George Moore

George Moore (1923 to 2008) was an Australian jockey and later Thoroughbred trainer, appointed OBE, who began riding in Brisbane in 1939 and won the 1943 Senior Jockeys' Premiership there before moving to Sydney and working with trainer Tommy J. Smith. He rode Tulloch in nineteen of that Hall of Fame horse's thirty-six wins. In Europe he won the Prix du Jockey Club, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe and the 2,000 Guineas, and in 1967 for Noel Murless he won the 1,000 Guineas, a second 2,000 Guineas and the Epsom Derby. He retired from riding in 1971 with a record 119 Group One wins, then trained in France, Australia and Hong Kong, winning eleven Hong Kong training premierships. He entered the Sport Australia Hall of Fame in 1986 and the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2001.