A Poem of Steeple Chasers

" You talk of riders on the flat,of nerve and dash and pace!
Not one in fifty has the nerve to ride a steeplechase,
It's a gay(carefree) enough while horses pull and take their fences strong,
To rush a flyer to the front and bring the field along;
But what about the last half mile,with horses blown and beat,
When every jump means all you know to keep him on his feet! "
--Banjo Patterson.

This was wrote as a respect to the great jumps jockey "Irish born Tommy Corrigan" by Banjo after his tragic fall at Caulfield in 1894.

Enjoy the Oakbank jumping and respect those daring men and women on there flying machines.