Charlie Prow - The Outback Jockey that rode Miss Petty
From the Saddle
English - November 21, 2020 20:05 - 39 minutes - 36.1 MB - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingSports History cowboy horseman cowgirl australia outback rural horsewoman equine Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
"If you read the horse right and have a mutual trust for each other, these are the starting points to bring out the best, and you can usually work on from there." - Charlie Prow
Charlie Prow is a well known name around the racing industry.
Breathing in the dust of Outback Queensland from his first breath, Charlie was born and raised in Outback Queensland and setting his sights on the saddle from a young age and continued a career over the next 60 years as an amateur jockey, professional jockey, horse trainer, horse breeder and master to apprentice jockeys.
Throughout his career, Charlie has had 725 Wins, 1397 places, 4,961 starts. These Statistics are only recorded from the year 2000. Charlie was inducted into the Queensland Racing Hall of Fame of 2019.
Miss Petty was a former Border Region galloper who was bought in partnership by Dick Banks and Fred Gilthrow, and given to Charlie Prow to train. Miss Petty went onto write her name into bush folklore by winning 22 races straight for Charlie and inducted into Queensland Racing Hall of Fame 2018.
Charlie is undoubtably a wealth of knowledge and has earned his respect within the Racing Industry over the last 60 odd years.