Pat Hyland (jockey)
Pat Hyland (born in Victoria) is an Australian retired jockey and current horse trainer who is best known for riding What A Nuisance to victory in the 1985 Melbourne Cup.[1] His son, Chris Hyland, is also a successful horse trainer.[2]
Famously, he won racing’s Grand Slam – a Melbourne Cup (What A Nuisance), Caulfield Cup (Affinity), Golden Slipper (Vain) and W.S. Cox Plate (Star Affair). He won Victoria Derbies on Craftsman and Silver Sharpe, rode the champion sprinter Vain throughout his career, and had the rare distinction of having won the Victorian Oaks as a jockey and as a trainer, riding Rom’s Stiletto in 1982 and preparing Saleous in 1995. And there was the 1964 Flemington autumn carnival when he won the Newmarket Handicap (Rashlore) on the first day, the Australian Cup (Grand Print) on the Monday, the C.M. Lloyd Stakes (Samson) on the Thursday and the Queen Elizabeth Stakes (Grand Print) on the final day, scooping the four feature races at the meeting.
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- ^ Pat Hyland Archived 22 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Chris Hyland Archived 9 April 2013 at the Wayback Machine
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