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Four more legends join the
Queensland Hall of Fame
Four more of Queensland’s racing legends were
inducted into the Queensland Racing Hall Of Fame
at the City Pacific Finance Queensland Racing Industry
Awards held at the Grand Ballroom of the Sofitel
Hotel in Brisbane on August 29.
The New Inductees are:
HORSES – Lough Neagh
JOCKEYS – Russell
Maddock
TRAINERS – Dick Roden
Associates – Vince
Curry
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Lough
Neagh
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Lough Neagh
In one of the closest votes in the three-year history
of the Queensland Hall Of Fame, Lough Neagh, a winner
of Group 1 races between six furlongs and two miles
was voted as this year’s Hall Of Fame Horse
Inductee.
Lough Neagh can truly be described as a remarkable
horse, having won at least one Stakes race every
year from his two-year-old season through to his
retirement as a nine-year-old.
The gelding won 32 times, which included 22 wins
in Stakes races, 10 of which are now rated Group
1, and also placed another 44 times.
His wins at elite level ranged from the six furlongs
of the Doomben Newmarket to the two mile Brisbane
Cup.
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Russel
Maddock
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Russell Maddock
Russell began his riding career in Toowoomba and
quickly graduated to become the leading rider in
Brisbane, where he won nine premierships, including
one when he only rode for four and a half months
of the season due to a broken leg.
Among his many feature race wins were a Stradbroke,
Doomben Newmarket, Queensland Derby, QTC Sires Produce
(twice), Doomben Cup (twice), Queensland Oaks and
the Epson.
He rode a total of 1,804 winners in Australia, France,
Malaysia and England, where he rode successfully
for nine years.
Until recently, Russell was still working as a track
clocker for The Courier Mail at the Gold Coast.
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Dick
Roden
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Dick Roden
Born in Mackay in 1926, where he went to the Christian
Brothers School. The Melbourne Cup was a highlight
back then, when the ‘inmates’ were allowed
out at 2.45pm to listen to the big race.
Little did a young Dick Roden probably expect at
that time that he would expect at that time that
he would train the winner of that race.
Dick completed an animal husbandry course at Gatton
before riding as an amateur jockey through the war
years notching up around 100 winners in the saddle.
Training his first winner at 24 with his second
starter at Eagle Farm, Dick won the Brisbane and
Melbourne Cups in 1959 with Macdougal and few will
ever forget Divide And Rule’s sensational win
in the 1970 Stradbroke and the huge plunge that was
made on the horse.
These were just a couple of the many big race winners
that he prepared.
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Vince
Curry
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Vince Curry
To this day, Vince Curry is regarded as the best
race caller that Queensland has produced. In fact,
his broadcasting was respected nationwide.
Vince, who died in 1983, started his calling career
with 4GR in Toowoomba, where he grew up. He became
the race caller for 4BC in Brisbane following the
death of Ron Anwin.
He was dedicated, quick and articulate in describing
a race and his passion for the sport even involved
ownership. Vince built an enormous following through
airwaves of 4BC.
Dabbling in racehorse ownership in the late 1970’s,
Vince had success as an owner with a horse named
Half Scotch.
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