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    MY FIRST CUP

    Dec 31, 2021 3 minutes

    eorge Meddick, the jockey who rode Kingsburgh to victory, said that he weighed 5 st 1 lb (32kg). It is not heavy weight but looking at him one was forced to the conclusion that he is surely the smallest boy who ever raced home in front of the field in the Melbourne Cup. He said "I come from Mr Kelso’s stable. I was born in Newcastle, New South Wales, and am 18 years of age.

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