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George Podmore

George Podmore

Australian jockey


George Podmore (1925−10 July 2005) was an Australian jockey who was best known for riding Evening Peal to victory in the 1956 Melbourne Cup. His career spanned for four decades.[1]

Podmore was born in 1925 in Sydney, New South Wales.[2]

Podmore died following a long illness on 10 July 2005, aged 79, at a hospital on the Gold Coast in Queensland. He was survived his wife of 55 years, Margaret, three children and five grandchildren.[3]


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