Jimmy Dries Jimmy Dries i(A132519 works by)
Born: Established: 1905 ;
Gender: Male
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Jimmy Dries was a jockey. In 1918, at the age of 13, he won his first race ride.

'Dries was apprenticed to George Cushion...at Tamworth and learnt from champion rider Massa Read (q.v.). Dries rode a number of winners during his career and won races such as the Narrabri Cup and Tamworth Newmarket. His greatest feat was to ride the six-horse program at a meeting in Moree during the 1920s ... At the conclusion of his riding career, Dries took up training [horses]'.

Source: Aboriginal Stars of the Turf: Jockeys of Australian Racing History (2003).

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