Melbourne Cup winning jockey John Duggan dies
The Thoroughbred Racing Industry is mourning the passing of former top jockey Mr John Duggan.
“John Duggan was one of the great jockeys of his time and a natural horseman with immense ability,” said Racing NSW’s Chief Executive, Peter V’landys AM.
“He was an extremely talented rider winning many feature races including the Golden Slipper and Melbourne Cup.
“John will be missed by the industry and we would like to pass on our sincere condolences to his family and friends.”
As a young rider John Duggan was indentured to the late Theo Green who also moulded the careers of top-class jockeys such as Darren Beadman, Ron Quinton, Maurice Logue and Malcolm Johnston.
Duggan won a host of top tier races during his time in the saddle including his first Group One victory in the 1976 Golden Slipper on Vivarchi along with the 1977 Melbourne Cup aboard Gold and Black. Both were trained by the legendary Bart Cummings AM.
Duggan took out the Sydney Apprentice titles in 1969-70 and 1971-72 and during his apprenticeship won the Villiers Stakes twice at Randwick on Silver Points (1970) and Torumba (1972).
Among his other Group One wins was the Queen Elizabeth Stakes on Apollo Eleven (1973) and Ming Dynasty (1978), and the Tancred Stakes on Apollo Eleven (1973).
Duggan also scored a double in the Doncaster Handicap on Just Ideal (1977) and Lawman (1981) and claimed the 1972 Sydney Cup on Dark Suit.
At one stage John was the stable jockey for Bart Cummings and successfully rode for many other trainers including Jack Denham, Tommy Smith, Guy Walter and Brian Mayfield-Smith.
Grow up with him and young JD and he treated me like his own ..my thoughts go out to JD jouinor…love you mate as I know how much you loved your Dad 😘😘😢😢
Id like some help from the nsw racing, in finding out when & where my uncle John’s funeral is, his latest & 4th wife, who wasn’t even around while he was racing, coerced him into selling the family home in which he & his siblings grew up in, my father is his only living brother & his sole heir, his only child, John Duggan jnr, have been devastated by not only his death (which they heard from the news) but have also no idea when or where his funeral is. Please, his whole family need your help so we can say goodbye to Uncle John RIP we love you uncle Johnny
Deborah, hell that is damn wrong. I hope by now all has been resolved. Our thoughts are with you & yours.