Jim Johnson
OccupationJockey
Born1929
Australia
Died25 January 2021) (aged 92)
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Career wins
Honours
Australian Racing Hall of Fame
Significant horses
Rain Lover, Tobin Bronze

Jim Johnson (1929 – 25 February 2021) was an Australian Hall of Fame jockey who is remembered primarily for winning the Melbourne Cup on Gatum Gatum in 1963 and twice on Rain Lover - 1968 & '69.[1]

Career

Johnson is one of the few jockeys to win the Melbourne Cup three times. He also won the Cox Plate and Caulfield Cup as well as winning the Adelaide Jockeys Premiership four times and the Melbourne Jockeys’ Premiership in 1967.

He was also noted for his unusual riding style of virtually standing up. He also rode in a strange, jerky way. Despite his unorthodox style, Johnson was often supreme in tight finishes, being one of the strongest whip riders of his time.

He was honoured after his retirement as a jockey with riding a tribute lap aboard the New Zealand thoroughbred Might and Power around the Flemington Racetrack at the beginning of the Melbourne Cup.

He was inducted to the South Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2003[2] and the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in August 2009.[3][4][5]

Major wins

Personal life

Johnson lived much of his life in Adelaide South Australia, though after the death of his partner Patricia Delores Mary Prendagast, he returned to Melbourne to be close to his family.

Death

Jim Johnson died on 25 February 2021, aged 92.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "Legends Join SA Hall Of Fame". Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  2. ↑ "SA Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame | Racing SA". racingsa.com.au.
  3. ↑ "Australian Racing Hall of Fame - Jim Johnson". Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  4. ↑ "Australian Racing Hall of Fame inductees announced". Retrieved 28 September 2010.
  5. ↑ "Previous Inductees". Australian Racing Hall of Fame. 30 November 2020.
  6. ↑ Eddy, Andrew (25 February 2021). "Jim Johnson dies at 92". racing.com.


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