Kids News: Peter St Albans won the Melb Cup in 1876 at just 11 years old

 

Kids News:  Peter St Albans won the Melb Cup in 1876 at just 11 years old

Jen Kelly


Ask even the most dedicated* horseracing fan to name the youngest jockey to win the Melbourne Cup and they may well say Ray Neville, who rode to victory on Rimfire in 1948 at the tender age of 15.

But the truth is even more astounding*.

The youngest jockey ever to win the Melbourne Cup was Peter St Albans on Briseis in 1876 – and he was only 11-years-old....

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