TRAINER PROFILES

 

FRANK MCGARTH snr

 

Frank McGarth started his career in horse racing as a jockey with considerable success. While riding in the 1885 Caulfield Cup he almost lost his life in Australia's worst horse racing accident. In the early 1900s Frank McGarth decided to try race horse training and soon earned the reputation of being an excellent trainer.
During the 1920s and 1930s Frank McGarth trained a number of champion gallopers winning many feature races including the Melbourne Cup. He retired in 1947 after a 65 year career in horse racing handing his stable over to his son.

Some Achievements:

- winner of 121 feature races
- winner of 2 Melbourne Cups
- winner of 1902 AJC Derby
- winner of 1903 St Leger
- winner of 1909 AJC Derby
- winner of 1909 Victoria Derby
- winner of 1 Caulfield Cup
- winner of 2 W.S. Cox Plates
- winner of 2 Epsom Handicaps
- winner of Metropolitan Handicaps

Some of the horses trained:

- Abundance
- Prince Foote
- Amounis
- Peter Pan
- Beau Vite