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| Garnet Bougoure | |
|---|---|
| Occupation | Jockey |
| Born | 3 March 1923 Dalby, Queensland,Australia |
| Died | 22 November 2008(2008-11-22) (aged 85) |
| Career wins | Not found |
| Major racing wins | |
| As a jockey: Doomben Cup (1942, 1944) British Classic Race wins: As a trainer: Lion City Cup (1978, 1981, 1992) Sultan Gold Vase (1978) Penang Gold Cup (1981) Penang Sprint Trophy (1984) | |
| Racing awards | |
| Irish flat racing Champion Jockey (1960) | |
| Significant horses | |
| Noblesse,Ragusa,Pourparler,Khalkis | |
Garnet Bougoure (3 March 1923 – 22 November 2008) was an Australianjockey inThoroughbredhorse racing who was highly successful competing inSouth-East Asia and inEurope.
Bougoure was a still a boy when he left his home inDalby, Queensland, to pursue a career as a jockey at racetracks in theBrisbane area. In 1945 he won his first major race and went on to win a number of premier events including two editions of theAustralian Cup. He competed for the last time in Australia in 1952 and the following year accepted a contract to ride inIndia. Then, in 1954 he spent five months inFrance before moving to ride inSingapore andMalaysia. At thePerak Turf Club racecourse inIpoh,Perak,Malaysia, he won the 1954Sultan Gold Vase, repeating as winner in 1958 when he also won thePerak Derby. In 1955, he won the prestigiousSingapore Gold Cup at theBukit Timah Race Course.
In the late 1950s Bougoure returned to race inEurope where his association with trainerVincent O'Brien andPaddy Prendergast helped make him one of the top jockeys inIreland andEngland during the first half of the 1960s. He became the only Australian to lead the jockeys' list in Ireland, accomplishing the feat in 1960. His success in 1963 helped make Prendergast the first Irish-based trainer to ever win theBritish trainers' title. Bougoure's numerous wins in Ireland include the 1960 and 1963 runnings of theIrish Derby and in England he won three of theClassics, taking the 1963Epsom Oaks with the fillyNoblesse, the 1963St. Leger Stakes withRagusa and in 1964 the1,000 Guineas Stakes aboardPourparler.
Garnet Bougoure returned to Singapore during the second half of the 1960s where he continued to riding until retiring in 1969. He then embarked on a career in training that would last several decades until leaving the sport completely in 1995 at age seventy-three. Bougoure returned to Australia to be close to his children and died there inFrankston in 2008. He was predeceased by his wife Margaret Moore, the sister of jockeyGeorge Moore, who died in 1983.
Garney Bougoure was a cousin ofDoug Bougoure who notably trainedStrawberry Road.