Jack Purtell

John Michael Purtell
OccupationJockey
Born1921
Died8 March 2017 (aged 95)
Sunshine Coast, Queensland, Australia
Racing awards
Inductee to the Australian Racing Hall of Fame
Significant horses

John Michael Purtell (1921 – 8 March 2017) was an Australian jockey who rode three Melbourne Cup winners.

Career

Purtell, also known as 'Gentleman Jack’, rode his first race in 1936 at the age of 15.[1][2] He was an apprentice jockey to Ted Temby at his Mordialloc, Victoria stables. He won his first race on Bonus at Mentone, Victoria in April 1937.[3] Purtell rode more than 1700 winners including three Melbourne Cups. He was suspended only once.[4] The best horse he rode was Comic Court to 19 wins even though he opted not to ride it in the 1950 Melbourne Cup.[5][6][2] He won seven Melbourne Jockey Premierships – 1946/47, 1948/49, 1949/50, 1950/51, 1954/55, 1960/61 and 1961/62.[7] In January 1953, he suffered severe head injuries in a race fall at Caulfield Racecourse.[8][9]

Purtell rode Fighting Force when it triple dead-heated with both Pandie Sun and Ark Royal in the 1956 Hotham Handicap, a rare event in racing.[6][10]

He retired in 1966 at the age of 45 and he became a Stipendiary Steward at the Victorian Racing Club until March 1981.[11][2][6][4]

Purtell married in 1949 to Norma Giles and seven thousand people turned up to the church in Clifton Hill, Victoria.[12] He died on the Sunshine Coast, Queensland on 8 March 2017, aged 95.[5] Purtell and his wife had two children, Garry and Mark.[13]

He was inducted into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2004.[1] A sculpture of Purtell by John Frith is held by the National Portrait Gallery in Canberra.[8]

Major wins

References

  1. ^ a b "Jack Purtell". Australian Racing Hall of Fame. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Stewart, Matt (9 March 2017). "RIP, Jack Purtell: late jockey 'Gentleman Jack' crossed racing's great divide". Herald Sun. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  3. ^ "Jack Purtell: Melbourne Cup Winning Jockey". Kingston Historical website. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b Presnell, Max (8 December 2013). "Gentleman Jack was a master of the old school". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  5. ^ a b "Three time Melbourne Cup winning jockey dies". Just Horse Racing website. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  6. ^ a b c Eddy, Andrew. "Riding legend Jack Purtell passes away". Racing.com.
  7. ^ "Melbourne Jockey Premiership Past Winners". Racerate website. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  8. ^ a b "Jack Purtell". National Portrait Gallery of Australia. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Jack Purtell gravely hurt". The Argus. 3 January 1953. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Triple dead-heat in the 1956 Hotham Handicap". The Age. 4 November 2006. Archived from the original on 11 May 2017. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  11. ^ "Jack Purtell saysgoodbye". Canberra Times. 9 March 1981. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  12. ^ "7,000 RUSH CHURCH TO SEE PURTELL MARRIED". The Argus. 25 April 1949. Retrieved 9 March 2017.
  13. ^ "PURTELL, John Michael "Jack" of Minyama Death Notice". Sunshine Coast Daily. Archived from the original on 15 March 2017. Retrieved 15 March 2017.

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