Damien Oliver has seen death, despair, triumph and joy, been banned and derided, rehabilitated and restored. Yet through the decades, he has remained on top.
after a fall in a barrier trial just days before the 2002 Melbourne Cup. when Oliver was due to ride the strongly fancied Media Puzzle for Irish maestro Dermot Weld. He won that day and one of racing’s enduring images is him smiling and waving his whip in a skyward salute, in tribute to his brother.
”I can’t put it down to one, There are so many. Obviously, all the Melbourne Cups are great for different reasons,” he says.“I think the biggest fact that I am proud of is that I have been able to compete at a high level in all different states and countries for so long. But surely the personal tragedies and injuries must put a strain on a rider’s nerves, especially as he gets older?“I am not indestructible, but once you get on the horse, and you are in that kind of competitive atmosphere, you don’t really think about those kind of things, you just think about the job at hand,” Oliver says.
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