Gawler Tribute to Be Unveiled at Gawler
- Monday, 31 March 2003 00:00
The then four-year-old gave one of the country's hottest trainers at the time, Bart Cummings, his second ever Melbourne Cup winner when he won Australia's most famous race in 1966.
Not only was the success a great South Australian triumph for Cummings, the horse was also ridden by local hoop John (JJ) Miller and was locally owned.
After his death Galilee was buried at the Gawler Racecourse near the mounting enclosure. About a decade later Galilee's Melbourne Cup winning stablemate Gold and Black was buried alongside.
Gold and Black, the 1977 Melbourne Cup hero, has had a memorial at the Gawler track for a number of years.
At this Sunday's KFC/Basic Steel Supplies Gawler Cup meeting a memorial, which was recently placed near Galilee's grave, will be officially unveiled.
Members of the Bailey family, who raced the champion during his illustrious career which also netted Caulfield Cup, Sydney Cup, Queen Elizabeth Stakes, Memsie Stakes, Turnbull Stakes and Toorak Handicap among 18 wins and ten minor placings from just 36 starts.
