Luke Currie
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Luke Richard Currie is an Australian top jockey
. Luke has been riding in Singapore
, Malaysia and Mauritius
. He has won over 800 races. Riding in Mauritius, he won four races two weeks ago, riding Major John, Salt Lake City, Dougan and Winter Wind to victory. His most prestigious race won is the 2002 VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes
, where he rode Makybe Diva
to victory.
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:...
. Luke has been riding in Singapore
Singapore
Singapore , officially the Republic of Singapore, is a Southeast Asian city-state off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, north of the equator. An island country made up of 63 islands, it is separated from Malaysia by the Straits of Johor to its north and from Indonesia's Riau Islands by the...
, Malaysia and Mauritius
Mauritius
Mauritius , officially the Republic of Mauritius is an island nation off the southeast coast of the African continent in the southwest Indian Ocean, about east of Madagascar...
. He has won over 800 races. Riding in Mauritius, he won four races two weeks ago, riding Major John, Salt Lake City, Dougan and Winter Wind to victory. His most prestigious race won is the 2002 VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes
VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes
The VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes is a Victoria Racing Club Group 3 Australian Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old and over, under open handicap conditions, over a distance of 2500 metres.It is held at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne....
, where he rode Makybe Diva
Makybe Diva
Makybe Diva is a British-bred, Australian-trained Thoroughbred who became the first racehorse to win the famed Melbourne Cup on three occasions: 2003, 2004, and 2005. In 2005, she also won the Cox Plate. Makybe Diva is the highest stakes-earner in Australasian horse racing history, with winnings...
to victory.