Brett Prebble

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|name = Brett Prebble

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|occupation = Jockey

|birth_place = Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

|birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1977|9|23}}

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|race = Caulfield Cup
Champions & Chater Cup
Hong Kong Derby
Melbourne Cup
Yasuda Kinen

|horses = Bullish Luck, Cape of Good Hope, Green Moon, Incentivise, Lucky Nine, Sacred Kingdom

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Brett Prebble (born 23 September 1977) is an 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.

Personal life

Prebble was born in Ballarat, Victoria. He and his ex wife have two children, one of them, Tom, followed his father's footsteps and became an apprenticing jockey.{{Cite web |last=Sadler |first=Edward |date=2024-06-18 |title=Prebble retires from race riding |url=https://www.racing.com/news/2024-06-18/news-jockeys-prebble-retires-from-race-riding-180624 |access-date=2024-06-30 |website=RACING.COM |language=en}} Brett is relatives to Jim Newman, an up-and-coming apprentice jockey based in Perth, WA. 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 held the record for the number of winners in a Melbourne Metropolitan racing season, with 99 winners and one dead heat in 1999–2000, until Jamie Kah set a new record in July 2021 when she rode her 100th winner for the 2020–21 season.{{cite web |last1=Waters |first1=Brad |title=Prebble: Kah can crack the ton |url=https://www.racenet.com.au/news/twotime-champion-jockey-brett-prebble-says-jamie-kah-can-break-his-melbourne-riding-record-20210128 |website=Racenet |access-date=29 January 2021}}{{cite web |last1=Reynolds |first1=Ryan |title=Kah etches name into history |url=https://www.racing.com/news/2021-07-10/news-jockeys-kah-etches-name-into-history |website=Racing.com |access-date=14 July 2021}}

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.[http://www.hkjc.com/chinese/racing/JockeyPastRec.asp?JockeyCode=PB#wikipedia The Hong Kong Jockey Club – Profile of Brett Prebble]

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,Aitken, Alan (2012). [http://www.scmp.com/sport/racing/article/1074372/melbourne-cup-rides-prebble-and-doleuze Melbourne Cup rides for Prebble and Doleuze] – South China Morning Post. Published 2 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012. in place of Damien Oliver, who was dropped from the ride after being accused of betting illegally.{{cite news| url= http://www.3news.co.nz/Officials-call-for-stand-down-powers/tabid/415/articleID/275629/Default.aspx| work= 3 News NZ| title= Officials call for stand-down powers| date= 6 November 2012| access-date= 6 November 2012| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20131105051206/http://www.3news.co.nz/Officials-call-for-stand-down-powers/tabid/415/articleID/275629/Default.aspx| archive-date= 5 November 2013| url-status= dead}} Green Moon went on to win the race by one length.[http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/401826/20121106/green-moon-bags-2012-melbourne-cup-4th.htm Green Moon Bags 2012 Melbourne Cup; 4th Win for Owner Lloyd Williams] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714201913/http://au.ibtimes.com/articles/401826/20121106/green-moon-bags-2012-melbourne-cup-4th.htm |date=14 July 2014 }} – International Business Times. Published 6 November 2012. Retrieved 6 November 2012.

Prebble retired from riding in June 2024 to focus on his business "Persuader International.

Major wins

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Australian Guineas - (1) - Wandjina (2015)
Caulfield Cup - (1) - Incentivise (2021)
Caulfield Stakes - (1) - Probabeel (2021)
Golden Slipper Stakes - (1)- Crystal Lily (2010)
J.J. Atkins - (1) - Lovely Jubbly (2002)
Makybe Diva Stakes - (2) - Native Jazz (2001), Incentivise (2021)
Melbourne Cup - (1) - Green Moon (2012)
Memsie Stakes - (2) - Le Zagaletta (2003), Behemoth (2021)
Oakleigh Plate - (1) - Miss Kournikova (2001)
Queensland Derby - (1) - De Gaulle Lane (2001)
Robert Sangster Stakes - (1) - Mad Shavril (1996)
Sir Rupert Clarke Stakes - (1) - Testa Rossa (2000)
Sydney Cup - (1) - Daacha (1995)
Perth Railway Stakes - (1) - Slavonic (1999)
The Galaxy - (1) – Black Bean (2000)
The Goodwood - (1) - Keeper (2001)
Toorak Handicap - (1) - Sober Suit (1995)
Turnbull Stakes - (1) - Incentivise (2021)
Vinery Stud Stakes - (1) - Hill of Grace (2000)
VRC Champions Sprint - (1) - Pharein (1999)
VRC Champions Mile - (1) - Titanic Jack (2003)
VRC Oaks - (1) - Lovelorn (2000)
William Reid Stakes – (2) - Miss Pennymoney (2000), Cape of Good Hope (2005)