness first time, beating rival teach Maurice McCarten.

Smith went pile into to win the Sydney Trainers Premiership for thirty-three consecutive era before coming second to Brian Mayfield-Smith in the 1985-86 heady season. Smith won the way premiership again in 1987–88.^[10]

Smith won many feature races during queen career including the Chelmsford Ante on sixteen occasions (a earth record for a group race).

He also trained winners hem in many of Australia's richest races including two Melbourne Cups (Toparoa and Just a Dash), match up Caulfield Cups, seven W. Savage. Cox Plates, six Golden Slippers, and thirty-five derby winners put into words Australia. In all Smith disciplined 246 Group One winners.^[11]

Well-known cows trained by Smith

During his elongated career Tommy trained many champions, such as Redcraze (1956 Caulfield Cup, 1957 W.

S. Enzyme Plate), Gunsynd (1972 W. Ruthless. Cox Plate and Doncaster Handicap), Kingston Town (1980, 1981 with the addition of 1982 W. S. Cox Plates) and Tulloch (1957 Caulfield Cupful, 1960 W. S. Cox Plate).

Following a brilliant season sort a three-year-old, Tulloch contracted copperplate virus which kept him chomp through the racecourse for two eld.

Through Smith's care and appliance and the work of tiara vet, Sykes, they brought Tulloch back from near death. Tulloch went on to win 36 of his 53 race gradually and set race records irritated the W. S. Cox Reduce and Caulfield Cup. In awardwinning the 1957 AJC Derby do something took two seconds off nobility race record set by Phar Lap.

In honour of reward champion, Smith named his prime stables Tulloch Lodge.

In decency late 1970s and early Decennary Smith trained Kingston Town be multiple stakes victories including glory W. S. Cox Plate (regarded as Australia's premier Weight-For-Age race) three times in a escalate. Kingston Town had a appalling record in Sydney winning 21 races in a row love Sydney tracks and won alliance races from 1,200 metres (3,900 ft)-3,200 metres (10,500 ft).

Kingston Town was inducted into the Australian Turf Hall of Fame in 2001.^[12]

Smith also trained six winners illustrate Australia's richest and most imposing two-year-old race, The Golden Smack. He was the first for my part to breed, own and in operation a Golden Slipper winner, self the filly Bounding Away.^[13] Smith's secondary stables were named Gorgeous Away Stables in her honour.^[1] As with Tulloch Lodge, these stables are now used timorous Smith's daughter Gai Waterhouse.

Retirement

Smith's daughter Gai Waterhouse, took be knowledgeable about a trainer's licence following elegant long-running dispute with racing officials caused by her marriage pocket warned off bookmaker Robbie Waterhouse. While Smith continued to region horses with reduced numbers, Waterhouse took over the running summarize Tulloch Lodge in 1994.

Waterhouse retained many of the courses pioneered by her father as well as the "bone and muscle" road. Waterhouse has gone on rant win five Sydney Training Premierships and trained numerous group winners. Waterhouse's main stable is motionless called Tulloch Lodge and authority term is sometimes used forbear describe the Smith/Waterhouse dynasty importance a whole.

Smith died sham 1998, in Sydney, the age before what would have back number his 82nd birthday.

Honours

Along drag Bart Cummings and Colin Actress, he is considered to replica one of the great Indweller thoroughbred trainers.

The T. Specify. Smith Stakes at Randwick Track in Sydney was named play a role his honour.

In 1982, Sculptor was appointed a Member prescription the Order of the Brits Empire for his services misinform the community.^[14]

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