Jim Cassidy (jockey)
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Jim Cassidy is a New Zealand
jockey
who famously rode Kiwi
from last into the straight to win the 1983 Melbourne Cup
. He won his second Melbourne Cup in 1997 aboard Might and Power
whom he also rode to victory in the following year's Cox Plate.
Cassidy has won the Australian Derby three times; in 1990, 1993 and in 2009.
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
jockey
Jockey
A jockey is an athlete who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession. The word also applies to camel riders in camel racing.-Etymology:...
who famously rode Kiwi
Kiwi (horse)
Kiwi was a Thoroughbred racehorse who in 1983 won the Wellington Cup in New Zealand and won the Melbourne Cup in Australia. Kiwi, who raced from 1980 to 1987, remains the only horse ever to win both cups....
from last into the straight to win the 1983 Melbourne Cup
Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is Australia's major Thoroughbred horse race. Marketed as "the race that stops a nation", it is a 3,200 metre race for three-year-olds and over. It is the richest "two-mile" handicap in the world, and one of the richest turf races...
. He won his second Melbourne Cup in 1997 aboard Might and Power
Might and Power
Might and Power was a New Zealand bred, Australian owned and trained Thoroughbred racehorse who was named Australian Horse of the Year in 1998 and 1999. As a four-year-old, Might And Power won the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups, and returned at five to become only the second horse in the history of...
whom he also rode to victory in the following year's Cox Plate.
Cassidy has won the Australian Derby three times; in 1990, 1993 and in 2009.