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The Cup's King, a unique 1 of 1 memorabilia item will be auctioned at the Call of the Card on Monday at Palladium at Crown, hosted by Bruce Clark and Jason Richardson.
The Cup's King, has been produced exclusively for the National Jockeys Trust and donated by SE Products (official VRC licensee).
The item features 12 replica Melbourne Cup's and images of all 12 Melbourne Cup winners trained by J.B. Cummings. The item is signed by Bart Cummings and his 8 winning Melbourne Cup jockeys.
Roy Higgins (Light Fingers, 1965 & Red Handed, 1967)John Miller (Galilee, 1966)
Harry White (Think Big, 1974-1975 & Hyperno, 1979)John Duggan (Gold and Black, 1977)
Darren Beadman (Kingston Rule, 1990 & Saintly, 1996)Steven King (Let's Elope, 1991)
John Marshall (Rogan Josh, 1999)Blake Shinn (Viewed, 2008)
The item is approximately 1.4 metres wide, 600mm high and 90mm deep. While the replica cups, framed in the box are approximately 140mm high and 60mm in width.
The item will be auctioned live at the Call of the Card, however you can bid over the phone up until 10.30am (AEDT) on Monday 3 November.
Each phone bid will receive a text with the latest phone bid, until they so choose to cease bidding. The final and highest phone bidder will gain exclusive rights to bid live over the phone during the Live Call of the Card Auction.
Victorian Jockeys Association Manager - Des O'Keeffe will contact the phone bidder between 1-2pm via mobile phone on Monday 3 November, and act as a live proxy during the live Call of the Card Auction, at Crown Palladium. The highest phone bid as at 10.30am AEDT will serve as the opening live bid during the live auction at the Call of the Card.
To place a bid for this item via phone, please contact Tanya at the National Jockeys Trust on 0417 193 071 and provide Full Name, Address, Mobile number and Credit Card details. Bidding opens at 9.30pm AEDT on Thursday 30 October 2014 and closes at 10.30am AEDT Monday 3 November 2014.
WHY SUPPORT THE NATIONAL JOCKEYS TRUST
The tragic deaths of jockeys Caitlin Forrest, Carly-Mae Pye, Simone Montgomerie and Desiree Gill since August 2013 has been a stark reminder of the dangers of race riding.
The National Jockeys’ Trust (NJT) is a public charitable trust established in 2004 for the purpose of providing funding and other benefits for the relief of the financial difficulties and needs of jockeys (including apprentice jockeys) and their families, especially where such needs arise through serious injury, illness or death of a jockey.
Insurance benefits have improved significantly since 2009. But there’s still any number of ridersfrom years gone by, and even from the present group, who seem to slip through the cracks when itcomes to WorkCover and other insurance schemes and end up in truly necessitous circumstances.
The National Jockeys’ Trust faces a real challenge in raising the funds that are required to provide meaningful assistance to an acceptable percentage of those who qualify under the NJT’s charter.
The sponsorship of the Jockeys Breeches by Jayco (2006-2012), and LUCRF Super (2013-2015) contributions from the Australian Jockeys Association, jockeys supporting their own and the Australian Racing Industry and community provides this essential funding.
2014 commemorates the 10-Year Anniversary of the National Jockeys Trust during this time we have provided assistance to over 200 jockeys and the families of jockeys who have been killed, that assistance has now exceeded $2 million.
DID YOU KNOW
• There are 840 jockeys registered in Australia and here are some statistics that support the need for the NJT• In excess of 870 Australian jockeys have been killed in race falls since 1847
• Approximately 200 riders are injured each year on Australian racetracks• Combined with trackwork, we have nearly 500 falls annually.
• 89% of jockeys will have a fall that requires medical assistance• 9% have fallen more than 20 times
• Each year 40% of jockeys will have a fall that will prevent them from riding for an average of 5 weeks.• Approx 5% of these falls would be termed career-ending injuries.
• Over 50% of Australian jockeys earn less than $60,000 per year (before expenses)• It is estimated that in the next 10 years we will see 10-12 jockey deaths and 50 jockeys will suffer career ending injuries including paraplegia, quadriplegia and severe brain injury.
