Brett Prebble

Brett Prebble (born 23 September 1977 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) is a leading 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.

Brett Prebble
OccupationJockey
Born (1977-09-23) 23 September 1977
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Major racing wins
All winning race horses ridden on:
Precision (2003)
Cape of Good Hope (2005)
Bullish Luck (2006)
Sacred Kingdom (2009)
Lucky Nine (2012)
Green Moon (2012)

Personal life

Prebble was born in Melbourne on 23 September 1977. He and his wife have two children. He is the brother-in-law of two Melbourne Cup-winning jockeys: Michelle Payne, who won the Cup in 2015, and Kerrin McEvoy, who won the Cup in 2000, 2016 and 2018.

Career as a jockey

Prebble was a champion jockey in Melbourne before he moved to Hong Kong in 2002. He holds the record for the number of winners in a Melbourne racing season with 99 winners and one dead heat in 1999-2000.[1]

His competition with Douglas Whyte for the 2009–10 Hong Kong Jockeys' Championship was one of the closest in Hong Kong racing history, with Whyte winning 100 to 99. His winning tally of 78 in the 2010–11 season brought his overall total in Hong Kong to 525.[2]

In 2012 Prebble won Australia's most famous race, the Melbourne Cup, on Green Moon. He was chosen to ride Green Moon, owned by Lloyd Williams and trained by Robert Hickmott,[3] in place of Damien Oliver, who was dropped from the ride after being accused of betting illegally.[4] Green Moon went on to win the race by one length.[5]

Major wins

Australia

Hong Kong

Japan

Singapore

Performance
Seasons
 Total Rides
 No. of Wins
 No. of 2nds
 No. of 3rds
 No. of 4ths
 Stakes won
2010–11 494 78 65 56 51 HK$75,344,850

References
  1. Waters, Brad. "Prebble: Kah can crack the ton". Racenet. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. The Hong Kong Jockey Club – Profile of Brett Prebble
  3. Aitken, Alan (2012). Melbourne Cup rides for Prebble and Doleuze – South China Morning Post. Published 2 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  4. "Officials call for stand-down powers". 3 News NZ. 6 November 2012. Archived from the original on 5 November 2013. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
  5. Green Moon Bags 2012 Melbourne Cup; 4th Win for Owner Lloyd Williams Archived 14 July 2014 at the Wayback Machine – International Business Times. Published 6 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.
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