Tommy smith horse trainer biography of albert
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Tommy smith horse trainer biography of albert
Tommy J. Smith
Australian horse trainer (1916–1998)
For other people with the same name, see Tommy Smith (disambiguation).
Thomas John SmithMBE (3 September 1916 – 2 September 1998)[1] was a leading trainer of thoroughbred racehorses based in Sydney, New South Wales.
Inducted into the Australian Racing Museum & Hall of Fame in 2001 and elevated to Legend status in 2012, Smith dominated Sydney racing for over three decades, winning the Sydney Trainers' Premiership every year between 1953 and 1985.
His notable feats as a horse trainer included two Melbourne Cups, four Caulfield Cups, seven W. S. Cox Plates, six Golden Slippers and thirty five Australian derbies. Notable horses trained by Smith included Tulloch, Gunsynd, Kingston Town, Redcraze and Red Anchor.
Early days
Born in Jembaicumbene, New South Wales (near Braidwood, New South Wales) and raised at the small town of Goolgowi in the Riverina district of New South Wales, young Tommy worked wi