Kerrin McEvoy (born 28 October 1980) is an Australian
jockey
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who is best known for winning three
Melbourne Cup
The Melbourne Cup is an annual Group 1 Thoroughbred horse race held in Melbourne, Australia, at the Flemington Racecourse. It is a 3200-metre race for three-year-olds and older, conducted by the Victoria Racing Club that forms part of the ...
s. In Europe, McEvoy rode several big winners for
Godolphin including
Rule of Law
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in the
St Leger Stakes
The St Leger Stakes is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to three-year-old thoroughbred colts and fillies. It is run at Doncaster over ...
at Doncaster in 2004 and
Ibn Khaldun
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in the
Racing Post Trophy, also at Doncaster in 2007.
McEvoy rose to fame by riding
Brew to victory in the
2000 Melbourne Cup. He won his second Melbourne Cup in
2016
2016 was designated as:
* International Year of Pulses by the sixty-eighth session of the United Nations General Assembly.
* International Year of Global Understanding (IYGU) by the International Council for Science (ICSU), the Internationa ...
, riding
Almandin to victory, and in
2018
Events January
* January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency.
* January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...
he won his third Melbourne Cup, riding
Cross Counter to victory. He is the brother-in-law of both Melbourne Cup winners,
Michelle Payne
Michelle J. Payne (born 29 September 1985) is a retired Australian jockey. She won the 2015 Melbourne Cup, riding Prince of Penzance, and is the first and only female jockey to win the event.
Early life
The youngest child of ten of Paddy an ...
who won the Cup with
Prince of Penzance in
2015
2015 was designated by the United Nations as:
* International Year of Light
* International Year of Soil __TOC__
Events
January
* January 1 – Lithuania officially adopts the euro as its currency, replacing the litas, and becomes ...
and
Brett Prebble
Brett Prebble (born 23 September 1977) is an Australian jockey, currently based in Melbourne, Victoria. Having ridden over 1200 career winners, Prebble's most famous win came aboard Green Moon in the 2012 Emirates Melbourne Cup.
Personal life
P ...
who won the Cup with
Green Moon in
2012
2012 was designated as:
*International Year of Cooperatives
*International Year of Sustainable Energy for All
Events January
*January 4 – The Cicada 3301 internet hunt begins.
* January 12 – Peaceful protests begin in the R ...
just three years earlier.
References
Australian jockeys
People from Streaky Bay, South Australia
Living people
1980 births
External links
Kerrin McEvoy results, stats summary, news
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