Theo Green (trainer)

Theo Green (19 November 1925 – 4 May 1999) was an Australian race horse trainer and jockey mentor.[1] He was made a member of the Australian Racing Hall of Fame in 2002.[2]

Theo Green
Born(1925-11-19)19 November 1925
Died4 May 1999(1999-05-04) (aged 73)
Occupationrace horse trainer
and jockey mentor

Early life

Theo Green spent time as a wharfie, a boxer, labourer, electrician and an apprentice jockey before becoming a trainer.

Career

Some of the Australias' most successful jockeys were trained by Green, including Darren Beadman, Ron Quinton [3] and Malcolm Johnston.[4] Greens' jockeys would go on to ride thousands of winners between them in Australia and win numerous Sydney Jockey Premierships. “The boss was deaf in one ear so you had to speak up,” Beadman recalled. “And when he talked, his voice had authority. You had to listen. Always present was the dry sense of humour.”[5]

In Greens' honor, the eponymous Theo Green Medal is awarded to Sydneys' champion apprentice jockey each year.[6] Green trained the horse Inspired, the 1984 Group 1 Golden Slipper winner. Inspired was ridden by champion jockey Darren Beadman who described Green as a 'special person'.[7] Green trained the winners of other Group 1 races, the Blue Diamond, AJC Oaks and Guineas.[8] Green once said "If the jockeys sat still, the horses would run faster".[9]

Boxing

Boxing is in Theo Greens’ blood, his father Theo Green Snr was a leading Australian flyweight boxer & boxing trainer.[10][11] Theos' uncle Jackie Green was a champion featherweight boxer who won Australian titles in 3 weight divisions and was inducted into the Australian National Boxing Hall of Fame in 2006.[12][13]

References
  1. https://books.google.com.au/books?id=h9m_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT107&lpg=PT107&dq=theo+green+horse+trainer+dies&source=bl&ots=kmtMMsVoLO&sig=ACfU3U0AvFxi-VrQ0HyeXErDfAL_lYVU5A&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjv99Wx7ZPpAhVMcCsKHf4rCdwQ6AEwE3oECBAQAQ#v=onepage&q=theo%20green%20horse%20trainer%20dies&f=false
  2. https://www.racingvictoria.com.au/the-sport/racing/australian-racing-museum/hall-of-fame/associates/theo-green
  3. http://ronquintonracing.com.au/industry-mentors-ron-quinton/
  4. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/racing/master-s-apprentices-green-and-his-boys-shine-in-all-star-cast-20190208-p50wl6.html
  5. https://www.smh.com.au/sport/racing/master-s-apprentices-green-and-his-boys-shine-in-all-star-cast-20190208-p50wl6.html
  6. http://www.horsedirectory.com.au/racinghistory/general/racing_personalities.html
  7. "7:30 Report – 07/05/1999: Champion jockeys mourn death of racing legend Theo Green". Abc.net.au. Archived from the original on 18 January 2015. Retrieved 22 August 2011.
  8. "Sports Journalist | Racing Writer | Bill Casey | 1934–2007 | The Complete Works of". Billcasey.tastedomain.com. Retrieved 9 July 2018.
  9. https://books.google.com.au/books?id=qlZa_rtWRMAC&pg=PA184&lpg=PA184&dq=theo+green+medal&source=bl&ots=YgoXbaGlre&sig=ACfU3U1fA7l1caKiGJpG0CiWkYZ1e8zASg&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjx3I3X9JPpAhX263MBHXsLDOEQ6AEwEHoECAoQAQ#v=onepage&q=theo%20green%20medal&f=false
  10. https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/162877
  11. https://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/article/18198228
  12. https://boxrec.com/media/index.php/Jackie_Green
  13. https://boxrec.com/en/proboxer/59614


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