Ten new Hall of Fame members inducted
Dual Melbourne Cup winning jockey Jim Cassidy was tonight announced as one of ten inductees into the Australian Racing Hall of Fame.
Affectionately known as ‘Pumper', Cassidy joins an esteemed list of inductees across the categories of jockey, horse, trainer and associate and fittingly has been inducted at a ceremony in his home town of Sydney.
Cassidy joins modern day contemporaries Damien Oliver and Darren Beadman in the Hall of Fame as jockeys who currently still ply their trade today and is the only jockey to be inducted still competing in Australian racing.
The official induction ceremony was held in the Grand Ballroom of the Four Seasons Hotel in Sydney on Friday evening and was held in conjunction with the 2012 Australian Racing Conference.